Liana’s POV The suite was absurd. Floor-to-ceiling windows held an ocean that had been painted by a drama queen. There was an infinity pool, and rose petals scattered on the floor like some flight of fancy at romance—but all I could smell was money, the suffocating kind, stacked high with manipulation. But the bed? The bed brought me to a standstill. A king-sized abomination, shrouded in silk sheets, something out of a cheap romance novel. I wanted to torch the whole damned thing just to get rid of the shame it filled me up with. Slowly, cricking my neck with tension, I turned, standing before the man who thought this whole production was romantic. "You're joking," I informed him, flat voice, squinting eyes like blades. Dante blinked not. He walked past me, that same smirk as walk

