“You're a long way from safe, Miss Allard,” he whispers, his fingers tracing the strap of my bra until I shiver. "If you want to turn around, I’d suggest you do so now.” I stare up at him, watching as his dilated grey eyes dip to my cleavage. “Where will I go, Mr. Sinclair?” I ask, pulling him closer until our lips are inches apart. “Where can I go that you won’t find me?” **** 24 year old Ava Jade Allard has a few problems, but like most issues, there’s nothing a little money can't fix. So when Ava attends an art show to sell a few of her paintings to some of the richest, high-society members of New York, she’s sure she can kill two birds with one very rich stone. In and out, just like she hoped. But New York seems set on eating Ava whole, and as one mess leads to another, she finds herself in the arms of Billionaire Leonel Sinclair, a ruthless CEO who is still dealing with the consequences of a scandal he was entangled in 4 years ago. Now more desperate than when she started, Ava reluctantly turns to this stone-cold, terrifying, but somehow insanely hot Billionaire to help her set right what was wronged 4 years ago, while somehow doing the same for him, and with one contract marriage, Ava signs away her single status, anonymity and possibly her soul. Will this contract fix the manytraumatic wrongs of her past, or will Ava crumble under the weight of her grey-eyed, stoic CEO, whom she seems less and less able to keep her body and heart away from with each passing day? What happens when Ava agrees to these reckless vows and emerges as the Billionaire’s Bride?
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~~~ I smile into our frantic kiss as he deepens it, his tongue tracing the bottom of my lip like he’s begging for permission. I grant him his wish, allowing our tongues to intertwine as he lets out a deep groan. He’s not the best kisser, but I love him, and that’s enough to make my skin flush under his touch. I'm desperate to feel all of him, for him to take my virginity and push into my pulsing core. In the background, the TV blares annoyingly. It’s some news story about a billionaire named Leonel something, who owns a massive tech company, and is in the middle of a divorce. I feel sorry for him, I really do, but it’s hard to care when I’m grinding on the love of my life and I feel his cock writhe under me. I can't believe this is happening. He breaks the kiss, and even as I try and look him in the eye, he evades me, pulling off my shirt in one swift motion to expose the red lacy bra I bought just for him. It was expensive, probably the nicest thing I own, but I knew it would be worth it to see the look on his face. Except… there’s no look. He simply snaps the bra off, tossing it aside, leaving my bare chest out in the open for the first time ever. I’m a little disappointed, but I’m able to ignore that over how swollen my breasts are, with my nipples so taunt they’re begging to be sucked. Like he can read my mind, he bends to take one boob in his mouth, and the feeling of his wet lips on the sensitive peak is almost too much for me. “Oh my God.” I moan out, my wetness now slick against my thigh. He flicks my rock-hard nipple with his tongue, biting a little hard, but again, I let that go. He hurriedly moves to my other boob, and the rush leaves me feeling slightly disappointed. “Hey,” I say shyly, “Maybe we shouldn’t move so fast for our first time.” Only then does he look at me, his usual warm brown eyes seeming distant. How did I not notice this before? “There’s no time, Jade.” He says quickly, his head jerking to the door, “There’s just no time.” He sounds crazy, almost paranoid, and even though I should ask what’s wrong, I’m more worried about ruining the moment and causing him to walk away. So I bend down and kiss his swollen lips in the desperate way he did it earlier. I’ll do anything to keep him. I’m so tired of losing people. He responds wildly, dipping two fingers past my soaked panties and into my clit in a motion so shocking it makes me gasp. My core goes molten as I grind against them, feeling like my climax is rushing near. Fuck, this is everything. This is… There’s a bang on the door that makes us spring apart. The abrupt way his fingers pull out from me leaves me feeling cold, but the fear of who is at our apartment is much stronger. I scramble for my shirt, wearing it shakily as the banging becomes more insistent. When it's finally over my head, I try and fix my appearance, but it feels impossible; I must look like a trainwreck. I turn to him, the only man left in this world I can trust, but he’s just staring blankly at the door, not reacting even as the men on the other side yell a name. Wait… his name. He turns back to me, that almost empty look in his eyes becoming a little harder to ignore. “Baby,” I say, my voice shaking like my hand as I reach up to cup his face, “What’s going on?” He doesn’t say anything, only leans into my palm in the same lifeless way he was staring at the door, and presses a light kiss to my finger, his eyes unblinking. “Do you love me?” He asks gruffly, his voice still low from his arousal. Another bang slams into our weak door, this one so strong I hear a bolt from the hinges clatter to the ground. My heart pounds in my chest, “Babe, wh-what’s going on?” “Do you love me enough to forgive me?” He asks in a flat tone. The world suddenly seems to tilt off its axis, and everything bends in a dizzying wave. “What have you done?” I tremble out, a cold sweat running down my temple. The door bangs again, each loud boom making my heart give one jolt after the other. Instead of answering me, he grabs my face, pulling me in for a rough, desperate kiss. It almost feels like a goodbye. Disoriented, I kiss him back, tasting my salty tears between our lips. When he breaks away this time, his eyes have darkened, and he looks like a stranger, a boy I don’t know who has taken my love’s place and found his way into my bed. “God,” He says, his voice distant, “I hope you survive.” My teary eyes widen at his words, but before I can ask him what he means, He wraps an arm around my mouth, silencing my muffled screams, and stands us both up. ‘It’s fucking open!” He yells. 2 men burst into the small bedroom, looking like something straight out of a horror movie. Nausea crawls into my throat, and I think I may throw up all over his hand. I try and kick, but he only holds me tighter against my struggle. “Don’t fight it, Ava.” He whispers viciously in my ear, “Don’t fight it or I’ll end you myself.” “The cash is in the bathroom.” He says to the thugs, “But she’ll make up for the rest of the payment as I promised.” The black-clad men look at each other, nodding in unison. Together, they go to the bathroom, leaving me half-dressed, screaming for their help in the firm hand of my lover. “Be a good girl, Ava.” He purrs into my ear, “That’s what your parents would have wanted.” I stop thrashing, my watery eyes looking up at him. Heat rises in my chest, replacing the familiar feeling of panic. This is something else, something I haven’t felt in years. I clench my hands at my sides, remembering Mum and Dad, how much they loved me, how much they trusted him, and it's the realization that he’s also betraying them that causes my anger to boil over. With all the power I can muster, I chomp down on his hand, satisfied when his metallic blood fills my mouth. “You bitch!” He yells, letting go of me as I fall to my knees. I don’t stay down long enough for him to grab me again. I snatch my phone from the dresser near the door as speedily as I can, and the next thing I know, I’m flying down the street, winding past oblivious strangers, as I still hear the love of my life, the worst betrayal of my heart, call my name over and over. But I don’t stop. All I do is run.Ava~~~Breathe, Ava.I rush into my room, stuffing anything I can into my duffel bag with Evie hot on my trail.“This is… how did… Oliver,” Evelyn stutters, and I can hear the warble in her voice from fear.I still feel this overwhelming sensation of being watched, but I push it aside and file it away as paranoia. Besides, there are bigger things to worry about.Like Oliver. Shot.Oliver. Was. Shot.“Ava!” Evelyn screams, and I jolt out of my reverie, zipping up my duffel bag before staring at her. Tears streak her angular face, reddening her beautiful blue eyes.“Is he going to live? Is— is Oliver going to live?!”I feel words clump in my throat. “I— I— Yes.”Evie points a shaky finger at me. “You stuttered! You don’t think so.”“I can’t know, Evelyn. Not until we get there. I can’t—”“Why him!” she yells suddenly, her hands knitting in her strawberry-blonde hair. “What has he ever done? I don’t—”I rush to her, placing both hands on her shoulders. We’ve never been like this—me the
Ava ~~~ “Nicco Moretti,” Leonel murmurs for the sixth time, spiking irritation through me as we sort out the guest list for the soirée next week. We’re in the art room only because Leonel insisted we sort through our guests in the office, and I felt like rebelling. All his bemoaning about Nicco made me want to push back against him, so I said I’d only do it in the art room. Instead of fighting me, however, he came here with Evie and Oliver. And he did not stop complaining. “Of course my parents would make me co-host with damn Nicco Moretti,” he grumbles.Oliver turns to him. “They’re doing it because he’s popular, not because they know you hate him.” “I don’t hate him,” Leonel says far too quickly. I almost let out a chuckle, but then I remembered sourly that this has been his constant since his parents came three days ago. We even did a photoshoot the day after his parents left, and still, all Leonel could talk about was Nicco. “You sound like you hate him,” I murmur, crossi
Ava~~~The dinner goes on in tense silence. The only sound that reverberates around the room is Leonel’s mother’s voice, trying to compel her son and husband to talk to one another.Each time she tries with Leonel, he answers her softly, but her husband seems nearly ready to kill her each time she calls his attention, and a terrible instinct I have says there are very many instances in which he nearly has.I look down at my meal through it all, especially when Alexander tries hard to rope me into conversation, only seeming glad to talk to me for some odd reason. Each time he does, I swear Leonel’s jaw gets tighter, and his hand around mine squeezes more firmly.But none of that matters right now. What plays in my head is a name—Nicco’s name.Nicco Moretti and I are going to plan the Soirée together.I remember our last correspondence—the message he sent me that I never replied to—telling me he’d see me whenever he was in America.Well, looks like he’s going to be in America.I try to
Leonel~~~I should have never asked her to change.Not if I knew my fucking father would look at her like she was a piece of fine meat. Not if I knew he would stand to pull a seat for her beside him. Not if I knew my mother—my soft-spoken, gentle mother—would shoot daggers at Ava, her grip tight on the champagne glass full of her third helping of wine.“Ava,” I grit out, right before she hesitantly sits in the chair my father pulled for her. They all look up at me, but it’s Ava’s confused green eyes I capture with mine.“Sit with me,” I command, leaving no room for argument. I see the urge to fight flash in her eyes, but whatever she sees in my grey ones stops her from throwing words at me.She smiles at my father politely, and in return, he bares a grin I know others will construe as charming, but I find deadly.“Sorry, Mr. Sinclair,” she says to my father gently, and my squeezed heart relaxes as she walks to me, my father looking like I slapped him.As Ava takes the seat beside me,
Leonel ~~~ “Leo, darling,” my mother coos in her soft, subdued tone as she steps out of the limo, which drives to another side of the estate. I don’t waste time pulling her in for a tight hug. The smell of her rose perfume wafts into my nose, reminding me of my childhood. “Are you okay?” I whisper in her ear, careful not to let my father hear us. Her grip on me slackens and then falls away completely, and to my dismay, she pulls away from me, that smile she has perfected etched on her face. “I’m peachy, darling!” she chirps loudly. Too loudly. I grimace, knowing she’s doing it for that bastard’s benefit. “Why wouldn’t I be?” And then I see him. A wave of revulsion goes through me. He has my grey eyes and dark hair, but older, and, dare I say, more stone-cold. “Hello, Father,” I drone out. He doesn’t respond. Instead, he wraps an arm around my mother, who I watch flinch slightly, though she masks it by smiling up at him in a way that doesn’t reach her eyes. Her smiles never do.
Ava ~~~ Am I being watched?I pull up the pantyhose Evelyn suggested I wear to meet Sinclair’s parents and tighten my red hair into an unnaturally stiff bun. When I look in the mirror, I grimace.I don’t look bad, per se; I just don’t look like myself either. I think this pink suit and skirt with the pantyhose beneath it makes me look like an out-of-touch rich woman, the sort of woman mum would laugh at. My heart squeezes at the thought of her, and I fiddle with the green necklace I have to keep in my pocket ’cause I don’t think it’d go with the outfit.Still, all this is at the back of my mind because I could swear I’m being watched right now.“It’s just a paranoid feeling, Ava,” I tell myself. “How would anyone be watching you?”I hear a soft knock on my door that slices through my overthinking.“Who is it?” I yell in the direction of the knock.“Mi Valienta, are you ready?” the voice answers.Despite how anxious I feel, a smile finds its way to my face. Ever since Sinclair and I
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