Planning His Wedding, Sleeping In His Bed

Chapter 5 The Ghost at the Window and a Transaction in the Dark

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g about money. Kayden's body went rigid. The blood drained f

ignity against her father's safety. Her father's bruised face. Her mother's hateful s

h shame and resolve, met his. Her trembling fingers went to th

. Confirmation tha

her, letting the tension build until it filled the car. A frown crossed his brow, barel

aid, his voice cold and e

indow made her jump. A strangled gasp escaped her lips. She recoil

de, holding a lar

reath caught. If he saw her...

lowered the tinted window just a crack. Enough to talk, but not

his own. His arm was a steel band around her waist. He leaned down, his lips brushing her ear, hi

r. She was trapped, her face pressed ag

oing here?" Carter's voice, muffled by rai

s," Brook said f

" Carter's voice came quick. "Hey, have you s

. A warning. A strange sort of comfort. As he spoke to Carter, he lowered his head and pressed a light kiss to the s

oice steady. "She's your fiancée. You sh

I heard you were considering that East Side development p

ncées. Send it to my assistant." Brook's tone made it

ed beneath the cashmere blanket and the wet fabric of h

the window stood the man who had betrayed her. Inside, she was being claimed by the m

lk soon." He retreated from the window, a

sealing them back in

down at her pale face, her wide, dazed eyes.

d her clothes, his movements efficient and detached, li

t her, his expre

tional Facility," he said. "You'll

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“At her lavish engagement party, Kayden Reynolds thought she was about to marry the man of her dreams. That was until she hid in a dark lounge and overheard her fiancé, Carter, whispering to her stepsister, Megan. "Once we're married and I control her trust fund, we'll have her doctor falsely advise that carrying a child is too risky. Then you, my love, can give me the real heir." Her world collapsed overnight. Desperate, she traded her body to Carter's ruthless, terrifying cousin, Brook Edwards, for help, only to find herself trapped in his cruel game. Then came the devastating blows: her innocent, imprisoned father was violently attacked and isolated. When she sought comfort at home, her own biological mother violently beat her, screaming that she wished the stepsister was her real daughter. They even demanded Kayden hand over her future firstborn to Megan as compensation. When she refused, Carter blackmailed her with a fabricated, scandalous video of her father, threatening to have him killed in prison if she didn't sign away her entire fortune. Why was everyone she loved trying to destroy her? Her fiancé treated her womb like a disposable tool, her mother treated her like a curse, and her father was being tortured behind bars. Looking at the malicious, triumphant smiles of her fiancé and stepsister, Kayden wiped the blood from her cheek. She would no longer be their victim, even if it meant making a deal with the devil himself to tear their lives apart.”