Prologue

He claimed me as his. That's what he did.

The first time he saw me, I was his property. That's what he told me. I was no longer a free woman. I was no longer an in-depended woman who lived her own life and made her own decisions.

I was ruled by him. From the moment he laid eyes on me, I was his. I belonged to him. I belonged to Xavier De Laurentis.