is tone cold and distant, his eyes carr

helped him. But when the memory of his people tracking her down that morning, demanding t

nked the solid gold card from he

he face, leaving a vivid red mark

ped, a cold shiver creeping over them as they wat

eyes clouded with rage. A frigid, cru

gesturing briskly to

e bodyguards grabbed her and f

voice, glaring sharply as he approached her. But when Nathan's ic

the bodyguards to let her go. His sheer presen

shimmered with unshed tears, they burned with unwavering defiance. "Keep your false kindnes

adn't forbidden them from touching her, he would've

avered, piercing through her with unrelenting focus. The bitterness and frustration o

to dismiss the label of "thief" as a cruel joke, as

oom." The command shattered whatever

trides, he moved forward, his long legs encased in tailored suit pants as he e

all by the expansive window. The servants had quietly slipped

may have been more than a meter, but the pressure he exuded was suffocating-his presence absolute, his

earlier mustered now slipping through

cold, his gaze never wavering. "Tell me who told

e-especially the memory of his people threatening her using her grandfather. In that moment, h

firm, the sheer strength in his fingers making her feel as small and

arms. But the difference in their strength w

sharper her anger became. She swung

ck reflexes, he sidestepped her attac

l in his eyes intensified with every passing moment. Roselyn

ead." Nathan's voice was low, dark eyes loc

itterness lacing her words. "That's rich coming from you. You're the one full of lies. Just last night, you solicited my assistance

stice. She had given him her first time-and now

ined. After a deep breath, she straightened, forcing the strength back into her voice

hoed in her mind-one could

anything wrong

here," Nathan

tanding with a respectful demeanor. "

erly blank, her thoughts stumbling over

f powerful figure h