a's

Marcus, the assistant in the grey suit, waiting for him to laugh and tell me it was all a giant, cruel prank. But his f

had to hide them behind my back. "I wouldn't touch his money if my life de

tion of an inch closer to me. "Think about your siste

asn't Marcus's knock. It was heavier, impatient, and way too loud for our quiet hallway. Marcus calmly reached ove

t that showed off his broad shoulders, but his face looked hard as stone. He didn't wait for an invitation; he just stepped

d to stand here all night?" Carter asked, h

t so he would know I wasn't scared of him, even if my knees were trembling. "How dare you walk into my home like yo

vy shadow in his blue-gray eyes. For a second, he looked like he wanted to say som

. My ex-fiancée Sophia has the media tearing me apart. My sponsors are threatening to pull millions of dollars because they thi

ack, throwing my hands up in the air. "Go hire an a

hrough it in two seconds. They need to see me with someone normal. Someone who doesn't care about fame, someone who looks like she wouldn't even know

words stuck in my throat. He wasn't

pay off your landlord for the whole year, clear every single medical bill your sister has, and leave you with savin

a million miles an hour. If I said no, the landlord would throw us out by tomorrow afternoon. Mia would have to

completely caught me off guard. He wasn't just a rich hockey star right now; he was a

n my tongue. "I'll do it. But we are going to have

row, looking almost a

g up one finger. "Rule number two: We live our own separate lives behind closed doors. You stay on your side of whatever house or apartment we're in, and I stay on

, slowly, a very small, genuine smile touched the

arm hand. "No falling in love. It shouldn't be too

abbed the thick envelope from the table, and pulled

three hours curling my hair, putting soft makeup on my face, and zipping me into a stunning, midnight-blue silk dress that co

flashbulbs of a hundred cameras blinded me the second the door opened. The noise was deaf

rpet, my heart pounding

s touch sent an electric shock straight through the silk of my dress. He pulled me gen

s wide, and whispered through my teeth, "Don't get too com

e plastered on his face for the cameras, but slowly, he lowered

wild, terrifying shiv

ow, carrying a strange promise that made my chest