th in and exhaled s

close to touching my hair

tity is a my

e lord of Empire Capital. He rose from nothing , leaving competitors and coll

ntract stared

ay Luke King needed an arranged marriage to

turne

o this. This is a con

nd all he wants is to mar

ct, wondering if it

y, as if it had its own gravitational

om now?" T

s. Using his fingers,

dn't tell you because she

ated for

see you first,

t's always open. He wants to mak

as pinched by

s is

ee him,"

He destroyed my mother's life without thought, and

sn't her. I left the coffee shop

ost of its sister companies, which all had in

in the dark gray slate floor. Behind it, a receptioni

ked at me. As I stood still, f

e the perfect wife Mr. Kin

ed at me. The perf

help? "s

talk to Luke King. He's

ked and I

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eyes. "Sure, Ms. I'll

powerful rich men set their own sc

ks, I

umbers into her computer's n

grins

top f

onist and headed to the elevators. When I pushed the but

pped as they cl

uke King, my nerves failed. I should have ripped up

stopped and th

floor was corrosion resistant and granite. In a business setting, the chand

sk and bowed to me. Bowing. My dim memories of my father's

to a pair of twin dou

terflies. As I passed him and entered

sparsely decorated with a large aquarium and zen f

and opene

France skyline. He turned when I enter

es were bright green. The light fell on them beautifully, as if the world were made to highlight his beauty. His full, sensual lips fram

hit, he

en laid in six months si

married?" He j

y looking man. Even across the room, I could feel his magnetic pull. It was intense a

e smiled.

This was a voice you could turn up loud and s

I said. Hello." I turned away an

room had his desk, chair, and com

Luke King was like dumb ol

Still smiling,

is free, but tou

his head. "Nothin

, but the way he said it, screamed that he had given them seriou