The Billionaire's Debt-Bride
at bay.
"You look like you've seen a ghost, Aara," Thomas said, his voice raspy but clear.
"I thought I had lost you to the Archive, Papa," I whispered, kneeling at his feet. "I thought the contract had cost me everything."
Thomas placed a hand on my head, his touch warm and real. "The contract was just the ink, Aara. The story was always yours. Damian didn't steal your legacy; he gave it a vault where it could survive the winter. Can you forgive a man for being a villain when the role was the only thing that kept us alive?"