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

"He got really possessive. He was convinced I must be cheating on him since… since I wasn't as good in bed anymore. I swore I wasn't cheating, but he didn't believe me. So when he suggested I get his name tattooed in a place where any man who touched me would see it…"


My chin wobbles. I take a deep breath to calm the emotion welling up inside of me.


"He fucking branded you," Timofey growls.


I nod, shuddering. "And I let him. I rushed out to do it because I thought it would help. I thought if I just did what he said, things would go back the way they were. But they didn't."


"He wouldn't have been happy until you were dead."


"No. No, it wasn't like that. Josh wasn't violent."


CHAPTER 58