then and there, but my hands were tied. These people are not only wealthy. They are influenti

n with its silk sheets and floor-to-ceiling windows, I lay awake, starin

s words from earlier and the thousands of paparazzi talking at the sam

Aria. It

ad signed a contract thinking I was doing some kind of luxury modelling gig, but I had never im

s tr

the door

ered, sitting

sed in a black T-shirt and slacks, barefoot, bu

nd the room, th

g over the rules." Julia

orning. Have you c

e in my house now and

art thumping. "You can't just barge in

nd you had signed away yo

t was mislead

e was to read it," he snapped

t for my

pecting to sign a deal with your broke ass. But since fate has br

speak to your wife like this is

ake ones."

tairs," he

and pale blues with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and a roaring fireplace. H

he expectati

y appearances, Public handholdin

this marriage to the public because

an do this? What

uldn't

sane." I loo

quietly. "It

r w

h his arms folded, and this made hi

under pressure. If you play your part well, you'll walk away with more money

e rules further. "I don't get to

ermission,"

a phone at leas

smile for the cameras. You have to pretend you're the

idn't sign up to be you

You're an actress and

will it be"

file for a divorce quietly, and you'll

an to shake. "You could've picke

oked innocent enough and not too polished

ist. "You don't know

w you

ught. "What!

y wasn't even your real name. Your social media was wipe

end myself and said in a low voic

. "All I know is that I paid f

trol." I snapped a

ion hardened. "A

in my throat. I couldn't cry in front

you will not leave it without permission. You will not speak to th

at happens if I brea

nswered nonchalantly. "Tr

her like two strange

, Mrs. Cross," he whisper

ion was on a cliffside with the Pacific Ocean stretching into darkness beyond the

ied a cold-hearted billionaire... or the fact that h

fell into a

t hit my face l

he remote on the nightstand. The giant TV on

ned to a mornin

es, tied the knot in a secret ceremony last night. Sources say

t racing and then the

aisle and a still of Julian placing the

derella: Who

ow shown on

e faucet just to drown out the noise. My reflection in the mirror

open behind m