Overwhelmed By The Billionaire's Persistent Pursuits

Overwhelmed By The Billionaire's Persistent Pursuits

Bernita Sredl

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Candice's life took a strange turn on her wedding night. Her groom, Greyson, didn't show up to consummate their marriage. Instead, a stranger broke into her room and violated her. Marriage was hell for her. As she licked her wounds, her mother-in-law took every chance to make her feel less of herself. Greyson who was supposed to be supportive didn't give a damn about her. He brought his side chick into their matrimonial home. It didn't take long before she was kicked out of the house. Everyone thought that she was just a helpless weakling. They didn't know that she was an extraordinary lawyer. She dragged the stranger who raped her to court. She intended to make his life a living hell for ruining hers. In the course of this, she was stunned to find out that the rapist was actually the richest man in the city. He was a domineering and clean freak. Things soon went out of her control. This man tried every means to make her marry him. It dawned on her that she caused even more trouble for herself. How could she get this man off her back, while also bringing him to book?

Overwhelmed By The Billionaire's Persistent Pursuits Chapter 1 The Bridegroom Didn't Show Up

It was Candice Blake's wedding night.

She finally married Greyson Harman.

It was a milestone moment, a day she'd been expecting for a decade.

Yet, as night fell, her husband still didn't come to her.

As Candice sat in the exquisitely decorated suite that had been thoughtfully arranged by the Harman family, her heart fluttered with nervous anticipation.

Surely he was mingling with the guests below, but it was getting late. When would he appear?

Candice was uncertain.

Greyson didn't love her. He had another woman in his heart. He married her just because his family forced him to do so. Candice held on to the fantasy that matrimony and shared time would eventually kindle love in his heart.

While she was thinking, a rush of heat coursed through her. Something was wrong with her...

"Bang!"

The door burst open and a towering figure stormed in. An ecstatic Candice turned to the man. "You're here..."

Before she could properly see him, he pounced on her, a predator catching its prey, pinning her to the bed. He pressed his head against her neck, his teeth sinking into her flesh with primal ferocity, sending a shiver of fear through Candice.

"Stop... Release me..."

Her pleas fell on deaf ears. His overpowering grip rendered her helpless. His dominance left her cornered.

This man was not Greyson!

"No... Don't touch me, don't... Ah!"

Hot, it was so hot...

The man's impassioned kisses and assertive movements overwhelmed her. Pinned beneath him, she was left to endure until she lost consciousness.

"You've got some nerve, plotting against me. Here's ten million. Take it and vanish."

A unfamiliar, deep voice echoed in her ears just when she came to her senses. Then, a checkbook, thrown like a knife, struck her face.

His words were icy, his tone condescending. "Administer the morning-after pill yourself and leave Ploville. Cross me and you'll regret you were ever born."

She was suddenly wide awake.

Lifting her heavy lids, she glimpsed the man's cold, dismissive silhouette.

She held the checkbook in her hand, the weight of ten checks, each one worth one million dollars, feeling heavy like a burden, as if they were pressing down on her heart, suffocating her.

A hefty ten million for her departure? It was a man of considerable wealth.

But his money held no allure.

His unexpected intrusion had destroyed her world and now he dared to dismiss her with a cash offering.

Who did he think he was?

Candice's voice failed her. She struggled to her feet, ripped the checks into shreds, and hurled them at the retreating man.

Unfortunately, the door was firmly shut, and he failed to notice it.

Only fragments of checks fell like snowflakes.

As she wrapped herself in the quilt, an attempt to rise was met with searing pain, her body void of strength.

The man's identity was a mystery. She'd only caught a glimpse of his back.

Even she herself didn't know what was wrong.

Why had a stranger intruded on her wedding night?

Why did this happen?

The confusion spiraled, her mind racing to understand.

Suddenly, the suite's door was flung open once again.

The sudden illumination from the bedroom lights made her involuntarily recoil, shielding her eyes from the intense glare.

Before Candice could react, a sharp slap landed on her face.

A tirade of insults ensued.

"You bitch! Last night was your wedding night, but you were having sex with another man in the suite? You have disgraced the Harman family!"

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“Candice's life took a strange turn on her wedding night. Her groom, Greyson, didn't show up to consummate their marriage. Instead, a stranger broke into her room and violated her. Marriage was hell for her. As she licked her wounds, her mother-in-law took every chance to make her feel less of herself. Greyson who was supposed to be supportive didn't give a damn about her. He brought his side chick into their matrimonial home. It didn't take long before she was kicked out of the house. Everyone thought that she was just a helpless weakling. They didn't know that she was an extraordinary lawyer. She dragged the stranger who raped her to court. She intended to make his life a living hell for ruining hers. In the course of this, she was stunned to find out that the rapist was actually the richest man in the city. He was a domineering and clean freak. Things soon went out of her control. This man tried every means to make her marry him. It dawned on her that she caused even more trouble for herself. How could she get this man off her back, while also bringing him to book?”
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Chapter 1 The Bridegroom Didn't Show Up

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Chapter 2 Disgusting

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Chapter 3 I Want A Divorce

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Chapter 4 Go To Hell

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Chapter 5 Did Greyson Want Her Dead

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Chapter 6 Trust Me Just This Once

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Chapter 7 Going All Out

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Chapter 8 I Am No Longer The Candice Blake You Knew

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Chapter 9 Now You Are Even

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Chapter 10 Wanting Her To Stay

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Chapter 11 It Will Be None Of Your Business

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Chapter 12 Name A Price

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Chapter 13 Threat

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Chapter 14 You Would Be Going To Jail

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Chapter 15 The Last Hope

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Chapter 16 Something Wrong

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Chapter 17 I Can See Why Now

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Chapter 18 Outnumbered

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Chapter 19 So Handsome

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Chapter 20 The Most Beautiful Memory

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Chapter 21 We Are Over

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Chapter 22 A Coincidence

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Chapter 23 It Felt So Good

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Chapter 24 Keep Holding You

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Chapter 25 So Awkward

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Chapter 26 For The Dead

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Chapter 27 I Will See Him In Court

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Chapter 28 The Password

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Chapter 29 PTSD

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Chapter 30 She Is My Sister

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Chapter 31 Humiliated

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Chapter 32 Making A Bigger Spectacle Of Herself

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Chapter 33 Love Song Duet

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Chapter 34 I'm Not In The Mood Today

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Chapter 35 We Can't Be Friends

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Chapter 36 Adversary

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Chapter 37 What He Cared About Most

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Chapter 38 Didn't She Deserve To Be Present There

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Chapter 39 Financial Gain

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Chapter 40 What More Could She Want

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