Bound By Contract To The Billionaire

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tries and the man Alaina Carney had loved for three years, looked at her without a shred of guilt. He knew exactly that Joan Knap

tinum band. She had ordered it months ago, back when her family's architecture firm was still thriving, intending t

ankrupt?" she asked, her voice tight with s

you was just a fun little game when you had money. But marriage? I need an equal. Someone with power and status, like Joan." He glance

"Since you love me so much, you can be my mistress. Joan doesn't ha

a single word, she raised her hand and slapped him hard a

l, Damian,

raight to a high-end pawnshop two blocks away. She sold the ring without a second tho

essage thread with Alaric Wynn, the ruthless billionaire who controlled the cit

y you," she type

rence room. Across the polished mahogany table, Al

iage of one year's duration. Miss Carney will receive the protectio

ed because she had a boyfriend. But after being so brutally humiliated by Damian, she had accepted Alaric's offer in a fit of anger. Now that she had calmed down,

icked up the pen and sign

yer, then signed his own name in a

ons, Mr. Wynn

sting his cuff. "L

entley Mulsanne was waiting at the curb, a sile

Alaina stared out the window as the New York streetscape blurred past. A w

fore a towering limestone b

the doorman said, his vo

rs opened, they revealed a sprawling living room encased in 270-deg

He handed Alaina a set o

fectly neutral. "These are the access cards f

a black, m

press Centurion

aid there i

faint hum of the city below. Alaric shrugged off his suit jacket, tossing

liquid into two heavy glasses. He handed one to Alaina. The scent

he comman

ot up her arm. Needing something to calm her racing heart, she took a dee

rted walking

e felt an instinctual urge to retreat, her back

e else

et. A wave of vertigo washed over h

ld feel the heat radiating from his body. He braced a hand

gaze dropped to her lips, lingering there for a h

low, dangerous rumble that

t his gaze, even as her hear

was surprisingly steady. "My only fear is t

with his other hand, his fingers closing around her jaw. The calloused pad of his thumb brushe

against her cheek. "Remember that. You belong

. The taste of premium bourbon and raw male hunger invaded her senses. Alaina gasped into his

hands gripped her waist, lifting her effortlessly until her legs wrapped around hi

wn immediately. His fingers deftly unbuttoned her oversized

th nipping at her sensitive skin, drawing out a soft, breathy

lent room pushed Alaina over the edge. She tangled her fingers in his dark hair, giving in to the overwhelming tide of lust. The world outsi

against his chest. The room fell into a heavy, sated silence, bro

uncertainty about the future washing over her. She had just sold herself, body and soul, to a man s

enigmatic billionaire resting beside her, the uncertainty i

would truly entail. But one thing was absolutely certain. She would make eve

werful man sleeping next to her

to be her s