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The Billionaire's Devotion

(Excerpt—) Their faces were still inches apart, breaths entangling. Instead of her lips, he kissed her on the cheek before pulling away to look at her. She wasn't looking at him anymore. She had trained her eyes on the view outside the window. "We could try again," Jacob said. "I don't know what you want from me." Sutton replied in a quiet voice. "I'll keep my word this time around. Six months and I'll set you free, Sutton Price."  Sutton wasn't listening anymore. Something else was on her mind. She brought her eyes to him again, and her next words were not what he expected. "What really happened to Perseus Castle?"  Jacob's hand fell away from Sutton's. His adam apple bobbed as he searched her face. He had the choice to lie. *** Jacob is a man with many demons, who finds himself entangled in a forbidden romance with his father's new wife. A marriage of inconvenience seems to be his only way out of it, but nothing goes according to plan. Sutton is a wealthy heiress broken badly from her past; a past that ties her with the billionaire devil Jacob, even before they meet...

Olivia_Onoh · Urban
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Chapter 26

                          Jacob Mackay

It was a Tuesday early morning and Jacob Mackay would play hooky for the day. He was the boss, after all. He had called Violet the night before to tell her to cancel his meetings for the day. He wouldn't come into the office. Violet had protested at his demands, but it didn't faze Jacob. She could disapprove with valuable reasons as much as she wanted, he didn't care. Today, he would see his father and have a nice little chat with him. 

His father had to know of the ongoing events at Mayce lab or at least, explain them to him if he already knew about them. Sleeping in and waking up late wasn't an everyday occurrence, so today, Jacob would take full advantage of that fact. It was nine am, and he still hadn't gotten out of bed. He liked the lazy feeling in his bones when he stretched. Too bad he didn't get to experience this every day.