Her Resistance
"I'm on it."
Dev had endured enough. The sheer nerve of these people—standing inside *his* private sanctuary, passing judgment on the woman *he* had claimed. The audacity of their interference was pushing his volatile temper past the breaking point. He knew his father had orchestrated this entire ambush, forcing his hand. It was time to play his winning card and burn their hopes to the ground.
"She isn't going anywhere," Dev stated, his voice dropping into a flat, terrifyingly cold tone that stopped Ashish dead in his tracks. "She came here of her own accord. She has already signed a binding marriage contract."