The Billionaire's Price For My Baby

and impending violence. Elaina waved

you doing

ox filled with her books. He moved toward h

this morning, showing me a gossip blog on their phones. 'Billionaire marries mystery woman.' I

curled her fingers into a tight fist, trapping the loose diamond aga

wisting her wrist. "And fathers deserve a cut of the dowry. I

, the pain shooting up her arm. "Th

fist. "You think you're better than me now? You think you

ewing her eyes shut,

ever

gest you releas

na opened her eyes. Stevens was standing in the doorway. He

e gun bulge under Stevens' jacket.

itch muttered, backing awa

eaving Mitch. "I saw the forced entry marks on the lock downstairs

ns said to Mitch. He stepped asid

allway. Mitch yelled after her. "You owe me! Yo

trollably. Stevens handed her

y?" he asked, watching he

ly. "Please. He... he doesn'

or a moment, then nodde

e foyer. It was a glass box in the sky, cold, modern, and utterly lifeless. The flo

l bag down. She fel

ut of his suit into casual wear-cashmere sweater

d, swollen wrist. He didn't ask.

left," he said, pointing with his gl

picking up he

way from the building. I had security run a check on him.

he knew. He probably knew about t

aid quietly, the shame b

rned his back on her and

the floor, hugging her knees. She was in a palace, wearing a diamond