The Cold Billionaire and The Broken Doll

earn her another blow. the city's blurred lights streaking past like ghosts she was desperate to outrun. The silence between her and Javier was dense, an

e road ahead, but his presence was magnetic, suffocating. The man was danger wrapped

ul. His piercing gaze flicked toward Jessica briefly, then back to the darkened

idn't understand why Javier had paid Damon's price or what his intere

of questions clawing at her throat. A hund

e smooth leather seat, hoping the chill b

ke the silence, bare

pay for me? Wha

t second, something flickered across his f

belong in that worl

say you've never had to live through it ,I don't

n't but I know what it's lik

ung heavy b

threatening but refusing to fall. "Then why

ause you're not alone anymore and because some

an the cold reality that had caged her for six years. But trust? She had

ten corner of a quiet neighborhood. The streetlights weak glow barely reached the crumbling walls,

gine. "This is where

s heart

assuming. No flashing signs, no velve

ing. The cold night air brushe

the door ope

orn wood. The space was simply furnished a small living room, a mod

at," Javier said

ke a dark shroud. The sharp rush of adrenaline faded into whispers,

is gaze never wavering. "Y

u don't understand. Damon owns me.

something I

e corner. "Freedom's a fight. Yo

aw no judgment only quiet

on't know how to fight." she gasp

tened, just for a momen

her away, Jessica felt a flicker of s

as dan

sliding it across the coffee table without breaking eye cont

?" Jessica a

tried to bury. Financial records, ledgers, name

ing for whatever truth it held. The documents inside were detailed, dam

e this?" sh

Javier said. "And you deserve

's mind

hains both physical and invisible

t alone anymore. I have resources, people who want

eyes of the men facing her. They'd saved her... but why did

?" she asked, voi

't say no. Not when you see what

right. Damon doesn't forge

the fear, the nights spent awake prayi

Bob weren

re her

yes, as if retreating into the dark mig

inally, voice brea

Good, this is ju

nd cracked his knuckles with purpo

a mixture of fear, determinati

o imagine a life beyond Damon's shadow but the roa

ed to leave, Jessica rea

were only the start o