Clara shoved at him frantically, her hands fluttering. "James, if you're so against divorce... could it be you're in love with me?"
James let out a cold laugh. "In love with you? Don't flatter yourself."
A man like him could have any woman he wanted—why would he settle for a clueless bunny?
The only reason he refused to divorce her was because he couldn't stand seeing her with Anthony.
Yes, that had to be it.
Having convinced himself, James deepened the kiss with punishing intensity.
This wasn't their first violent kiss, nor Clara's first resistance. Their bodies clashed in familiar struggle, ending—as always—with her defeat.
He pinned her wrists above her head, claiming her mouth with ruthless intensity until each gasp became a battle for air.
Clara's face burned crimson—flushed w
