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“Bye, princess.” Dad’s angry expression melts away, and he bends to kiss my forehead.
I stand tall as I cross the room, shoulders back and head high. Once the elevator doors close, I’ll have the privacy to break down. My pulse thumps and I hear the rush of it in my ears.
Dad turns back to peer through the floor-to-ceiling windows at the city, posture relaxed like he has no qualms about what he’s planned for me.
There’s no way in hell I’ll play along and marry Cohen fucking Decker. I’ve done plenty Dad demanded of me over the years. But this is where I draw the damn line.
The elevator doors close and I cross my arms across my stomach, holding the shattered pieces of myself together.
I’m a princess all right, one kept locked up tight in my steel tower. I don’t have time to worry about my father’s shady business dealings because I’m too busy collapsing under the weight of his control—everything in my life is decided for me.
Including who I’m supposed to marry.
Fuck that.
A lioness kept captive lies in wait, pacing the bars, anticipating the right moment to strike.
