Prodived

Fumbling for her bra, she draped it over her breasts.

Their gazes met, her eyes shining with shame, and he reluctantly hesitated. And finally Kai came to a decision.

"I want you," he said. "Actually I don't have to humble myself to anything to have you. But I don't want you to be a lover. I want a complete and unchanging possession. All that I can give Warren, or Wessex."

Realizing what he meant, Torcia stared at him like he was insane. It took exactly half a minute for her to have the strength to speak. "You mean marry? What's the difference between marrying you or Mr. Warren?"

"The difference here is that I give you a choice."

"Why are you willing to chain yourself to me for the rest of your life?"

The truth was something Kai would probably never admit to her. "Because I want a suitable wife." He lied. "And I'll do it just as well as other women."

She shook her head in a breath of insult.

"Make your own choices," Kai pointed out. "You can keep running, or you can become someone's wi