Viya's POV
I hadn't expected Caesar to ask this question. But I'd already dug myself into this hole; backing down now would only invite mockery. I forced myself to think seriously about it.
My ideal man had always been someone like Caesar—powerful, commanding, with that raw magnetism that made everyone in a room stand at attention. It was precisely because of how drawn I was to him that I'd chosen his complete opposite in Lucius—cultured, refined, gentlemanly.
But where had that gotten me? Three years in a loveless marriage with a man who couldn't even pretend to want me when his true desire was just a phone call away.
It was utterly pathetic.
Then a dangerous thought crept into my mind—reckless and impulsive, but impossible to ignore. So I decided to take a chance.
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