Betrayal games & the seduction contract

was-Ella

ned with the weight of endless misfortune. From the moment she took her first brea

ad little, but somehow managed-until the day Emilia collapsed. The diagnosis came like a thunderclap: kidn

fate, cruel and merciless, had other plans. One rainy afternoon, as she crossed the str

Ella's story

en her sister's life hung in the balance. She worked odd jobs, cleaned gutters

succeeded. Emilia survived. For a moment, there was peace. A fragile kind of hope. But the debts didn't van

t a sick sister and a mou

ing the streets in a daze

snapped, towe

d from stone. Tattoos peeked from beneath his co

e muttered, tak

didn'

our name?

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someone with a

d, but didn

id. "Work for me, and yo

nded. "What k

, voice like gravel

he term sounded fo

Don't worry.

she

led. She became what he'd promised: a weapon, smooth and silent. Ella, the girl

er cold, ruthless handler-cal

across the table. "This is your last mission. Do it well

" she

Life-free." He grinned. "W

t, heart tight with anticipa

Ella sat alone, arms folded, the wine glass in her h

ed, and his presence radiated power. His every move scream

Ella,

then met his gaze. "D

smoothly. "Your work, your history. Y

aid n

you'll be set for life. No more dodging deb

w. "And what exa

our family company. Young, idealistic, naïve. He's steer

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his trust. Access his files. Retrieve t

er head. "So.

. Carter's a hopeless romantic. He

nd what happens to him

or replied without hesitation.

re the ripples in her drink m

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ten on delivery. And I'll mak

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y mil

e Emilia the best care money could buy,

he pr

A man who'd done nothing to her, but would soon lose everything

er.Her surviva

use, she nodded

jacket, and gave her a thin s

ion wavered, shadowed by the choice she had made. A choice that would change every

ered to herself. "Just one

wn, she kne

life had ever b