The Billionaire's Forced pawn

aw my younger brother toil With the exposed wires of the a

alm down, Bella. I'm trying to fix it. U

uth, so I bit my lip. I obviously didn't have a

y attention to the soup pot that was boiling on the stove. The v

ictured this as my life. Nights spent worrying over debts

there in the back of my mind. "Do you think we'll ever get out of this?" The silence

n I eventually said, "We'll find a way." With a mocking tone, Kelvin

Everyone expects it from you, don't they? I gave him a fierce look, b

"Almost," I said as I returned my attention to the stove. --- I sneaked out of the house la

e humid night air stuck to my skin. Marco was already ther

s face. "You're late," he teasingly said. I responded, "

he sketchpad. "What's new?" We sat in pleasant quietude for a whi

, which had turned become our haven. "How's the mural

an unveiling ceremony is something they are considering.

the chaos. His eyes landed on me as he leaned back. "How about you?

"Bella, you underestimate your strength. Do not allow t

He started to argue, but I interrupted him. "I don't want

areful not to wake anyone, I crept to my room and fell upon my bed.

rld wasn't all that bad. However, I also remembered my mother, her tir

, but I couldn't fall asleep. The night

ake by the sound of a car approaching from outsid

with headlights that pierced the night. A man with a

seized in my throat. I knew right away that he was Alexander Presley, the son o