LOGINSierra POV
“Besides,I can’t have it worst here,I will be the Don’s wife,I will be respected and feared.” I said. “But what if Lucas doesn’t love you?” She asked. “I can live with that “I paused.SERRA POVThe laughter died when the doors was opened aggressively. I turned toward the entrance.My smile disappeared.It was Lucas. He stood there.Seeing him reminded me of everything I was trying so hard to forget. He wasn’t alone.Two of his men stood behind him, their expressions serious.My heart skipped.What was he doing here?His eyes found mine immediately.For a second, he simply stared.Then his gaze moved over the dress I was wearing.Something flickered across his face before disappearing.And then he looked furious. “Sierra.”The way he said my name made my stomach twist.I stepped forward.“What are you doing here?” I asked him. “You’re coming with me.”I blinked.“What?”“Now.” He said authoritatively. I stared at him.“I’m in the middle of my fitting.”“I can see.”“Then you know I can’t just leave.”His jaw tightened.“It can wait”. He said. “It can’t wait” I told him. The wedding is in a few days. The wedding dress is the only thing I have comtrol over,I won’t
SIERRA POV Three days had passed since my conversation with Lucas. Three days since I walked out of his office feeling like my entire understanding of my father had been ripped apart. I still hadn’t completely recovered from it. I had barely spoken to my father since then. Not that he wanted to speak to me except it had to do with the wedding. Not because I hated him. That was the confusing part. I didn’t hate him. I was angry. Hurt. Disappointed. But somewhere underneath all of that, there I am still the little girl who remembered him holding her hand while crossing the street. The little girl who used to believe her father could do no wrong. The little girl whose her father was always the hero. Maybe that was why his betrayal hurt so much.
LUCAS POV Three days had passed since Sierra came to my office. Three days since I had watched the realization of what her father had done settle across her face. I should have forgotten about it. But I couldn’t. Instead, I found myself thinking about her more than I cared to admit. Not because I felt sorry for her. At least, that was what I told myself. I had seen plenty of people make deals they regretted some didn’t regret. I had seen fathers sacrifice sons, brothers betray brothers, and men sell their closest friends for money. Edward was no different. He had simply found a different currency. His daughter. I sat behind my desk, staring at the report in front of me. The warehouse had been quiet for the last two days. Too quiet. No unusual mo
LUCAS POV A few seconds later, the door opened again. And Sierra walked into the room. My eyes moved over her before I could stop them. She wore a top and trouser. The top hugged her body perfectly, following the curve of her waist and the trouser highlighting the shape of her hips. It was elegant, but far more revealing than necessary for a visit to my office. The fabric clung to her in all the right places, drawing attention to every curve she seemed completely unaware she was displaying. I tried to look away. I failed. My gaze lingered longer than it should have, tracing the way the dress shaped her figure before slowly moving back to her face. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. So she had finally decided to do what her father asked of her. He had sent her here to seduce me and apparently not subtle ab
LUCAS POVThe report didn't make sense. The numbers didn’t make sense.I stared at the report spread across my desk, my fingers tapping slowly against the polished wood.Three shipments.All through the same routes.Three different dates.Yet whoever was watching them had made the same mistake.They had followed the same pattern.My eyes narrowed.I picked up the first report and read it again.The shipment had left the southern warehouse at 11:40 p.m.It was supposed to go through the western warehouse but it was being followed so I changed the route. It was supposed to reach the harbor by 2:00 a.m.It never did.It was an hour late. The second shipment had followed almost the exact same route two weeks later.And the third…The third had been almost two hours late. Someone was studying my shipment patterns.That wasn’t unusual.In my world, people were always watching.Competitors wanted information. Enemies wanted weaknesses. Men who wanted what belonged to me were constantly s
SIERRA POV “Yes.” His answer came so quickly and coldly that it hurt even more. I looked at him. There wasn’t even a hint of regret in his eyes. “And that is why you will do everything I ask of you,” he added. I stared at him for a long moment. I wanted to scream. I wanted to tell him that I wasn’t a property. Neither his nor my father’s. That I wasn’t something to sell and be bought. That Lucas had no right to own me. But then I remembered the man he had killed. I remembered exactly what Lucas was capable of.







