He questioned mockingly, "You were saying?"

"I-I… I…" She opened her mouth to utter something, but words failed her as she stammered, unable to say anything substantial.

"If you must know this, Ariana, I don't take no for an answer and I always get what I want. I want you and I must have you," said Kelvin with a tone full of firmness. There was no way the former would allow himself to lose to a mere ...