BELLE “You weren't just hired, Belle.” His hot breath fanned my neck, waking every nerve in my bones, as goosebumps rose on my skin. “You're mine.” That is it? I snorted at his words, and whatever I was feeling was instantly replaced with anger. “I'm yours?” I took a step back, leaving a space between us. “Since when?” A humourless laugh escaped my lips as I stared at him in disbelief. “Because the last time I checked, I was just a loose woman who sleeps around and pretends she earned it, isn't it?” A surge of rage coursed through my veins as I recollected the look on his face when he said those words. And now, he thinks he could claim me? Is this all a joke to him? Of course, it is. I was just another puzzle he needed to solve. He couldn't accept me quitting on my own. As if

