THE BILLIONAIRES DARK SIDE
Natasha Raymond’s life is upended when her father’s failing empire forces her into a marriage of convenience with Lucas Salvador, a self made billionaire determined to rebuild his family’s reputation. Their arrangement is simple; save her family’s legacy, maintain a public facade, and in return, she becomes his wife in name only.
But Lucas has darker motives. A decade ago, his parents died in a tragic accident one orchestrated by Clifford Raymond, Natasha’s father. For years, Lucas has plotted revenge, and marrying Natasha is just another move in his game.
As they spend more time together, their fake marriage starts to blur. Genuine feelings develop between them, complicating Lucas’s plan. Just when Natasha begins to feel at home in Lucas’s world, a mysterious flash drive arrives, exposing a web of lies, including a birth certificate connecting her father to a woman named Amelia Raymond.
With her identity in question, Natasha begins investigating. Her search brings her to Derrick Watson, her childhood friend now working as a physician at Silver Point Medical Center. Derrick uncovers startling genetic similarities between Natasha and a patient file from years ago Amelia Raymond. Natasha’s world shatters as she learns the truth, she’s not the daughter she thought she was but a pawn in a family legacy of betrayal, tied by blood to the very family Lucas is determined to destroy.
As Natasha and Lucas grow closer, they must confront the lies that bind them. Lucas’s resolve weakens as he falls for the woman he intended to destroy. Natasha faces an agonizing choice cling to the man she loves or expose the truth that could tear their worlds apart.
The Billionaire’s Dark Side is a gripping tale of love, revenge & the devastating cost of betrayal.
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Chapter: CHAPTER THIRT-EIGHT The Mother's CodeThe bunker hummed with a cold, metallic pulse, an old heartbeat wired into new systems. Natasha stood frozen, Lucas’s arm tight around her, as the holographic projection steadied into clarity.Evelyn Salvador.Alive.Not dying.Not fading.Not a glitch.Her presence filled the room with a quiet authority that didn’t belong to a ghost.Natasha barely felt her own breathing.Derrick was the first to find words. “This interface shouldn’t allow real-time projection unless…”“Unless the subject is conscious,” Evelyn finished calmly.Her voice wasn’t trembling. It wasn’t struggling.It was… aware.Lucas stepped forward, jaw locked. “Where are you?”A soft, sorrowful smile curved her lips, one that held a mother’s love and a scientist’s warning all at once.“Somewhere you cannot reach. Not yet.”Natasha felt Amara coil inside her, tight, hot, territorial, like a shadow bristling at being seen.Evelyn turned her
Last Updated: 2025-12-11
Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENThe plane sliced through a wall of clouds, the cabin lights dimmed to a soft, uneasy glow. Natasha sat rigid in her seat, every muscle strained as if her body already knew what was coming.Wake up, Natasha… don’t let him choose her.Amara’s voice slithered across her consciousness again, sharper now, more deliberate. It didn’t feel like a hallucination. It felt like someone tugged on her spine from the inside.She forced her eyes open.Lucas was watching her.His gaze was steady, penetrating, far too perceptive for her to pretend. He didn’t speak. He just reached across the narrow aisle and threaded his fingers through hers. She held on tightly, not because she was afraid of falling, but because she feared what was rising inside her.Across the aisle, Derrick tapped frantically at his tablet.“Lucas,” he murmured, leaning forward. “We have a problem.”Lucas didn’t break eye contact with Natasha. “Tell me.”Derrick turned the screen so they could see. The plane’s flight coordinates bli
Last Updated: 2025-11-26
Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX The Name She Died WithMorning arrived as a grey bruise across the city. Rain still pelted the glass like a heartbeat trying to outrun itself.Natasha sat at the edge of the bed in Lucas’s penthouse, fingers curled around the small encrypted drive he had pressed into her palm the night before. She’d rewatched Evelyn’s message in her head so many times the words had started to blur but the meaning had not. Amelia had died to protect her. Amara had become the monster inside her. Evelyn had warned them both.Lucas stepped out of the shower, hair damp, towel at his waist, and the sight of him, tired, close, real, steadied her for a moment. He crossed the room and sat beside her, the space between them taut with everything unsaid.“You did not have to watch that again,” he said quietly.She looked at him, throat tight. “I had to hear her say it. To know they didn’t lie about Daddy.”He reached for her hand, fingers warm around her kn
Last Updated: 2025-11-24
Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE ECHO ACTIVATION- 70 HOURS REMAININGLightning cracked again, a white vein across the sky, and the entire vault seemed to inhale with Natasha.She’s waking up.Natasha didn’t realize she had whispered it aloud until Lucas’s head snapped toward her, eyes narrowing with that instinctive sharpness he carried like a weapon.“Who?” he demanded.But she didn’t answer, not immediately.Because the words hadn’t come from her.They had come through her.A cold ripple crawled up her spine, as if someone invisible had drawn a finger along her nervous system. Natasha staggered slightly, clutching the side of the vault wall as a flicker of static pulsed beneath her skin.Lucas was beside her in an instant.His hand grabbed her elbow; the heat of his touch steadied her.“Natasha. Hey, look at me.”Her gaze lifted. “Something… someone tried to speak. It wasn’t a memory. It wasn’t me.”Lucas’s jaw clenched.“That’s the Echo.”She shook her head. “No. It felt… older. Fa
Last Updated: 2025-11-22
Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR Hearts of Glass The hum of the servers faded behind them as Lucas shut the vault’s door, sealing the glow of the Echo File in darkness.For a long time, neither of them spoke.Natasha’s breath came shallow, her pulse thrumming like a trapped bird’s. She could still feel the heat of Lucas’s hand in hers, the unspoken urgency in his grip. Every inch of her skin tingled, caught between fear and something dangerously close to need.“Seventy-two hours,” she whispered. “It’s like she’s counting down inside me.”Lucas turned toward her, too close, too intense. The city lights framed him like a man caught between heaven and sin. “Then we won’t waste a single one of them.”There was something in his voice, not control this time, but desperation. The kind that came from a man who’d already lost too much.“Lucas…” She hesitated. “What if shutting the file means losing her completely?”His jaw tightened. “Do you want to keep
Last Updated: 2025-11-13
Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE The Echo FileThe penthouse felt too quiet.Too perfect.The kind of silence that hummed with things unsaid.Natasha sat by the floor-to-ceiling window, her eyes tracing the outline of the city below. The lights pulsed like a living map, each one a reminder of the world that kept spinning, uncaring of the storm brewing inside her.Lucas’s penthouse was a monument of glass and restraint. No clutter. No warmth. Just control, the kind that looked beautiful until it started to suffocate.Lucas stood a few feet away, sleeves rolled up, his hands resting on the edge of his desk. The glow from his laptop cast sharp lines across his face, all focus, no softness. He had been quiet since they got back from the hospital.She watched him for a moment before breaking the silence.“You’ve been staring at that screen for hours.”He didn’t look up. “And you’ve been avoiding sleep for the same amount of time.”“Sleep isn’t exactly
Last Updated: 2025-11-11
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