Page 76 of The Sinner’s Desire (The Sinner’s Touch #1)

Bruno Cooper-Hayes

I watch her as she walks across the university campus, books in hand.

When we were kids, I promised her we’d get married.

Bel smiled and nodded in that way only she can, a little detached from the world, like a princess occasionally gracing her subjects with a smile or a few words.

Not because she’s arrogant. Belinda has a unique personality—as sweet as honey.

I waited for us to grow up.

I was patient, because my father explained she’d been through a lot. She needed to grow on her own. And even though there was nothing I wanted more than to be her protector, I stepped back.

But now, now the time has come to make her mine.

Belinda has always belonged to me. And I’m going to make sure she understands that once and for all.