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“Come here, darling. You’re groom-to-be wants to meet you.” Retsos sees her before I do, and he reaches a long weathered hand out.
But he doesn’t get a response.
The air thickens as the two goons step back into the living room. They wall off the princess. That bitch who brought me to this god-forsaken swamp.
I’m ready to hate her even more than I already do.
Come out to play, Sophia..
It takes a second before I get a good look.
… But when I do, my world freezes.
Raven black hair flows down a tender jawline. Tight, smooth olive skin covers the ugliness of the sneer that has taken over a pair of glistening red lips. Her nose is scrunched up with disgust. Her chestnut brown eyes glare at me with the hate of a thousand suns.
I’m completely thunderstruck.
Fuck.
This is the last thing I wanted. The last thing I needed.
My mortal enemy. The girl whose father I helped kill. The bitch I have to marry if I ever want peace for my family. The only thing standing between me and my future.
The girl I’m supposed to hate.
She’s fucking gorgeous.
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Sophia
For the briefest moment, my hate evaporates and I forget who I’m looking at.
That wavy blonde hair. Those sharp, twinkling blue eyes. The long, athletic frame. The cobalt suit, worn carelessly in the heat of this humid swamp. His white dress shirt is unbuttoned at the chest, revealing the slightest hint of a muscular chest.
If it weren’t for the dark tattoos slithering up his neck, he’d look almost exactly like the prince charming I had always dreamed about as a little girl.
I’ve never seen anyone like him before. Hell, I didn’t think anyone like him actually existed. Father made sure of that.
But Father is dead.
And the man of my young girl dreams stands tall before me, a blinding light in this heavy darkness.
… No, this is not the man of your dreams. He’s the devil from your worst nightmares. The villain standing between you and all of your hopes and dreams. He killed your father.
He needs to die.
He needs to pay for what he did.
Because Father didn’t just die. He was murdered.
By this fucker.
… And Retsos thinks I could last in a marriage with him.
Like fucking hell.
Maybe for a day or two, but after that I’m not going to be able to help myself.
