Love, Luxury and Lies
Lucy George has spent her entire life fighting for stability. With her father's debts mounting, her family's future hanging by a thread, and every opportunity slipping through her fingers, the last thing she expects is an offer from one of the most powerful men in the country. Albert Craig, a billionaire CEO, media darling, and untouchable.
When a scandal threatens Albert's reputation and puts a multi-billion-dollar merger at risk, he proposes a solution neither of them sees coming—a six-month contract relationship. All Lucy has to do is pretend to be his girlfriend, attend events, smile for the cameras, and convince the world they're in love.
In return, Albert will solve every financial problem her family faces. It should have been simple. Business, nothing more.
But behind Albert's perfect smile lies a web of secrets, family betrayals, and dangerous lies. As their fake relationship begins to feel painfully real, Lucy finds herself falling for a man she was never supposed to trust.
And when the truth finally comes to light, she must decide whether love is worth risking everything. Because some contracts come with fine print. And some lies are too expensive to forgive.
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Chapter: Chapter FourteenLucy“The phone was turned on five minutes ago.” I stared at Liam. For several seconds, I couldn’t process his words. My father’s phone was in my mother’s car and turned on, five minutes ago. That couldn’t be possible. “You’re sure?” I asked. Liam nodded. “We tracked the signal.” “Could someone have found it?” “Possibly.” “Then why would they turn it on?” Liam didn’t answer. Albert did. “Because they want us to find it.” My stomach tightened. Another trap.Everything seemed to be a trap. I looked at Albert. “Then why are we standing here?” “We aren’t.” He reached for his jacket. “We’re going.” I blinked. “You just said it was a trap.” “It is.” “Then why go?” His gaze settled on me. “Because your father’s phone might contain something we need.” “And if someone is waiting for us?”Albert’s expression hardened. “Then they’ll have to deal with me.” There was something in his voice that made me believe him. Not arrogance. Not confidence. Something colder. Determination. I hated how reass
Last Updated: 2026-09-08
Chapter: Chapter ThirteenLucy“THE DEBT ISN’T PAID.”I stared at the words until they blurred. My father’s face filled the photograph. He was alive.That should have been the only thing that mattered, but the message behind him made my stomach twist. The debt isn’t paid. What debt?And why was the message meant for Albert? I slowly turned toward him. He hadn’t moved. His eyes remained fixed on the photograph.For the first time since I’d met him, Albert Craig looked completely shaken. Not angry. Not annoyed. Afraid. That frightened me more than the photograph itself.“What debt?” I whispered. He didn’t answer. “Albert.” His jaw tightened. “Where did you get this?”I held up the photograph. “It was sent to me.” “Who gave it to you?” “I don’t know.” He stepped closer and took the photograph from my hand. His eyes scanned every detail. The chair. The wall. My father’s clothes. The lighting. Everything.“What is it?” I demanded. Albert finally looked at me. “It’s a warning.” “To you?” His silence answered. I swal
Last Updated: 2026-08-14
Chapter: Chapter TwelveLucy“The witness also said your father looked terrified.” The words hung in the air. Heavy, impossible, and terrifying.I stared at Liam, waiting for him to say something else. To correct himself, to explain, and to tell me there had been a misunderstanding.Instead, he remained silent. And somehow that was worse. Much worse. Because silence meant he believed it. My father had willingly gotten into a vehicle. Not because he wanted to. Because he was afraid.A thousand possibilities raced through my head. None of them good. “What kind of vehicle?” I asked. My voice sounded strange, thin and fragile.Liam glanced down at the report in his hand.!“A black sedan.” My stomach dropped. Black. Of course it was black.Every mysterious person in this nightmare seemed obsessed with black vehicles. “Did the witness see who was driving?” Liam shook his head. “No.”The hope I’d been clinging to weakened further. Another dead end. Another missing piece. Another unanswered question. I was beginning
Last Updated: 2026-08-13
Chapter: Chapter ElevenLucy“They found blood.” The words hit me like a physical blow.For a moment, the room disappeared. The conference table. The city lights. The people around me. Everything faded into the background. All I could hear was my heartbeat. Fast, loud, and terrified. My father’s blood. No. No. No.My knees nearly gave out. A strong hand closed around my arm before I could stumble. Albert. Steadying me and grounding me.Normally, I would have pulled away. Tonight, I couldn’t. Because the panic was too overwhelming and too consuming. “Lucy.” His voice sounded distant. Muted. Like he was speaking underwater.I forced myself to focus. To breathe. To stay present. “How much blood?” The question scraped painfully from my throat.Liam hesitated. Not a good sign. Not a good sign at all. “We don’t know if it belongs to him.” Hope flared briefly. Tiny, fragile and dangerous. “What?”“The samples are being tested.” My heart latched onto those words immediately. Being tested. Meaning they weren’t sure. M
Last Updated: 2026-08-10
Chapter: Chapter TenLucy"Tell Albert Craig, and your father dies."The words echoed through my mind long after the call ended. I stared at the dark screen of my phone. Unable to move. Unable to think. Unable to breathe.The room around me blurred. My father. They had my father. Or at least they wanted me to believe they did. Either way, the result was the same. Fear. Pure, overwhelming fear."Lucy." Albert's voice sounded distant. As if he were standing miles away instead of a few feet from me. I looked up slowly. His eyes locked onto mine. Sharp, focused and concerned. "What did they say?"The question hit me like a punch. Because now I had a choice. The caller had been very clear. Tell Albert. Dad dies. Lie to Albert. Maybe Dad lives.My stomach twisted. I hated this. Hated every second of it. The silence stretched. Too long. Long enough for Albert's expression to darken. "Lucy."My throat tightened. "I..." The lie stuck in my chest. Refusing to come out. Because despite everything— I trusted him. May
Last Updated: 2026-08-07
Chapter: Chapter NineLucy"Because someone just broke into your father's financial records."The world seemed to stop. For one terrifying second, I couldn't hear anything except the sound of my own heartbeat. The photograph slipped from my numb fingers and landed on the floor. My father's smiling face stared back at me from the image. Unaware. Unprotected. Targeted."Lucy?" Albert's voice came through the phone. Sharp. Concerned. I swallowed hard. "What do you mean they broke into his records?"My voice sounded distant. Like it belonged to someone else. "We detected unauthorized access less than ten minutes ago."My stomach twisted. Detected. Unauthorized access. These weren't words ordinary people used in ordinary situations.This wasn't normal. Nothing about the last few days had been normal. I leaned against my desk. Trying to steady myself. "How would you even know that?"A brief silence followed. Then Albert answered. "Because I had people monitoring activity connected to the old investigation." Ther
Last Updated: 2026-08-06
Chapter: Chapter One Hundred Twenty: The Life I ChoseThe first thing I noticed was the silence.Not the suffocating silence that followed destruction, nor the terrifying stillness that came before a battle. This silence felt different. It was gentle, almost unfamiliar, like the world was taking its first peaceful breath after centuries of fear.I stood on the silver platform, staring at the seven worlds suspended across the horizon. They were still there.Their mountains had not all been restored. Some kingdoms carried scars from the collapse, and distant cities glimmered with the fragile light of rebuilding. But the worlds were connected again, their silver threads stretching between them without passing through a throne. Nobody commanded those connections. Nobody owned them.For the first time, the covenant belonged to those who chose it. I let out a breath I hadn’t realized I was holding. “We survived,” I whispered. Alexander slipped his hand into mine. “We did.”I turned to look at him. His crimson eyes had softened, and the ancient
Last Updated: 2026-10-31
Chapter: Chapter One Hundred Nineteen: The Freedom to Let GoThe Sovereign disappeared inside the darkness, and the covenant began to die.I felt every connection shudder beneath my skin. The silver threads that had joined the worlds stretched until they became almost invisible, while the lights people had created one by one began going out.“No!” I reached for the nearest thread. “You don’t get to take their choices away again!”The darkness answered with a violent pulse.I was thrown backward, but Alexander caught me before I struck the broken platform.“Luna, stop!” he shouted. “You can’t fight that corruption by throwing yourself into it.”“I’m not going to let the worlds collapse!”“And I’m not going to let you sacrifice yourself because you think everyone else’s survival is your responsibility.”His words struck harder than the blast.For a moment, I saw the familiar fear in his eyes. He knew what it meant to lose someone to a decision they believed they had to make alone. He had spent years trying to become strong enough that nobody coul
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred Eighteen: The Last ChoiceThe world was ending, and the Sovereign was smiling.I watched the throne split apart above us as we plunged into the abyss. Black lightning tore through the darkness, and the last silver chain stretched taut between the Sovereign’s chest and the heart of the covenant.Alexander’s hand tightened around mine. “Luna, look at me!” I forced my eyes away from the collapsing worlds.His crimson eyes held mine, fierce and steady despite the destruction surrounding us. “We’re not dying here,” he said. “That sounded more convincing in your head, didn’t it?”A startled laugh escaped him. Even now, with the universe coming apart, he managed to look offended. “I was trying to be reassuring.” “Try harder.”His smile appeared for only a second before another explosion threw us sideways.Noah’s darkness surged beneath us, forming a vast shadow that caught our falling bodies. We struck it hard, and the impact drove the breath from my lungs.For several seconds, none of us moved. Then Noah groaned. “I
Last Updated: 2026-10-31
Chapter: Chapter One Hundred Seventeen: The Covenant Must BreakThe first world disappeared before we reached the throne.One moment, the silver path stretched beneath our feet. The next, an entire kingdom beyond the broken horizon crumbled into darkness, its towers collapsing as though time had suddenly remembered their age.I heard thousands of voices crying out. Then silence swallowed them. I stopped walking. “What happened to them?”The woman with my face appeared beside us, her translucent form flickering beneath the dying light. “The Sovereign is severing the connections between the worlds. It believes that if it destroys the covenant, it can rebuild existence according to its own design.” “Can those people be saved?” I demanded. “Only if the connections survive.” I looked at the darkness spreading across the horizon. “Then we protect the connections.” “The covenant cannot be protected by force alone.” “Good thing I have never relied on force alone.”Alexander gave my hand a brief squeeze. Even now, with ancient power moving beneath his ski
Last Updated: 2026-10-31
Chapter: One Hundred Sixteen: The Boy Behind the BloodThe crimson door slammed shut, and Alexander disappeared. I rushed toward it, striking the surface with both hands. “Alexander!” No answer.I tried the handle, but the door refused to move. Crimson symbols spread across its surface, burning brighter each time I touched them.Behind me, Noah approached cautiously. “Luna, the door won’t open until he makes his choice.” “I know that!” My voice came out sharper than I intended. I closed my eyes, forcing myself to breathe.Alexander had asked me to trust him. I couldn’t spend every moment of his trial trying to take control because I was frightened of losing him.But trusting him didn’t mean standing helplessly outside while he faced the worst memories of his life.I pressed my palm against the door. “I’m here, Alexander,” I whispered. “Whatever you see, you’re not alone.” The crimson light pulsed beneath my hand. Then the door opened a fraction.I saw him inside. He stood in a white laboratory, facing the seven-year-old version of himself
Last Updated: 2026-10-29
Chapter: Chapter One Hundred Fifteen: The Power I RefusedThe silver doorway closed behind me, and I found myself standing in a world made entirely of memories.There was no sky, only an endless expanse of silver light. Beneath my feet stretched a glass floor reflecting every version of myself I had ever been: the frightened child in the laboratory, the young woman who believed love meant sacrifice, the Luna who had lost her wolf, and the Phantom who had returned determined never to be powerless again.I stopped when I saw the final reflection. She wore a silver crown.Her eyes glowed like stars, and seven threads of light stretched from her fingers toward distant worlds. Wherever she moved, armies bowed. Every door opened at her command. No bloodline could challenge her, and no enemy could threaten anyone she loved.She looked at me and smiled. “You’re tired,” she said. I folded my arms. “I assume you’re here to offer me something.” “Everything you ever wanted.” The reflection lifted her hand. The world changed.I stood in the courtyard of
Last Updated: 2026-10-29
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