Contractually Yours (The Lasker Brothers, #4)

by Nadia Lee

But then he wasn’t my first choice of husband. I wanted Sebastian Lasker.

Thinking about the city reminds me of the girl I met eleven years ago.

I shouldn’t be feeling like a caveman who just single-handedly killed a mammoth and brought it home for his woman.

“My policy is never explain, never complain. Just makes things worse.”

“Watch your tone if you want to keep your teeth. Nobody talks to my wife with disrespect.”

Preston slashes the air with his arm. “She’s my fiancée!” “She was. You call my wife your fiancée again, and I’ll break your face.”

I wasn’t kidding about destroying him if he doesn’t stay away. Actually, I’m going to go ahead and do that anyway,

“He’s being insubordinate, talking to you like that. You’re entitled to get rid of him for creating a hostile work environment. This is your kingdom, Luce. Defend it.”

“Only the people who are close enough to stick a knife in your back can betray you.”

“You are worth it, Lucienne Peery. You are the prize. I can do this over and over again until you believe that.”

He takes my hand from his head and threads his fingers through mine, his wedding band warm against my skin. He presses his cheek to the back of my hand and looks up at me like a man who has his prize in sight. “All’s fair in love and war. And this is love.”

“You’re the moon in my night sky. I’m just putting a few stars around you so you can shine even brighter.”