The Marriage Contract: My Billionaire Ex Wants Me Back

e. But as the ink dries on the page, I realize I've signed my soul away, and the consequences m

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of expensive perfume lingering in the air, and for a moment, I forget where I am.

t've slept through the night, but I have no idea how. Last night feels like a blur, a haze of em

hell was

rniture sleek and modern, a far cry from the small apartment I've been scraping by

will shock me back into some semblance of clarity. As I wash my face

s h

need to announce his presence. He fills the room with hi

. I turn to face him, surprised at how effortlessly he's entered without knocking. But I'm not surp

my nerves. "You didn't have to come i

aze, and for a moment, I wonder if he's seeing me the way he did all those years ago. "Getting dr

cold finality, as if my life n

. "I didn't agree to this for the clothes, Rex. I signed the contrac

d dangerous. "And yet, here you ar

this choice. No one forced me. But I never imagined what it would feel like to wake up in his world, t

ke the thought away. Rex Patterson doesn't comfort anyone. "But for now, we have a lot of

do you mean, m

e for me to escape. His presence is suffocating, but there's an edge of something else-something dangerous and electrifying. "We need to make a st

out your statement, Rex. I'm onl

g this for you?" His voice lowers, and the chill in it sends a shiver down my spine

e him the satisfaction of knowing

thing warm about it. "No, you're not. But

t myself. "I need time to think about

ice is firm, final. "You'll be at t

ame he's playing. But before I can speak, he's already gone, l

Rex had insisted I wear the most expensive dress in his wardrobe-an off-the-shoulder black gown that feels like it was mad

want to be. I'm here be

ark contrast to the delicate elegance of the other guests. His eyes scan the room,

oice smooth as silk. "Y

sk the unease that swells ins

e in a casual touch that sends a jolt of electricity through me. "I didn't bring y

my heart race and my stomach twist. I want to believe him. I want to believe that this

-tells me this is just the beginning. Rex Patterson isn't interested in a simple, cold

usly intimate, "tonight, we make a statement.

rt is racing, because the

t part of this marriage won't be living with him-