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Silas lifted a brown folder from the table and held it out to me with both hands. \u201cHere is the marriage contract, Mrs. Sinclair. I added everything you requested. Once you sign it, the marriage between you and Hades will be official. Even if you choose not to have a wedding, you will still be legally married.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes dropped to the document, my heartbeat quickening as I finally took it from him. The paper felt heavier than it should\u2019ve. A part of me still couldn\u2019t quite believe I was about to marry my ex-boyfriend\u2019s father.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I opened the folder and scanned the neatly printed terms and conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My old self wouldn\u2019t have added anything at all. She would\u2019ve assumed she didn\u2019t have the right to have conditions. She would\u2019ve believed she was powerless. Someone who always ended up on the losing end. Someone who never said what she wanted because she thought she didn\u2019t get to want things.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For most of my life, I didn\u2019t have a choice. But these days, it was different. Hades made it different.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yesterday, when I told him I wanted to add conditions, I hadn\u2019t known how he would react. But I asked anyway. I was done being the girl who stayed silent. And, as always, he didn\u2019t mind, didn\u2019t even ask what the conditions were. He just told me to send them to Silas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shifted slightly on his lap as I turned another page, and a sharp groan rumbled out of him from behind me. I didn\u2019t react. His hands tightened around my waist in warning, fingers digging in just enough to make his point, yet I ignored that too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I knew exactly what I was doing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His hard-on was pressed firmly against me, and every tiny movement made it worse for him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Good.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He deserved it. The next time he tried to tease me in front of people, I\u2019d make sure he remembered I could frustrate him right back. If he wanted a game of teasing, I\u2019d match his energy perfectly, and maybe even outdo him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I lowered my gaze back to the contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The first term I added was about Sebastian. If Hades and I married, my brother was not to be involved with the Sinclair family in any way. I refused to let him get tangled in another toxic family. Sebastian had already been dragged through enough misery because of other people\u2019s choices. I wouldn\u2019t let him be used or manipulated ever again. He would stay out of all of it, especially my revenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My second condition was about the future, specifically what would happen after the divorce. If I gave him a child, I wanted to ensure I would still have a place in their life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maybe it was selfish. But I wasn\u2019t backing down from it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned to the last page, and my stomach twisted the moment I read the final clause. It was an embarrassing one. One that made jealousy prick under my skin even now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If he ever wanted another woman, he had to tell me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I hated that I felt that way. I hated that he could make me feel possessive and jealous without even trying. If he ever took interest in someone else, I wanted to know ahead of time so I could prepare myself, and wouldn\u2019t be blindsided.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stared at the line, a small frown tugging at my lips.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hades\u2019s arms suddenly tightened around my waist, pulling me flush against him so fast I let out a small gasp, my back\u00a0<\/p>\n
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hitting his chest. He lounged back in the chair like he owned every part of me. Before I could protest, his hand slid up catching my chin and turning my face toward him. Then he leaned in and kissed me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Heat shot through me so sharply my breath stuttered. My eyes widened, my cheeks burned, and every alarm bell inside me\u00a0<\/p>\n
rang at once.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cH-Hades,\u201d I hissed, my hand flying to his chest to push him back. \u201cWhat are you doing in front of others?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He lifted his head, eyes dark and unbothered, licking his bottom lip slowly, and deliberately like he wanted me to see it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re worried about what I\u2019m doing in front of others,\u201d he murmured, \u201cwhen you\u2019re the one giving me a hard-on on purpose?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My soul left my body.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I felt my face go from warm pink to volcanic red in two seconds. Jesus Christ. This man had no filter whatsoever. I tried to tease him and somehow he was the one turning the rest of my brain into mush.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t even want to look at Sierra, Alec, or Silas. I was sure the three of them were silently placing bets on how long it would take before I combusted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hades tsked softly, his thumb brushing my cheek before he tucked a loose strand of hair behind my ear. \u201cI smelled jealousy,\u201d he whispered, gaze dragging over my face with slow. \u201cWhat made my princess envious, hmm?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I blinked at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
God. He really knew me too well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I leaned forward slightly, desperate to change the subject before I died from mortification. \u201cOkay, fine, I\u2019ll stand.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I tried to push off his lap, but his arms locked around my waist like steel bands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d he said simply, then he plucked the contract right out of my hands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes widened. \u201cWhat are you doing?\u201d I reached forward to snatch it back, but he held me in place with his arm and unfolded the paper calmly, ignoring my attempts like I was a kitten pawing at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He skimmed through the terms, his expression unreadable, until he reached the last one.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He paused, and chuckled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAh,\u201d he said, amusement dripping from every syllable. \u201cI see. No wonder you were jealous.\u201d His eyes slid toward mine. \u201cYou can\u2019t stand the idea of me with any other woman, just like I can\u2019t stand the idea of you with any other man.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not true,\u201d I muttered, which was the most pathetic lie I had ever told. \u201cI wasn\u2019t jealous. What made you think that way?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He lifted a brow. \u201cReally? Then if I actually did have another woman and went to meet her, you\u2019d be fine with it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I bit my bottom lip so hard it almost hurt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I looked away, and stayed quiet, which said everything.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hades\u2019s breath brushed my cheek again. He kissed the side of my face, soft but claiming, and his voice dropped to something gentler.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you know you hate the idea, then why put it in the contract?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because caring too much meant I could get hurt. And Hades Sinclair was the only man alive capable of hurting me in ways\u00a0<\/p>\n
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no one else ever could.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t say any of that. But somehow, he read it anyway, like he always did, as if I were an open book.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cI belong to you,\u201d Hades said. \u201cMy heart, my body, my cock, my money, everything belongs to you. I will never look at any woman when I have you by my side.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stared at him..\u00a0<\/p>\n
My heart actually thumped so hard it felt audible.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here he goes again, making my heart race like an idiot. Making my stomach twist. Making my brain melt into a useless puddle. Why did he say things like that so casually, like he wasn\u2019t single-handedly rearranging my entire emotional stability?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I shook my head quickly, refusing to let him drag me deeper into whatever spell he was weaving around me. I snatched the contract from his hand and forced myself to focus on the document instead of him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI-I read the contract,\u201d I said, clearing my throat. \u201cHades didn\u2019t add anything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I kept my eyes firmly on Silas. If I looked at Hades for even a second longer, I might do something I shouldn\u2019t, like drop to my knees and take him in my mouth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ah, what the hell is wrong with me?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Silas smiled, looking almost amused. \u201cI asked him if he wanted to add anything, his exact words were that it wouldn\u2019t be necessary.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My brows knit. Silas continued, \u201cI even asked what would happen in case of a divorce. I thought he would want to discuss assets, properties, money\u2026\u201d He paused, glancing at Hades. \u201cHe glared at me as if he wanted to kill me, and said he\u2019d never get divorced. And even if you wanted all his money, he\u2019d give everything to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Huh?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Was he kidding me?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even Hades wouldn\u2019t be that, right?\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned to look at him. And of course, the lunatic had a proud, satisfied smile on his face. Like Silas had just recited poetry he personally wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before I could even react, Hades plucked the contract out of my hands, reached over the desk, grabbed a pen, and without a moment\u2019s hesitation signed his name. Then he held the pen out to me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSign it, princess,\u201d he said, his eyes glistening, \u201cand become my wife.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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