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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...

Olivia_Onoh · 现代言情
分數不夠
150 Chs

Chapter 144

Jacob Mackay...

Jacob groggily opened his eyes. His head weighed a ton and pounded against his temples. His vision was blurry. He tried to move his hands and legs, but they didn't budge. He felt like he had been drugged. Jacob groaned and blinked back his blurry vision. It took him a second to realize he was sitting in a chair. His arms and legs were bound. Jacob panicked for a moment. He looked around and found himself in a warehouse. It was one of Mayce's.

Silents sobs emanated from his side. Jacob focused and dilated his pupils in order to adjust to the poor lighting. He wasn't too sure, but the figure standing next to the wall looked like Sutton. She was bound to the post, and the bomb was still strapped around her abdomen.