Andrew's lips curled into a cold, dismissive smile. "Submit? Ha, do you really think you're worthy? Do you think I care about your submission? Mikayla, what I despise most about you is your crooked heart.

"You honestly believe that all your little schemes and manipulations are hidden from me? In these ten years in Chetvine, you're adored and showered with vanity. So now you think my return has ruined that, that I remind you of the past and make you feel ashamed, right?"

He added, "But the tr