Adopted into a wealthy family at a young age, Axelle always believed she had finally found the love and security she longed for. But behind the lavish dinners and polite smiles, dark secrets festered, and Axelle soon learned the hard way that blood may be thicker than water, but it can also be deadlier. When she catches her husband—the man she trusted with her heart—in bed with her sister, Axelle’s world shatters. Her heartbreak deepens as she realizes that this betrayal is only the tip of the iceberg. The family she sacrificed everything for has set her up to take the fall for their crimes, using her as a pawn in a game she never asked to play. But Axelle is no longer the naive girl who once craved acceptance. With nothing left to lose, she turns to the last person anyone would expect—her family's most dangerous enemy.
MILES
"I don't believe she has the documents you're demanding for," I informed Stephen, who had been, rather persistently and repeatedly, requesting the files for days on end. "You are, unfortunately, going to have to prepare to fight the case for her without the benefit of those specific files, no matter how important they might seem."
Stephen, clearly frustrated, tilted his head slightly, the look in his eyes hardening as his expression shifted to one of disbelief and irritation. "What exactly do you mean by I'm going to have to handle this case for her without any shred of solid evidence?"
"Yes, that's correct," I responded without hesitation. "I don't care how you manage to do it, Stephen. The details are irrelevant to me. What truly matters is that she stays out of jail. And once you accomplish that, you can consider your obligations to me completely and entirely fulfilled."