Priceless: A love Money Couldn't Own

Priceless: A love Money Couldn't Own

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At twenty-five, Collette Ashford is on the brink of forever wrapped in the arms of the only man who has ever truly known her. Ian Morris is not just her fiancé; he is her childhood confidant, her teenage best friend, her safest place in a restless world. Their love was built quietly, patiently, long before anyone thought it had value. But love is not the future her mother wants for her. When a powerful billionaire resurfaces to claim a favor Collette never realized had a price, her life becomes a battlefield of influence, obligation, and desire. Victor Hale is accustomed to buying what he wants and he wants Collette. With wealth, power, and her mother's approval on his side, he sets out to prove that devotion can be negotiated and hearts can be owned but Collette refuses. Caught between a man who offers everything money can buy and the one who holds her heart without conditions, Collette must decide how much she is willing to sacrifice to protect a love that refuses to be sold. As pressure mounts and loyalties fracture, she discovers that choosing love means standing alone and standing firm. Priceless: A Love Money Couldn't Own is a gripping romantic drama about defiance, devotion, and the quiet courage it takes to choose the one person who has always chosen you. Because some bonds are priceless and some wars are worth fighting.

Priceless: A love Money Couldn't Own Chapter 1 The Night Before

Collette had always believed that love was quiet. Not the kind that announced itself with grand gestures or glittering gifts, but the kind that settled into your bones and stayed. The kind that held you steady when the world shifted beneath your feet. Tonight, wrapped in Ian Morris's arms, she felt that kind of love anchored, certain, unshaken. The moonlight spilled softly through the sheer curtains of the small lakehouse, painting silver lines across the wooden floor. Outside, the water lay still, mirroring the sky as if it, too, was holding its breath.

Tomorrow, she would walk down an aisle and choose a forever home she had already been living in her heart for years. Ian's hand rested at the small of her back, warm and familiar. His thumb traced absent circles, the same way it had since they were teenagers sitting on the hood of his rusted car, dreaming out loud about futures they didn't yet know how to build.

"You're quiet," he murmured, his voice low, careful not to break the moment.

"I'm listening," Collette said softly.

"To what?"

"To everything." She smiled against his chest. His heartbeat was steady. Real. "To the sound of peace."

Ian exhaled, a soft laugh vibrating through her. "Peace feels fragile tonight."

She pulled back just enough to look at him. His eyes, those same eyes that had seen her at seventeen, crying on a cracked sidewalk after her father left, searched her face.

"Tomorrow scares you?" she asked.

"Not tomorrow," he said. "Everything is trying to touch it."

Collette understood. For weeks now, her mother's disapproval had crept into every conversation, every silence. Evelyn Ashford did not believe in love without leverage. She had made that clear. As if summoned by thought alone, Collette's phone buzzed on the table.

She didn't need to look to know who it was.

Ian noticed the tension in her shoulders. "Is it her?"

Collette nodded.

"Do you want me to..."

"No." She reached for his hand, intertwining their fingers. "I want this moment first."

She silenced the phone and leaned back into him. For a heartbeat, the world retreated.

But the truth waited.

Evelyn Ashford had always loved her daughter fiercely but fear had sharpened that love into something dangerous. To Evelyn, love was unreliable. Money was not. Earlier that day, her mother had sat across from her in a polished café downtown, eyes sharp, voice measured.

"Victor Hale is willing to give you everything," Evelyn had said. "Security. Status. Protection. Do you know how rare that is?"

"I didn't ask for it," Collette replied.

"You accepted his help," her mother countered. "And men like him don't help without expectations."

Victor Hale.

The name itself felt cold.

Years ago, when Collette's future had nearly collapsed when one signature, one opportunity had stood between her and ruin-Victor had stepped in. A favor. Clean. Silent. Powerful.

She thanked him.

She had not known that gratitude could become a cage.

Ian shifted beside her now. "If this gets too heavy," he said carefully, "we can postpone."

Collette turned fully toward him then, her expression firm.

"No," she said. "We don't shrink our lives because someone else thinks they can own them."

He studied her face the resolve, the quiet fire and nodded.

Outside, a car passed slowly along the road, headlights sweeping across the lakehouse. For a fleeting second, Collette felt watched. The sensation settled deep in her chest.

Somewhere in the city, Victor Hale was not sleeping.

He was calculating.

And tomorrow on the day she promised her life to another man he would remind her that favors were never free. Collette rested her head against Ian's shoulder and closed her eyes. She did not know what tomorrow would bring but she knew this much: Her love was not for sale and if she had to fight the world to prove it, she would.

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“At twenty-five, Collette Ashford is on the brink of forever wrapped in the arms of the only man who has ever truly known her. Ian Morris is not just her fiancé; he is her childhood confidant, her teenage best friend, her safest place in a restless world. Their love was built quietly, patiently, long before anyone thought it had value. But love is not the future her mother wants for her. When a powerful billionaire resurfaces to claim a favor Collette never realized had a price, her life becomes a battlefield of influence, obligation, and desire. Victor Hale is accustomed to buying what he wants and he wants Collette. With wealth, power, and her mother's approval on his side, he sets out to prove that devotion can be negotiated and hearts can be owned but Collette refuses. Caught between a man who offers everything money can buy and the one who holds her heart without conditions, Collette must decide how much she is willing to sacrifice to protect a love that refuses to be sold. As pressure mounts and loyalties fracture, she discovers that choosing love means standing alone and standing firm. Priceless: A Love Money Couldn't Own is a gripping romantic drama about defiance, devotion, and the quiet courage it takes to choose the one person who has always chosen you. Because some bonds are priceless and some wars are worth fighting.”
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Chapter 1 The Night Before

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Chapter 2 Meet My Bride

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Chapter 3 The Hidden Truth

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Chapter 4 Before the Heights

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Chapter 5 The Departure

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Chapter 6 Ian returns home

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Chapter 7 His Obsession

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Chapter 8 The Asset Liquidation

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Chapter 9 The Gift on the Threshold

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Chapter 10 The Breaking Point

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Chapter 11 The Counter-Weight Strategy

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Chapter 12 The GHOST IN THE MACHINE

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Chapter 13 Grand Opening

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Chapter 14 The Ceremony of Stone

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Chapter 15 THE WEIGHT OF STILLNESS

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Chapter 16 Fire and Salt

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Chapter 17 The Shadow Architects

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Chapter 18 Heir to the Impossible

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Chapter 19 The Matriarch's Redemption

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Chapter 20 The Legacy Realized

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Chapter 21 The Vane Temptation

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Chapter 22 The Intruder

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Chapter 23 The Third Door

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Chapter 24 The Choice with a Price

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Chapter 25 The Weight Of The Choice

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Chapter 26 The Oversight

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Chapter 27 The Terminal Velocity

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Chapter 28 The Anchor

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Chapter 29 The Whiteout

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Chapter 30 The Remainder walks

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Chapter 31 The Silence that did not feel empty

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Chapter 32 The Conduit

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Chapter 33 The Weight Of An Answer

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Chapter 34 When Asking Ends

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Chapter 35 The shape of Silence

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Chapter 36 The Atlas Awaken

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Chapter 37 The Visible Red Lines

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Chapter 38 No Longer Central

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Chapter 39 The Lockout

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Chapter 40 The Cost of Order

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