Chapter 45: Tricked and Won

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CHAPTER 45

~Zara's POV~

I hated the situation—how he manipulated everything, how easily he twisted the terms of our marriage contract to suit his every need. 

It was infuriating. But what made it worse, what really gnawed at my insides, was how my body betrayed me whenever Snow was near.

Every time Snow was close, my pulse quickened, and my mind scattered, unable to keep its focus. I wanted to resist him, but there was an undeniable pull—a magnetic force that always seemed to draw me back no matter how much I hated him for it.

I pressed my fists into the pillow, clenching my teeth to stop myself from screaming. One could say I basically married a trickster or the devil himself.

"You can stop pretending to be asleep," Snow's voice cut through the silence smoothly.