Chapter 106

[Angelica]

[Flashback–The day before}

The wedding trip was a disaster. I know Atlas showed up and left, the shopkeeper confirmed it when she informed me that only half of my purchases had been approved by "Mr. Steele himself."

But we didn't see him. He never made his presence known. He went out of his way to avoid us. To avoid me.

How am I going to win him over, to bring him back to me, if he cannot even spend a pleasant afternoon with me, one that he helped me plan?

Disappointed, I returned home, hoping to rest and brainstorm ways to give myself more opportunities with Atlas. I know he is still attracted to me--I can see it in the way he looks at me and feel it in the way he pulls away from our kisses as if he is afraid to give in and submit.

I just need to find the right opportunity to force his hand.

And I need to get my sister out of the way. She isn't part of the plan.

She has wanted Atlas since the moment she met him, but he never saw her as anything more than my little sis