Semua Bab I Married His Enemy: Return Of The Forgotten Princess : Bab 11 - Bab 13

When they reached where his car was parked, Nikolai opened the rear passenger door for Cassie without a word, and she slid inside. She didn't know why but she could feel the anger radiating from him. The drive began in silence, with neither of them willing to speak up first. Cassie turned her face toward the window, watching the city blur. The cold glass pressed against her temple, but it couldn’t stop the churn of unease in her stomach. The last time she had been “brought” to live somewhere as someone’s future wife, it had been to the Vanderbilt mansion... a place of wealth and status, but also cruelty. She still remembered every cruelty of everything she endured there... the way the walls seemed to close in whenever Raymond’s voice rose in anger. When his mother and sister abused her physically and emotionally. Cassie’s fingers curled against her lap as unease settled in. Would the Rosewood mansion be the same? Nikolai broke the silence, which brought her back to h

Nikolai’s hands instinctively went to Cassie’s shoulders as he tried to gently push her away. His jaw clenched and his body went still as stone. But that kiss had awakened something inside him... desire. “Cassie—” he began, but the rest of his words died in his throat when her lips trembled against his. She pulled back only enough to speak, her voice shaking with a pain that felt years old.“Why is it,” she whispered, her words filled with bitterness and sorrow, “that no matter where I go… I’m always just an option to people?”Her voice broke completely then, and the tears that had been threatening all evening finally burst forth. “I wasn’t enough for my own family… not enough for Raymond and his family… and even now, with you, I feel like I’m just part of some transaction.”She broke down as she sobbed hard, her chest trembling against him. It was as if the dam of her composure had been holding for years and now... finally... it had split wide open.Nikolai froze, unprepared for t