Bought & Bound

alculated anger, his pupils turnin

not tolerate her behaviour towards his mind. Some

s tall, sexy, greek like god m

ve to get a man as good as t

k?' he repeated, his voice rumbling like thunder on a summ

e coursed through her veins,leaving a tingling s

Luka towards her like this before, his at

f spite, her lips pulled back to reveal a hint of contempt.

oom dropped, it felt like he had fire blazing in his

o speak to her like that. Apolo

To her? Never. I didn't eve

wrong? It was some form of affection!?" Luka asked, his to

ogether and her fingers curled into tight, tense knots. Sh

her palm across that stupid face of hers, but Lu

end up not punishing her enough,

dia's face for even a sec

nned you out of this mall right now. Apolo

crack in her armour of confidence

re Luka embarrassed the l

sia." Lydia spat o

ia's, her expression unyieldin

e, she would have enjoyed torturing he

sia. Let's go

on Lydia, but Luka was already pulling

never had the slightest idea that he could ever stand up for

the bright sunlight, Thersia's memory on wh

t of the moment and she had no one to thank,

the mall," she said, with a

s using her feet to think. He

shopping. I can't l

dn't care if she finished shopping or not, and he

ontinue your shopping. But stay close to me

idn't have the energy for that, he wanted nothing more than to g

a strange sense of comfo

alised that maybe, just maybe, this contr

ver comes into your head was fun and she

King, she had better

with stares from people. She was with Luka T

be fair, she recently found out that he o

is her husband

nd money on a whim an

own to personally help her make her

itude when she entered?"

boring into the back of her head. They w

tery to other women. They all wanted a piece of this hunk,

m and Thersia. It was like a circ

w minutes and it still shocked he

his time around, with a fake as

ka's grip on Thersia's arm relaxed and his exp

he truth finally dawned on her. His defe

m. "Now, let's get back to reality. You're still just a trophy

th she felt earlier evaporated immedia

or a second and ever think that Luka was actually looking

she said, her voice

ed to even feel any atom of warmth

ere the last thing on the planet e

ounded, Thersia. Don

e metallic taste in her mouth made her realise she

in a contract marriage wasn't so bad.

the satisfaction of see

nely road ahead, trapped in a loveless marria