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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

Dawson had gambled that blaming Aria would earn them some leniency, but to his dismay, Cade’s expression grew even more menacing after hearing his pathetic excuse.


“Are you implying that my wife would be interested in you?” he asked, his voice lethally soft.


Cade has a wife? Both Dawson and Darby looked utterly shaken.


They were dumbfounded, and keenly aware of how pathetic they were. Two worthless thugs compared to the handsome, powerful, and wealthy Cade Sterling.


No woman in her right mind would ever choose them over him.


They stared at each other in consternation, their lies crumbling around them.


“How dare you touch my wife?” Cade snarled. “Damn you both to hell. Logan, take them downstairs, and remember, I don’t want them to die quickly.”


“Mr. Sterling, please, have mercy!” It was no secret what happened to those who earned Cade's wrath. They knew that wherever Logan was taking them, it would be a place of unimaginable torment.


Chapter 38