I slowly unfurled my eyes, and I caught a flicker of sadistic pleasure in his dark eyes. “You’ll take my ring,” he murmured, “but you still won’t let me have this?”My pulse hammered when I noticed that he was hell-bent on getting a kiss from me.I lowered my gaze.I would rather die than let him kiss me.Mr. Stone said nothing, then his hand fell back to his side.“Alright,” he gave a sly smirk. “Not yet.”He reached for the small box that was still clenched in my hand. He opened it, lifted the ring from its place, and took my hand before I could pull away. The ring slid onto my finger, sealing a promise I wasn’t sure I was ready to fulfill. He held my gaze and pressed his lips to the back of my hand, then he released me.“Now there’s one thing you need to do.”I looked at him, my heart pounding under my ribs.“Stay away from my son.”He must have read the defiance in my eyes because
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