MasukNorth’s life was already on the edge of collapse when Lucien Crowe’s world found him. A final year law student crushed under his family’s debt, North sees the offer for what it is: a transaction. Becoming a billionaire’s kept secret feels like a silver lining, and he takes it without hesitation, unconcerned with consequences. Lucien Crowe built his empire on control. People bend. Systems obey. What fascinates him most are those who still believe in the law, especially before they learn how easily it can be broken. North was supposed to be temporary. Another indulgence. Instead, his indifference cracks Lucien’s perfect exterior, awakening obsession, jealousy, and a possessiveness he no longer knows how to contain. For North, everything has a price. Sex is currency. Affection is leverage. He never intended to fall in love, especially not with a man who represents everything he despises. But when rules are broken and lines blur, North becomes the villain for refusing to give his heart in return. North’s revenge demands sacrifice, and love proves far more expensive than money. As power tightens its grip, North must decide whether he can truly love a man who embodies the system he hates, or if playing with Lucien’s heart will destroy them both first.
Lihat lebih banyakNorth’s POVLucien loved like a wounded animal.Desperately.Violently.Pathetically.And maybe that made me equally pathetic because, despite everything…I still loved him, too.Slowly, I pulled back enough to look at him properly.Those pale eyes searched mine anxiously, like he was waiting for judgment, waiting for punishment, waiting for confirmation that he ruined everything permanently this time.Instead, my hands lifted gently toward his face.“You look terrible,” I whispered softly.A broken laugh escaped him.“I probably deserve worse.”Emotion clogged my throat for a second before I finally said the words he had been starving to hear for so long.“I forgive you.”Lucien froze completely.Silence swallowed the foyer.Then, suddenly, his entire expression cracked apart with relief so overwhelming it almost looked painful physically. His eyes shut briefly while one shaky breath escaped him like he had been holding it inside for days.“You forgive me?” he repeated quietly, almos
North’s povFor the first time publicly, Lucien revealed that several major companies operating under Manchester Corp originally belonged to the Crowe empire back when Jericho still lived as part of the Crowe family before reclaiming his biological inheritance.The media exploded over the revelation.Analysts reported that Lucien personally authorized those transfers years ago because he alone controlled inheritance rights within the Crowe empire as the sole successor after his father’s declining health.And now?He took everything back.Immediately.Stocks connected to Manchester Corp crashed violently within hours.Social media turned into complete madness.People who witnessed the confrontation claimed Jericho barely fought back while Lucien beat him badly enough for security teams to intervene physically. Rumors spread rapidly that the confrontation involved an unnamed romantic partner allegedly assaulted by Jericho, and for the very first time in history, the world discovered one
North’s POVHe kept talking through uneven breaths, words spilling out messily like he could no longer hold them inside.“I deserve this,” he muttered bitterly. “I deserve every terrible thing you could ever do to me after the way I treated you in the beginning.” Another shaky breath escaped him. “All those men… all the ways I humiliated you… all the jealousy games…”He looked completely shattered.“I probably deserve to be cheated on,” he whispered hoarsely. “Maybe this is punishment for every awful thing I did before you.”Guilt twisted uncomfortably inside me despite everything.“Lucien…”“You’re all I have,” he admitted finally, crying harder now. “You became my entire life before I even realized it was happening.”I couldn’t handle seeing him like that anymore.Slowly, silently, I reached toward the tray.Relief flooded his face instantly.So I ate.Quietly.Mechanically.Meanwhile Lucien sat beside the bed still wiping tears from his face every few seconds like he physically cou
North’s POV“I’m done trusting you,” he continued coldly while staring out the window now instead of at me. “You’re banned from going anywhere alone from now on.”I blinked slowly.“What?”“You heard me.”“That’s insane.”“You’re also done seeing friends without permission.”I stared at him in disbelief while he kept going like he was reading business terms instead of stripping away my freedom.“No more parties.”“No more disappearing.”“No more secret meetings.”“No more acting single while spending my money.”My hands curled slowly into fists.“Lucien…”“You wanted to play games?” he interrupted sharply. “Fine. Now we play by my rules.”Every sentence felt heavier than the last.“I own your contract.”I looked away quietly.“I can legally control where you go.”Silence.“I can monitor every account connected to you.”More silence.“And if you ever embarrass me like this again,” he said finally, voice dropping into something terrifyingly calm, “I’ll make your life miserable enough th
Lucien’s POVThis was raw, hungry, a claiming that matched the desperation building inside me. My hands moved of their own accord, one tangling in his hair, the other sliding down his back to cup his ass, pulling him flush against me.He responded instantly, his body molding to mine, his tongue del
North’s POVI wished he hadn't seen that stamp, because it seemed to unleash something in him. He had me yelling "Yes, daddy" all night, my voice raw, my body a vessel for his relentless desire, the words a bitter reminder of exactly what I was to him.*Maybe telling him I couldn’t sleep because o
North’s POVJeremy escorted me back to my room for reasons I could not understand. I did not need supervision.The longer I watched him walk beside me with that polished, obedient smirk, the more I wished I had seen through his performance from the beginning. But if I had, I would not be here now.
North’s POVI watched him turn toward the hallway, coat shifting with the movement.“Follow me.”That was it.No explanation. No glance back.And still, I followed.There was something about being near him that rewired my pulse. It wasn’t fear exactly. It was anticipation sharpened to a dangerous p






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