Chloe smiled softly and sat close to Samuel. "Really?"

"Of course. You'll be my wife sooner or later. Everything that belongs to me will be yours too, Chloe."

Eliana couldn't take it anymore. She closed her book and stood to leave.

Samuel shot her a cold look and barked, "Stop right there."

Eliana froze but she couldn't bring herself to look at them again.

"Go make me dinner,”Samuel ordered lazily. “ I'm hungry."

It was the first time he'd ever told ...