Deceitful Vows

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Zoya</em></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I never imagined a dreaded gynaecology appointment would result in a fire-sparking connection hotter than the sun.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Even in an office designed to torture women the tension between the sinfully delicious stranger and me is so blistering that we spend the night together twisted beneath silky sheets.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Although disappointed to wake alone the following morning I assume aching muscles will be the worst side effect of our night of sin.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>If only anything in my life was that simple.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I learn shortly after our night of debauchery that Andrik isn't just seductively charming and easy on the eye. He is also married.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>During an exchange as heated as the night before he assures me that I have nothing to feel guilty about that his marriage is a contractual agreement designed to take down a hierarchy that's been ruling his life since prior to his conception.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>His defense is so credible that I </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>almost</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> believe him.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But with one lie unearthing a dozen more it isn't solely Andrik's affair being scrutinized.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A dynasty centuries in the making is about to topple and I'm unknowingly wielding the axe responsible for its demise.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Andrik</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One glance seared my soul but one brush of a pair of pouty lips seals my fate.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Zoya Galdean is going to ruin me.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>No ifs.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>No buts.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>will</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> ruin me. But I refuse to withdraw from a battle more dangerous than one decades in the making.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Betrothed or not Zoya wants me so she will have me.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I just can't publicly announce that until I fix the monumental mistake I initiated mere hours before bedding a woman whose inclusion in the farce ensures it isn't solely my head on the chopping block.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>*</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Please note</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>: although the blurb implies cheating there are no *relations* between anyone but the two main characters.</span></p><p></p>