Fredrick_Udele

The hottest man I’ve ever seen is now my new boss—
and I’m stuck in a house with him…
Until one of us cracks.

I’ve got debt—yeah, I know, so does everyone else on Planet Earth.
But the bills I’m paying keep my dad and my grandma alive.
So it’s pretty messed-up for Timofey Viktorov to use them as a threat to keep me under control.

Not that he cares.
As a billionaire CEO, he takes no prisoners in the boardroom.
And as the don of the Viktorov Bratva, he takes no prisoners in real life, either.

Which is why he has no qualms about extorting me into taking his deal.
Live in my mansion…
Care for my baby…
Or suffer the consequences.

But he’s not the only one with an agenda.
Timofey has skeletons in his closet—and I’m determined to dig them out.
He’s just as determined to keep me far away from the secrets of his past.

The longer I’m in his house, the tenser things get.
Every time we brush past each other in the hallway, something sparks.
Every time we cross paths in the night, the ice grows thinner.

Sooner or later, it’s going to crack.

Whiskey Poison

The moment the two women are out of sight, Piper sags. All the fight vanishes from her face and she looks sad and broken again, the way she did when I first found her. "They don't have a car. I should get them back in here and—"


"I already texted the driver. He's bringing the car around now."


Piper winces. I'm not sure if it's the memory of what she just said or her burn, but I nudge her back to the still-running water. "You have ten more minutes left."


She bends over the sink again and moans when the water flows down her arm. "Ouch."


I think she's going to say something else, but her lips are pressed so tightly together they're turning white. With every passing second, she's leaning further into the sink, twisting her face away from me so I can't see her.


I grab her chin and angle her face towards me. "You're crying."


"Don't touch me." She jerks her chin out of my hand.


CHAPTER 31