Chapter: 123

He said this last line so quietly it was almost a whisper.

Ariana listened intently to the whole story. When he was finished, she sneered, “I want to take back what I said. That’s not love but the story of a stupid woman.”

She seemed to pique his interest with this comment. “Then what about you?” he asked, sitting up straighter and moving closer to her. “Love or profit. Which would you choose?”

As his eyes examined her, she felt it was oddly familiar. It was a feeling of being trapped in a cage, suffocating.

She lowered her eyes, avoiding the question.

“I’m not here to watch a movie. I just want to make that clear. I don’t know where you got that ruby necklace but that doesn’t matter. I want it.”

important to me. What would you like for it?

quietly for a long time, as a light seemed to

didn’t dare to look at him for

want money, I

fixed on her face

me? I told you that I’m

hand to stroke the frown line that had appeared between her eyebrows. “Yes, I know. I want you

at the man in

back at her, like a hunter watching his prey. At any moment he could strike and she would have

“Are you unwilling?”

face was covered by a mask but what she could see was

His eyes were sharp, and she began to tremble under his intense

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