Mundo ficciónIniciar sesiónHeartbreak hits hard for Liora Fontaine when her boyfriend and best friend betray her. Seeking escape, she meets Ashvin Grey, a cold billionaire, during one impulsive night — only to discover days later that she is pregnant. Cast out by her parents, Liora must survive alone and raise her daughter, Avery, from nothing. Two years later, fate reunites her with Ashvin. He recognizes her immediately but pretends not to know her. When the truth about their child comes to light, Ashvin proposes a contract marriage. But secrets, betrayals, and dangerous obsessions threaten to destroy the fragile family they are trying to build. Amid lies and heartbreak, Liora and Ashvin must find each other — and discover a love neither expected.
Leer más“Oh no,” Liora thought to herself as she paced back and forth in the room, her heart beating faster with every second. She recognized the number calling her. It was Anna from All Solved. The loan. The money she still hadn’t paid back.Her phone rang again for the third time, making her jump.Ashvin and Helena had taken Avery downstairs earlier and asked her to join them, but she had told them she would be down soon. She hadn’t expected this call.She had completely forgotten about the debt.“What am I going to do?” she muttered under her breath as she continued pacing. She had no money on her. Not enough to pay back what she owed.Her phone rang again.This time she picked up.“H-Hello,” she stammered, immediately hating how nervous she sounded.Liora froze mid-step as she remembered something.It hadn’t been up to a week.She still had time.“Hello, ma’am,” Anna’s voice came through.“Hello, I was given a week to pay back. I still have more time—”“Ma’am, I’m sorry, but that won’t be
“Ashvin, we decided on no touching,” Liora breathed out as she and Ashvin broke their kiss.Ashvin had led her to their room.Their room.The room was grand, luxurious, and everything Liora imagined a billionaire’s room would look like, but she barely had time to take any of it in before Ashvin’s lips crashed onto hers.She didn’t know why she didn’t fight him.Maybe because deep down she didn’t want to.Her lips moved willingly against his, and Ashvin immediately took control, deepening the kiss as though he had been starving for it.Liora gripped his shirt tightly as his hand slid around her waist, pulling her impossibly closer.His tongue brushed against her lips and she gasped, giving him the opportunity he needed.Ashvin deepened the kiss, and Liora felt her knees weaken instantly.Before she could think, he lifted her.A soft gasp escaped her lips as her legs instinctively wrapped around his waist.The kiss broke, leaving both of them breathing hard.“I know,” Ashvin said, his v
“What?”The word came out at the same time from Helena and Alexander, their voices overlapping in complete shock.Helena’s spoon slipped from her hand and clattered against the plate, while Alexander simply stared at Ashvin as if trying to process what he had just heard.Liora froze in her seat, her fingers tightening slightly around her fork. Her eyes remained on her plate because she was afraid to look up. Fear crawled through her chest as countless thoughts ran through her mind.What if they hated her for keeping Avery away?What if they thought she trapped Ashvin?What if they refused to accept Avery?Slowly, she forced herself to look up.Both Helena and Alexander still looked stunned, their expressions unreadable, and the silence stretching across the dining table only made Liora more nervous.Ashvin cleared his throat and leaned back slightly in his chair.“Say something,” he said, his tone calm, but Liora could hear the tension underneath.For a moment, nothing happened.Then
Liora shifted slightly in her seat as Ashvin’s parents stared at her from across the dining room. Their eyes held curiosity, but there was something else there too—wonder, maybe surprise. It made her nervous. She studied them carefully in return. Ashvin looked so much like his father that it was almost unsettling. The sharp jawline, the dark eyes, the calm expression—they were nearly identical. But she could also see traces of his mother in him, especially in the softness of his features and the shape of his smile.The reality of it settled heavily in her chest.She was here, in Ashvin’s home, sitting across from the family she had once feared she would never be accepted by.Ashvin’s mother was the first to step forward. Her heels clicked softly against the floor as she walked toward Liora, her gaze fixed on her in a way that made Liora’s stomach tighten.They must hate me already, Liora thought. Maybe they think I trapped him.“So,” Helena said slowly as she stopped in front of her,
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