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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
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150 Chs

Chapter 60

                    Andrew Mercado

Earlier…

Drew sat behind his desk with a bunch of paperwork spread out in front of him. He felt like he had an insight into the murder of Jace Mackay, but first; he had to document his current progress and report it to his superiors so they could grant him permission to fall through with his plans. He had a lot of theories concerning the death of Jace Mackay, but for now, he would follow the line of investigation strictly and act like he knew nothing. He would take whoever was responsible by surprise.

It was getting to midnight, but Drew was still at work. He had dismissed the other daytime officers, and he stayed behind with the night shift crew, trying to catch up on everything he could have missed. Even Barry had refused to leave the office with the others when their work time was over, but he had eventually tired himself out and left.