Refusing To Be His Perfect Replica, I Choose The Arranged Marriag by BlueMoone

Chapter 9

Alexander kept his arm around my waist, gently pulling me aside.

“He’ll kill him!” I hissed, watching William approach with the vintage cricket bat.

A dangerous smile played across Alexander’s sculpted features. “Darling, death would be too merciful.“

He pulled out his phone, his upper–class accent dripping with dark amusement: “Have a medical team on standby at the Blackwood estate. Discretion is paramount.”

His thumb traced lazy circles on my hip, completely at odds with the tension in the air.

I shot him an incredulous look..

Castro dragged his gaze from William’s approaching figure, his perfectly maintained facade crumbling like his mud–stained Armani. “Aveline, we never properly ended things. This arranged marriage – it’s just business. You can’t possibly-”

The crack of willow on bone cut through the morning air as William’s cricket bat connected with surgical

precision.

Castro crumpled to the ground with a cry of pain.

“I’ve been standing here listening to your bullshit,” William snarled. “You manipulated my sister, struck her, and now you have the audacity to make demands?” Another swing punctuated his words.

Despite his designer suit now being thoroughly ruined by grass stains, Castro kept his desperate eyes. locked on me, dragging himself forward like a wounded animal.

“Will, stop!” I called out as he raised the bat again.

in Castro’s eyes. “You see? She

froze as I crouched before him, letting my palm connect

said with deadly calm, “makes us square. Next time you raise a hand to me, I won’t be so

– it’s rather difficult to break up when you never publicly acknowledged me as your girlfriend, isn’t

Chapter 9

crystal clear, Castro: I don’t love you anymore. The next time you

William’s arm, turning my back on Castro’s broken form sprawled

was still unwilling

to face murder charges over someone like him.” I

cricket bat aside with visible reluctance, but couldn’t resist straddling Castro’s prone form to deliver

his rage, Alexander signaled the waiting medical team.

we turned to leave, Castro’s voice rang out with vindictive spite. “How does it feel,

grace. I caught William’s

Italian leather shoe into Castro’s injured leg, grinding

conversationally, though his eyes were arctic, “you’re making quite a

front–row seat to watch her live her best life without you.”

“Take him away.”

disappeared down the private drive,

through mine, his touch gentle. “Shall we hit Bond

at him, confused. After such drama, he wanted

“Why shopping?”

into a half–smile.

shopping is the best cure for a woman’s troubled heart.”

interjected hopefully. “I could use