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Bought A Husband, Got A Secret CEO

Bought A Husband, Got A Secret CEO

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Chapter 1 

Word Count: 990    |    Released on: Today at 13:58

Lawson registered. The second was the unfamiliar ceiling-high, orna

against her ribs. T

the room tilted violently as nausea hit her. She squeezed

asleep beside her-on his stomach, face turned away, one arm thrown over the pillow. Morning light from the vast window trac

up her throat

sheets. A smear of crimson stood out li

ind, a foggy landscape of forgotten hours, fract

. Her half-sister Isabelle handed her a glass of

ce wasn't great, but it wasn't that bad.

course it w

. Her gown, a crumpled heap of emerald silk, lay on the floor. She snatched it up

udged makeup, and a dark, angry-looking mark blooming on the

d again, the icy shock a welcome distraction. Think, Hailey. T

near the nightstand, its contents spilled across the expensive rug. And next to the man's sleeping form,

man-a high-priced escort to complete her ruin, leaving behind evidence that Hailey Lawson, the di

dollar bill she had. She added her two thousand to the pile, making it an eve

his eyes opening-deep, startling blue, holding no t

and abdomen of lean muscle and defined lines. A flush crept up Hailey'

ice trembling with rage she could barel

st night stays in this room. If I hear a single word,

eadable in their depths. A slow, almost lazy smile touched the corner of his mouth. His silence was infur

u quiet. If you dare to mention a single

, smooth baritone that vibrated through the tense

new angle for extortion. She

ly against the marble floor. The screen lit up w

walked to the floor-to-ceiling window,

r Lawson's voice roared through the s

I

t is expecting to see you for lunch today. The car will be

d wives like trophies-six of them, all gone under mysterious circumstances-and who was now look

ngers, clattering onto the floor.

ool glass until she was huddled on the flo

. He stopped in front of her. She didn't look up. He crouched down, bringing his f

ut of this mess," Julian said, his voice i

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Bought A Husband, Got A Secret CEO
Bought A Husband, Got A Secret CEO
“Hailey woke up naked in an unfamiliar hotel room, staring at the stranger beside her and a smear of dried blood on the sheets. She instantly realized she had been drugged and framed by her sweet-smiling stepsister, Isabelle. Before she could even process the horror, her father called, ordering her to get home immediately to be sold off. He was forcing her to marry a cruel, abusive billionaire twice her age just to save their failing company. Sneaking back into her own house, she overheard her stepmother and stepsister's true plot. "Once she's married off to that old creep, everything in the Lawson family will finally be ours." Desperate, Hailey rushed to her ex-fiancé for help, only to find Isabelle already sitting by his hospital bed. Her ex-fiancé, suffering from selective amnesia, looked at Hailey with absolute disgust. "Leave. Now. Stop harassing Isabelle and me." Betrayed by her blood relatives and abandoned by the man who once promised to protect her, Hailey's heart completely died. Why did she have to be the sacrificial lamb for the very monsters who ruined her life? With only one hour left before her father's men dragged her away, she made a desperate, crazy move. She posted an anonymous ad online for an immediate contract husband, and the stranger from the hotel actually took the job. Hours later, Hailey walked back into her family's mansion, slapped her fake-crying stepsister across the face, and slammed her new marriage certificate onto the coffee table. "As a married woman, I am legally unavailable for your little business arrangement."”