A ghost of a smirk played across Knox's ruggedly handsome features. "Knox," he stated simply, betraying not a flicker of emotion.
Serena dragged in another deep breath through her lungs, giving voice to the question that had consumed her from the moment she first laid eyes on this devilishly good-looking man. "Are you...my husband?" The tremulous words were laced with a potent mix of trepidation and breathless anticipation.
Knox shook his head slowly and deliberately, his piercing amber gaze never wavering from her face. "I am!"
Confusion clouded Serena's delicate features as a torrent of new questions flooded her mind. "Why did you marry me?" she pressed with frustration mounting at his evasive, cryptic responses. The burning, insatiable need for answers raged within her like an infern
