dn't stop
didn't stop until it was inside the private garage. Theedding dress. The scar on he
and opened her
ut
adly she couldn't stand. T
then without a word, he be
hina
knees, one arm around her back, careful not to touch the sc
nter and expensive colo
me
N
en they saw him carrying a bride in a torn
Van
wing," he said coldly. "No
e, past portraits, past chandeliers,
pen and put her down
grey. Cold like him. A giant
ned and loc
li
a's hear
s. He lo
hy did yo
hrowing it on the chair, "your mother will try to take you back.
howing strong forearms, veins. He looked less like a
it the wall. "You said you would ruin
ll girl in the too-big wedding
er. But he stopped one foo
. "I'm going to ruin
face, but to the strap of
?" he
one had ever asked permis
ears fell. Sh
st one inch more. The full scar was revealed. It was large,
Her mother said it was
htened so hard a muscle jumped. His
nelt
on, the man worth billions, kne
ouch it with lust. He just loo
urt?" he asked,
.. when it
d up and punched the wal
ina sc
n the concrete wall. Hi
said to himself, his voice shaking with r
his anger. He went to the bathroom and came
ely corrected himself. "Please. Take it off. It
he dress. "I...
e everyt
y. Facing the locked door, giving he
shivering. She quickly put on the black silk robe he left on the bed. It was huge, h
urn... tur
it, his eyes darkened, but not with cruelty. Somethin
," he w
nd picked up the phone. "Send up
? Pre
took a large black trunk from a maid witho
e trunk in f
not Sienna
pink, black. All with sleeves that would cover or show her scar beautifully, not hid
mouth. "You... you b
you for three week
st
not one. One perfect, one hidden in the attic with a bur
sed to sit by the tiny atti
" Ethan said, sitting on the edge of the bed, l
es met
twin tries to run, let her ru
s gave out and s
wanted me? E
c while the family parties downstairs,"
was so quiet she c
other side of the huge bed. He pu
p," h
ha
e pointed to a long couch by the window. "No one wi
a cruel tycoon on a wedding nigh
. nice to me?" she w
is huge robe in his huge bed, s
ght, leaving only a soft lamp, "everyone has been cruel to you
s shoes, and lay down, still in his
in a mansion she never dreamed of, wearing the
't burn for the f
" she whisper
om the couch. "In this r
you really no
voice, firm, abs
Seraphina. Try to leave, and
ed to sound l
twenty-two years, being locked in a mansion where
d like be
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