Andrea
I groaned out of bed, my body protesting with every shift and stretch, accompanied by the creak and crackle of aching bones. I should sleep in, take a day or two to lock myself in here, and shut myself out from the rest of the world.
But I hadn’t seen or spoken to my mother since all this began. She might begin to worry or think I had left her all alone. I wanted to keep her out of it all completely. I wanted to keep this marriage a secret.
If I didn’t agree with anything written in the contract Kieran gave me, I certainly concurred with keeping this marriage a secret from the public’s view. But how was I going to pull that off if I wanted to gain access to the Vasques empire?
My eyes went to the contract still lying on the dressing table. I was yet to sign it. In fact, I did
