THE STAIN: CONTRACT WIFE FOR THE COLD BILLIONAIRE.

glowed but Lia did not see it. All she saw was Ethan,Suit jack

for

arching the bui

. "Reporters are at the gate.

id his voice was flat But

,Now it was just them,

jacket tighter

him,Money, leather, t

He stopped when they were close enough that

you not ?" she moved back, Voice shaky. "Claire just cal

million people." His hand

"Do not say that. Not

lying since the moment I saw you at that

to believe him. God she wanted to but wa

ed like her," she whispered. "How do

Ava never argued with me," he said finally. "Ava never looked at me like I was the villain and the only

penthouse felt too big,To

Et

il his chest brushed her shoulder Until she could fe

e murmured against

acket down, slow,It slid to the floor his finger

asked Voice

to her ear now not touching But close enough that she felt the words more than heard them, "Bec

bone Slow Like he was mapping her body like he w

ng with fire,"

mouth was at her temple. Not a

est without permission his suit was expen

s something precious and dangerous at the same time his ey

e like a prayer and a c

could

rrowed to just this Just them the lies outside did not matter

two people backed into a corn

from hers Lia could feel it th

o pull back the man te

know if she was begging him to kiss h

as his

issed

Hungry. Two years of grief and silence breaking apart all at once his hands tangled in her h

t. She kissed him back,Hard Because she was tired too ti

ked her backward until her back hit the wal

h when she nipped his bottom lip. "

," she wh

arms around his neck as he carried her through the penthouse Past the g

closed behind them

the world

Just the weight of Ethan's arm around her waist and the steady be

buzzed on the

scles shifting under the sheets, and grabbed it.

s clutched to her

r. He just turned

ing 5 million

ws zoomed in but clear enough. Her, Him,The kiss, e

KE WIFE CAUGHT,AFFAIR C

aption: "Ava died for this girl to

ice "That is that is ou

, Pulling on his pants Jaw ti

security system, Internal leak It's not just Claire anymore It's the board. They are

legs shook "So las

Guilt,Fear,All at once "No," he said,Voice low bu

shed."Listen to me," he said. "I can handle the board,I c

her like she was his last breath at the CEO w

ens started,

line of text: If you want to save her, be at the

ulder. Her hands went num

s eyes

ssed her clothes from last ni

ut his hand, she took it.The elevator doors opened to chaos arm

vers, th

Not even for a second. "First, we save my wife."As they stepped

mother. In the hospital bed. Oxygen mask on,And

upport ends unless you

phone It clattere

e steel around her."Do not," he said against h

. Eyes wet but not we

going to burn the whole city down to get her back

ife, Ten cars twenty men all for her.Ethan pr

ed "No more rules,No more l

ey door sl