Chapter １０１

He took a deep breath in and exhaled slowly. “Luke King.”

When my brows were this close to touching my hair, I knew I was in trouble.

Luke's identity is a mystery to me.

I saw his name from magazine. The ruthless, powerful, and boringly attractive lord of Empire Capital. He rose from nothing , leaving competitors and colleagues in his wake. Anyone in his way was killed without ceremony or emotion.

A marriage contract stared at me. It's his.

How come? I asked. We needed a catch. No way Luke King needed an arranged marriage to get married. He made money and fucked girls.

Dad turned away.

“You don’t have to do this. This is a condition of his support.”

“He'll save your life, and all he wants is to marry a woman he's never met?”

I nudged the contract, wondering if it was rigged to explode.

The contract in front of me felt heavy, as if it had its own gravitational pull that could derail my entire life.

“How is Mom now?” Then I asked.