with a look full

t something you wanted. Even so, you still agreed to it, which te

on her face. Interest quietly surfaced in him because no woman had ever ap

asked, "What exactly makes you believ

are, even inside your own home. That tells me the danger isn't outside your family but within it. If that is the c

ame far sharper than before. The woman in front of him was becoming fa

on Alina, he asked, "

he replied, "No mystery there. I'm Alina Ri

y from Kellan, and fear n

st. Even if suspicion lingered in his mind, she remained unbothered because the trut

oke, his voice carrying a sharp chill. "

asking for is straightforward. This marriage

uietly rose

lack of anger or disappointment over Jessica bein

rom the very start and had kept sil

someone else if it meant personal gain. Compared to that fate, remaining in this arrangement

ned whether Kristy was truly th

nexpected move and yanked her into his embrace. A

eact, he pressed his face ag

d her. "I thought you said you wanted to be use

mediately realized someone was listening outside.

"I wouldn't even know what to do," sh

e that? You've been with Alan for years, and nothing ever

ed even hotter acr

against her neck. A tremor passed through her body, and a

nd body felt overheated, while whoever had been l

night. I'll take the sof

the oversized bed. She had been certain Kellan's presence on the sofa would keep her awake

Alina opened her eyes, Kel

he lavish living room. The first to notice her was an elderly woman

g laugh and said, "Grandma, you've mistaken her for someone

g, careful look. "How could that be?" she asked i