FAZER LOGINThree years into a cold, contract marriage, Evelyn Vance realizes her sacrifice was for nothing. Despite playing the part of the perfect, distant wife to the ruthless tycoon Rhysander Bert, her father secretly gambled away the bailout money Rhysander provided, destroying the very legacy Evelyn sold her freedom to save. The story flashes back to the day the deal was struck. Evelyn’s father had pathetically tried to force Rhysander into a marriage pact to save his failing shipping company, only to be met with cold mockery. Just as they were being ushered out, Evelyn stepped from the shadows and negotiated her own sale. Instead of a romance, she proposed a three-year "merger." She offered Rhysander a PR makeover and access to exclusive port permits in exchange for capital and protection for her family's business. Impressed by her calculated, business-like stoicism, Rhysander agreed, with the lethal warning that he would ruin her family if she ever embarrassed his name. Evelyn had sacrificed her freedom for help. Years later, she meets the woman who was Rhysander's first love and she knows that her time to leave has arrived. The first love tries to cause trouble, however, Evelyn is not one to take insults lying down. She immediately defends herself. Rhysander gets drugged and sleeps with Evelyn, then she leaves the next day. Seven years later, Evelyn comes back to the country with her children, who are also Rhysander's children and they bump into each other at the airport. Rhysander is shocked and surprised to see her at the airport.
Ver maisEVELYN'S POV The loud noise gradually calmed down as the airport's automated doors slid open behind us. However, my chest continued to feel tensed as I went outside, as if I had forgotten how to breathe correctly. Liam was holding my other hand while I tightly wrapped my fingers around the handle of my suitcase. Lily and Jeremy strolled forward, chatting merrily as if nothing had happened. However, everything was different inside of me. Like a ghost that would not go away, I could still feel Rhysander's touch on my waist. Even though seven years had gone by, everything could be restored in a single moment. I hated the ease with which he continued to influence me. I hated how my body responded before my mind could even process the information.I made myself keep moving forward without turning around. My heart was racing, and I couldn't think clearly. I assured myself that I had already moved on and that I was stronger now. However, my body was totally deceiving me. Something inside
The airport was louder than I remembered. It's been quite some time since I last travelled after all. I stood near the exit with one hand wrapped around the handle of my suitcase while the other rested lightly on top of it. The cool air from the vents brushed against my face, lifting strands of my hair as I scanned the crowd beyond the glass doors.Seven years.Seven years since I had walked through these very doors with nothing but a broken heart and a secret growing inside me. Now I was back to the very country I had run away from seven years ago. “Who is that?”“She looks like a celebrity.”“She looks like a goddess.” “I can literally feel her aura from here. She looks familiar though, where have I seen her from?” I adjusted the sunglasses on top of my head and smiled softly. I was used to the compliments by now. Over the years, interviews, magazine covers, and business conferences had made my face familiar to many. Still, hearing strangers admire me in my own city felt strangel
The murmurs in the room grew and not long after, I could make out each and every word they were saying. The "loyal wife" image I had spent three years building was dissolving. I felt physically sick. I wanted to throw up from disgust. Rhysander still hadn't moved. His hand was a ghost at my waist, present but entirely devoid of the possessive heat it had held moments ago."Rhysander," I whispered, but he didn't even blink.Amanda turned her gaze toward me for the first time, her eyes filled with a predatory glee. "I’ll take it from here, Evelyn. You've been paid for your services, haven't you? Why don't you run along and let the adults talk?"I felt a surge of cold anger surge through me. If I didn't leave this place, the feelings I always kept subdued in me would flare up, and I didn't want that. "I need to use the ladies' room," I said to Rhysander, pushing his hands away from my waist and stepping away from him. As I stepped away, Amanda reached out, her fingers like claws as she
Rhysander hadn't been angry when he told me that the company had gone under. He had been mostly indifferent. He simply absorbed the remaining assets, merging the remains of my family's legacy into his empire. My grandfather had worked hard in order to create that company, and yet, my father squandered all of the resources on gambling. Years ago, his gambling addiction led my mother to her death, and it almost destroyed my life. Now, everything my grandfather worked for was six feet under. The moment my father saw what happened, he ran away and I never saw him again. "Are you ready?"A deep, smooth voice vibrated through the room. I didn't need to turn around to know the scent: Bergamot and Lavender. It still had the power to make my knees weak.Rhysander stood in the doorway of my suite, looking devastatingly handsome in a bespoke tuxedo. Over the last three years, the "predator" I had met in the estate had become the sun my entire world revolved around. I had watched him work, wat


















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