Reese

After six years of loving Julian Grayson and literally keeping him alive with her rare blood donations, Hazel Ashworth is just three days away from becoming his wife when he calls to cancel their wedding. 
The reason? Her half-sister Ivy has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and her dying wish is to marry Julian instead. Hazel watches in horror as Julian takes her handcrafted wedding dress to Ivy, who plans to wear it while stealing not just Hazel's fiancé, but her entire wedding—same venue, same date, even the same cake flavor. 
It's a devastating replay of their childhood, where Ivy's mother Eleanor destroyed Hazel's family by seducing her father and driving her mother to suicide, then spent years pushing Hazel out while Ivy took everything that was once hers. 
But this time, Hazel refuses to break like her mother did. She demands Julian's entire company and two million dollars as compensation, then shows up at the hospital to deliver Ivy's "wedding gift" in the most explosive way possible.
As Ivy plays the perfect dying victim and Julian remains blind to her manipulation, Hazel begins to suspect that her half-sister's illness might not be as terminal as everyone believes. When Ivy has the audacity to ask Hazel to witness her wedding to Julian, the gloves come off completely. 
Now Hazel must decide how far she's willing to go to expose the truth and reclaim what's rightfully hers, even if it means destroying the man she once loved in the process.

The Billionaire Backs Me Up

Chapter 102 - Night's Embrace, Morning's Alarm


The soft rhythm of Damien's breathing filled the quiet space of my living room. His chest rose and fell steadily against me, his arms still loosely encircling my shoulders. I couldn't remember the last time I'd felt so peaceful, so protected.


I shifted slightly, careful not to wake him, and glanced at the clock. We'd been sitting like this for nearly an hour. His driver must be wondering what was happening, but I couldn't bring myself to disturb Damien's rest. The usually composed, powerful CEO had completely surrendered to exhaustion, his head tilted against mine in innocent vulnerability.


"You work too hard," I whispered, though I knew he couldn't hear me.
