ログインBLURB Four years ago, a devastating car accident wiped me from billionaire Christian King’s memory. Seizing the opportunity, his ruthless mother branded me a gold-digger, threatening my unborn child if I didn't vanish. I fled, broken and penniless, to raise our son in the shadows. Now, I am a top crisis-PR expert, and Christian needs me. To secure a massive government contract, his board demands a stable family image. Christian tracks down my agency and demands a ruthless contract: I must play his fake wife for six months. He treats me like a cold transaction, but the moment his fingers touch mine for the cameras, a dark, familiar fire ignites. I only agreed to this torment to fund our son’s life-saving heart surgery. But as his mask begins to crack behind closed doors, I realize his amnesia might be the most dangerous lie of all. Can my heart survive playing a game where the rules change with every kiss?
もっと見るThe velvet box with my wedding ring slipped right through my numb fingers, bounced off the mahogany desk, and landed in front of Christian King’s shiny leather shoes.“You really should know better than to play with fire in a room full of shadows, Sierra,” he said, stepping into the sliver of moonlight leaking through the study window. He looked terrifyingly calm, not angry at all—the kind of calm that always hides the worst storm. He bent down, picked up the velvet box, and tucked it into his pocket like it was nothing.“You remember,” I managed, the words catching, almost strangling me. I backed up so fast my knees banged into his heavy chair. Everything hit me at once—the safe code, the chapel coordinates, the Leo dossier. It all spun together in my mind, thick and heavy. “The safe code. The chapel. The dossier on Leo. You never had amnesia, Christian. You lied. You let me think, for two years, that you forgot I ever existed!”He didn’t blink. “I never lied to you, Sierra,” he said
The glass coffee table between us exploded into sparkling shards when Victoria’s bodyguard clipped it with his clunky briefcase. Sharp as ever, Victoria didn’t even flinch. "Watch your step, Marcus," she murmured, her voice cold and cutting. Her gaze pinned me in place—hard blue eyes tracking every twitch, every subtle reaction, like she was hunting for weakness.She didn’t waste time. "Now, Sierra... let’s get back to my question. Are we going to address that child you’ve been hiding in your sad little apartment, or are we going to pretend you came into this marriage with a spotless record?"I felt frozen. The marble beneath my heels felt like it might swallow me. All I wanted to do was run, get Leo out, wipe him from the hospital database—anything to get him out of Victoria’s crosshairs.Then Christian’s voice broke the tension. Deep, vibrating—almost dangerous. "You’re overstepping, Mother." His grip around my waist tightened, steadying me. I swear I could feel his heat through my
The hospital’s heart monitor never bent the truth. Still, the wild beeping sounded less like hope and more like a countdown straight to disaster.“Mommy, why are you crying?” Leo struggled to get the words out around the wheeze in his voice. He lifted his hand to me, so small and pale against the white hospital sheets. “Is the bad monster inside my chest getting bigger again?”“No, baby. There are no monsters.” I tried to smile, but my heart was burning. I squeezed his hand and kissed his knuckles, willing myself not to collapse in front of him. My voice came out gentle and steady—at least, I hoped it did. “The doctors found the magic medicine, sweetheart. Your surgery is paid for. You’re going to get better. I promise.”“For real? The magic medicine?” He looked up at me, his dark eyes just like Christian King’s—eyes that always reminded me of everything I had lost and everything I still stood to lose. “So I can run in the park again? No more getting dizzy?”“You’ll be faster than eve
“The final notice is already printed, Miss Brooks. If we don’t see the deposit in our account by midnight, Leo’s name drops from the surgical list.” Dr. Evans didn’t bother looking up from his tablet. The way he tapped his stylus against the glass was a kind of clinical torture, slow and steady.“I’ve got the media coverage for the City Hospital Gala set,” I said, knuckles pressed so hard into his polished desk I thought my fingers would snap. “The contract pays out on the first. That’s two weeks. Please, Dr. Evans. Leo can’t wait—his heart valve won’t survive another delay.”“The hospital board doesn’t take IOUs, Sierra. There are three hundred children lined up for that surgical theater.” He finally met my eyes—detached, practiced. “One hundred thousand dollars. By midnight. Or the slot goes to someone else.”My phone nearly buzzed itself out of my blazer pocket. I snatched it up, desperate for anything to cut the tension in the room and in my chest.“Sierra, look at the TV right n












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