Viktor dropped his hand, his eyes not leaving her. "She needs to know her place...if she's going to be a part of the Steele family, she must respect my mother as the lady of this house."
He puffed his chest as if that was something to be proud of, what he said. How pathetic.
It was a good thing I took my mother's name. A blackwood.
I turned Tessa to face me. It was hard to control the urge to beat the fucker into a pulp but I needed to know that she was okay.
She could back away from this deal if she got hurt. I didn't want that.
"Are you okay? Did he touch you?" My eyes scanned her face, her neck and her arms. She shook her head.
"I'm fine. You came right on time."
My father appeared right then, asking what the commotion was about. I didn't bother with him, instead I slid Tessa's s
