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Chapter 4 $80 HONEY AND COOPERATE WAR

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ed its way through the blinds in Vespera Vance's cramped kitchen and landed right on

irections like she'd just licked an electrical socket. Her hands shook

e scarily calm. "Lysander Th

every appliance in the place put together. He busied himself with wiping down their absurdly fancy espresso machi

you too, wife.

"The seal's broken. The safety plastic is gone. Someone and by someone, I

steam wand. "I had a cup of Earl Grey at four t

e on a special flight from France! The bees that made it get

ommate, I think a teaspoon of flower spit is well within my rights especially since I

m clock started screeching from the other room. She checked her phone cracked screen,

es, yanked on a lumpy brown sweater and trousers three sizes too big, and crammed h

from your stipend!" she ye

e creeping across his face. He pulled out

her end said. "The Vance extraction team

ty. "My wife's dealing with corporate nonsense today. If any

bout that French h

g up behind him. "Send a crate to the safe

ingers a blur on the keyboard but her brain out to lunch. She avoided glancing up at her

in cheap cologne and even cheaper power. He specializ

k and nearly knocking over her coffee. "Regional logistics data is c

k, then Henderson's smug face. The i

ption started when someone overrode the encryption keys at 11:45 P

troot. The whole row s

like aftershave and fear. "You'll stay late. Re-enter every one of th

desk, rattling her cubicle. Ve

, gloved hand shot out and locked

ical intimidation of staff," someone said a voice more ve

, clipboard at his side, perfectly calm. Except for t

?" Henderson sputtered, tryi

orate smile. He squeezed just enough for everyone to hear a worrisome pop. "Mr. Hender

!" Henderson whimpered,

dly whisper. "But check your banking apps first. The IRS gets curious abo

his bruised wrist and disappeared toward the ex

ght her face might split. "Holy motherboard...

ession unreadable. "I'm a thorough security gu

et and slapped it onto his clipboard. "Bonus.

, Mrs. Thorne." His eyes met hers, intense enough to make her pu

nced down. An anonymous t

family always collects its debts. See

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“He's a killer with ice in his veins. She's a tech genius who brings chaos wherever she goes. Their marriage? It started as a complete sham but the danger they're in is suddenly very real. Vespera Vance is a billionaire tech heiress, but when her family tries to marry her off to a ninety year-old tycoon, she does what anyone desperate would: she fakes who she is, disappears in baggy sweaters, and takes the most anonymous job she can find a graveyard-shift nobody. Everything goes smooth until one night, she ends up in the basement and spots the new night security guard calmly taking down two armed attackers, all while munching on a turkey sandwich. Lysander Thorne is no guard. He's the legendary Don of the Thorne Syndicate, lying low in his own company to hunt a traitor. He's used to people freezing in fear. What he isn't used to is Vespera: a whirlwind in crooked glasses who barges into his sting operation, flails a plastic broom, trips over her shoes, and knocks herself out right against his chest. Vespera needs a new, clean legal identity to keep her greedy family from touching her fortune. She makes Lysander (who she believes is a broke rent-a-cop drowning in debt) an offer: marry her for six months, she'll clear what he "owes," and he'll never buy a deli sandwich again. Lysander, oddly entertained and in need of a solid civilian disguise, agrees and signs on. Now Vespera's out here leaving receipts for eighty-dollar honey like a sugar mom in their shoebox apartment. Lysander, meanwhile, is secretly sending his massive, terrifying underboss to deliver luxury espresso machines under the excuse of being a local bookie. But things get ugly. Her family finds her, and this time, they're not sending lawyers they're sending elite mercenaries ready to drag her home by force. The silly game's over, and Lysander drops the act. Vespera is about to learn her bumbling roommate doesn't just keep the night shift safe. He rules the shadows and letting his wild, unpredictable wife go isn't on the table. Not now, not ever.”