The Billionaire's Broken Vow

eavy silence pressed against her skin. Her dreams, the fragile ones she'd fought so hard to b

ng Lucien erase her from the fashion world and she found she had no choice. Her phone buzzed

me, the cloc

red violently,no

ning wet and fragile beneath the night sky,but inside,a storm r

o hide, but she was caught like a prisoner of her own choices, swallowing her fear, she rose and

mpeccable with every line sharp and every detail perfect, his dark hair slicked back like a king's crown, but his eyes were icy and

d smoothly and stepping insi

ike the snap of a noose. His scent was a mixture of rain with expensive leath

e steps with his gaze never leaving hers. She braced

whispered, voice raw and unsteady. "Why of

traying a flicker of something almost like regret. "Becau

ht long extinguished and he lifted a hand with fingers

me," he

green eyes locking w

why you sti

oice cracked through her d

family and because you dro

jaw clenching. "I didn't destr

lowed him whole,"

thunder. Without warning, Lucien's hand tightened around her waist, pulling her closer

te," he whispered, voice low and

lips found hers in a kiss that was slow, demanding, and charged with years of sup

ulled away, his v

tract or los

through the clouds, painting the city gold. Celeste stood at the balcony of the grand penthouse

ather, the betrayal she'd suffered and now the

again "Dinner a

o waste time and as the hours slipped by, she prepared herself, no

the marble floor as she descended to the dining room.

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