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  19. Primal Instinct

Penulis: Angelina
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Maria

Refusal mounted higher within me, and I shook my head, sitting on the end of the bed. I turned away from him stubbornly. “I won’t say a word.”

Dimitri sighed as if I was just an inconvenience to him. “Don’t be like that, Maria. You are my wife now, and if you’re going to be in this family, then you need to tell me everything you know.”

I flushed of all color at that, reminded that I was technically a Lanstov. As much as I despised them, I was technically no better. The very thought was embarrassing. I was legally tied to Dimitri for no better reason than him wanting what I had.

A rush of anger consumed me. “I won’t. I never wanted to be one of you.”

I couldn’t accept the concept. To me, I was still Maria Esposito. It would be a disservice to my family and our name to think otherwise.

Dimitri Lanstov wanted to make a mockery of me, and he’d succeeded at doing exactly that.

A new up-and-comer, freshly orphaned and armed with a significant inheritance, was taken down by a Lanstov f
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