Despite her fear, she stubbornly stared straight into my green eyes. “And what if I refuse?”
“Then the deal is off. And I’ll tell everyone that you hired those criminals and paid Thelma to abduct Claire,” I said to her, which made her eyes widen with rage.
“ARE YOU THREATENING ME, RALPH RUTHERFORD?!”
“THEN HAVE SELF-CONTROL!!!” I screamed back at her, which made her tremble in terror. I felt my body quake in anger too. It took a lot of patience for me to deal with her wretched behavior but starting today, I can’t let her act on her own and ruin all the plans that her father and several of the council members made to get me this far.
She was silenced by my anger, which I rarely show her because, despite her annoying personality, she is still a lady. I was raised as a gentleman but she
