Welcome to Hell

"Were you married before?" Nora asked, her voice tight with a sudden spike of shock. The cold marble floor beneath her thin shoes felt like ice. It wasn’t that she cared deeply about Roman’s romantic history—she was a divorcée herself, carrying her own heavy baggage—but the glaring omission stung. What else had he conveniently left out of their arrangement?

Roman barely flinched. He waved a dismi