Mag-log inOne dare. Sierra Jones is the good girl; quiet and obedient, always following the rules. Until one drunken dare at a bar throws her into the arms of a stranger she was never supposed to see again. She doesn’t get his name, and she doesn’t think she needs it because it was only a one night stand. Until she finds out she’s pregnant. And the stranger turns out to be Nathaniel Sterling, her ruthless, filthy rich CEO, already engaged to a woman as dangerous as she is jealous. He wants the problem gone but she refuses to get rid of the child. So he buys her silence instead, offering money for her baby’s existence and a signature that erases him as a father, sealing a hush-hush deal that’s supposed to end it all. Years later, Sierra has rebuilt everything on her own terms; she’s done with billionaires, heartbreak, and men who choose ambition over her. Then she meets Richard who is older and powerful, devastatingly charming in a way that makes her forget every rule she swore to live by. There’s just one problem. He’s Nathaniel’s father. What starts as forbidden slowly becomes a realization: she is not the good girl she always thought she was. What should end in scandal becomes something neither of them can walk away from. Even as Nathaniel’s jealous brother circles like a shark, looking for any secret that could destroy Nathaniel, even as the friend Sierra trusted most quietly sharpens the knife meant for her back, Sierra sits pretty in the middle of it all. The secret won’t stay buried forever, and when it finally explodes, it won’t just expose Sierra. It’ll bring an empire to its knees.
view moreSierraMy phone buzzed on the kitchen counter while I was pouring cereal I didn't really want but figured I should eat anyway, now that everything I put in my body had a passenger.I peeked at it: Deposit received: $5,000.00Five thousand dollars, just like that, was sitting in my account. I stood there looking at the screen and I knew I was about to start overthinking things. “Listen, Sierra, the deed has been done, you took the deal; use it the best way you can.” I nodded after saying that out loud.My car's check engine light had been on for three weeks, and the mechanic I'd been avoiding calling had quoted me a very heavy number. But now I had five thousand dollars and the car’s engine now looked like a flea.I smiled and scrolled through Instagram. I had been looking at pregnancy wellness and the algorithm was sending that kind of content my way. An ad slid into my feed: Prenatal Fitness: Gentle, Guided, For Every Trimester. I stopped scrolling. It was ridiculous to care about
SierraHank's voice cut through the ringing in my ears. "Sierra? You okay? You've gone kind of pale."I blinked and dragged my eyes back to him, forcing my face into something I hoped was normal. "Sorry, yeah. Sorry, I just—" I gestured vaguely at nothing. "Long week, sorry. What were you saying?"Instead of answering my question, Hank followed where my gaze had been, glancing over his shoulder toward the window table before I could stop him. "Do you know that guy? The one who won't stop staring at you?"He's staring at me? Why was he staring at me?! Of course he'd chosen now, of all moments, to be so obvious about it that a stranger on a first date could clock it in ten seconds flat."He's my boss," I said, which was partially true, considering I no longer worked for Sterling Group. "Well he was my boss. I actually just left the company.”"Huh." Hank said,"Small world. In good terms, I hope, because the way he’s staring, it’s like he has something against you."I did not dare look up
SierraI didn't break down at my desk, though it was a near thing.I had barely sat back down after leaving Nathaniel's office when Monica appeared at my side, vibrating with questions. "Okay, what happened? What did he say? Sierra, you look like you saw a ghost; talk to me.""Not now, Monica." I kept my eyes on my monitor, even though I was not seeing anything.“Come on, Sierra.”"Please, Monica. Some other time. I just… I can't right now."Monica's mouth opened, clearly ready to push, but she thought better of it. "Okay." Her voice softened. "Okay, later, then. Do you need anything? Water? Should I get you water?""Can you just help me clear my desk?" My voice came out smaller than I meant it to. "I'm leaving. The company, I mean. Today."Monica stared at me. “Did that fucker decide to fire you after you told him?!”“Monica! Keep it down.” She didn’t look like she was going to keep it down. “No, that’s not what happened. I’ll tell you everything later, okay? Monica didn’t want to g
NathanielI was on the phone with legal about the Hartwell acquisition when the door to my office burst open without the courtesy of a knock.My secretary’s voice came half a second behind the commotion. "Sir, I'm so sorry, she just—"“Do you remember me now, asshole?!”I'd spent the last sixteen hours trying very hard not to think about the text message I received yesterday and now it had materialized into my worst nightmare, namely the girl from the bar."I'll call you back," I said into the phone, and hung up.She stood before me, and her chest was rising and falling fast. Her hands were balled into fists at her sides, and I wondered what she thought she could do with those small hands.I waved the secretary out and said nothing until she was gone. "So," I said, leaning back in my chair. "She's a stalker as well as whatever else this is.""I work here!" she spat. "I've worked here for two years. I was shocked to see you standing in that boardroom yesterday.”"Sit down," I said, but


















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