His Betrayal, My Sudden Wedding Vows

Damian Benjamin, Veridian City' s ruthless kingpin. I took bullets for him,

me to seduce his

man. I followed his orders, luring Earl into a hotel sui

as his true love called me trash. My seven-year devo

Earl Reid, the man I was sent to des

on unreadable, and made an an

etting m

pte

g over my trembling body. "But that face, that body... they're not for the

seven y

th more than my family' s entire medical debt, and del

ity' s unc

hispered in the dark corners of the underworld I' d been thrown into.

reak free. The penthouse was silent, cavernous, the floor-to-ceiling windows showing

id in his hand, the ice clinking softly as he swirled it. H

ely audible. "Please, I can work. I

on me, of what was expected of me, made my skin crawl. I felt a wave of nausea so

over me slowly, dismissively. There was no pity in them. No warmth. Only a chillin

taller than I' d imagined, his presence filling the room, sucking a

elegant fingers brushing a strand of hai

smooth baritone that held no comfort. He grabbed

ror through me. Tears welled in my eyes, blurring

h his eyes. "I'll take good care of you. You're mine now." His thumb stroked my lower

red, his voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper that sent a fresh wave of dre

e, hung in the air between us, a harbing

s the b

my mother's medical bills in the other that was high enough to choke a horse. I took a job posted on

my ticket out o

or one of Veridian City's smaller crime syndicates. They didn't care about my de

ent that smelled of mildew and fear. We were commo

didn't want to wait his turn. He cornered me, his breath hot and stinking of che

g me against the cold, damp wall. "Too go

his was it. This was the end of what little dignity I had left. My spirit f

to the baseme

ilent. The man

in the doorway, exuding an

r," a voice commanded,

on fire. He fell to his knees, his head bowed

men in black suits stepped forward, dragging the whimpering thug aw

t time I saw him.

Benjamin, the enigmatic billionaire CEO of the Benjamin Corporation, a

dows. He ruled with an iron fist, his influence so vast it was said that not a single illicit dollar

d had stumbled upon me instead.

e being consumed by a primal need to survive. I ran to him, falling at hi

ord torn from my throat.

ression unreadable. And in th

ate the treacherous currents of his world, to handle his illicit dealings with a cool head and an efficient hand. I balanced his books, the ones

I was, I fell i

a life of luxury, draped me in diamonds, and shielded me from the ugliness of

d follow me, the way he' d let me into his private study when no one else was a

eved i

last

his arms, his body still slick with sweat, his breath

on the edge of the bed, his

d of the warmth it held just mome

ease tightening in my

in shadow, his eyes holding a familiar, chillin

nstructed around the illusion of his

Reid, his arch-rival in both business and crime. I was to become Earl's lover, create a pub

rd was a raw,

c hero. I want to shatter that illusion. I want her to see him for what he is-just another man who ca

empire. Damian's "white moonlight." The woman he' d been chasing for years, the one woman wh