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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...

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Chapter 29

                          Sutton Price

Sutton pulled out her dress from the closet and laid it on the bed. She was antsy about her engagement party, and it was just a few hours away. She needed Brin as soon as possible. It wasn't just the fact that she was the bride—a title she didn't ask for—it was also because Zion Castle would be there. They hadn't spoken to each other since their fallout at the restaurant. She hoped there wouldn't be any animosity remaining between them if he ended up attending. It was a big if. But she wanted to see him.