Priceless: A love Money Couldn't Own

Chapter 5 The Departure

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he coach, he looked back. Collette was a small, white-clad figure against the dark, heavy iron of the trestle

p disbursements. I want her to feel the weight of her 'opportunity.'" While Ian spent his college years in drafty labs, calculating the shear strength of steel, Collette spent hers in mahogany-paneled lecture halls, learning how to dismantle men with a single paragraph. They wrote letters on physical

quarry was bathed in a ghostly, silver light. The moon hung low, reflecting off the sheer

ust the smell of impending rain and the heavy v

tar of

ed years ago. Ian had brought a small lantern, but he didn't light it. He didn't need

trembling slightly under the weight of t

nst the whistling wind. "But I've studied the old cathedrals. They don't stay up because of luck. The

cube he had finished polishing. He didn't place it on her finger; he

and the city and the people like Victor Hale try to crush you, I will take the weight. I will be

try to span a gap that seems too wide, when you're stretched to your limit, I will hold the lines. I will be the

al of

be faithful; they were promisin

m of the forces must always equal zero. If you're hurting,

ate ceremony of Static Equilibrium. They knew that the next four years would try to pull them apart with th

leaving the limestone cube hidden i

ure they hadn't yet built Coll

an," she said, looki

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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.”