Chapter 15. Ari’s Shield and Land

Christian frowned and said in a deep and vibrant tone that made Clarisse’s heart skip so hard,

“and why would my woman do that?”.

“huh?”.

‘ did I hear that right?, He’s been acting crazy since the wedding, I’m not Alice, who’s his woman?’, Clarisse said in her mind as she looked up at him, meeting his gray eyes.

Their eyes met and Chris felt his heart skip, her blue ocean eyes were so beautiful and drowning but at the same time, held lots of emotions.

“I’m doing that because I know it isn’t me you want to be here and I understand that”, she said looking away. She’s sure Patricia can’t just send her off to a good man so this is what she’s thinking it is.

“What makes you think it’s another woman I want here?”,

“because I know it definitely can’t be me”, she said like she was so sure puzzling Chris and thinking if he was missing something.

“I don’t know what you’re thinking princess...”,

“Clarisse, that’s my name”, she said feeling