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The Runaway Asset: Betraying My Billionaire Father Novel Cover

The Runaway Asset: Betraying My Billionaire Father

I stood in a couture engagement dress that cost more than most people earn in a decade, playing the part of the perfect billionaire heiress. My mother adjusted my hair with cold fingers, reminding me not to slouch before the photographers arrived for the merger of the century. But a few feet away on the balcony, I heard my father’s true voice stripping away the romantic lie. He wasn’t talking about a wedding; he was discussing a corporate acquisition. "Elodie does what she is told," he told the Senator, his laugh dry and humorless. "She is the final asset needed to seal the port deal." To him, I wasn't a daughter or a bride; I was a bargaining chip, a piece of currency used to buy infrastructure contracts. My childhood friend, the man I was supposed to marry, was nothing more than the other side of a business transaction. The realization shattered the glass floor beneath me. I looked at my phone for a lifeline, but Alden, the only man who ever saw the real me, was a thousand miles away, silent and indifferent. I was being sold by my father and ignored by the man I loved, trapped in a life that felt like a beautifully decorated cage. How could they turn my entire existence into a line item on a balance sheet? The scent of expensive lilies in the suite suddenly smelled like a funeral parlor, marking the death of the girl who believed in loyalty. The nausea of betrayal was replaced by a cold, hard clarity. If I was just an asset to be traded, then it was time to change the game. I stepped out of the white silk, traded my diamonds for a hoodie, and vanished into the night. I didn't head for safety; I flew to the neon chaos of Las Vegas to find the man who buried my father’s darkest secrets. To win my freedom, I would have to gamble everything on a coin toss with the city’s most dangerous enforcer.
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Chapter 9

Elodie didn't leave.

She pulled out the chair opposite him and sat down.

I am not leaving until we talk, she said.

Cassius looked at Rocco. Rocco shrugged, looking amused.

I do not do business with children, Cassius said.

I am twenty-three, Elodie snapped. And I have money.

I do not need money, Cassius said. He took a sip of his water. I need peace and quiet. And you are loud. Your dress is loud.

I know you worked for my father, she lowered her voice. I saw you.

Cassius leaned forward. He invaded her personal space. He smelled of sandalwood and cold air. It was intoxicating.

You saw a contractor, he said softly. You didn't see anything.

Elodie held his gaze. She refused to blink.

I am looking for a boy, she said. Joshuah.

Cassius flinched.

It was tiny. A tightening of the muscle in his jaw. A flicker in his dark eyes. If she hadn't been watching him so closely, she would have missed it.

But she saw it.

You know him, she whispered.

Cassius leaned back, his face a mask of indifference again.

Why do you want him? he asked.

Family reunion, she said. Sarcasm was her only shield.

He is a ghost, Cassius said. Ghosts are expensive to find.

Name your price, Elodie challenged.

Cassius studied her. He looked at her hands, clenching the tablecloth. He saw the fear. He saw the resolve.

He decided to play.

I do not want your daddy's money, he said.

Then what?

I want a favor, he said. To be named later.

Elodie hesitated. A blank check to a mobster? It was insanity.

Fine, she said.

Not so fast, Cassius smirked. It was a dangerous, beautiful expression.

I am a gambling man. Let us leave it to chance.

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