BILLIONAIRE'S COLD HEART.
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Chapter 6 SECRET AND LIES. img
Chapter 7 THE CONSEQUENCES OF CHOICES. img
Chapter 8 THE BREAKING POINT. img
Chapter 9 THE TIES THAT BAND. img
Chapter 10 THE ESCAPE PLAN. img
Chapter 11 THE CHASE. img
Chapter 12 A DANGEROUS GAME {1} img
Chapter 13 THE FIGHT BACK. img
Chapter 14 THE RETURN TO THE LIONS DEN. img
Chapter 15 A DANGEROUS ALLIANCE. img
Chapter 16 THE UNRAVELING img
Chapter 17 THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. img
Chapter 18 THE TIPPING POINT. img
Chapter 19 A DANGEROUS GAME. img
Chapter 20 THE HEIST. img
Chapter 21 THE CHASE. img
Chapter 22 THE SILENCE BEFORE IT BEEAKS. img
Chapter 23 THE RECKONING. img
Chapter 24 A DANGEROUS GAME img
Chapter 25 THE ALLIANCE img
Chapter 26 THE MEETING OF RIVALS. img
Chapter 27 INTO THE ABYSS. img
Chapter 28 A DANGEROUS GAME. img
Chapter 29 THE FINAL PLAY. img
Chapter 30 A NEW DAWN. img
Chapter 31 A FRAGILE PROMISE img
Chapter 32 THE UNDERWORLD OF BETRAYAL img
Chapter 33 THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL. img
Chapter 34 SECRET UNVEILED. img
Chapter 35 THE RECKONING img
Chapter 36 THE TURNING TIDE. img
Chapter 37 THE PRICE OF POWER. img
Chapter 38 THE COST OF LOYALTY. img
Chapter 39 THE TIPPING POINT. img
Chapter 40 THE CHOICE. img
Chapter 41 THE ROAD AHEAD. img
Chapter 42 A FORK IN THE ROAD. img
Chapter 43 THE BATTLE WITHIN. img
Chapter 44 THE UNSEEN ENEMY. img
Chapter 45 UNRAVELING THREADS. img
Chapter 46 A FATEFUL DECISION img
Chapter 47 THE BATTLE LINES. img
Chapter 48 THE RECKONING. img
Chapter 49 SHADOWS OF THE PAST. img
Chapter 50 THE RECKONING. img
Chapter 51 INTO THE FIRE img
Chapter 52 THE INFERNO img
Chapter 53 THE COLLAPSE. img
Chapter 54 THE RECKONING. img
Chapter 55 THE HUNT. img
Chapter 56 SHUTTERED ILLUSION. img
Chapter 57 THE SHADOWS WE FACE. img
Chapter 58 THE PRICE OF POWER. img
Chapter 59 A NEW DAWN. img
Chapter 60 FULL CIRCLE. img
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Chapter 2 A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL.

The air was thick with tension as Mr. Jonathan paced the length of the study. His feet sank into the plush carpet with each step, but the comfort of luxury did little to ease the torment weighing on his mind. Across from him, Patrick Monroe sat with the calm of a man who always got what he wanted.

Ivana watched them from the corner of the room, her pulse racing. The man before her was nothing like the charming socialite she had seen in magazines. His dark hair was perfectly styled, his suit impeccably tailored, but his eyes-cold and calculating-betrayed the predator within.

"I trust we're clear on the terms," Patrick said smoothly, his voice like silk wrapped around steel.

Mr. Jonathan clenched his fists. "She's my daughter, not a commodity."

Patrick's smile didn't reach his eyes. "And yet, here we are."

Ivana's stomach twisted with revulsion as Patrick turned his gaze to her. The weight of his attention pressed down on her, suffocating and inescapable.

"Ivana," her father said, his voice pleading, "please understand-"

"I understand," she cut him off, her tone icy. "You're giving me away to save yourself."

Her father recoiled as if struck, shame flooding his face.

Patrick's expression remained impassive. "It's not as grim as it sounds. You'll live in luxury. Want for nothing. And your father will remain a free man."

"I'll be a prisoner," she said through clenched teeth.

"A wife," Patrick corrected. "There's a difference."

Her hands trembled as she fought to keep her composure. "Why me?" she demanded. "You could have anyone."

Patrick's smile widened, revealing a flash of teeth. "Because I can. And because power is about claiming what others want most."

The next day, the contract was signed. Ivana stood silently as her father's hand trembled over the paper, each stroke of the pen sealing her fate. She felt her own chains tightening with every word committed to ink.

            
            

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