Melting Her Frozen Heart pdf download

Celia

My heart sank in my chest as I blinked in disbelief at my father, clutching my purse tightly in my hand as my entire body trembled.

"W-what did you just say, dad?" I stuttered, unable to hide the tremors which seeped into my voice.

I watched my father get up from his desk before making his way over to me, a somber expression on his face.

"I'm sorry, sweetheart, but that's the only way to save our company. You have to marry Shane Reynolds. Our business is going under and without his help, we would be wiped out in no time."

My entire body froze as my heart sank deeper in my chest. He wanted me to marry Shane Reynolds. The Shane Reynolds. The man who was known for his brutality and violence.

The billionaire madman. That was who my father wanted me to marry for the sake of the company?

I had never seen Shane in person. I didn't know who he was, but the news about him on the tabloids every now and then was enough to tell me he was bad news.

"Really, dad? You're asking me to marry a mentally deranged man for the sake of the company?!" I exclaimed, simply baffled by what I was hearing.

I had a feeling that someone was probably listening in on us at the door, but I simply didn't give a shit who it was. I was too distressed by what I had just heard to care.

Dad's expression turned frantic as he walked towards me, a pleading look in his eyes as he held my hands, his hands trembling slightly.

"Please, Celia. You have to do this for the company. For me. Without Shane Reynolds' help, everything I have worked for all these years will be taken away from me. If you don't marry him, I will lose everything."

"But dad! How can you tell me to do this? What about Ian? We have been dating for two years! How can I just break up with him and marry someone else?! This isn't right! And what about Nora?! Why can't she marry him instead? Why do I have to sacrifice myself for this family over and over again?!" My lips quivered as tears streamed down my eyes.

Just then, the door opened and the banes of my existence walked in. My step-sister and step-mother. A terrified gasp escaped my lips as I instantly took a step back, my skin turning pale.

Nora, my step-sister looked at me with nothing but disdain which quickly disappeared as soon as it appeared. It only disappeared for one reason. Because my father was there.

Victoria, my step-mother walked towards me, her face neutral as she placed her hand on my shoulder. Her hand was pressed so hard on my shoulder that it was painful enough to shatter my bone, but I couldn't dare cry out.

Her blood red lips broke into a smile which was clearly fake and her blue eyes screamed nothing but malice which I knew my father would never notice.

"Celia, dear. Don't be like that. Don't act like you are the only one making sacrifices around here. Your father asked Nora first and you know she would have dropped everything to help the company like the good girl that she is,"

Nora nodded in agreement, her eyes wide with false innocence which made my skin crawl as Victoria continued speaking.