Cast Out, Then Claimed By My Rival Billionaire

nard Courthouse was dren

e courthouse steps while rainwater seeped into

ce she and Connor Harrison fini

mpossible to believe that the city's fi

tment, the door slightly ajar. He had once been her boyfriend, and she

sweet voice, "Damien, when are you finally going to get Eliana's shares? How much longer

died, and she made it impossible for Eliana to access them until she's married. All I have to do is convince her to marry me

llway didn't make Eliana

thing. Once she had enough, she walked away and headed straight

ien over the years, Eliana finally

were. Six years ago, everyone discovered that she wasn't the Wallace family's biological daughter,

e real. Even after losing nearly everything, she'd believed she was

her life because he wanted the shares her grandmothe

ing was almo

ken a man like him for

an she could handle, and most of wha

man's tie, backed him into the corner of a

ng to him and reminded

is Adam's apple before whispering

waist until the force of his hold almost

m. Nor did she have any des

r, he led her

and the faint dashboard lights b

finally get a cl

or. Her lon

the capital, Ozhork, for college, and their paths hadn't crossed since. Afte

thing obvious. He wasn't the

es, however, hadn't changed at all. Every time he looked at her, there was st

s to get away, but she'd a

her back before she could escape. With little

t and snapped the se

otel. Once they arrived, he brought her out of the car

nor turned toward her and pressed h

her, the strength see

was demanding and relentless, refusi

the other held firmly to her waist, l

ed to notice because he slowed down and brushed his mouth over hers ag

ed him back without waiting for him to make the next move. Conno

oom, he didn't bother s

. Then he caught the zipper of her dress between his

ropping to the floor seemed un

against her bare skin, and the sudden

ain. With one hand, he undid his shi

the moment his palm se

f her lower back, lingering as though h

ead back as her bre

along her collarbone, each one makin

hair as she whispered breathl

et sound but showed no

into his arms, and she instincti

fore carrying her toward t

r below them beneath a sea of glowing lights, and her

raced the strong lines of his shoulders and

buried her face against his shoulder

y she'd known years ago. The more she tried to hide her reac

h more, he deliberately slowed and brushed

ubbornly

sn't willing to a

ingers tightened against his back, and a brok

seemed to s

the suite, leaving Eliana too exhausted to keep track of an

had enough strength to move. She curled against him

ested his chin against the top of her head w

ce of the dark room. "Eliana..