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I sold my body to my husband, Cade Sterling.
One hundred thousand dollars. That was his price for a night with me. The only thing keeping our son, Leo, alive.
My stepmother whispered lies in his ear, and he believed them. He forced another woman into our bed while I was forced onto an operating table.
"You're pregnant," the nurse said, her voice a sterile blade. "Mr. Sterling has requested a termination."
Then, I was forced to watch my son Leo, my only reason for living, leap from a cliff to save me from further torment.
He was gone.
My husband had murdered our first child, and now our second. There was nothing left to live for.
In the cold, scarlet water of the bathtub, I finally let go.
But as darkness claimed me, I didn't know the truth was a far more cruel and twisted thing than I could have ever imagined.
And that Cade Sterling, my tormentor, was about to pay a price far greater than money could ever cover.

His Ruinous Price

Aria was consumed by a wave of shock, initially thinking it was Julian who had followed her, but as she lifted her head, her eyes met a pair of intense, dark irises that belonged only to one man: Cade.


The thought of her dead child ignited a murderous rage within her.


In fact, Aria couldn't recall the specific details of her child’s death, but subconsciously, the mere sight of Cade triggered a phantom stabbing pain in her lower abdomen.


“No,” he growled against her lips, “I’ll never let you go again. Never.”


Cade kissed her with a desperate, punishing force, his lips and tongue tangling with hers as he lost himself in the sensation, wishing he could just hold her and kiss her until the end of time.


To her astonishment, her struggles only seemed to fuel his passion, driving her to the brink of madness.


With a surge of desperation, she lifted her leg and stomped hard on his foot. Cade grunted in pain but refused to release her.


Chapter 30