MasukWARNING: This book contains BDSM themes, emotional abuse, manipulation, explicit sexual content, and G×G scenes. Reader discretion is advised. Ashley has spent her entire life surviving. By day, she hides behind forced smiles and coffee orders. By night, she dances beneath neon lights, selling fantasies to strangers while struggling to pay off the mountain of gambling debts her abusive mother left behind. College is her only way out. Then a wealthy client offers her an outrageous amount of money for a private dance. Desperate, Ashley agrees. Until she walks into the room and sees Kayden Devereaux. Her high school bully. The boy who made her teenage years a nightmare. The boy who pushed her so far she once thought death was easier than facing another day with him. Ashley is ready to leave, but Kayden stops her with an offer she can't ignore: One month. Complete control. Two hundred thousand dollars. She hates him enough to say no. But hatred won't pay her debts. So she signs the contract. Days later, her entire world shatters. Her mother marries the dangerous man they owe money to, wiping out their debt overnight. And Kayden? He's now her stepbrother. Forced to live under the same roof, Ashley finds herself trapped between fear, anger, and a dangerous attraction she refuses to acknowledge. She should end their arrangement. She should stay away from him. But Kayden has never been the type to let her go. As obsession replaces hatred and dark secrets begin to unravel, Ashley discovers that Kayden isn't just the villain from her past. He's been pulling the strings of her present all along. And now, the devil who ruined her life wants to own her heart too.
Lihat lebih banyakAshley's POVI don't know what took me to his room that moment. Maybe it was the urge to see him before I slept, or the need to thank him for the necklace, or the fact that I had come to return the one he had asked me to put back in the box.Whatever the reason was, it didn't matter the moment I knocked and pushed open the door.He was on a call, but the second he saw me, his jaw practically dropped. The conversation on the other end went silent for him, though I could still hear the caller saying his name over and over. He didn't answer. He just sat there, staring at me like he'd forgotten the world existed.His gaze slowly trailed down my body, from my face to my legs, and I watched his Adam's apple bob as he swallowed.A strange warmth spread through me despite the cold.He ended the call and rose from the bed, turning fully toward me. Outside, the rain had faded into a soft drizzle that tapped gently against the windows, but the room was still cold enough for me to feel it slippin
Kayden’s POVI stood by the window, watching trails of rainwater crawl down the glass, each drop merging with another before sliding into the darkness below. The steady drumming against the roof filled the room, but my mind wasn't there.It was stuck on what Ashley had said earlier."Who died and made you like this?"A smile tugged at my lips, but there was nothing pleasant about it. It tasted bitter.I knew she had spent almost half her life hating me because of that picture that circulated in high school.I still remembered the look on her face the day I told her it was my doing. The shock. The hurt. Then the punch that came flying toward me a second later. My jaw had rung for hours afterward, and I was pretty sure I had nearly lost a tooth.But how was I supposed to look at her now and tell her the truth? That the entire thing had been a lie. That I only took the blame because I was protecting my friend, Louisiana, and by the time I found out Diego was the real culprit, it was alre
For a moment, he went completely still. Like he genuinely didn't know how to answer me. Then he cleared his throat and looked away, breaking eye contact. That alone caught me off guard. Kayden never looked away first. He could stare someone down without blinking, without flinching. Yet now, he seemed strangely unable to meet my eyes. “Go to sleep, Ash,” he said, trying to sound casual. But I caught a slight twitch near his eye. The tension in his jaw. He still wasn't telling me the truth. “No.” I stood my ground. “Until you tell me, I'm not.” A heavy sigh escaped him. “Well...” He scratched the back of his neck. “You already answered your own question. Because I wanted you.” “Don't give me that,” I snapped. His eyes flickered back to mine. “It's the third day, and you haven't even touched me.” One of his brows lifted. “Are you angry that I haven't touched you despite our deal?” “That's not what I'm saying.” Heat immediately rushed to my cheeks, and I hated it. “And you
After I left Mr. Devereaux’s room, I went straight back to mine, his offer still circling through my head. Kayden had already offered me enough money to cover my college tuition, but that wouldn't help me all the way through college. I pushed open my bedroom door and headed straight for the bed. The mattress dipped beneath my weight as I collapsed onto it and let out a loud breath, staring up at the ceiling. The room was quiet. And it only made my thoughts louder. I tried to push Mr. Devereaux's offer out of my mind, but it kept creeping back in, gnawing at me like a parasite that refused to let go. God, what was I supposed to do? I needed the money. I needed it more than I wanted to admit. But at the same time, I didn't want to accept anything from Mr. Devereaux until I was absolutely sure he was offering it because he genuinely wanted to, and not because he expected something in return. The thought twisted uncomfortably in my stomach. Just then, the sound of my door opening
Another version of myself came at night. The club was like a different kind of universe. Neon lights shone in the darkness as music pulsed through the floor. The air smelled strongly of sweat, perfume, alcohol, and cigarettes. But I was already used to this life. Once I’m in the dressing room,
“You think I don't know where you go at night?” Sophia Denver, my so-called mother, screamed at the top of her lungs. “You think I'm stupid?” she spat, taking a menacing step forward. Strands of her red hair clung to the sweat on her face. I dropped my gaze to the cracked tile floor, not wanting t
The man stood in front of me, smiling victoriously like I was some bet he had finally won. “Get up, you fools,” he barked at his accomplices still groaning on the ground. “We have a bird to take care of.” The men dragged themselves up, cracking their necks as they stared at me with pure hatred bur
Everyone turned to me like I had just exploded, even though my voice had only come out a little too loud.“This isn't serious.” A nervous chuckle slipped past my lips as I looked around the room, waiting for someone to laugh and tell me this was some sick joke.“What?” Victor asked with a grin stre






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