Chapter 34

CARLY

“I am still talking to Langston!” I glared at my brother, who had just snatched the phone from me.

“Why would you do that? The palace is doing you a favor, sister.” He turned off my phone.

“It’s a death trap for Langston. I can’t just force him to marry me. I’m not like you, Thay.”

He arched a brow. “He will still be here. Trust me because it’s how he feels about you. He is tenacious. Nothing can stop him if he wants something. I believe you know it by now.”

“You don’t know that.” I just wiped my tears and asked him to return my phone. Instead, he slipped it into his pocket.

“I do know him better than anyone. I see myself in him once that I would do anything to be with the person I love.”

“I don’t think so.” I hit him in the arm. “He won’t waste his time kidnapping me, you prick.”

He just laughed at my outburst. “I love you, Carlott, so much that I want you to be happy for the last time. Rome is the man who can give you eternal h