Sold by My Family, Married to a Billionaire

Mia Hayes's skul

e slice of sunlight piercing through the gap in the heavy c

escaped

bare legs. Her head swam. The room slowly came into focus, and

sn't he

a magazine. Floor-to-ceiling windows showcased

it clear she wasn't anywh

wood and chrome, minimali

s wearing a man's silk shirt, the

didn't recognize-something clean a

against her ribs

ized bed. Her body ached in unfamiliar ways. The room wa

r eyes swept over her arms, her exposed skin

t there was only confusion, fear, and

ngle business card lay

tte finish. In elegant silver script

n Car

o company.

rs trembling. Fragments of last

ng lights of the party, and her best friend,

had slurred, her eyes overly bright. "H

She only remembered the sharp

nd ugly, that this was no accident. But she pushed it dow

rd made her uneasy. She couldn't explain

hes. She found her cheap cocktail dress crumpled on a leath

e a stray do

and pulled on her own dress, the fami

buzzed violently on the nightstand. The

ath, trying to compose her

, M

voice was a shrill, panicked shriek. There was no c

trouble. The kind of trouble tha

at a party l

night!" Deneen cut her off, he

t to see him with broken legs, you'l

ne wen

's ear. She stood frozen, th

spected betrayal, and now this-t

ng city below. It felt like a giant, indi

ss card in her pocket. A clue to a night she couldn't

temples, but panic wouldn't fix

hesitate

, her steps quick and dete

. Bellhops in crisp uniforms eyed her cheap dress

like a physical touch, u

s, the cold morning air hitting her like a sla

river an address in a neighborhood that was a w

grand hotel shrink in the rearview mirror

ed last night was connected

an explanation. Her thumbs hovered over the scree

until she k

y was involved or if this was

ne business district into older

her rundown apartment

ut, her gaze fixed on the win

ting for her be