Chapter 21: A Contract, It Is

Sapphire's POV

"Oh, is that so?" I asked Mr Donovan, rolling my eyes, my facial expression evident enough to indicate how bored I was already of this neverending, nerve-wrecking conversation.

"Yes," he said simply, his hand still tightly encircled around my wrist that felt way too small in his strong hold.

"Well, in that case, I'm not interested. I have no interest or whatsoever in being your wife. Do you hear me?" I told him straight to his face.

"Even if I tell you we both stand to benefit from this partnership?"

In that instant, one of my brows arched and oddly my muscles relaxed a bit. "What do you mean by that?"

"I'll explain everything, tigress. Just get in the car."

I looked at him without blinking for a while and then darted my lingering eyes to his car. We were standing in front of his car and my eyes reeled over it. The Veneno had a large grille at the front which was flanked by two narrow LED headlights.

"Fine," came ripping out of my lips and immediately, Mr Donova