LOGIN“Why are you like this, Axel?” she asked in a low voice, her tone slightly breaking. “Why won't you just leave me alone?” For a moment, something inside me stirred. I reached out slowly and placed my fingers under her chin, lifting her face. She tried to look away, but I wouldn’t let her. Tears pooled in her eyes, but she bit her lower lip stubbornly, trying to keep them from falling. But that tiny act of defiance… God, it did something to me. I wanted to pull her closer, to claim her, to make her mine and never let anyone else touch her. “One year,” I said finally. She frowned. “What?” “I want you,” I said clearly. “For one year, you’ll be my woman. In exchange, I’ll take care of you, your needs, your family’s protection, your brother’s freedom. Everything.” *** After catching her scumbag boyfriend in bed with her coworker, Olivia Brooks did what any heartbroken woman might… she drowned her sorrows at a club. One too many drinks later, she ended up in the arms of a dangerously handsome stranger. What she didn’t know was that the man she mistook for a gigolo was Axel Reynolds, a ruthless billionaire with a taste for control. Olivia tried to move on and bury the memory of that reckless night… until fate delivered a cruel twist. Axel Reynolds wasn’t just anyone—he was her step sister’s soon-to-be husband. Now, trapped between guilt and desire, Olivia wants to hide the truth. But Axel has already found her, and the devil never lets go of what he claims.
View MoreAaronI stared at them.They stood barely a few meters away, gathered in their small circle like kings in some ancient court, their deep and careless laughter echoing through the grand hall.My fingers tightened around the stem of my champagne glass.Fake laughs.Without thinking, I tilted the glass back and finished the champagne in one gulp. The sharp burn slid down my throat, but it did nothing to cool the anger and irritation I was feeling.Old, foolish men.What the hell was even wrong with them?I had been attending the Gotham Global Summit since the very first day, sitting through endless conferences, tolerating meaningless conversations, enduring forced pleasantries—all for one purpose.To establish myself.To build alliances.To form connections.To secure contracts that would cement my authority within Reynolds Group beyond question.And yet…Every single time I approached one of them, I could see it.That look.That subtle shift in their eyes.That quiet, unspoken judgment.
AxelThe instant the car rolled to a stop in front of the hospital entrance, I pushed the door open and walked inside.Jasmine’s voice from earlier still echoed in my mind. She had sounded so fragile and broken, unlike anything I had ever heard from her before.She had sounded so… terrified.And that alone had been enough to make me drop everything and come here immediately.My gaze swept across the reception area until it landed on the front desk, where two nurses stood reviewing patient files.I approached them directly.One of them looked up as I stopped in front of the counter. Her name badge read, ‘Nurse Evelyn Carter.’“Yes, sir. How may I help you?” she asked politely.“Carl Pierce,” I said immediately, my voice calm but firm. “Which ward is he in?”The moment the name left my mouth, both nurses exchanged a quick glance.Nurse Carter turned back to her computer and typed quickly.“Yes. He was admitted earlier tonight,” she said. “Critical condition.”My jaw tightened. She finis
Jasmine Carl’s breathing grew heavier. I watched as something dark gathered behind his battered eyes. Enraged, he stood up abruptly.“You ungrateful girl!” he barked loudly “So you'd rather just stand there and watch me suffer like this?!”I flinched slightly, instinctively taking a small step back.He pointed at me, his hand trembling with anger.“Now listen to me. You will settle those loan sharks,” he said, his voice dropping into a low, dangerous tone that sent a chill down my spine. “Every single cent.”My heart began to pound harder.“And not just that,” he continued, his lips curling bitterly. “You will find me another twenty million dollars for my medical treatment and for the pain I endured tonight. For everything they did to me.”His cold gaze locked onto mine, sharp and filled with darkness that made my blood run cold.“Unless… unless you want me to expose the truth.”My breath caught.“I’ll tell everyone. I’ll let the entire world know who you really are. I’ll tell Axel,
Jasmine“Drive faster.”My voice came out sharper than I intended. The driver glanced at me briefly through the rearview mirror, before nodding.“Yes, ma’am.”The car accelerated.Still, it wasn’t enough.It wasn’t fast enough to outrun the panic clawing at my chest.I pressed my trembling fingers tightly together on my lap, trying to steady them.Why?Why couldn’t this man never give me a single moment of peace?Why couldn’t he just live quietly like everyone else?Why was there always trouble?Always chaos?Always something dragging me back down just when I thought I could finally breathe?If not for the undeniable fact that he was my biological father… I would have abandoned him long ago.I would have erased him from my life completely.Pretended he never existed. Pretended I had been born without one.But I just couldn't do that. No matter what, he still remained my father, even though he had chosen to become a burden in my life.The car turned sharply into the familiar street whe












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