The Marriage Bargain: Betrothed To Mr. CEO
Betrayed by her fiancé on their wedding day, naive Juniper is trapped in an unwanted arranged marriage to a disabled stranger named Lucian. But her new husband turns out to be someone else entirely - the passionate stranger she met at a club, who has been faking his disability to secretly build a corporate empire. As Juniper grows closer to this mysterious man of many faces, her betrayers from the past resurface to threaten her newfound happiness. Caught in a web of lies, manipulation, and legal battles, Juniper starts questioning if she can truly trust the ruthless tycoon she has pledged her life to. Just as she begins to find her inner strength, a shocking revelation about Lucian's relationship with her former fiancé leaves Juniper reeling - has she fallen into another betrayal more twisted than she could have imagined?
You can trust me, june
"You pussy whipped asshole," Orion seethed, his body taut with uncharacteristic tension. I felt it seeping from his very pores into the small of my back. My heart was racing a million miles a minute, thudding against the walls of my chest. I held my breath, waiting for my enemy to decide on his next move.
"Orion," Lucian warned, driving the blade of his knife even deeper into the monster's throat.
"Fuck!" Orion snapped like a raging mad man and finally let me go. I staggered forward, inhaling lungful after lungful of air into my system. I was still trembling from the shock of his assault. Not even the sight of Lucian, still clutching the knife in a firm grip, could calm my beating heart.
Lucian gripped Orion's impeccably white starched shirt by the collar and hauled him against the nearest wall, fixing him with a hard stare.