Chapter 34: Curse

Kai Lashbrook forced down his glee and put on a mask of grief, then decided to fan the flames: "June, I know you've always guarded against me, even looked down on me." "You think a grown man like me can't measure up to a woman like you. Fine, I admit it-you're far more capable than I am." "Even as the head of the Hauk family, I'm nothing next to you." "But that doesn't mean you can deny how much I love you, June." "I, Kai Lashbrook, am willing to give everything to love you, and to love your...