The Phantom CEO's Runaway Contract Lover

rom the bed, her phone c

k hair onto the defined lines of his shoulders and chest. He ran a hand through his hair, the movement casual, easy. The

acticed. The Swiss bank app opened, its sterile blue and white i

ced the phone, the focused set of her jaw. His deep

than the generous monthly fee they had agreed upon a year ago. It was the last of the trust her mother had left her, a

e kind you take before delive

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level. It didn't bel

ract is t

dy, which had been relaxed moments ago, went rigid. A single drop of water trace

et. The feeling of him being a paid companion, someone she controlled, vanis

a rumble that vibrated

re was no sentiment in her eyes, only the flat,

é is comi

ir, a deliberate, calculated barb. She

He leaned over her, planting his hands on the mattress on either side of her hips, caging her in. The scent of clean

was dangerously soft now. "For the

she said, her own voice sounding thin to

owing "Confirm Transfer" button. It was

choed in the

as d

ne on the nightstand vibrate

e heat in his eyes was gone, replaced by a cold, bottomless v

ce of expensive, tailored clothing sliding into place, rebuilding the impeccable fa

ze she'd been holding. But the relief

ked like a stranger again. He turned to her, the pe

year of your gene

with a soft, final click that soun

ucted composure crumbled into dust. She fell back against the pillows, the phon

er mother's legacy, to his new wife. The day he'd sat her down and told her she would be marrying Arley Si

hadn't asked to play. The New York elite whispered about t

er her own, he was the only thing she could control, a pleasure she could purchase and dis

rip" in Asia. It was time to clean house. Time to put on

start. And there co

of a nondescript, armored sedan. The interio

gone, revealing an unnervingly pale, ice-blue gaze. The change was subtle but absolute. The entire e

ne, a sleek, encrypted d

on the other end was

nhattan, his city. His fingers tapped a soft,

was the voice of a man used to absolute obedience. "I want everything on

ay, Mr. M

A humorless smile

rmured to his reflect

't over. It h