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The Tycoon's Pawn

In the glittering world of Manhattan's elite, two souls are bound by an unholy pact - a marriage contract forged to save their respective family legacies. Kiara Davis, a beautiful but traumatized orphan, agrees to wed Mike Robinson, a ruthlessly ambitious billionaire with a soul as cold as the steel in his skyscrapers. "I don't love you," Mike snarls, his icy eyes raking over Kiara's delicate form. "This is just business." Yet amid the dizzying power plays and dizzying wealth, blazing desire ignites between them like a wildfire. Mike finds himself craving more from his beguiling new bride than just her virtue. And Kiara discovers there is fiery passion smoldering beneath Mike's unfeeling facade. But their white-hot consummation could unravel at any moment when dark secrets and sinister agendas are unleashed from the shadows. Mike's depraved father and twisted half-brother join forces to destroy everything he's built. "You were a fool to cross me, son," Robinson senior hisses menacingly. "I'll bury you just like I did your whore of a mother." An undercover seductress from a rival company ensnares Mike in a dangerous erotic trap. And an old trauma surfaces from Kiara's past, threatening to splinter her fragile psyche once more when she whispers: "The girls...they hurt me again." In the ultimate power struggle between ruthless ambitions and pure desires, who will surrender first? Amidst the grandeur and cutthroat stakes of New York's billionaire playground, Mike and Kiara must choose - embrace their all-consuming love...or let it consume them both into sweet oblivion. Brace yourself for the sumptuous, high-stakes romance of the year in this tantalizing novel about passion, obsession, and letting yourself burn for love.

datafrikie · Urbain
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115 Chs

Chapter 20

"You've been playing me from the very beginning, haven't you? All of this, the family, the estate... it was never about me. It was about your precious legacy, your obsession with keeping the Robinsons on top."

 

Mr. Robinson Sr. opened his mouth to speak, but Kiara cut him off, her voice laced with anguish.

 

"And David... oh, God, David. You've been using me to get to him, haven't you? To undermine his claim to the family, to keep him from taking what you believe is rightfully yours."

The elder Robinson's gaze faltered, and Kiara knew in that moment that her suspicions were correct. "Kiara, I... I never meant for you to get caught up in this. We were just trying to protect you, to give you a chance at a better life."

 

Kiara shook her head, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Protect me? You've been lying to me, to all of us, from the very beginning. And now, you expect me to just go along with your schemes, to help you defeat David?"