as she was guided into the car,

ed from beside her. "So

through her

strangely familiar

rply defined features, his eyes beneath th

me, carrying a powerful

omeone one could easily

with him before, and the familiarity she felt mu

she lowered her gaze slightly and a

m Connor Roberts. There was once a marriage arrangeme

at

ce unsteady. "You mean...

that," Connor a

d, unable to process it. Was

r in silence, revealing

intense, as though they cou

ely warned her that th

he point she could bar

ered?" Connor interrupted sudden

isbelief as she stare

he stated flatly, as if una

instantly tur

sment and humiliati

was wrinkled, damp from the rain, and stained with dus

ck as she dropped her gaze to

ructed the driver in a cold

ny chance to object, the

a high-end n

y house standing prominently under the sunlight. C

, Bethany thought she noticed the maid su

e quickly said, "I can

few paces. "Each room on the second floor comes with its own bat

le atmosphere. She nodded quickly, grabbed th

ms. She opened the room nearest to the stair

marked with patches of red. Overlapping hickeys and b

ome marks, but not

avoided looking at her reflection. She turned on the shower and let

to give it to the man she loved, only for it to be tak

even know what tha

rrow, completely missing the faint sound of the bathroo

hrough the sound that she realiz

to seduce me?"