THE HEIR'S UNWANTED BRIDE
I looked at Damien Chen properly for the first time since walking into the room and found him already looking at me with an expression that was completely calm and completely unreadable, the same calmness he'd had standing in the rain with an umbrella, like a man who was very rarely surprised by anything.
My father cleared his throat.
"The agreement," he said, "stipulates that Mr. Chen will marry the eldest Harrington daughter. We had naturally assumed—"
"I want to marry you, Celeste."
Damien said it without doubt in his eyes, like he had already made up his mind on what he wanted.
I stood up abruptly.
The chair scraped back behind me and I was on my feet within seconds, my hands finding the