Mia's night shift at De La Crush ended in thirty minutes. Slaine came to her as she had just finished an order at table eight. It was ten o'clock at night.“I heard you were at the Red Cage party yesterday. I wanted to come too, you know?” said Slaine, looking very envious.Mia laughed at Slaine's jealousy.“You're lucky you didn't go there, because it's more like a embroidery house,” Mia whispered conspiratorially. “The first time I saw a woman in such revealing clothes parade in front of thousands of men with such confidence. I don't even dare to do it,” Mia said without explaining her stake with Gavin.“Geez, you must have been to the Red Cage's first party,” said Slaine, sounding not surprised at all.“Have you ever been there?”Slaine smiled at Mia's disbelief.“I'm not that innocent, Mia. My brother often takes me there even though it's never very late. He forbade

The surroundings were silent for a moment. All the men there looked at each other because they just realized that Mia changed her name on purpose and now Jaxon knew the real reason. He was even silent for a long time because Jaxon had heard so many stories about Allen Lewis' atrocities. Jaxon couldn't imagine what Mia might have experienced while under Allen's care.“I want you to leave Denver right now, and never come back looking for Mia. I know the girl as Mia Heart, don't care if you think of her as Allisa. I'll give you less than an hour to get out of my sight,” said Jaxon with a hardened look. Hearing the ultimatum, Allen also refused to submit.“You think I was afraid of the threat? Just watch, I can crush you with just a snap of a finger,” Allen hissed with the same look.Jaxon's head tilted to the side, he looked scornfully at the old man in front of him.“Ah, do you think your network will help to fight

The sunlight peeking from the side of the window woke Mia up. Her eyes opened slowly.  There was confusion on her face when she saw the interior of the room that was different from last night, even she was surprised when she saw her clothes changed to the pajamas she used to wear when she was in Aurelia. Mia's surprise didn't stop there, she almost screamed when she saw the arms wrapped around her body, just below her breasts to her stomach. The soft snoring sound behind her held her breath for a moment, but the familiar scent that she smell made her body relax instantly.She ran her fingers around Jaxon's hands that were wrapped around her, while occasionally listening to his snoring.Mia's heart beats to the beat of Jaxon's, which was close to her back. Even Jaxon's warm breath was blowing between her neck and ears. She flashed a smile, realizing that she was safe in his arms.The image of her father seemed to be forgotten and replaced by Jax

"Marry me, Dolcezza," asked Jaxon with eyes full of conviction.Mia went back to reading word by word in the document in her hand, she bit her lower lip and looked at Jaxon again and again, unsure of what she had heard.“What? You… want to marry me?”  Mia asked again to convince.On the one hand, Mia feels disappointed. She thought someone would come and propose her in a romantic way, with a surprise or maybe a romantic dinner. But this was not what she had in her mind, by handling a document containing a marriage agreement, instead of a box of diamond ring.The paper in Mia's hand shriveled up for a moment. Her heart that had been pounding was cracking in her own ears. She was even having a hard time catching her breath and managing her emotions, while her eyes stared at Jaxon. Hurt.“I don't think we have a relationship that far," said Mia, struggling not to scream in anger.  “Sleeping in the same bed does

After Mia left the room and the door behind her body was closed, Rey seemed like he was impatient and wanted to say something.“Why?” Jaxon asked with knitted brows and walked towards the window when he got Rey's unusual look.“You lied about Allen to Mia,” Rey said remembering Jaxon's explanation earlier.Rey chose to remain silent since earlier because he really didn't want to interfere with Jaxon's plans. His best friend only asked him to draft an agreement for Mia and prepare documents from the court that Allen told him yesterday, then said that he wanted Rey to be present when proposing to Mia so that the girl wouldn't feel awkward when they were alone, but he didn't expect Jaxon to make up stories like Allen was a tough enemy to eradicate and Mia had no choice but to marry Jaxon. What a tricky plan.Jaxon shrugged. “Mia doesn't need to know that Allen has been handled well. I just want her to have no reason to refuse th