The Deal with the Billionaire Alpha

h a strange determination. She had spent days feeling oppressed, silenced by the imposing atmosphere of the place and Adrian's inflexible rules. But she

muffled her steps, but the walls, decorated with severe portraits of ancestors she didn't know, seemed to fo

t yet explored. The West Wing, which he had been told never to approach. But th

cy banister. The air seemed heavier as she walked, each step drawing her deeper into an almost oppressive

ravings that adorned it depicted complex, almost runic patterns that she did not understand.

wax, and something indefinable, almost animal. Bookcases stretched to the ceiling, loaded with old books and mysterious objects. B

rs trembling slightly as she

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g her jump violently. She turned to find him standing in

explore," she stamme

ined step, closing the door behind him. Th

ow and dangerous. "I told you to follow my r

u expect me to live here, but you don't tell me anyt

ped forward, closing the distance between them

whispered, his voice almost a growl. "Th

ange heat rose within her, a mixture of defiance an

you think," she replied, her v

to read her soul. An electric tension settled between t

ur own good," he said at l

The contact was like a shock, and she withdrew her hand im

der his shirt. When he turned to h

nd here," he said softly, "it

t of her wanted to challenge him, to keep searching for answers. But

I should know," she

nerability crossing his eyes before dis

a quick movement, he grabbed her a

f the mansion, he finally let go of h

lie . If I take you back th

to back down despite the t

or answers, Adrian," she said sof

his lips. "That's w

ned on his heel and disappeared in

had felt in that room – and between them – refused to go away. A

ed her mind: Adrian Wolfe was hiding more than just a secr