Liora

rain had slowed to a miserable, freezing drizzle that clung to my eyelash

as even the same one. The sleek metal was polished to a mirror shine,

nto that car, Liora Hayes...the girl who worked double shifts and

icking, Liora," Xavie

imbe

a different world. It smelled like rich leather and expensive cologne. The seats were heated, the warmth

d up, isolating us from the driver. He reached into a small refrigerated

you're about to faint. I can't bring

till clutching my father's broken watch. "How do you

he doesn't just look...he investigates. We know everything. We know about the $512,000 debt. We know abo

do with the weather. I felt naked.

althy, and most importantly...someone with no ties. No boyfriend, no powerful family to interfere basically so

into the distance. Somewhere in that maze of concrete,

oice barely a whisper. "What kind of se

kov is the head of a multi-billion dollar empire. But empires are fragile without an heir. His father, Serg

ts a wife?

ke half his fortune in a divorce. He doesn't want a woman who will ask where he is at three in the morning. He w

. "You want me to

u will live in the Volkov estate. You will be provided with the best medical care, the best food, and every luxury you

way to

number hang in the air like a lure. "That is enough to pay off every cent of your mother's medical bills. It's

my bank account. I thought a

... if I can't l

ou will sign is ironclad. You will be a shadow in that house. A ghost w

and pulled out a cell phone

ou texting

"I'm telling them to stop the transport. I'm tel

into tears. My mother would stay in the private

looked up at m

iora... I haven'

p, his thumb hoveri

v is not a kind man. He is a king who expects total obedience. If you agree to th

t. The only sound was the humming of the en

other's life worth $500,000, or should