Daddy's Best Friend Bought Me
READING AGE 18+
My father's best friend just bought me for five million dollars.
Marcus Valerio has been in my life forever—the man who brought presents to my birthday parties, who called me "special," who I trusted completely.
I was so naive.
When Dad's gambling debts came due, Marcus made his move. Now I'm living in his penthouse, wearing his diamonds, sleeping in his bed. He says I'm his until the debt is paid.
But the way he touches me, the way those gray eyes devour me—he's never letting me go.
He's forty. Ruthless. Obsessed.
And I'm starting to suspect this wasn't about debt at all. That Marcus has been planning this for years, manipulating everything to make me his.
I should hate him. I should run.
So why do I crave his possessive whispers? Why does part of me want to stay?
He says I was always meant to be his.
God help me, I'm starting to believe him.
Unfold
Monday morning, I wake up to sunlight streaming through windows I chose and the sound of Lily singing off-key in the shower.
For a disorienting moment, I don't know where I am. Then it hits—my apartment. My space. My life.
The realization should be pure relief. Instead, it's equal parts exhilaration and terro……
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