Dedication
To those who crave a romance that slowly moulds from enmity into a deadly obsession; where two souls burn with passion and desire for each other.
Prologue
A forced marriage; less a union, more a business alliance.
A shared past, mostly bitter, never forgotten.
He was the bane of her existence. She was his quiet undoing.
Calm and composed to the world, she never forgot the way his coldness stripped her bare. Rebellious and unyielding, she refused to tolerate his rudeness, yet she was the one who pressed his buttons, pushing him to the edge until his control fractured.
The tension between them was undeniable.
Tied by the sacred vows of marriage, they remained miles apart.
Until the ice began to melt.
Until restraint gave way to desire, possession, obsession, and the one thing they both denied: love.
But will it withstand, the flame, that is set to destroy them, to tear them apart or will they hold onto each other through the test of destiny?
