The Billionaire's Substitute Romance

It turned out Rowan wasn't just anyon

hing back, desperate to recla

Their influence stretched far and wide, and the head of the Hayes family was known

, when the Hayes family proposed the marriage, she had turned her nose

forced Baila to

looking Phoebe straight

out and wiped away the foundation on Baila'

r face set them apart-a flaw that had to be concealed wi

ted beauty of New York. Baila? Nothing m

announced, "Mrs. Haye

was

smoothed the creases from her dress, and s

n a rush of cold air as a tall,

head, Bail

fabric clung smoothly to his frame, unwrinkled and flawless, as

d as if it had been cra

man in the hotel

to Baila-his heavy breaths, the heat of his touch... Her

y," she said sweetly, "you were so ro

iron grip to stop her. His expression turned cold. "How dar

oney, listen-it's not what you think! Old Mrs. Hayes was the one who arranged it! She said we had t

. Hayes

d, irritation flashi

barely breathing. She had heard enough about Row

e one who had slept with him tha

tion, Baila tu

ep, Rowan, catching sight of her

e. Her che

overed some

la. "Who are you? Raise

r fingers curled against her palm

her eyes. Deep. Clear. A perfec

s. They were the same ones he ha

sharp as he sa

e had reco