I'm pregnant with his baby, broke, and a loan shark is about to destroy everything I love. And the billionaire doesn't know about our child-yet. But when he offers a deal to save me, keeping my secret becomes impossible.
One night. One mistake. One positive pregnancy test that changes everything. Justin Vale collects women like fine wine and discards them just as easily. I knew his reputation. Knew I should run when he slid onto the barstool, all devastating charm and calculated seduction.
But I was drowning-a loan shark circling my bar, my sister's mistakes crushing me-and he looked like salvation in a designer suit.
"What will you give me if I help you, baby?" The words dripped like honey laced with poison.
I should have walked away. Instead, I let him burn through my defenses. Let him worship my body like I was something precious. Let myself believe, for one desperate night, that maybe I was.
Reality hit with the morning light. His deal laid out like a business contract: Be his public girlfriend. Play the devoted partner. In exchange, he'll make my debts disappear.
Translation: Be his latest acquisition until he gets bored.
I ran. Called him every name I could think of. Swore I'd rather lose everything than be another notch on his bedpost.
Then two lines on a plastic stick rewrote my entire future.
Now the loan shark's at my door, threatening to take the only home I've ever known. My bank account screams empty. And growing inside me is a secret that would give Justin Vale exactly what every billionaire wants-an heir.
He doesn't know about the baby. But when he finds out, the playboy who collects and discards will become something far more dangerous: a man who never lets go of what's his.
The question is: Am I strong enough to resist when he comes for us both?