The Billionaire Hunting His Ghost Wife

liyah, or you can kiss your gr

t of the Elysium Hotel's top floor absorbed the sound of her footsteps. She took a deep breath. The air in her lungs fel

ears of a paper marriage to a man she had never met. Now, her father was forcing this

ooden door was alr

came from the dim sconces on the walls. The air inside hit her face. It was unnat

d out. Her voice wa

a heavy, ragged brea

large decorative screen. A man's suit jacket lay crumple

hot hand shot out

s skin seared through her thin blouse. Before she could even gasp, a br

raw male sweat flooded her senses.

hest. His muscles were rigid and s

h out of her. His eyes were bloodshot. The pupils were blown wide, swallowing th

se. The sound was thick with a

aliyah opened he

rs clamped around her jaw, forcing h

s teeth scraped against her bottom lip. The taste of copper bloomed in her mouth.

her wrists in one massive hand and pinned

use. He pulled. The fabric tore. Buttons popped

. Kaliyah shivered violently. The involunt

l. His skin was burning up. Kaliyah real

ose-quarters combat sweep to take his legs out. It was a move th

through his veins gave him terrifying strength. Her violent thrashing seemed only to stoke t

up. He threw her over his s

ignored it. He took long, heavy strides acro

onto the wide

made her gasp. Bryton pressed his burning body against hers, trapping her

Freezing water blasted out of the overhe

g to cool the fire in his blood. The water only made his gr

g pain ripped t

Warm blood mixed with the freezing water running down her chin.

istering her lack of experience. But the chemical wave in his brai

aning under the

ve body went entirely slack. He collapsed onto the wet floor b

creamed in pain. Her chest heaved. She pushed herself up.

s face was striking, all sharp jawlines and

stomach. She grabbed her torn, soaked clothes fr

oward the ba

llway. Heavy, fast, and accompan