Masuk“If I touch you tonight, don't mistake it for anything else, it’s because I’m a hot-blooded man taking exactly what he wants. I will burn you so hard I'll ruin you for any other man.” His deep, gravelly voice dropped into a rough growl that sent a shiver straight down my spine. ***** Raya Sinclair wakes up in her old bedroom, gasping for air and clutching a throat that should be full of blood. Just moments ago, she was trapped in a mangled car, listening to her sister and her fiancé plan her murder over speakerphone while her adoptive mother used her dying hands to ink a fingerprint onto a fraud confession. She gave all her life to the Sinclair dynasty, only to be butchered like an outsider. Except… death didn't take. Raya has just been reborn fourteen months into the past. They think she is still the naive, blind shield they can use to protect their dirty corporate secrets. They have no idea she remembers every single detail of her murder or that she is about to strip them of everything they love. But to watch the Sinclairs burn, Raya needs a monster on her side. Xavier Locke. He is the city's most ruthless, untouchable billionaire, a dangerous predator with a jawline that could kill, and the only man her family genuinely fears. With revenge in mind, Raya goes to the dominant CEO. Raya thinks she can handle a temporary arrangement to bleed her family dry. Except Xavier isn't playing savior. He’s the devil himself, he’s completely obsessed, and he's determined to make her his in every single way.
Lihat lebih banyakRAYAThe quiet in the underground garage was absolute, broken only by the low rumble of our SUV idling twenty feet away.Neither of us moved out of the elevator. Xavier stood right in front of me, his body casting a dark shadow over mine, his hand still wrapped securely around my wrist."You knew who I was," I repeated, my voice steady, though my heart was pounding hard against my ribs."I knew Victor was suffocating you," Xavier said plainly, his dark eyes refusing to drop mine. "I knew your mother left you shares you couldn't touch until you turned twenty-five."I held his stare, the cool marble air of the garage brushing against my skin. "And you let me think I was the one pulling the strings.""You were pulling the strings, Raya," Xavier murmured. He step closer, the scent of cedar and expensive wool wrapping around me as his hand slid up from my wrist to cup the side of my jaw, his thumb resting warm over my pulse. "I just built the cage so Victor couldn't break it."My b
RAYAElina Kwart’s eyes flicked from Xavier’s unyielding face to mine, her sharp lips curving into a thin, brittle smile. She slowly leaned back in her high leather chair, setting her crystal glass onto the desk with meticulous precision."Always so dramatic, Xavier," Elina said, her voice smooth, dripping with artificial warmth. "I send a friendly reminder to your lovely wife about your past business practices, and you storm into my building like an invading army.""It wasn't a friendly reminder, Elina," I said, stepping up to the edge of her desk beside Xavier. I kept my voice entirely steady, my hand holding firm in my husband's grip. "It was a cheap scare tactic sent from your driver’s burner phone."Elina’s gaze locked onto mine, a flicker of genuine surprise passing through her cold eyes before she quickly masked it. She hadn't expected me to stand beside him, calm and armed with facts, instead of cowering behind his shadow."A driver’s phone?" Elina echoed, waving a dismi
RAYAI stared at the screen, the coldness spreading from my fingertips all the way up my arms.Xavier didn't wait for me to explain. In one swift motion, he reached over, taking the phone straight out of my hand. His dark eyes scanned the picture, then dropped to the text beneath it.I watched his face. The soft, grounded warmth that had settled between us in the boardroom vanished instantly, replaced by a terrifying, absolute stillness. The muscles in his jaw locked into iron."Give me the phone," Xavier said, his voice dropping into a flat, deadly register as he pulled out his own device and dialed Nadia."Xavier," I said, my voice barely above a whisper, though my chest was heaving. "What is that text talking about? What last contract?"Xavier held up a hand, blocking my question as Nadia answered on the first ring."Run a trace on the number on Raya's phone," Xavier commanded, his tone completely devoid of emotion. "The photo was taken from the east treeline outside the es
RAYAThe boardroom was vast, quiet, and cold.Floor-to-ceiling windows looked out over the skyline of Verimont, but inside, all twelve seats around the polished rosewood table were filled by the primary shareholders of Sinclair Gems. These were the men and women who had spent the last five years turning a blind eye to Victor’s reckless expansion, content to collect their quarterly dividends while my family’s legacy was hollowed out from the inside.When Xavier and I walked through the double mahogany doors, every eye in the room locked onto us."Raya," Derek Lance—the oldest board member and a long-time ally of my father—stood up slowly, clearing his throat. "We weren't expecting you to attend in person today.""I wouldn't miss it, Derek," I said calmly.Xavier pulled out the high-backed leather chair at the head of the table—the seat Victor had occupied for a decade—and held it for me. I sat down, smoothing the fabric of my trousers. Xavier remained standing directly to my ri












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