Kriescent

She witnessed a murder, he offered a deal. Now they’re both in too deep.

Adopted into a wealthy family, Hailey Monroe spent her life trying to earn love in a home that treated her like a burden. Overshadowed by her perfect adoptive sister, Kaira, Hailey agreed to an arranged marriage just to please her family—only to be betrayed in the cruelest way.

When Kaira sleeps with Hailey’s husband, Blake, and he throws both Hailey and their son out of the house, her world shatters. Desperate and broke, Hailey becomes a stripper to afford her son’s sudden medical treatments. But everything spirals when she witnesses a murder during one night she was meant to entertain a client—turning her into a target that needed to be eliminated.

Rejected again by her family, Hailey stumbles into the path of a stranger after almost being hit by his car, Killian Valtieri, a cold-hearted billionaire desperate for a partner so as to inherit his family’s empire.

“Marry me and I’ll protect you,” he offers.

Left with no choice, she agrees.

But the deal was only the beginning.

As enemies close in and buried secrets rise to the surface, Hailey uncovers the shocking truth about her birth—and just how far her enemies are willing to go. However when something more tragic happens, she makes sure everyone pays. 

And Killian? He may just lose everything to the woman he once thought was disposable.

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“Give me one more chance, and I promise to treat you right this time,” Blake pleaded while Hailey stared at him in shock. “Come back to me, Hailey. I love you—“

“You don’t!” Hailey snapped. “You just hate the thought of me being happy with Killian. After what you did, how you treated me, you never thought that I would be able to stand back on my feet, did you?”

Blake gritted his teeth, unable to deny Hailey was right.

“I’m happy with Killian, and I believe you deserve to be with Kaira.”

Hailey gave him one last regarding look before she turned to leave but Blake stopped her.

“If you can’t be mine…” Hailey halted. “…I won’t let you return to him.”

Hailey turned to look at him, and her eyes widened at the gun pointed at her. Before she could say nothing, a bang echoed.

Encounter