Chapter 1
de the night of Aurora Sinclair’s twentieth birthday, her fiancé Nathaniel Rhodes persuaded her to drink a glass of wine he’d secretly drugged.]
er climax until she cried, begging him to
Aurora assumed it was just another of their bedroom games. take her as tears streamed down her face.}}
Nathaniel h
had a sexual preference–he loved watching her
Instead, she found herself handed over to his sworn enemy–Damian Wolfe, a notorious playboy dying of syphilis from his countless conquests.[]
Nathaniri spoke in Russian, unaware Aurora could understand “You wanted to know who I love most? It’s the Sinclair heiress, so… back off from relics. She has nothing to do with mar frail. ↑
Telicia pind you off, an I’m offering you Aurora to make it right. She’s still a virgin.-||
Felicia Rhodes was the Rhodes family’s adopted daughter whom Nailsaniel called his munt despite their similar ages. She had a reputation for sleeping around in New York’s elite circles, but Nathaniel remained oblivious, convinced his aunt was pure and innocent
A month earlier. Felicia had crossed Damian, and nove Nathaniel was using Aurora as currency to settle his aunt’s debt
“Virgin, huh?” Damian drawled with a lazy whistle. Reeking of whiskey, he eyed Aurora’s curves appreciatively before draping his jacket over her shoulders. Well,
aren’t I the lucky one tonight?”
Aurora’s mind went blank with shock, though she heard Nathaniel’s words with devastating darity. He had no idea she’d secretly learned Russian, intending it as a surprise for him. Now that knowledge had become her death sentence]
Fighting against the drog’s effects, she tried to move but couldn’t, trapped in Damian’s embrace. She dosed her eyes as silent tears slid down her ashen face.]]
Nathaniel had chosen Felicia over her ninety–nine times before, but this betrayal finally broke her
“Mmm” Damian lowered his head and slowly licked away Aurora’s tears right in front of Nathandel
Tastes bitter,” he said with a smirk. “What do you even see in this asshole anyway?”
“Real men who actually love someone would never share them with another guy. They’re too possessive for that shit-
Indeed, what did she see in Nathaniel?||
She had fallen for him years agn–a defiant, ragged boy standing alone on the street, glaring at her with fierce determination.]]
In that moment, she fell for him instantly, deciding to bring this boy home.
But she couldn’t have anticipated his stepmother’s vengeful response
When that car came barreling toward them both, Aurora instinctively shielded Nathaniel with her own body.
He escaped without a scratch, but she lost the use of one leg
A compound fracture–ven after healing, she would always walk with a limp:[]
Nathaniel had shown genuine emotion for the first time over Aurora’s injury||
He had promised to stay by her side, voning never to leave the Sinclair family
Yet after just one visit back to the Rhodes household, he fell hard for has adopted aunt, making a mockery of Aurora’s life saving sacrifice, her disability, and the Sinclair family’s generosity ||
it anymore. Hier drugged body was led by Hamdan into his waiting Maybach ||
The car rocked steadily, leaving little doubt about what was happening inside, while outside, Nathaniel sat reciting Bible verses with his eyes closed. His fingers moved continuously over the silver cross necklace Aurora had given him
Nathaniel was deeply religious, and tonight the scriptures flowed from him with unusual ease ||
When dawn finally Looke, the Maybach finally stopped rucking⠀
Auraa stumbled out while andan leisurely smoked a just sex
just sex cigarette, catching
Saine time next week?” he asked with a lazy gris ||
Aurora didn’t answer. She swayed and collapsed
Dudel
Nathaniel caught her, his expression completely emotionless.
As Aurora slipped into unconsciousness, she heard Nathaniel’s assistant nervously asking
“Sir, if the Chairman finds out what happened to Miss Sinclair, our whole plan could fall apart. And what about Miss Felicia–won’t the Chairman take his anger out on her too?”
Nathandel cradled Aurora tenderly, unconsciously rubbing her back, yet his words cut like ice
