The CEO's Untamed Contract Bride
She stared at him, her jaw tight, her face pale with shock.
Her fire dimmed, though her pride was still there, clinging like a shield.
She turned back to me, her voice softer but edged with that same arrogance. “Perhaps I was too harsh,” she said, extending her hand across the table. “I’m Catherine Langford. And… I apologize for the hotel incident. Lucas is my only child. I reacted as a mother would.”
Her hand hovered between us, waiting.
I stared at it for a moment, my pulse tight in my ears, before finally slipping my hand into hers. My grip was careful, not eager, but steady. “Liam is my only child as well,” I said quietly. “I understand what motherly instinct can do.”