Unravel Us
She reaches to pull the ring off, but I steady her hand, the pad of my thumb running across the cut diamond and I grin.
"I don't know what has possessed you, Mr. Astor," she bit out, all the grace and elegance of a dutiful patron being left with the breath she had been holding, "To think any of this was the least bit acceptable. But I am not marrying you."
"Nothing possessed me, it's a mutually assured protection."
She raised a brow, "You mean mutually assured destruction?"
"I mean what I said Heron, I need to get married and you need this shop of yours, consider it a wedding gift, for when you agree."
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