The Billionaire I Slept With Became My Husband

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ured in Chloe's vision, swimming like broken glass. A wave of dizziness washed o

pushed a vibrant, color

ished stone-puffy, swollen. A familiar pang of shame made her

eally can't d

a playful whine as she shook Chloe's arm. "A toa

loe's mind. Maybe Tiffany really did care. Ma

id was cool against her lips. She drank it all in one go, mi

e world around her began to warp, the noise of the bar fadi

Tiffany said, patting Chloe's shoulder with false affection. Sh

y. She couldn't form the words. A powerful vertigo seized her, and

ity guard, who turned his back on the scene and busied himself with his phone. Tiffany had paid them well-a crisp stack of hundreds s

ying lights. The air shifted, carrying the scent of expe

efined jawline and the cuff of a pristine white shirt. A sliver of a

o catch. Then, a strong arm wrapped around her waist, steadying her

d. Her instincts screamed at her to push him awa

her into

ng away and the bartender already wiping down the counter, no one moved to intervene. Chloe's cheek

. In the reflection, she saw her own body, heavy and pathe

ut behind them. He didn't turn on the main lights, leaving the

ently on the ma

own with her. When he spoke, his voice was low and thick, nothing like a man in command of himself. The drug finally shattered the last of her will. What came after broke into fragments she would never be able to order a

lackness, she thought she heard him whisper so

't understand

ng was unfamiliar, the sheets were a tangled mess, and the man

creamed of wha

ring against her ribs. The space be

neatly on a chair by the bed

dy was a roadmap of shame, covered in faint bruises and red marks. Her

ssed herself, each

of her disgrace, a glint of light

ate quarter, with the words "The Bay S

f sheer, chaotic despair-but before she ran, she c

cold metal edge digging into he

like a fugitive, not

he Sinclair Group. A man's profile flashed on the screen for a sec

hrew the coin onto her desk. It landed with a

scrubbed her skin raw, trying to wash

hear her phone vibrating, the screen flas

her face, mixing wit

t chilled her to the bone, tha