Reborn To Love My Paranoid Billionaire

drey Hayes's hair across her face, st

ng, black abyss of international waters. In front of her were three heavi

The sharp, rhythmic smack forced Audrey to take another step back. Her spine hit the

er stomach twisted into a tight, painful knot. The sheer terror of imminen

of static broke thro

s voice echoed from the cheap speaker. It was a voice Au

evidence," Carl ordered. His tone was a

n the background of the call. C

hest like a physical blade. Her lun

another voice chimed in. Jasmin Parsons. Her supposed best friend. "It's ga

l blow. Her knees buckled. She slumped slightly against the freezing metal rai

al pipe swung in a vicious, deadly arc, aimed directly at her te

ne flooded Audrey's veins. It wasn't fear

an inch. The heavy pipe smashed into the safety railing ins

em the satisfaction of a clean kill. She didn't scream. Sh

backward over th

and absolute. Her mind flashed with rapid, chaotic images of her ruined lif

ocean surface with

concrete. Saltwater rushed violently into her nose and mouth. The paralyzing cold caused

Audrey forced her eyes open. The distant, bl

r oxygen. Her chest convulsed. But she clenched her

ng consciousness, a single i

t Kens

ook on his face the last time she told him she hated him. A profound, su

r chance, if the universe granted her one more breath, she

e her brain. Her vision tunneled i

n of freezing wate

rwhelming, stifling wave

ged gasp of air. It wasn't freezing saltwater. It was dry, wa

ed raw. She expected to taste the bitter salt of t

to adjust to the dim, warm light fi

wn on her wrists. They were pinned

an. Audrey thrashed her legs violently, expecting to kick wate

t to her ear. The deep baritone sent a

sharply. Her blurry v

ne. The blazing, dark e

was twisted in a terrifying mixture of rage and des

past his broad shoulders, recognizing the dark mahogany headboa

hadn't stepped foot

same emerald silk nightgown she had torn

r breath away once more. She hadn't just survived. He