When Aryanna Kyle returns to Snow Town, her purpose is clear but cloaked in shadows: infiltrate Darren Miller’s world and exact her revenge. She once had a happy family and parents who loved her more than anyone else. But it was ruined by a man named Darren, and Aryanna swore to make him pay price for it.
However, gaining access to the life of this aloof CEO proves to be as daunting as it is dangerous. For Darren Miller is a man renowned for his ruthless apathy and lethal disregard for anyone beneath him.
But Darren’s world is rife with elusive enemies, which makes Aryanna assume the role of an ally, helping him untangle conspiracies involving his own board of directors and a vicious competitor. The price she needs to pay is signing a contract and becoming his fiancee, like sacrifcing herself to the demon.
Her strategy works. As Darren’s vigilance remains focused outward, he remains unaware of the true threat: the very person by his side, poised like a blade to his back, that becomes the very instrument of his undoing.

Marry to the One Who Betrayed Me is created by Lyra TaleSmith, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Marry to the One Who Betrayed Me

The moment Darren’s mouth found mine, everything blurred. There was no Lisa, no deception, and no double lives, just his hands on my skin, his breath tangled with mine. The heat between us intensified by the second. I reached for the buttons of his shirt, fumbling in my hurry, and he laughed softly against my lips, that familiar deep chuckle that was equal parts teasing and dangerous. I hated how that sound still managed to pull me under.


For a fleeting, dangerous moment, I could almost pretend we were back there—five years ago, when things were simple, when he hadn’t destroyed my family, and his touch didn’t feel like a betrayal. His kiss was familiar, painfully so, stirring memories I thought I’d buried. Back then, it had been so easy to be lost in him, so effortless to believe every second we shared was real.


But now? Now I couldn’t shake the feeling that this was a dangerous game, but I didn’t care.


Chapter 36: Engagement Day