All Chapters of BARGAINED TO THE DEVIL ALPHA : Chapter 1 - Chapter 3

Prologue“I’m gonna say this once again, I am so glad that you are back Claire. Gosh I missed you!”I had to strain my ears and lean very closely so I could hear Rosa's words over the loud music blaring through the speakers in the five star bar she and Mandy had brought me to.“I know right?” Mandy yelled in response with a wide grin that suggested she was fast on her way to getting very drunk.I had missed them too. My three best friends except. Rose, Mandy and Mary who weren't here.We had grown up together, shared dreams, until my own dreams had taken me to New York for studies.But despite the distance, the bond the four of us shared never dimmed or even broke. We still loved each other as fiercely as we did five years ago.“Life has nor been the same without you, Claire.” Mandy said with a serious face that almost made me laugh as she swung her arm over my shoulders.“You two do not have to be so dramatic,” I yelled back giggling, “it isn't like I've been away for the past five y

I would have laughed at this man’s audacity if this were under normal circumstances, but I couldn't because no matter how absurd the whole thing was, I could see the seriousness in his eyes and knew there and then that he definitely meant what he was saying.Slowly I stood up, “I'm sorry, what?” I asked and he chuckled.“You heard me right, tiger. Become mine for one year and all shall be forgiven.”I laughed now, “You've gotta be kidding me. You want me to sell myself to you like some sort of commodity? Because of money?”“Plus an extra 50 million dollars.”I stopped instantly, chewing my lip because okay, that was definitely a lot of money.But submit myself to this man, totally? Is it worth the price?“And if I say no?” I raised my chin stubbornly and he grinned.“I do not believe you have a choice. THe offer stands, but your n o means your father will die. So actually you do have a choice. Become mine, or bury your precious father.”How exactly is it that someone so beautiful coul