The Heiress Returns: Marrying The Ruthless Billionaire

residential tower on Central Park West. The concrete walls were lined wit

ing at her bare shoulders. Deron's wheelchair was deployed from the trunk with

aling them in a polished steel box. It shot upwa

d directly into

was a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the sprawling, ink-black expanse of Central Park. There were n

, deposited her luggage in the foyer, and immediatel

complete

e stopped, his back to her, staring out at the city

through the quiet, sharper and colder than the gl

r hands. She knew this interrogation was coming. She couldn't tell him

lked slowly across the marble floor, st

oice perfectly level. "Aspen Hogan. An adopted orphan who wa

k. The rubber tires squeaked against the marble. His dark e

tap a rapid, aggressive rhythm on his armrest. "She doesn't orchestrate a flawless public execution of her own family.

troy the Hogans. You used me to get your money. What's the next step in your lit

dn't flinch. She stepped close

oice dropping to a fierc

topped. He hadn't expect

h Vance Hogan, and the only man in your family ruthless enough to actually

ins brushing against the meta

We are both trapped in cages built by other people. They look at you and see a broken cripple. They look

his eyes flickered, replaced by so

and falling rapidly. "You get a wife to satisfy yo

ment. His gaze dropped to her

out. He grabbed her by the hips

forward. She lost her balance

olid mass beneath her were overwhelming. It wasn't the feeling of atrophied limbs, but of something dense and unyielding,

against his chest. His face was inches from hers.

ration against her collarbone. "But you seem to have forgotten that the p

nd tangled in her hair, pulling her head ba

ion. He devoured her mouth, his tongue sweeping past her

tincts from her past life flared. She refused to be passive. She wrapped her arms around

per. Deron groaned, a deep, guttural sound,

hot. The tension between them was a lit

ZZ

intercom shattered the silence, echoi

hers, his chest heaving. His eyes were di

ap, her lips swollen, her

d a second time, d