Chapter Seventeen.

Back at the restaurant, Alicia Darlings was livid. So angry she was that her breath came out in hot wafts from her lungs.

How could he do this to her? Who did he think he was? Yes, he was the most richest and handsome man in the country, but so what? She was rich too. She was beyond beautiful. How dare him reject her like that?

Alicia stared down at the diamond ring on her finger. Her engagement ring that she never failed to flaunt with pride whenever she went out with the girls. They all knew who her man was, and they were all jealous of her. Williams Herringbone was the perfect Alpha male of them all.

She could remember the day he proposed. Yes, she had known it was all a contract marriage for business purpose, but him popping the ‘will you marry me?’ question had brought tears to her eyes. Alright, truth he told, she had had an interest in Williams before he even came into the picture. That was why she had suggested that her father make marriage to her a term of the contract.

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