The mafia ceo's substitute bride
David had forced me to smile for the cameras at the party, and now, driven by pure rage, possessiveness, and jealousy, he was treating me like a dangerous prisoner all over again.
The bitter cold of the unheated storage room and two full days without food or water finally broke my body's last defenses. It started with a violent shiver deep in my bones, my teeth chattering so hard my jaw throbbed with pain. Then came the fire. A sudden, scorching fever ripped through my blood, making my head pound with agony while my skin felt like it was pressed against solid ice. My vision swam in the dark, black spots dancing across the pitch-black space around me.