MasukSo, Mrs. Knight,” he said, voice dripping with mockery, “do we have a deal?” I stared at his hand. Then at his face. Then at the empty shot glasses. I slapped my palm into his. “It’s not Mrs. Knight anymore,” I said, squeezing hard. “And you, Mr. Arrogant, just hired the most vindictive assistant you’ll ever have.” His fingers tightened around mine, warm and strong and promising all kinds of chaos. “Welcome to the dark side, Isabella.” Behind us, Kayla whispered to herself and few people in the coffee shop, “Y’all, I’m literally witnessing the start of a mafia romance…” Lucian’s eyes never left mine. Something electric and dangerous crackled between us. And in that moment, drunk off tequila and vengeance, I signed my soul with the Devil. I said no to Alexander Knight at the altar. Then I said yes to Lucian Voss in the rain, still wearing my wedding dress... Because my fiancee betrayed me twenty minutes before we tied the knots. With Lucian, it was a fake relationship stringed with mind-blowing nights. I gave him my body He offered me revenge Neither of us expected to give our hearts... Or that the enemy warming my bed every night ...was the brother everyone thought died fifteen years ago. Now I'm pregnant and only one knight get's to keep the empire and me
Lihat lebih banyak**Lucian’s POV**The engine growled low as I pushed the black Range Rover harder than necessary down the empty stretch of highway. No music was on. No headlights until the last second. Just the dashboard glow and the drum of my own heartbeat in my ears.Every mile marker felt like a countdown.All of it piled up behind my ribs until breathing hurt.I gripped the wheel so hard my knuckles split white.I was going to end it tonight.Put the bullet in his forehead. Watch the light leave his eyes. Then turn the gun on myself and end my life too.Clean. Final. No more carrying this weight.The abandoned textile mill came into view, it was a rusted chain-link fence half-collapsed, it's windows like broken teeth. I killed the engine fifty yards out, coasted the last stretch in silence, and stepped onto cracked concrete.Malik stood under the single working floodlight with his arms folded. Alexander was slumped against a rusted loading dock pillar, his shirt was soaked dark with blood, an
**Alexander’s POV**The bar was half-empty, the jazz low enough to let conversation breathe. We’d claimed the corner booth, me and Marcus—two bottles of Macallan 25 already half-gone between us. Our ties were loosened, sleeves rolled, celebrating the Dubai deal closing and his messy divorce finally being official.Marcus raised his glass. “To winning at work and winning at freedom.”I clinked mine against his. “To never having to pretend again.”He smirked, glanced toward the tinted windows where the black Maybach idled under the streetlamp. My driver Malik sat motionless behind the wheel, same posture he’d held for the last eight years.Marcus tilted his chin toward the car. “You really brought the babysitter tonight? It’s almost two a.m.”I followed his gaze. “He’s not babysitting. He’s insurance.”“Insurance against what? Us getting too loud?”“Against me getting too drunk to remember where the brake is. And against photos. You know how fast a blurry shot of me stumbling out of her
**Chloe’s POV**The room felt smaller everytime Ryan paced it. Three steps to the window, three back to the foot of the bed, his hands flexing open and closed like he was trying to strangle the air itself. The lawsuit papers lay face-down on the tray table between us, but we both knew they were still screaming.He stopped abruptly, turned, planted both palms on the metal rail at the foot of my bed.“Tell me the truth, Chloe. All of it.” His voice was low, controlled, but the vein at his temple throbbed. “What the hell is the real history between you and Alexander Knight?”I exhaled slowly through my nose. “Ryan, can we just not....”“Don’t.” He shook his head once. “Don’t soften it. Don’t protect him. Don’t protect me. Just talk.”I looked down at the IV line taped to the back of my hand. The bruise beneath the tape had faded to ugly yellow-green. Fitting.“Okay,” I said quietly. “But sit. Please. You’re making me dizzy.”He hesitated, then dragged the chair closer and dropped into it
**Alexander’s POV**The corner office still smelled faintly of Chloe’s vanilla candle even though she hadn’t set foot in it for three weeks. I’d thrown the candle away the day after the lawyer delivered the papers. Couldn’t stand the scent anymore.Angela knocked once sharply, professional then stepped inside with the tablet already open.“Morning, Mr. Knight.” Her voice was bright without being cloying. Twenty-six, Columbia MBA, references impeccable, and a smile that never quite reached calculating eyes. Perfect.“Morning.” I leaned back in the chair. “Hit me.”She tapped the screen and began without preamble.“9:15 – investor call with the Dubai group. They want fifteen minutes on the Q4 projection revisions. 10:30 – board pre-meeting with legal. They’re still pushing for the shareholder vote on the Cayman restructuring. 11:45 – lunch with Senator Hargrove’s chief of staff at The Modern reservation confirmed, private booth. 2:00 – site visit to the new data center in Jersey; helico
**Isabella’s POV** The private jet hummed beneath us, sleek and white and completely unreal. I gripped the armrests like they were the only thing keeping me on earth. My first time on a plane...ever—and it had to be a billionaire’s toy that probably cost more than my childhood home. Lucian glance
**Lucian’s POV** The conference hall was a glittering battlefield—crystal chandeliers overhead, rows of sleek tables, each company’s banner glowing on massive screens. Twelve teams, all hungry for the same billion-dollar partnership. I sat front row with my five, arms crossed, watching the third p
**Isabella’s POV** The sky had deepened to a bruised purple, stars winking awake one by one as the ocean whispered secrets to the shore. I’d lingered longer than I meant to, letting the salt air clear my head after that call with Mom. It felt good—cleansing, like the weight of the past few weeks
**Isabella’s POV** Chloe’s voice still lingered in my ears like stale cologne -sweet, cloying, impossible to ignore. “You sure you’re not jumping from one billionaire to another a little fast?” I turned back to her, forcing my face into something that might pass for polite if you squinted. “Y


















Welcome to GoodNovel world of fiction. If you like this novel, or you are an idealist hoping to explore a perfect world, and also want to become an original novel author online to increase income, you can join our family to read or create various types of books, such as romance novel, epic reading, werewolf novel, fantasy novel, history novel and so on. If you are a reader, high quality novels can be selected here. If you are an author, you can obtain more inspiration from others to create more brilliant works, what's more, your works on our platform will catch more attention and win more admiration from readers.
Ulasan-ulasanLebih banyak