[SLOW BURN} (CHECK OUT MY NEW MAFIA ROMANCE. OUT NOW!) "You can't hurt me anymore, Ace. I'm not that crybaby you used to know," she warned, taking a step back. "Who said anything about hurting anyone, darling? There's only one place I need to cry for me. One very," his eyes trailed down her body, and stopped between her thighs. "Very moist place." He took two steps forward, and closed the gap between them. Ace is the legitimate heir to the Atticus dynasty, but there's a condition. Grandpa before his death says he cannot fully inherit everything until he gets married, and stays married for at least a year. Quick to think, he finds a solution to his dilemma; A contract marriage. With the help of his personal assistant, Grant, He finds Fay Landon. Dainty Fay that cries a lot, and can talk a storm. He vows it's only a marriage of convenience, until the redhead let's her hair down, and shows him the woman behind the tears. She falls first, but he falls harder. In the middle of the war for a billion dollar empire, heartless Ace Atticus will learn that to come out victorious, he needs a Fay up his sleeve. THIRD MONTH OF WIN-WIN. PLEASE SUPPORT ME WITH YOUR VOTES, COLLECTIONS, REVIEWS, COMMENTS, AND GIFTS. THANK YOU.
"I wondered how long you'd pretend for. I see it didn't last long," Ace said when he saw King who had just been bedridden in front of him.
"Dad, why are you here?" Reign asked, rising to her feet.
"To bring you back home, and remind you of who you are," he replied.
"But dad—"
"No buts!" He screamed. "Enough of this madness, Reign! What is it about this man that has you ready to sacrifice your own life? Can't you see he's not worth it?" he screamed some sense into her.
"Listen to your father, and leave me alone. Just let me go. I'm not even going to try to get back at you for all the lies, and manipulation you engineered. I just want to be left alone, Reign," Ace said.