My Abusive Ex Watched Me Marry His Stepbrother
"Sign the contract, Lily. One year as my wife, and I’ll give you everything you've ever dreamed of."
Dante Morrison is cold, ruthless, and everything I should stay away from. He’s also my abusive ex’s billionaire stepbrother—and the only man powerful enough to save me.
When Dante rescues me in a darkened parking garage, he makes me a sinful offer: a one-year marriage of convenience to humiliate his rival and protect my life. The rules are simple—live in his penthouse, wear his ring, and pretend I belong to him.
"This is strictly business, Dante," I whisper, my back pressed against the cool glass of his bedroom window as he steps into my personal space.
"Is it?" His dark, possessive gaze drops to my parted lips. He cages me between his muscular arms, the intoxicating scent of cedarwood and expensive whiskey invading my senses. His rough thumb traces my jawline, sending a scorching jolt of heat straight to my core. "Because right now, wife, business is the last thing on my mind. Tell me to step back, and I will."
I should push him away. I should remember the contract. But as his mouth hovers millimeters from mine, the forbidden, steamy tension between us ignites into an inferno.
I grab the lapels of his tailored suit and pull him against me. "Don't you dare stop."
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Chapter: CHAPTER 6 CONTRACT MARRIAGE(LARA'S POV)I am too tired and too scared to fight him. I nod slowly and walk over to his car, climbing into the passenger seat.Kyle drives us through the busy city streets in total silence. I look out the window, watching the city lights blur together. Twenty minutes later, he pulls into the private garage of a high-rise building. We take a private elevator all the way to the top floor.When the elevator doors open, we step directly into his penthouse apartment.I look around in wonder. The place is massive and objectively beautiful. There are floor-to-ceiling glass windows showing the sparkling city skyline, shiny marble floors, and expensive modern art on the walls. But despite all the wealth, the apartment feels completely cold, empty, and impersonal. There are no personal photos, no warm blankets, no signs of life. It mirrors Kyle perfectly—handsome on the outside, but frozen and closed off on the inside."Sit down," Kyle says, pointing to a large black leather couch.I sit a
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Chapter: CHAPTER 5 HE IS BACK(Lara’s POV)I take the papers from Kyle’s desk with hands that won’t stop shaking, humiliation burns through my chest like an acid, spreading through every nerve until I feel like I’m on fire.He has noticed my bruises. He won’t let go easily, he might know.The thoughts make me want to crawl out of my skin.I hated that he noticed. Hate that there was a moment… just one brief, fleeting second, when his dark, husky voice whispered in my ears….it felt so hot.He is my boyfriend’s brother.I walk out of his office and sit back down at my desk, my knees trembling so hard I barely make it to my chair. Despite the heavy shame weighing on me, a massive wave of relief washes over my tired body. I still have my job. I am not fired. I still have a chance to earn money and keep the cheap motel room I hid in last night.I try to type an email, but my screen blurs. I am too distracted to focus on work. My ribs ache from where Maxton hit me, and my heart pounds with constant dread.Suddenly, my p
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Chapter: CHAPTER 4 GUILT(Kyle POV)The bruises on her wrist are unmistakable. Dark purple marks shaped exactly like fingers—someone's fingers wrapped tight around her skin, holding her, hurting her.Lara yanks her sleeve down fast, but I've already seen enough.My jaw clenches. I know what those marks mean. I've seen them before.Sofia.The memory hits me like a punch to the gut. Fifteen years ago. My sister sitting at the breakfast table, tugging her sleeves down over her wrists. That same desperate look in her eyes—shame mixed with fear mixed with something worse. Something broken."It's nothing, Kyle," she'd said. "I just bruise easily."Two weeks later, her boyfriend put her in the hospital. Three months after that, he killed her.I force the memory away, but my hands are fists on my desk.Lara shifts in her chair, and I see more bruises peeking out from her collar. Fresh ones. Recent ones.Maxton.The pieces click together in my mind with cold precision. Lara is dating Maxton—my stepbrother, the patheti
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Chapter: CHAPTER 3 RUN AWAY(Lara POV)Five in the morning. The motel parking lot is dead quiet as I throw my bag in the backseat and drive. I don't know where I'm going—just away from here, away from Maxton's threats.My hands grip the steering wheel so tight my knuckles are white. "Think, Lara. Think." But my mind is blank with panic.I end up in the office building's parking garage without even realizing it. The concrete walls feel safer than the open road. Safer than anywhere Maxton might look.I curl up in the backseat, my ribs screaming with every breath. The car smells like my fear—sharp and metallic. Sleep comes in broken pieces between nightmares and the sound of every car that drives past.Sunday night I don't sleep at all. I just stare at the garage ceiling, watching shadows move across the concrete. Every sound makes me jump."You can do this," I whisper to myself. "You have to do this."Monday morning arrives gray and cold. I use my employee key card to get into the office early, sneaking into the b
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Chapter: CHAPTER 2 TRUE FACE(Lara POV)I waited until I hear Maxton's car disappear down the street. My hands won't stop shaking as I pull the duffel bag from our closet—no, his closet. Nothing here is mine."Just clothes," I whisper to myself, cramming everything I can fit. "Toiletries. Documents."The cash I've been hiding feels pathetic in my hands. Three hundred dollars. That's what my freedom costs.A sound from the bedroom makes me freeze. Just the building settling, but my heart hammers anyway. What if he comes back early? What if he catches me?His phone sits on the nightstand, charging. I shouldn't look. I know I shouldn't, but something pulls me toward it.The messages with Sarah, his mother, go back months. My stomach drops as I read.Sarah: Keep her weak. She's useful for getting sympathy and making Kyle look bad for ignoring family.Maxton: She believes everything I tell her. Perfect.Sarah: Good. A grieving woman makes excellent ammunition.Maxton: She actually thinks I love her.The phone slips fr
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Chapter: CHAPTER 1 ABORTION1(Lara POV)The bathroom floor is freezing. I can feel the cold seeping through my thin hospital gown, mixing with the blood that won't stop coming. Everything hurts—my body, my heart, the empty space where hope used to live.I lost the baby an hour ago.The nurses knocked twice already. I told them I needed a minute. That was a lie. I need forever to process this, and forever still won't be enough.My hands shake as I press them against my stomach, feeling the cramping pain that reminds me of what's gone. A baby. My baby. Our baby. Except it was never "our" anything, was it?Maxton's voice cuts through the door like a knife."Thank god it's over."I freeze. My breath catches in my throat."That baby was ruining everything," he continues, his voice casual, almost cheerful. "Now I can focus on getting what Kyle stole from me."I press my hand over my mouth to keep from making a sound. He's on his phone. He doesn't know I can hear him."She'll stay," Maxton says to whoever is on the ot
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