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Secretly Loved By the Dangerous CEO

[COMPLETE - GOLD WINNER WFP 290] Delilah Farris works with the world's most powerful men to fix their scandals. She has only two rules: She won’t allow any man to look down on her, and she won’t work for a criminal. Dane Daniels is a devilishly handsome, and filthy rich CEO haunted by dark rumors. He has one rule of his own: He will never allow himself to love again. Working closely together, the two struggle to deny their growing feelings for each other even as Dane's dark past threatens deadly consequences. Will Lila stay when she learns loving Dane could cost her her life? Will Dane let her? [WARNINGS FOR: Language, domestic violence, violence, adult sexual situations.]

AimeeLynn · perkotaan
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275 Chs

Lila's Story - Part 4

Lila

She could feel herself shaking. Dane squeezed her hand again and she tried to thank him, but she couldn't do anything except get through the memories, get them out. She sucked in a shaking breath and kept going. She had to own her own part in this.

"The truth is, I helped my father turn suspicion on an innocent man. It took two years, but eventually I got public opinion—on the matter of my father's character, at least—turned around. I got the media to believe my father was a victim. And even though there was less pressure, and more people behind him, I had to watch my Dad get scarier and scarier. His anger turned to aggression. His aggression turned to violence. And he hurt my mother so badly—in so many ways—that she disappeared too. She got addicted to pills and spent most of her days in bed watching stupid television shows and buying things on the internet.