Masuk"Be my wife for eight months and I will save you from this hell. But if you fall in love with me? I will destroy you." She wasn't sold for a price. She was lost in a bet. A dark deal made in the shadows between a father who sold his own daughter without thinking twice and the man who runs the Blackwood empire. The CEO who doesn't just own money. He owns the city. He owns the law. He owns the men and their fates. She was just a normal designer until she became his wife on paper. A wife to a man who knows no mercy. A man who never loses a deal. A man who refuses to let the woman carrying his name be weak. Eight months. A marriage with no love. Strict rules. Forbidden feelings. But what happens when the deal turns into a deep hunger? What happens when the contract becomes a cage? What happens when she finds out that running away from her father put her in the trap of a man who is a thousand times more dangerous? Her father sold her in a bet. And her only escape was the man who owns the city.
Lihat lebih banyakJulian POV“What was your question again?”I whispered calmly, while Eleanor cleared her throat with faint embarrassment she tried to hide, then raised her eyes toward me with hesitant boldness and whispered in front of my face with relative steadiness: “Did you feel jealous when you saw his hands around my waist the same way you are doing now?”I closed my eyes for a few short seconds... And the moment that scene returned to my head—Martin holding her waist as if she belonged to him—something dark ignited inside me.Fire. A complete damnation of rage.My gaze hardened unconsciously, and my fingers tightened around her waist automatically, pulling her closer to me until I almost buried her between my ribs, as if I were trying to erase the trace of his touch from her... or prove that this woman was mine alone.I opened my eyes slowly, then whispered in a low, deep, dangerous voice: “Just because he touched you... the fires of hell ignited inside my chest, and nothing extinguishes those
Julian POV“I said let us talk inside, Eleanor!”My voice came out sharper than it should have while she refused to look at me and wiped her face nervously under the pouring rain. Water droplets clung to her slightly lowered lashes... and something inside me was about to explode just from seeing her like this.“Come on... the weather is cold.”My words came out curtly and roughly, and my patience had truly started wearing thin.She glanced at me in dissatisfaction, then exhaled rudely in my face before storming toward the house with angry steps.Rude.But damn it... even her anger fascinates me.I quickly followed her and opened the door before she reached it. Eleanor entered inside and stopped in the middle of the place, hugging her arms to her chest tightly while the anger was still clear over her features.I approached her slowly...And my eyes betrayed me immediately.Her completely soaked appearance was a real disaster for my nerves.She looked like a small cat drowned under the
Elnoear Vance The road ahead of us was leading toward a rough mountainous area, and we had no choice except to stop. Trees surrounded us from every direction, and the night had completely cast its shadow over the place while the rain still poured heavily. The only comforting thing in the middle of all that... was that we had finally gotten away from our pursuers.Julian Blackwood stopped the car in an isolated place on the mountain road and turned off the engine.I looked around nervously.Nothing.Only the dark forest and the winding road stretching ahead of us.The darkness here was suffocatingly thick.I could barely see anything.“What now?”My voice came out more disturbed than I wanted.Julian opened the door and got out of the car, and the rainwater immediately poured over his body, soaking him completely. He pulled his phone from the pocket of his formal pants and looked like he was trying to call someone repeatedly, but his features grew more curt with every failed attempt.
Elnoear Vance A waiter passed in front of me carrying several glasses of wine, so I quickly grabbed one and swallowed it in a single gulp nervously. Its sharp bitterness slid down my throat, forcing me to close my eyes in disgust while placing the glass on the table, my brows tightly furrowed.My mind was completely distracted.So drowned in my thoughts that I did not notice someone sitting beside me until his voice reached me.“Hello!”I raised my eyes from my hand and looked at him carefully. A man in his thirties... remarkably handsome, wearing his suit elegantly in a way that made him look more confident than necessary.I studied him suspiciously for a few moments before muttering:“Hello?...”A quiet laugh escaped him, kinder than I expected, but that did not stop my confusion.What is wrong with this man?!“You look lovely.”He leaned slightly toward me with his chair, so I immediately leaned back, creating distance between us.“So?”The question left me in confusion, making hi
Elnoear VanceI got out of bed and hurried to my room, looking left and right, afraid of running into him. I let out a relieved breath when he didn’t appear and quickly slipped inside.I picked out a white long sleeve shirt with
Elnoear Vance POV“I knew he would text me.”My phone rang with a message notification, and I jumped in shock, running toward it. My heart was beating like war drums behind my ribs. I took a deep breath, grabbed my phone, and opened it with confidence.But my confident smile disappeared the moment
Elnoear Vance POVI washed my face to erase the last traces of sleep and pull myself back into some kind of energy.Then I went downstairs to eat something. I had skipped both breakfast and lunch.Ivy was already home. So we ate together with my grandmother, talking about random things while the ho
Elnoear Vance POVI froze in place. I did not move at all. I only stared at Julian’s message with stiff, glassy eyes. A cold feeling crawled into my fingers, like my blood had turned to ice inside my veins. Did Julian Blackwood know I was lying to him?How the hell did he find out where I was? And












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