ears, I l

r Ethan Lester. To the world, I was the woman who h

contract signed in desperation, a deal made with

oyal employee who had saved his life on

system. When she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, the ex

Lester, and in return, the Lester family paid for every Swiss cl

is family' s honor to trap him. He made it his mission to make my life

of women on his arm, their pictures splashed across tabloids. I learn

y was di

n on his arm wa

smell of salt and expensive perfume. It was another one of Ethan' s lav

ome documents his gran

friends. He was laughing, a drink in his hand. And curled up

Syl

ister. The reason fo

ted me first. He nudged Etha

ilt. Only a cold, triumphant glint. He tightened his

s voice for the wh

, gesturing toward me with his g

brutal implication. He was pointing at me, but calling Sylvia my best fr

y. She just looked at me, a strange

a declaration of war. He had finally foun