Ruthless Claim

When Aria Lane’s family is drowning in debts they can’t repay, she makes the one choice she swore she never would: she sells herself. Not on the streets but in a discreet, binding contract with Luca Cross, the cold billionaire who has everything… except an heir.



The deal is simple. Her body, her obedience, his child. Fifty thousand dollars for her freedom and her silence.



But Luca never plays by the rules. What starts as a transaction quickly twists into something neither of them can control. In his glass-and-steel penthouse high above the city, Aria is both captive and temptation, fighting to hold onto the last scraps of her pride while Luca tests every boundary she tries to set.



He is possessive, ruthless, and unreasonably patient. She is defiant, furious, and terrified of how much she wants him to want her for more than what she can give.



And when the lines blur between power and passion, between hatred and desire, Aria discovers there are things even more dangerous than loving a man like Luca Cross like falling for the parts of him he swears he doesn’t have.



Because some chains can’t be broken. Some secrets can’t stay hidden. And some claims are forever.