Aurora's POV
I stared at him, my heart sinking straight into my stomach.
Mistress.
Was that really how little he thought of me?
I stood up abruptly, the oversized silk of his suit jacket sliding off one of my shoulders. I didn't care that I was half-undressed or that my hair was a mess from his fingers. The humiliation I felt now was far worse than being carried through a restaurant.
"A mistress?" I spat, the word tasting bitter on my tongue. "You want to keep me hidden in the shadows? Use me whenever you feel like having sex and then pretend I don't exist when you have to play the Great King?"
Oliver's expression shifted, his jaw tightening as he looked up at me from the couch. "Aurora, you don't understand the pressure—"
"I understand perfectly!" I snapped, pacing in front of him. "You're offering me the same thing Raymond did, just with a different name. You want to buy my life. You want to own me without ever truly choosing me."
