LOGINArya grew up believing her father died of a heart attack and her mother abandoned her at a young age, but the truth was far more complicated than that. She never planned to marry Kayden Blackwood. Not like this. But she needed to do whatever it took to save her grandmother, the only family she had left. When tragedy strikes and secrets about the Blackwood empire unfold, Arya must decide whether to protect the man she has fallen for, or to bring the company that destroyed her life to its knees.
View MoreKayden's POVI was supposed to be working.Instead, I found myself staring at the same page for almost ten minutes.The numbers blurred together.Revenue, expenses, projected growth, none of it was registering into my brain.Which was irritating because work had always been the one thing I could control.No surprises.No emotions.No complicated conversations.Just results.Lately, that wasn't the case.My focus had been shit for weeks.Ever since the hospital.Ever since Lauren died.And most importantly, ever since Arya started looking at me differently… or maybe I was the one looking at her differently.I didn't know anymore.All I knew was that that was probably the best sex I've had in a very long time, and I was happy she didn't regret doing it with me… again. A knock sounded against the office door."Come in."My assistant stepped inside."Mr. Blackwood, the board meeting starts in five minutes."I glanced at the clock.Already? “Right."She hesitated before speaking again. "Y
Arya's POV Dozens of files appeared when Julia clicked on the folder. Emails.Financial statements.Internal reports.My brows knitted in confusion. Safe to say Julia's expression mirrored mine perfectly."What am I looking at?"Julia leaned closer."I think..." she muttered, clicking one of the documents. "...holy shit.""What?""Arya."The expression on her face made my stomach tighten."What?" I repeated, getting impatient. She slowly turned the screen towards me. “Doesn't this look a bit familiar?”I leaned in, squinting my eyes a bit as I analysed the logo. “No…” I replied after a moment. “Not really.”“What do you mean no? Look closely.” Julia insisted. Wait…B&C? “Blackwood and Co.?!” I exclaimed, eyes wide. “Bingo.”My confusion deepened. “The same one? Kayden's one? But how?”Julia kept scrolling on the laptop as I tried and failed to put the pieces together in my head. "Here. Read this."I took the laptop.At first, none of it made sense.Corporate accounts, offshore
Arya's POV By noon, Kayden had disappeared to work and I had successfully spent quite a number of hours pretending I wasn't thinking about our conversation.Or the fact that he didn't regret it.Or the fact that I didn't regret it either.Unfortunately, my brain was determined to replay every second of that morning… and night, against my will.But was it really against my will though?Because if my brain wanted to replay images of hot, hot sex with Kayden, I wasn't complaining.The only downside was that it made me want to do it again. And I could not let that happen. Once was a mistake, twice was a compromise, three times…?My phone rang, pulling me out of my daydream.Julia.I answered immediately. "Please tell me you didn't call just to annoy me.""First of all, rude."I bit back a smile. "Second of all," she continued dramatically, "I have news."That got my attention. I sat up straighter on the couch. "What kind of news?""The kind that made me survive on two energy drinks an
Kayden's POV I regretted asking the second the words left my mouth. The room suddenly felt too small Arya's hand froze around her coffee cup. And just like that, I wished I could take the question back. Not because I didn't want the answer, but because I wasn't sure I could handle it. What if she regretted the night we had? I had been trying to study her all morning but she had a thing for being unreadable. And she was too damn good at it. For weeks, I'd convinced myself nothing had changed. That this was still the same arrangement we'd agreed to. A contract. A temporary inconvenience. A business deal with rings attached. However you would call it. At the end of the day, it was supposed to be a simple, clean and controlled arrangement. I mean, I had it all under control. Then somewhere along the way, everything got messy. I started noticing things I wasn't supposed to notice, especially after the big incident with Kayla. The way she tucked her legs underneath her
Arya's POV "Are you okay? Do you still feel dizzy?" Julia asked for the tenth time, her eyes scanning my face with so much worry. We sat at the food court with way too much food spread across the table. Burgers, fries, drinks we hadn't touched. The smell alone was starting to make my stomach turn
ARYA’S POV“Are you lost?” Kayden asked, eyeing me up and down as a smirk crawled onto his face. That damn smirk. I wanted to slap it off. Realising I didn't have much of a choice, I closed the space between us, guiding his hands to my waist as I placed both hands behind his neck. “Dance with me
Arya’s POVI tried not to gawk so I won't be discovered, but it was almost impossible not to. The hall was insanely breathtaking. Crystal chandeliers adorned the ceiling like frozen fireworks. The entire room was quite literally covered in gold. The tables, chairs, silverware, everything. Who the
Arya’s POV“And then he drove you home?!” Julia squealed “After you spilled whisky all over him?” “Yes ma'am.” I nodded, seated in front of my best friend's vanity as she curled my hair, running her through the events from the other night.“Damn girl, don't let that man go.” She said in a warning






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