Prologue
"I'm ordering you to love me,"
Nadiya's voice wavered, though she tried to sound firm. Her eyes locked onto his, daring him to defy her.
"I'm your boss now. You must follow my commands, Asif."
Her heart pounded in her chest as she got closer to him, her desperation disguised as authority. "You owe me this. You owe me more than just protection."
Asif's jaw tightened, his eyes dark and unreadable as he took in her words.
For a long moment, he said nothing, the silence between them thick with tension. Then, in a swift motion, he closed the distance between them, his towering presence overwhelming the air around them.
"You think love is something you can order?" he asked quietly, his voice gravelly and low.
Asif leaned in, his lips brushing dangerously close to her ear, his breath warm against her skin. "I follow your orders, Nadiya. But not this one. Love doesn't work that way," he murmured.
His fingers slid up her arm, grazing her skin, and her body tensed under his touch. "You can ask for my loyalty, my protection, even my life. But love? That's something else entirely." He paused, his gaze locking onto hers, so intense it made her breath hitch.
His eyes softened, but his words were still firm. "Don't make this harder for both of us. You deserve more than a man who can never truly be yours."
"You can be protective but you possessive over your boss, Mr. Asif"
Nadiya said smirking.
"For you... I can be both, Ma'am" he said huskily pulling her by the waist making their chest collide.
"In the day I'll follow your order. But after midnight.....you'll surrender to me, ice princess." he said, his fingers trailed her jaw in a slow, deliberate motion.
"To your salvation...to your punishment.. The result of your drunken marriage. Whether you like it or not you’re Mine"
"I'll never do that. I'm not the same girl. Not anymore." She tried to be defiant but his touch shattering her resolve.
"We'll see about that...We can't deny this deadly Addiction to each other, can we?"
he whispered dangerously to her ear.
