Chapter 7: Sealed With a Signature

The office was silent except for the faint hum of the city below. The contract lay between them, an unspoken promise of **possession, power, and surrender**.

Anthony didn't rush her. He leaned back in his chair, dark eyes watching her every move, studying her like she was already his.

Lily pulled the contract toward her, her fingers grazing the rich paper. "And if I say no?"

His expression didn't change, but something in the air shifted. "You won't."

Her jaw clenched. "You sound so sure."

"I am." He stood smoothly, moving around the desk, closing the space between them. "Because, Lily, you want this just as much as I do."

A sharp inhale.

His confidence was maddening, but worse was the way her pulse betrayed her. The way her skin prickled with awareness when he reached past her, grabbing the pen she had yet to pick up.

He held it out to her.

A challenge.

A demand.

Lily's fingers trembled as she took it.

One signature.

One decision that would change everything.

She pressed the pen to the paper, hesitating for only a second before writing her name in bold, undeniable ink.

Anthony exhaled slowly, his gaze darkening as he lifted the contract between them, his fingers brushing the fresh ink of her signature.

"Good girl."

A shiver ran down her spine.

Because she had just sealed her fate.

And she had a feeling Anthony Calloway wasn't going to **let her forget it.**