Walking toward her, he took a jewellery box from his pocket and opened it. Her breath caught as she saw that it was the engagement ring from earlier.

He lifted her left hand and pushed the ring onto her third finger. It was a perfect fit. Of course it was. Just like all the clothing he bought for her fit. He planned everything, right down to the last detail.

She looked down at the ring, a gasp flying from her lips. Before, she’d been too upset, too overwhelmed to see it properly. Now, as she held it up, she took in the incredible beauty of it. The diamond was light pink and nestled in a bed of smaller white diamonds. When she moved her hand, it caught the light, sparkling with a life of its own.

“Yasmin Mahdi, will you be my wife?”

It surprised her that Volkan would bother asking her the question. He’d kidnapped her, drugged her twice, and bullied her into complying with his commands. How could he possibly expect a yes?

She opened her mouth to tell him as much, but he held his hand up. In it was a cell phone. “Your family is one phone call away. You decide what you want your future to look like.”

Despair filtered through her and she looked away from him.

He took hold of her chin and forced her to meet his eyes. “I know you think I’m being harsh, but this is for your own good. You wouldn’t have come to me if I hadn’t forced your hand. You’ll come to love me as much as I love you, and the day you realize it, you can thank me for doing everything in my power to bring us together.”

She shook her head and backed away, jerking her chin from his grasp. “You’re delusional if you think that. I will never thank you, and I will never love you.”

He grabbed her arms, the cell phone still in his hand digging into her flesh. “Then you’ll be miserable, because I’m never letting you go.”

His lips crashed down on hers and he kissed her with a painful fury that had her gasping and shoving at his shoulders. He pulled her closer into his chest, chaining her with his arms as he forcibly explored her mouth, his teeth slicing against her lips and his tongue choking her.

When she tried to bite him, he brought his hand up to grip her jaw and force her mouth wider. She cried out, but he swallowed the sound.

She could feel his cock, erect and hard against her belly.

Fear rushed through her and adrenalin gave her the strength to fight him. He dropped his phone as he wrestled with her. She was able to free an arm and swung it around, smashing her fist into the side of his head and finally breaking the kiss.