He Called Me Gold Digger, Now He Can't Let Go

ion of a house on A

and clamped around her waist, guiding every movement with steady control, taking from her what he wanted while remaining perfectly composed-hi

yet it still left Scarlett's heart flutteri

ivan family, was the man she had

scarce, yet whenever their bodies met, they mov

elded-never resisting-always giving him exactly what he craved. Just like this time-the moment

e was forced to look up at him, her clear eyes

et he never seemed to tir

as though she might tumble

ath, Asher pulled back, already

ation in his gestu

I shower. After that, there's somet

cold and distant as he went into t

the family doctor claimed was gentle, harmless even. For three years, a

as she put on her clothes and

th a steaming mug of dark liquid. The sharp, earthy bit

ivan?" Rhonda asked quietly, offering a small, sympa

the one constant in Scarlett's life. Over th

ng behind only the echo of his absence. Rhonda knew that w

th was nothing like the glamor

the mug and drained the bitter concoction

and carried the mug into t

ands clasped on her lap as silence pressed around

s of hair fell across his forehead, softening the sharp lines of his features. Even dressed casua

carlett, his gaze lifting w

rl from twelve yea

carlett like ice wate

f the coffee table, drew out a

ipping through the pages

graceful, poised, with eyes so hauntingly simila

truth staring back at Scarlett. All along, she had be

er curve touc

, only for her to realize he wasn't truly seei

were the reason h

gile smile. "So... She's the one who saved you back the

stole his

steady and unflinching, as he

d her." Scarlett tried hard t

ssion unsettled Asher; an ache he cou

ul exit, right?" Scarlett's voice carried a brittle calm, the words shar

e. He looked as if weighing whet

tightened in her lap. "You've treated me quite well these past three years. At least I got a taste of what it's

let her eyes drift, as though

silent at

o had pulled him out of danger. But the price she paid was brutal-a car

ed her what kind of r

e-what she wanted

, and before the sun set, they'd registered their marriage. From that

claim. Hidden deep within it was another woman, the one he had loved first, the one he believed f

come for Scarle

ed herself out of her reverie, slipped the ring from he

ips as she said, "When you're ready to end

diamond ring shimmered l

on him. It was only three years ago, when she risked her life t

er finger, she knew the love she'd guarded so f

though she knew it would feel like

nd merciless, as if someone had reached

"We'll do it tomorrow-before my

Rising to her feet, she turned to go upstairs and s

give you anything you a

ays felt he o

dn't offer her, then wealth w

spoke evenly. "I want a child. I

efore the question ev

N

ter and resigned. "Then we're done, Asher.

s in silence, her heels echoing

ked of her. Today had been the first time she'd voiced a wish of her own-a chi

d of woman to beg or linge

t the top of the stairs, a crease forming between his brows-so

the name of the sanat