Leilani Williams is the woman that all women envy. She has the beauty, and the brains, and her presence alone commanded the attention of everyone in the room.

Ares Bateman is the man that every man wants to be. He’s strict and calculated, yet also the most misunderstood.

The one thing these two have in common is that they are both fighting for ownership of the same company. More specifically, her father’s company. Although they both want the same thing, they still can’t help but fall for each other, even though they’re rivals. 

Will Leilani and Ares get what they want in the end? Or will their love shine brighter than their need for power?

***

“Ares,” I whispered.

The words were suddenly stuck in my throat as his lips crashed onto mine. They were soft, captivating, and oh-so-delicious. This was not how the night was supposed to end, but I wasn’t going to complain.

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The Billionaire's Rival

The interview was over, but I was far from finished. Clearing Leilani’s name to the public was only the first step. The next was talking to her father. He needed to hear from me man to man that he was wrong and owed his daughter an apology.


It was one thing to hang the business over her to get her head straight and push her to do more, but it was another to use it as a weapon. Giving Williams Corp to Timothy is his decision, but it’d be a stupid one and he needed to know that.


I left the interview, going straight to my black Range Rover and starting the engine. I was a man on a mission, and I wouldn’t stop until Leilani received the love and respect she deserved.


The drive to the Williams estate felt shorter than its actual distance. It had something to do with my brain on a swivel thinking of how this conversation could go. I could either make things better or make things worse for Leilani.


Chapter 48: The Showdown