CHAPTER 22

AKBAR’S POV

I can’t stop the urge anymore. I can’t afford to lie to myself any longer.

I want Rose. I want both her body and her heart.

This woman is the perfect definition of the woman I’ve always dreamt of.

I have thought it over. Over and over again,why was she doing all these?

She won’t gain anything, which means she’s the woman — the one whose soul would complete mine.

Downstairs, before coming out, I had tested Alice ...