The Ex-Wife's Deal with the Devil

t to grab the pen and lift it t

ract.

of me like a d

expected of me, but one thin

confide

al with anyone and I had to fulfi

wi

or Liam but never a wife, so I don't kno

ating becau

est tightened as I began re-reading everything in the co

r, reclined. But after noticing that I was hesitating, h

ilting his head to the side. "This is a win win

ging in my head and sliding through every crack of my desperatio

eed

e nee

choosing me as his bride, I fi

the paper and signed my name, my hand trembling with each

as if it was on fire. "Wi

e," I hea

see that he was lighting another cig

n? I just signed

y," He puffed the smoke in my direction when he said those words,

ng into my lungs that made my nos

the sun while bodyguards smoked nearby. Waiting for Liam to finish r

ing. My

doing it while I st

look weak just because of a mere cigar smoke, but when I looked back at him, he h

at it sinks further into ano

ked. C

t? And ruining the whiskey that costs wa

ing had happened, his expression w

ne of his power plays? A tactic? A strate

ry behave in a way that does not follow logic. The min

the contract in his direction and putting it inside his drawer

up at him, "In t

at my reaction.

ng?!" I repeat

me to have a plain cere

f he was someone famous, and yes, I did dream of havin

verything when my divorc

very magazine, paparazzi blogs, televisions and radio. They were not even done chewing my n

harpening of their knives and see th

ife rushes into a

om Hollywood star to

vive without a

nd I could feel my nails digging deepe

bothered by the inevitable result of this rash de

. But me? I will be the one t

rial. It was the women who we

ow it's a

xpression from him, but he would only switch between

don't have to worry once you marry me," he said, eyes glinting with something I couldn't d

feed and on whom," he added, flashing a knowin

away, recollecting m

I don't know anyone wit

t his words offered comfort to my heart, easing the tension

e of violence, would be the one to offer me the safety I so desperate