Chapter 23. Christian's Deep Secrets

His words left her dumbfounded, just as he had expected. He grabbed her hand, taking advantage of her momentary confusion. They looked like a couple in love as they strolled towards the beach, hand in hand.

“Everyone is staring at us, Christian. Can you leave my hand?” She tried to extricate her hand from his hold but he gripped it further, refusing to let go.

“No. Let them stare. They might be jealous of you!” Skylar turned to see the amused glint in his eyes.

“Why would they be jealous of me?”

“Maybe because you’re the only one who’s getting to marry me!” Skylar scoffed at his enormous ego! As if she was marrying him willingly! Wasn’t he the one who was forcing her to marry him?

“You’re the one who’s lucky that I agreed to marry you. If it wasn’t for our parents’ last wish, I would never have gone ahead with this.”

“Then we should be indebted to our parents, right?” he chuckled as she wrenched her hand free of his hold and walked on.