From Brokenness To Billionaire Bride

For years, I only had eyes for one of them, the cold and distant Damie

n, kissing his foster sister, Eve-the fragile girl my family t

I overheard the other six Fe

gether, orchestrating "accidents" and mocking my "s

e heiress who held their futur

managed. The seven men I grew up with, the men who owed m

e a decision that would burn their world to the grou

y voice firm. "I'm m

pte

emember, my world has revolved around seven young men my father took in. They are the Barron Fellows, u

only beat for one

clinging to his light. I baked him cookies he never ate. I waited for him after his classes, but he always walk

st tried hard enough, I

that belie

e shadows of the old oak tree. Damien had Eve McClain, his foster sister, pressed against the trun

en's request. The girl everyone saw as sweet and

oment destroy

er' s study and made a decision tha

ided who I'm g

a warm smile on his face. "Have you finally won

ice firm. "No. I want

is brow furrowed with confusion. "Hunter? The tech mogul from Silic

s me, Da

avier is a master strategist, Kennith has a fiery passion that c

in my mouth. "Worthy?

y favorite book in the library and overheard voices from the a

voice. "We need a new strategy. Elena is becoming mor

offed. "So what? We just keep ignoring

rp. "Mr. Barron wants a marriage. If it's not Damien, it will

d me as I listened, hi

look foolish or clingy in front of Damien. They even mentioned the time Javier had "saved" me f

d said with a laugh. "She looked at you

it took. The point was to make her feel a debt to someone othe

me. At my trust, my affectio

were working together to avoid me.

Hunter Beach, the outsider. They pitied him for w

s," Javier had concluded. "

f their own, a fellow survivor from the harsh world they' d escaped. They were united

g into my palms as the memory burned through me. I was t

boys with nowhere to go. He gave them the best education, a life of lux

ke my foster si

een-year-old, had begged my father to agree. "Please, Dad!

came to the

m any perceived slight, always taking her side. If I ever showed a hint of jealousy, they would

lled with guilt, believ

t brothers protecting a fragile sister. T

eard them in the study, I'd stumbled out into the garden, my mind reeling. T

s tangled in her hair, Eve's arms

sper. "Damien, what if she makes you

She won't have my heart. Marrying her is just repaying a debt to her