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Shane took a deep breath before facing the billionaire again. “Now, where was I?” She sidled close, and the aroused tips of her breasts, prickling against the silk of her dress, brushed against his arm.

Serenity scowled, and she was about to tell her sister off when she heard Shane breathe huskily, “Oh, now I remember.” Shane pulled the bowl of treats towards her. “I’ve definitely had these, and I loved them.”

“Are you sure?”

“How about you feed me one and I’ll tell you if I’m right?”

The billionaire’s lips curved. “As you wish.” He picked one heart-shaped treat from the bowl.

Serenity’s jaw dropped. “Shane—-”

Not wanting to let Serenity stop her from being fed, Shane bent her head to quickly take the cookie into her mouth, making sure to suck on the billionaire’s finger as she did. She chewed slowly, pretending to savor every bite and wanting the billionaire to remember the times she had eaten his cock.

The billionaire stared at her, fascinated, and Shane smiled in satisfaction.Finally.She had known the time would come that he would get tired of her sister. She turned to Serenity and just as expected, Serenity had a look of dismay on her face.

Serenity appeared at a loss on what to say. “Shane...”

“What is it, sister dear?” she asked sweetly.

She said weakly, “Those treats were for Eslee.”

Shane stopped chewing.

The cameramen and the guards who had heard everything that was going on burst into laughter.

The billionaire suddenly filled her vision, and Shane paled at the look of contempt in his eyes. “I know every goddamn thing you did to my future wife.” His voice was dangerously soft, fit only for Shane to hear. “Every goddamn thing.”

She started to choke in sheer terror, but when she was about to throw up everything, the billionaire said simply, “No.”

Shane froze.

“You know I have the power to ruin your life. You know I can tell your oil sheikh things about you that would scandalize his family, so much that he would not just dump you but probably sue you in his royal court and have you executed.”

“I can do that, and you know it. Nod like a good little dog if you understand me.”

And suddenly, she remembered the last time Serenity had been in Melanie’s home, the way she had laughingly taunted her sister and tried to treat her like a dog.

She looked into the billionaire’s eyes, and Shane knew that Willem knew about that moment, too. He knew and he wanted to kill her for it, was only waiting for her to give him a reason to pull the trigger.

Tears stinging her eyes, Shane forced herself to swallow everything back. Her stomach revolted, but she forced herself to swallow everything down.

“Perhaps another one?” The billionaire’s voice was pleasant. “Just to show that it’s all fun between us?” This time, he allowed himself to be heard.

Shane blindly took another treat from the bowl and popped it into her mouth.

The billionaire reached for her—-

Shane flinched.

But he only touched the top of her head. “Good girl.” He ruffled her hair, like a good little dog.

****

THEY WALKED HAND INhand towards the ballroom, where the cast and crew had already adjourned, together with the Queen and other members of the royal family. Serenity was reciting to him his schedule for tomorrow, her voice serene and calm, but he knew without her saying a word that something was wrong.

It wasn’t because she was acting like his PA still. She had done that from the very start, even when they had just gotten back together.Just because she was his fiancée, Serenity had told him primly, didn’t mean she no longer had to be professional at work.

So, no, Serenity acting like the blonde robot that her friend Willow occasionally teased her as did not bother him. It was, instead, the way she couldn’t seem to meet his gaze, and when she paused for breath, he asked quietly, “What’s wrong?”