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After a spontaneous, carefully restrained kiss sparks escalating intimacy, their conversation shifts to the true meaning of marriage beyond romance. Rafael frames the wedding as a transfer of authority, covering Tier Four rights and extending into future property and financial control. Bea struggles with old beliefs and new trust as she demands specifics.","CROWN OR FIRE SERIES  \nBook Four  \nVIVIENNE CROSS  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAll Rights Reserved.  \nCopyright © 2026 by Vivienne Cross.  \nNo part of this work may be transmitted or reproduced without written permission from  \nthe author/publisher.  \nBind Me is a work of fiction. Names, characters, situations, locations, and events are  \nfictitious.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor my readers, because happily ever after raises a lot of follow-up  \nquestions.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nChapter One  \nB eatriTzhCruzen Rahfaad everyel Griffiinntention of being goodwalked into her kitch.en, and self-control  \nfiled for resignation, effective immediately.  \nHer fiancé came bearing croissants and coffee and that aggravating restraint he’d adopted since they’d agreed to abstain until the wedding. He set the paper bag on the counter with exaggerated care, then reached past her for a glass of water, his triceps brushing against her arm.  \nIt was lingering, not to mention unnecessary. And absolutely deliberate.  \nBea’s mouth made an executive decision. She reached for hisnape, pulled him toward her, rose up onto her toes, and kissed him.  \nHis chest expanded under her palm, the tension there unmistakable. The knowledge that he was holding himself back took hold, bright with thrill and edged with warning. Strong fingers slid into her hair, firm at her scalp. His other arm came down beside her, boxing her neatly against the counter as if the kitchen had been designed for this exact misjudgment.  \nIt might have begun with her, but Rafael took control the moment their mouths met, turning her impulse into something far more consuming. His body pressed close enough that she felt what he wanted. The answering ache low in her body was insistent.  \nWhen he finally pulled away, they were both breathing hard, his grip still threaded through her hair like he wasn’t ready to let go. Her dress was damp where his body had pinned her.  \n“That,” she managed,“must be against the rules.”  \nHis green eyes lit with trouble.“You sure you want me to follow the rules?”  \nHer knees nearly dissolved.“That’s what we agreed.”  \n“Then stop looking at me like you’re asking for something else.”His forehead hovered close. Like if she asked, he’d break the rule for her.“Unless you’ve changed your mind.”  \nEvery cell answered ‘yes’ in full-volume harmony. Her mouth, which had switched sides again, answered,“No.”  \nThree days down, sixty-seven to go. Who’d suggested this madness?  \nOh, right. She had.  \nBecause, to her own consternation, she contained a deeply inconvenient streak of old-fashioned romanticism. The kind that wanted the wedding night to mean something extra. The kind that held out for symbolism. It sounded beautiful…right up until it wasn’t.  \n“How do you want to handle the engagement announcement?”he asked, his hand sliding down to cup her cheek, broad and warm, and she leaned into it.  \n“Do we really have to do one?”  \n“We never have to do anything,” he said. “But silence invites fiction.”  \nHer expression pinched. “I know but…I’d still rather not voluntarily be internet fodder.”  \n“Okay,” he murmured, and kissed the middle of her forehead, then started trailing kisses down her nose in quest for her mouth. Her resolve wavered in real time.“You don’t owe strangers access. I’ll get a team together.”  \nBea’s phone buzzed. She snatched it up before the kitchen became the setting of a memory Lillian, in the room next door, would spend the rest of her life repressing.  \nGROUP CHAT: THERAPY CLUB  \nGEORGINA: Bea Cruz please confirm that you’re actually marrying Rafael Griffin and this isn’t a folie à deux.  \nShe typed while Rafael watched.  \nBEA: Confirmed. Last Sat of April.  \nBEA: I hope you all like matching dresses.  \nGEORGINA: As long as Naomi’s family is designing  \nNAOMI: Obviously. With ten weeks it’s either us or off the rack  \nNAOMI: And you know which one it won’t be  \nISABEL: Sure you’re not pregnant, btw?  \nHeat climbed Bea’s cheeks.  \nBE","cbCaiu90A21Z8beE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiu90A21Z8beE","pdf",3748627,237,"English","en",105,"# Chapter One\n## Kitchen rules and first escalation\n## Engagement announcement and group chat\n## Rafael’s authority transfer speech","[{\"question\":\"Why does Bea and Rafael postpone intimacy until after the wedding?\",\"answer\":\"They agree to abstain until the wedding, using self-control as part of the plan. 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