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a bed-soft sheets, strange surroundings. My pulse raced. Where did I

are wa

tood a woman with short brown hair and a soft smile carrying a gla

ice came out like a s

. Stella is your name. Head doctor for this villa is mysel

illa. Though all I felt was imprisoned, it sounded

nd Alan rolled in with his icy stare. Stella apolog

ied to sit up. "What occur

ty that I shivered. Ariel Edgar. Secondly, daughter of Edgar. stashed in

m like a death sentence, each one struck ha

e. I knew, of course. His voice was threatening an

ling. "I didn't want this! My fath

ike venom. "The so-called superstar

ening. "Don't be angry with my father.

." He slumped back, his hands grabbing the armrests of his wheelchair. "Bu

to diffuse his fury. "I wi

d?" His eyes stared right into me. "What I want is a wife w

ed myself to remai

e lowering to a whisper. "You're wrong if

n my throat. "I'm n

lingly. "Because you will find that I am far more ruthles

nning, I battled to control my breathing. I had to figure ou

devoid of space for debate

ice hardly audible

dangerous, passed his eyes. S

y heart thumping in my chest. I was obviously far from safe whatever lay ahead. And on

Kindly not get enraged with my father; he only did this as m

ity. Not readable. He observed me as though analy

ned my eyes to the floor. "Please...don't let yourself

y calm when he did speak at last. "So you are begging for your father's li

ivered down my spine. My voice little above a wh

el Edgar," says Rather, should I say, Ariel Alan Walker? Why would you give up

y throat. "I have no

nship with the Louis heir is well-known. the blossoms. The behind-closed-do

nding steel in my voice. "My father asked me to do thi

ou talk of obligation as though it releases you from all. He looked at me for a long time bef

away. "I'm not here to inflict damage on anybody. W

thing deeper. Then it disappeared. "Remember that," he said, his voice gentle but no

was left by myself with my ideas. Alan Walker, Ariel In my head, the

I hardly noticed; her happy attitude stood out in sharp contrast to the tension st

ng to smile,

tening in her eyes. "You already find yours

I have no idea w

r smile vanished fast. "You know,

me? I startled myself wi

with a deliberate look

more. Trying to sort through everything, I sank back into the bed. My

lla hallways. Something felt strange-an itching in the rear of my mind

red, his voice low and contemptuous.

ng, I moved back

ch made me uncomfortable. Driven to go back to my room, I accelerated. But I

, "It's too soon." "We can

r, Alan," the other voice said.

wall. But the voices fell off suddenly. The door crea

e we? He said, his

ard. "No, I

looking away. "A dangerous