MARRIED TO A STRANGER: THE BILLIONAIRE'S WIFE

Betrayal in

e had given everything to Jason Carter. While he studied tirelessly in law school, she worked herself to the bone. Late-

never co

t partnership, about

was als

had begun pulling away, how he no longer looked at her like she was his home. The late-night calls he never explained, the expensive new sui

o trusting, too dev

anym

between them, casting a soft golden hue over the moment. She had dressed up for tonight, curling her dark hair and wearing a navy-blue

ht would be

ay her heart would stop as he slid a ring onto her finger. After

rubbing his temple as if this

honest with you," he

her spine. "Okay," s

over hers, as if that would soften

h twisted.

words were cli

e of what he was saying. "I don't

s out fast enough. "Her name's Victoria Hastings. Her father o

d been knocked out of her

hed but did

d three jobs to help put you through law school

irritated. "Gold, I need

ed. "We were eac

You'll understand one day. This

throat. "You're lea

saction. "Victoria can give me connections, secur

he table. Her entire body was trembling,

me," she

tened. "Don't ma

mat

to scream. But she wouldn'

ly pushed back he

said, her voice steady.

out of the restauran

night air hit her like a slap, and the realit

ye

rifice, of believing in s

pavement. Her vision blurred with unshed tears. She didn't k

trayal. Away fro

a glass of whiskey she didn't remember ordering. The bur

ber liquid, her thou

w had she given so much to a

woman who just

voice sent a shi

es locking onto the man who

y tailored black suit, he looked like he belonged in a boardroom, not a dingy bar. His sha

And you look like a man who's

mething close to amuseme

bout him-something co

lf speaking. "I wasted six years on a ma

drink, watching her caref

Tell that to my

ing something. Then, he leaned in

rry

on her drink

mained unreadable

ng to process what was h

of his whiskey. "I don'

still reeling. "You

n and met her gaze. "You're desperate

ounded. "Wh

el Co

spent most of her time working two jobs, had heard of him. Billionaire.

ing here, offer

htened around h

. Instead, he studied her, a

ause I think we ca

ed in his face. She sh

etrayal, after the humiliation-something reck

d-guess herself, she looke

ka