Bound to My Former Professor
My boyfriend Grant and I built our tech startup from the ground up. I wrote the code, he handled the money. I trusted him with my life.
Then, the FBI raided our office. I was arrested for embezzling three million dollars. The proof was a wire transfer with my perfect, forged signature.
Grant, the man I loved, stood by and watched me get hauled away. He whispered the real price of my freedom: take the fall, or he’d cancel my grandmother's life-saving heart surgery by noon.
My accounts were frozen. With the hospital's deadline looming, I had no choice. I signed the confession, selling myself into slavery just to keep my grandmother alive.
My first task as his "assistant" was to serve drinks at an exclusive club, forced into a cheap corset and a skirt that was barely there.
That’s when I saw him. The ruthless billionaire from the other night—the man Grant's setup had thrown me to.
When I stumbled and fell at his feet, he caught my wrist. The look in his eyes wasn't pity. It was possession.
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Chapter 6
Brendon stilled, his body a taut line of surprise and a nascent, dangerous irritation. He leaned back slightly, his dark eyes narrowing behind the lenses of his glasses. The abrupt, violent shift from her hesitant, sacrificial compliance to frantic, almost hysterical resistance clearly puzzled him. He easily caught her flailing wrists, his grip like steel bands, effortlessly neutralizing her struggles. "What is it now?" he demanded, his voice low and laced with a sharp, impatient edge that sent a shiver of fear down her spine.
"You're married!" Fiona cried out again, the words a desperate, ragged accusation. Her eyes were locked on the gold band on his finger, staring at it with a mixture of horror and loathing, as if it were a venomous snake poised to strike. It was the symbol of his profound betrayal, and now, the potential emblem of her own inescapable depravity.
Brendon followed her gaze down to his own hand. A flicker of comprehension—and something that looked like profound annoyance—crossed his patrician features. He glanced at the ring, then back at her, his expression unreadable. "I'm not married," he said, his tone flat, clipped, and utterly dismissive. "I wear it for fun."
It was, in its own infuriatingly technical way, the truth. The ring was a constant nuisance, a gold talisman his deeply superstitious mother had cajoled him into wearing after a particularly expensive session with her feng shui master. It was meant to ward off "unsuitable energy" and attract a proper, blue-blooded wife from a family of equal or greater standing. He found the entire notion absurd, but it was easier to wear the damn ring than to endure his mother’s lectures. But to Fiona’s ears, raw with trauma and primed for betrayal, his arrogant, clipped explanation sounded like the most cliché, insulting, and transparent lie a cheating, powerful man could possibly utter. It was a dismissal not only of her valid question but of her intelligence, her moral outrage, and her very personhood. He didn't even deem her worthy of a plausible lie.
Before she could voice the hot, furious disbelief that was choking her, before she could scream at him for the monster he was, the sharp, electronic buzz of the penthouse intercom sliced through the tense, charged silence.
With a sigh of profound, palpable irritation, Brendon released one of her wrists and jabbed the button on the sleek, wall-mounted panel. "Yes?" His voice was cold steel.
The concierge’s voice, impeccably crisp and deferential, echoed into the silent room, each word a hammer blow to Fiona's fragile state. "Mr. Powell, my sincere apologies for the interruption. Your mother, Mrs. Powell, and your fiancée, Ms. Estela Alford, are in the lobby. They say they are here to surprise you for a late dinner and have taken the liberty of holding a table for you at Daniel."
Fiancée.
The word struck Fiona like a physical blow, knocking the air from her lungs and leaving a ringing in her ears. It wasn't a wife hidden away in some country estate. It was a fiancée. A beautiful, high-society heiress, a public figure, a woman whose picture she had probably seen in the glossy pages of Vogue or Town & Country. A woman who was waiting for him downstairs, in the grand lobby, while he was up here, trying to claim his new "pet." The confirmation of his deceit was so absolute, so devastatingly complete, it left her feeling hollowed out, scoured clean of any remaining naivete. He was a hypocrite of the highest, most despicable order, an elite predator who played god with the lives of broken girls while maintaining a pristine, untouchable public facade.
Fiona watched as Brendon’s jaw clenched so tightly she could see the powerful muscle jump under his skin. She knew, with chilling certainty, that the fury radiating from him wasn't directed at his family's surprise visit. It was the cold, contained rage of being caught, of his meticulously compartmentalized worlds colliding so inconveniently.
"Tell them I will be down in ten minutes," he said, his voice dropping to a dangerously low temperature that promised retribution. He ended the call and turned his full, furious attention back to Fiona. His eyes glittered with a cold promise that made her blood freeze. He hadn't forgotten their transaction for a single second.
"Stay here," he commanded, his voice leaving no room for argument or escape. "Do not move from this room. We will finish this when I return."
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8.7
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Betrayed and abandoned by James, who is deceived into believing she is a prostitute, Isabella Laurent loses everything including love, trust, and family wealth. Alone and heartbroken, she meets Frederick, a billionaire scarred by betrayal, who helps her rediscover love and faith. As their bond grows, Isabella rises in Frederick's company, turning heartbreak into power, intelligence, and influence.
But darkness lingers. Janet and Lydia, jealous of Isabella's strength, murdered her father and stole his fortune. Now, they fear her ascent and plot her downfall. Veronica, Frederick's cunning ex, returns with a child and falsified DNA tests, attempting to claim him. Frederick resists, but can he protect Isabella from a web of lies, deceit, and danger?
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Ethan loved her with empty pockets and a full heart.
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On Valentine's Day, he planned to give her the one gift he could never afford.
Instead, he caught her in another man's arms.
His brother's arms.
They laughed at him.
They told him love without money was worthless.
They threw him away like trash.
That same night, his phone rang.
And the world flipped.
One hundred million dollars appeared in his account.
A powerful family came looking for their lost heir.
And the poor boy nobody wanted became the man nobody could touch.
Now the woman who left him wants him back.
The family that crushed him wants forgiveness.
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Done loving with nothing.
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Kyler rushed in, his face a mask of grief, insisting on taking her body away immediately to handle the arrangements.
If I hadn't heard my supposedly dead baby's telepathic voice echoing in my head, I would have handed her over.
She told me Kyler had poisoned my prenatal vitamins to induce early labor.
He bribed the medical team to fake her death so he could harvest her rare stem cells to save his sick mistress.
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He was letting cartel kidnappers take my boy just to force me to sign over my family's billionaire trust fund.
The man I kissed every morning was a monster wearing my husband's skin.
How could he smile at me while planning to murder our children and drain my family's wealth?
The sheer terror and betrayal tore my heart into a thousand jagged pieces.
But I didn't scream or confront him.
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