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The Bet That Ruined Us

The Bet That Ruined Us

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Sinopsis

Steamy

Third-Person POV

Fast-Paced Plot

CEO

Secretary

Runaway with a Baby

Second Chance

Forgiveness

Shayla Hale learned young that love is the cruelest lie of all. When her father brought home his secret family, her world shattered. When college was supposed to be her fresh start, Grayson Cross destroyed that too...with his charming smile, his devastating lies, and a bet that would break her completely. Seven years later, she's rebuilt her life far from the ruins he left behind. She has her son, her best friend, and walls so high no one can hurt her again. She survived the worst betrayal of her life and built a new world far from the wreckage. A world where she's safe. Where her secrets stay buried. Where the man who destroyed her can never find her. Until the day she accepts a job as a personal assistant to a powerful CEO, and discovers her new boss is the last person she ever wanted to see again. Grayson Cross. Cold. Ruthless. Unforgiving. He doesn't know why she disappeared seven years ago. He doesn't know what he took from her. And he has no idea about the little boy with his eyes waiting at home. Some bets have consequences that last forever. Some lies can never be forgiven. And some men will destroy everything to get back what they lost. He ruined her once. But this time, she might just ruin him back.

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Prologue
★★Seven Years Ago★★"I can't believe Gray actually pulled it off."Shayla's hand froze on the door handle of Room 3E.Ivan's voice. Laughing. Coming from inside their study room...hers and Grayson's."Three months. That's gotta be a record."Her heart stuttered. Something cold slithered down her spine."Told you he could do it." Jake now, smug and satisfied. "Shayla Hale. The ice queen who turned him down in front of everyone. He swore he'd make her fall, and he did."The hallway tilted beneath her feet.No.They weren't talking about—"Think he'll actually take the cruise ship?" Ivan asked."Hell yeah. A bet's a bet. We offered it, he earned it."Bet.The word punched through her chest like a fist."Made the impossible girl fall for Grayson Cross in under six months. Got her to sleep with him. Broke the ice queen completely. He hit every milestone." Jake's laughter echoed through the door. "That's legendary."Her lungs stopped working.Last night. His hands on her skin. His mouth whi
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Chapter one
"Ayven, you'll be late for school!" Shayla shouted from the kitchen, her hands moving swiftly as she packed her son's lunch box with practiced efficiency. Sandwiches cut into triangles because he insisted they tasted better that way, apple slices with a sprinkle of cinnamon, and the granola bars he'd been obsessed with for the past month."A minute, Momma!" Ayven's voice echoed from down the narrow hallway of their two-bedroom apartment.Shayla chuckled, shaking her head as she zipped the lunch box closed. A minute in Ayven's world could mean anything from thirty seconds to ten minutes, depending on what had captured his attention. Her son was seven years old, with a mind that never stopped racing and a maturity that sometimes unnerved her. He was tall for his age, all long limbs and boundless energy, with the kind of pouty lips that made strangers stop and comment on how adorable he was.What they didn't know—what they couldn't know—was that those lips were a carbon copy of his fathe
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Chapter two
Saturday mornings were sacred in the Hale household.No alarm clocks. No rushing. Just Shayla and Ayven, laundry baskets piled high, music playing from her phone propped on the windowsill, and the kind of easy companionship that made everything else fade into background noise."Momma, you're folding that shirt wrong," Ayven said from his spot on the floor, surrounded by a mountain of socks that needed pairing.Shayla looked down at the perfectly folded t-shirt in her hands, then back at her son. "What exactly is wrong with it?""The seams aren't aligned. If you fold it properly, it takes up less space in the drawer, which means more efficient storage." He demonstrated with one of his own shirts, his small hands moving with surprising precision. "See?"She blinked. "You're seven.""And you're twenty-seven, but I don't see you optimizing drawer space." He shot her a cheeky grin, and Shayla couldn't help but laugh."Where do you even learn this stuff?""YouTube. Organizational hacks for
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Chapter Three
Tuesday morning felt like stepping into someone else's life.Shayla stood in front of her bathroom mirror, smoothing down the same black pencil skirt she'd worn to the interview yesterday—freshly pressed this time, paired with a cream-colored blouse and her black blazer. Professional. Put-together. The kind of woman who had her life figured out.Except she absolutely did not have her life figured out.She still couldn't believe it. Couldn't wrap her mind around the email that had arrived less than twenty-four hours after her interview, the words practically burning themselves into her memory:“Dear Ms. Hale, We are pleased to inform you that you have been selected for the position of Personal Assistant at GC Group of Companies. Your start date is Tuesday…”Employed.She'd been employed.After three months of applications that went nowhere, after countless rejections and dead-end interviews, after starting to believe that maybe she was destined to spend the rest of her life pouring cof
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Chapter four
Grayson stood frozen in the middle of his office, staring at the door Shayla had just fled through like it held answers to questions he'd stopped asking years ago.This wasn't happening.This couldn't be happening.Shayla Hale. Here. In his building. His employee.Seven years. He'd searched for seven goddamn years, hired private investigators, called in favors, followed every lead that went nowhere. It was like she'd vanished from the face of the earth, dissolved into thin air, taking every trace of herself with her.And now she was here."Mr. Cross?" Catherine's voice cut through the white noise in his head. "Sir, are you alright?"He turned to look at her, and he must have looked as wrecked as he felt because her professional mask slipped for half a second, concern flickering across her features."I—" His voice came out rough, barely recognizable. He cleared his throat. "How long has she been gone?"Catherine glanced at her watch. "About three minutes, sir. Should I—""No." The word
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Chapter five
One week.Shayla had survived one full week working as Grayson Cross's personal assistant, and she'd done it with grace she didn't know she possessed.Every morning, she arrived at 7:45 AM sharp, fifteen minutes before she was required, coffee made exactly how he liked it, his schedule organized down to the minute, documents prepared and waiting on his desk. She selected his wardrobe changes with clinical efficiency, attended meetings at his side with perfect notes, answered emails with professional courtesy that revealed nothing personal.She was the model employee.Polite. Competent. Utterly untouchable.And it was killing her.Every interaction was a carefully choreographed performance. Every smile was practiced in the mirror until it looked natural. Every "Yes, Mr. Cross" and "Right away, sir" was delivered with a calm she absolutely did not feel.She avoided his eyes. Avoided standing too close. Avoided any situation that might lead to a conversation that wasn't strictly work-rel
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Chapter six
Saturday morning came too quickly.Shayla stood in her small kitchen, watching Ayven eat the breakfast she'd prepared—scrambled eggs, toast, and sliced strawberries arranged the way he liked. He looked better this morning, the color back in his cheeks, his energy returning in the form of constant chatter about the cartoon he'd watched before bed."Momma, can we go to the park later?" he asked between bites."We'll see, baby. Momma has to work for a few hours first." She slid his medication across the table—two pills, one for the allergies, one a precaution the doctor had prescribed. "Take these for me."Ayven made a face but obediently swallowed them with orange juice. "I'm fine now, Momma. You don't have to worry so much.""I always worry. That's my job." She pressed a kiss to the top of his head, breathing in the familiar scent of his shampoo. "Ruby's going to stay with you while I'm gone, okay?""Okay!" His face lit up. Ruby days were always the best days in Ayven's book.Shayla gl
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Chapter seven
Shayla stumbled back to her office, her heart hammering so hard she thought it might crack through her ribs.His hand on her wrist.That simple touch had detonated something inside her she'd spent seven years trying to bury.She pressed her back against her office door the moment it closed, her breathing ragged, her whole body trembling. Not from the fever—though that was still burning through her—but from the memory his touch had awakened.Her skin still tingled where his fingers had been. Gentle. Hesitant. Warm.The same hands that used to hold her like she was precious. The same hands that used to trace lazy patterns on her skin in the dark. The same hands she'd trusted completely before he shattered her."No," she whispered to the empty room. "No, no, no."But her body didn't listen. Her body remembered everything.The way he used to pull her close when she was stressed about exams. The way his thumb would brush across her cheekbone before he kissed her. The way she used to feel s
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Chapter eight
Grayson's answer threw Shayla completely off guard."He was flirting with you."The words were simple, direct, lacking any of the corporate deflection she'd expected."But I handled it well," Shayla countered, trying to inject reason into the conversation. "That's not something to lose billions of dollars over. The company—""I don't care about his money, Shayla." Grayson cut her off, his voice tight with barely controlled emotion. "I have more than enough to buy out his generation and I wouldn't even feel it in my bank account."The jealousy was obvious now, raw and unfiltered. The way she'd smiled at Henderson—too warmly, too professionally pleasant—had eaten at him throughout the entire presentation."No one flirts with what's mine."The possessive declaration hung in the air between them.Shayla's eyebrows shot up. "What's yours?"Grayson seemed to catch himself, jaw working as he backtracked. "I mean my staff. I protect my staff from men like Henderson. It's my responsibility as
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Chapter nine
Saturday morning dawned bright and clear, and Shayla woke up with a smile already on her face.Her phone notification had pinged at 6:47 AM with the alert she'd been waiting for all week: **Direct Deposit Successful - GC Group of Companies.**Her first salary.She'd pulled up her banking app with trembling fingers, barely breathing as the numbers loaded on her screen.And then she'd screamed.Not a little scream. A full, unrestrained scream of pure joy that probably woke up half the apartment building.By 9:00 AM, she was in the living room, her laptop open on the coffee table, music blasting from her phone speakers, dancing around like she'd lost her mind.Ayven emerged from his bedroom, hair sleep-mussed, rubbing his eyes with confusion. "Momma, why are you screaming? Did something happen?""Something happened, baby!" Shayla grabbed his hands and spun him around, laughing so hard her stomach hurt. "Something wonderful happened! Momma got paid! Her first real salary from the new job!
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