Charlotte always hoped for forever with her college sweetheart, Jonah, but after their marriage, the man she gave her heart took her freedom and turned her into a shadow of herself. He married another woman for her money and dumped Charlotte to the curb because of his greed. Broken, with no hope from anywhere, her savior comes in form of the man she least expected, her ex’s uncle. Xavier Roman is the wealthiest man in the state, a zillionaire whose income cannot be counted. He proposes a contract marriage to his nephew’s ex-wife in order to silence the ugly rumors surrounding him and she agrees out of desperation. In return, he promises to help her exert her revenge on everyone who wronged her, and spoil her beyond imagination. Driven by hate and jealousy, her ex-husband returns with his family, tarnishing her image in every way they can to get back at her, but she cannot be touched because of the man whose name she is affiliated with. What happens when she starts to want more than just his money? What happens when he realizes that it was never just business for him? How will she ever get over him, when coupled with his money, he shows her in more ways than one, what it means to be truly pleasured by a man…?
Lihat lebih banyakCharlotte felt ridiculous wearing her sister’s clothes, but she knew that the real reason she kept tugging at it was because she was nervous. Charlotte had told Kate everything, well everything except that Xavier had driven her home after she assaulted his sister at his company and tried to get her to open up to him, but she refused. If she did tell her, she would never hear the end of it. After several confusing turns and exchange of borderline unpleasant words, Kate finally announced, “we’re here!” “Come on,” Kate said as she opened her side door. “Or do you want me to open the door for you?” Charlotte rolled her eyes. “You literally just stopped the car. Can you just chill?” Before they walked down to the gate, it opened for them and the guard in charge for the day greeted her with a smile like he had been expecting her. Charlotte squinted at him. He had never been this excited to see her. “Welcome, Mrs Roman,” he said, making way for her to enter the premises. “J
For the first time in weeks, Charlotte felt at home. She and Kate had been cooped up on the couch all day, binge-watching a series on Tv and eating chips. “I can’t feel my butt,” “We’re all out of chips,” Kate and Charlotte said at the same time. They looked at each other and began to laugh. “I just came up with a great idea to solve both our problems,” Kate said, flicking her wrists. “Stand up and exercise your dead butt, and while you’re at it, go to the kitchen and get more chips.” Charlotte gave her a look. Kate rolled her eyes and pushed her. “Go. I’ll pause the show,” she assured her. “Ugh, okay,” Charlotte said resignedly as she stood up with the empty plate of chips. “I’ll be sure to keep my butt issues to myself from now onwards.” Just like her sister, Charlotte was obsessed with chips. Ever since she left Xavier, chips had become her comfort food, which was why on her first day out of the house to do grocery shopping, she had purchased an entire truckl
Xavier knew Laura probably had something up her sleeve when she asked to meet him at her penthouse instead, but he agreed to go, not because it was the least he could do since he would be taking her son away for a whole month, but also because he knew that if he didn’t, she would continue to nag about his conference room. “Sorry I’m late,” Xavier said and took the empty seat in front of what he could only call a picnic table. Laura smiled, not at all offended. “It’s alright. I pulled you out of space so you weren’t under any obligation to come so early. How have you been?” Xavier nodded without giving an audible answer. One hand held up his jaw while the other held onto the side of the chair as he tried to get used to this new setting. The penthouse was scattered with toys, yoga mats, pillow and whatnot. He didn’t like how lived-in it looked, neither did he like the fact that Laura hadn’t even bothered to tidy up the place before inviting him. She was giving off the hidden
“I got you some presents,” Kate said with a smile when she stepped into Charlotte’s new house. “Thanks,” Charlotte muttered politely and took the bag her sister offered her, without looking at her face. She carried the rest of her luggage into the room next to hers and remained idle in the living room while Kate made herself at home in the room. Charlotte didn’t know how to react now that her sister was here and she was being nice. She had never forgiven herself for the stupid mistake she had made that had broken her family and her tight relationship with her sister and she didn’t think she or anyone else would ever be able to move past it. The Tv was on as it had been for a while, showing the cartoon she and Xavier had laughed at during their honeymoon. It was just a coincidence that it was the channel showing, Charlotte convinced herself. “This place is so big and it looks expensive,” Kate said, appearing in the living room and looking around. “I suppose getting married to
Charlotte paced around her room as she held her phone to her ear, waiting for the only person she could talk to at that moment to answer the phone. It rang twice and went to voicemail, but that was expected. Private had an official call line, but he rarely used it because of the type of job he did. It was just there to let him know who was calling and then he would call the person back with a new line. “Charlotte,” his deep warm voice greeted when she answered the unknown number. “Hi,” she greeted, now unsure what to say now that she had his attention. “How are you doing?” “I’m alright, and you?” He asked politely. “I’m great,” she said in a tight voice that showed she was anything but. There was silence. “I assume you didn’t just call me to ask me how I’m doing,” he said wisely. “Go ahead, I’m listening.” Charlotte sighed. How was she even supposed to start? She knew keeping people’s secrets was his job, but so was revealing the secrets of others to those who
“I knew you would call me back sooner or later. It was only a matter of time,” Laura said with a smirk as she sat down opposite Xavier in his conference room. “I just hoped it would have been somewhere else and not here with all your guards.” “What do you plan to do with the pictures?” Xavier asked immediately after she sat down, going straight to the reason he had asked her to come. She didn’t appear discomposed by the question at all. “I just sent them to you, to show you what you were dealing with,” she said with a shrug. “Why?” “I just wanted you to know that your wife is not the angel you think she is. If she can have an affair with a man married to her own sister…” Xavier chuckled drily. “Why are you so obsessed with me? Why won’t you just let me move on? What’s your business with who I choose to be with? So if I decide to be with a pornst@r tomorrow, you’ll send me all the clips of her work?” Laura glared at him. This was clearly not the reaction she had been
Contrary to what Charlotte had imagined would happen, Xavier did not try to initiate conversation throughout the ride. He only asked her where she wanted him to drop her off and she told him. He didn’t even ask for a specific address and didn’t pressure her to tell him more when she only gave him the name of her estate and not even the road. The ride was uncomfortable to say the least, just like it was silent, with only the classical music he never played accompanying them on their journey. They were alone in the car, with Xavier driving, since he had instructed his men to leave them once they left the building, but he didn’t let that make him overstep the boundaries she had created. “We’re here,” he said when he drove into the estate. “You can tell me when to stop or where to go.” She nodded and looked out the window. This was not how she had hoped things would go. It was too early to meet him. She wasn’t ready yet, hadn’t had the transformation she planned to have befo
“You must be mad,” Charlotte scoffed at Matt. She stood up, carried her bag and adjusted her sunglasses to leave the restaurant, but he was right beside her in a second and holding her hand. “You don’t want to cause a scene, do you?” He asked with a chilly voice that let her know he was not afraid to create one. “Be a good girl and sit down, will you?” If looks could kill, Matt would have been a dead man, but unfortunately, they couldn’t. With a heavy heart, Charlotte did as she was told and sat back down. “You’re way too sensitive. I was just playing with you but you had to take it seriously,” he said with a chuckle. “I wonder what the big deal is. You know I’ve always wanted you and now you’re single and free. You’ve always been such an uptight bitch.” Charlotte crossed her arms and stared straight at him with a serious face without saying a word. His hurtful words were the least of her problems right now. She had so much to lose and unfortunately, he had the power to ma
Xavier frowned as he stood by the door, wondering if it would be wiser to walk through or stay back to listen to what his ex-wife had to say. This was what she wanted, to put him in a position where she would be the one to call the shots. She had what he wanted and she planned to use it to her advantage. Shutting his eyes with a sigh, he turned around and walked back to the seat he had just vacated. “Talk,” he said, looking straight at her. She smiled and relaxed in her seat. “Why are you so pressed? I just want us to be comfortable and free with each other while having this conversation. I don’t know why you’re acting like I’m the enemy.” Xavier blinked. The longer he stayed here listening to her bullshit, the more he was tempted to flip out. She was twisting everything on purpose so that he’d try to correct her like before and prolong this more than was necessary. “If the next thing you say isn’t related to what you planned to tell me today, not only will I call the guards
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