Bound by debt

th a long sigh. Dropped my bag onto the worn--out couch

alked straight to the bathroom, turning on th

fall on the floor. Unclasping my bra, I freed my ful

in with a force that bordered on desperation, trying

...my thoughts were cut short by the sharp ring of my phone.

I said in a

all me hours ago! What happened? " Maya's

irror to pick up her anti-pespiran

u see him? Wh

ter. "I saw him, alright" I said slo

u mean?" Ma

making out with a white in his offi

gasped." Elena! You're kidding me!

ng a hand through my damp

eve you actually went there without an appointment! Do you even know who

choice. The lawyer said I have two months to pay off my dad's debt or I'll b

na...what's your brother

y about him now, Maya.

s, Women are nothing but a game to him." Maya was quiet

," I mu

own I wasn

Droplets slid down my skin, disappea

could wash away the un

tly in my laps. The air in the office was thick and my stomach churned, b

an edge of amusement playing at the corners of his mouth. His dar

een thinking about your little proposal..."He tapped his

ther's debt and I'm a man who like

e my skin crawl. And after all that happened between Liam and I last

lawyer's remark echoed into my

" I said, my voice above whispers. "I

lking about the bank...sweetheart I have a better

ill be asking me to be one of his faithful play girls

suddenly, his tone eerily casual, as

pped up to

.What

ge, for a year. You play the role of a dutiful wife, be seen at my side, attend eve

age?" The word sounded

ss arrangement." He moved away, pouring himself a

nd?" I asked cautious

be mine in every sense of the world. My name, my rules and my bed...and when

rceful touch the night before was a painful reminder of how

man whose reputation was darker than sin itself...I co

shaking my head and tear

ill. Unless, of course, you'd rather see yourself behind bars? I

able...a contract marria

breath... I p