Semua Bab A Pawn In His Dirty Game: Bab 1 - Bab 4

VALERIE 🎀 My mouth hung open as I stared at him—first in shock, then pure, blinding rage. My hands balled into fists, trembling as heat surged through me. Without thinking, I shoved the chair back and landed a punch right across his smug face. Zachary's head snapped to the side and for a moment, the room was silent except for the echo of my heavy breaths. He slowly turned towards me, a red mark on his jaw glaring at me. One corner of his lips curved upwards. " You hit so hard." He sounded amused and I blinked at him in disbelief. " Yeah? I hissed. " Consider it a tip of how our marriage will look like" He chuckled , " you amuse me." I blinked, " were you accidentally dropped as a child." " Why? A smile danced on his lips. " Will that make you want me ? " No, that would explain why you turned out twisted." A muscle jumped in his jaw and I knew I had hit a nerve. " I will pretend I didn't hear that," he leaned in his chair, his blue eyes fixed on me. "Now, let

VALERIE 🎀 " You are getting married to the FREAKING Zachary Wellington! I winced and shifted the phone from my ears. " What the hell, Brenda." "I'm sorry," she mumbled sheepishly. " Holy shit! " Jesus, Brenda ! " Have you completely lost your mind? Zachary. Wellington. The guy who nicknamed Ursula after a sea witch." " To be fair, I called him Dracula first." I muttered pacing my room. Brenda gasped. "Valerie Hampton, is this some kind of twisted rebound plan? Because I swear if this is about Cara and your ex—" "It’s not about them," I snapped, sharper than I intended. I sank onto the edge of the bed, my fingers tightening around the phone. "This... this is different." "Different how? Like, ‘ you might be blackmailed into marrying your enemy’ kind of different?" Silence. "Val," Brenda said slowly, her voice laced with dread, "Tell me you’re joking." I looked at the engagement contract that was delivered to me this morning,still sitting on my desk, with Zachary's sig