The stranger in the mansion

The Sinclair mansion was really quiet.Olivia Hart stood at the iron gates. Looked up. The house was all glass and white stone sitting on a hill like it was the best. She had seen pictures online.. Pictures didn't prepare her for how cold the house felt.Her hands got tighter around the bag she carried. Inside was a folder with her dads company reports. The numbers were bad. Again."Mrs. Sinclair " the guard said through the gate speaker. "Your name is not on the list of visitors.""I know " Olivia said softly. "My dad is coming later. I just... I wanted to come. To speak to Mr. Sinclair first. Alone."The guard hesitated. Then the gate clicked open.She had three months left on the marriage contract. Three months then she would be free. No more Mrs. Sinclair. No more pretending she had a husband. For three years she had been married to a man she never met. Mark Sinclair. The name felt like a stone in her mouth.Her dad needed money. Again. The Hart business was. The only people who c

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Fate

Mark Sinclair could not sleep.The sun came up. Filled the room with a warm light. The bed was empty. There was a note on the nightstand. It said "I’m sorry" in handwriting. No name, no number, those two words.Mark picked up the note. Held it for a long time. His head still hurt from the drug. His body remembered the heat of the woman who was with him.. His mind was angry. Who was she? Why did she leave him like that?Daniel Reed knocked on the door. Opened it. "Mr. Sinclair the doctor is here. You were drugged night."Mark said "I know" without looking up. "Find her " he told Daniel.Daniel looked confused. "Find who sir?" he asked.Marks voice was cold. "The woman who was here. She was in this room. She left this morning. Find her."Daniel said ". Sir security says no guest checked in last night. The cameras show you came home alone."Mark stood up. Walked to the window. "She was not a guest. She was already in the house when I came in."Daniel said "Miss Hart came early. Her fath

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Hiding in Plain Sight

Chapter Three:Olivia counted the money in her hand. It was three hundred dollars. All cash. That was all she had left after buying a bus ticket.The bus to Westfield would leave in two hours. She sat on a plastic chair and pulled her hood up. She kept her eyes down. She did not look at anyone. She did not want anyone to look at her.Her stomach felt strange. Not sick just tired. Heavy. Every morning she woke up with the fear. What if she was pregnant? What if Mark’s child was growing inside her now? She thought about Mark.She put her hand on her stomach. "I’m sorry " she whispered. "I don’t know what to do ”Three years of being invisible. Three years of staying from Mark Sinclair. One night changed everything. He did not know she was his wife. He thought she was a stranger.. She heard what his assistant said. Mrs. Sinclair is a ghost who married him for money.The words cut deeper than his eyes.The bus station was loud. People yelling. Suitcases rolling on the floor. Babies crying

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The Letter in the Drawer

Chapter Four: The Letter in the DrawerThree weeks went by.Olivia lived in the town of Millfield. It was three hours away from the city. She rented a room above a bakery. The landlady was really kind. Did not ask her any questions. Olivia paid her rent in cash every week. She told everyone that her name was Liv.She worked in the mornings at the bakery. She cleaned tables and packed bread. In the afternoons she rested. The baby made her very tired all the time. She had morning sickness sometimes.. She still had not told anyone about the baby.She kept her phone turned off. She wrote letters to her mother. She never sent them. She was scared that Marks people would find out where she was.Every night she talked to her stomach. "We are safe here baby " she said. "No one knows us. It is you and me."She thought she was finally free.In the city Mark was not free.He did not sleep much. He did not eat either. His office looked like a war room. There were maps and photos and notes over th

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All Chapters of BOUGHT BY THE COLD BILLIONAIRE : Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

The stranger in the mansion

Fate

Hiding in Plain Sight

The Letter in the Drawer