Captive Heart

king about Sophia, the beautiful girl he had taken hostage. The first day he saw her at a

splitting her lips and widening her eyes in awe at the outstanding layout and spectacular, opulent décor that greeted her. Alexander was more fascinated than he should have been by the gleeful pleasure that changed her attractive face, a

t delicately flowed halfway down her slim arms. Alexander had seen dozens of photos of Sophia over the years, most from far away or blurred, zoomed-in shots, but the reality of seeing all that natural beauty up close di

is precious daughter from the harsh realities of what he really did for a living. He'd also been informed of her life in general through those weekly reports. He was aware that Sophia’s mother had passed away when she was a young

curator—a fancy term for someone who gathered, saved, and stored digital assets and resources—for the previous several years while residing in the city with her father. She was obviously bright and possibly a tad nerdy given her line of wo

sked those suitors to back off, and every single one of them promptly agreed, so there must have been some sort of implied threat in his request. In disdain, Alexander shook his head. He was absolu

ction his friends where and said something to her that was accompanied by a harsh narrowing of his

m away from his grasp in a show of defiance, making the corner of his mouth twitch with rare amusement. They got into some sort

ickly slipped away and boldly defied him again. Alexander focused on Sophia as she looked about the connecting spaces downstairs, her joy and elation returning now that she was free to be herself once mor

ther was and what Charles had done to Alexander. Alexander made the decision to do something absolutely spontaneous as he observed her halt at the stage where the evening's entertainment was singing.

t he was now capable of inflicting harm where the other man would feel it most keenly: on his daughter. It was just a matter of time before Michael started looking for Sophia, and Alexander was sure that when he did, he woul