The Price of the Billionaire's GuiltUpdated at Jun 9, 2026, 04:19
Ash Kingston built his empire the way some men build fortresses brick by brick, guarded by walls no one could climb. For twenty-five years, he ruled his world with cold precision, crushing rivals and keeping his heart locked away. No woman had ever been allowed close enough to touch him. No scandal had ever dared stain his name. But in a single night, everything he thought untouchable shatters.At a glittering business gala filled with champagne and ambition, betrayal strikes from the shadows. Drugged by an enemy with a hidden agenda, Ash barely manages to escape, stumbling to the only place he thinks is safe, his brother’s penthouse. But instead of safety, he finds a stranger. Disoriented and powerless against the haze clouding his mind, Ash makes a mistake that will haunt him forever… a mistake that steals the innocence of a young woman he has never met.Liya Dali came to the city with stars in her eyes and a dream in her heart. But her parents cut her off for refusing to become a doctor, leaving her to fight for survival. With bills piling up, she takes a temporary cleaning job, never imagining it will place her in the path of a man like Ash Kingston. Humiliated, heartbroken, and terrified after that night, Liya runs, trying to rebuild her life far away. But a single test changes everything. Two pink lines pull her back into the storm she tried to escape.She expects silence. She expects him to deny her. But instead, Ash is already there waiting in her apartment like a shadow she can’t shake. His words are a shock, his voice a promise she can’t quite believe:“I will marry you. I will protect you. And I will take responsibility for you and our child.”Now bound by a marriage neither planned, Liya is thrust into Ash’s glittering world of wealth, power, and ruthless enemies. Every smile hides an agenda. Every handshake could mask a threat. And in the middle of it all is a man she doesn’t trust… yet can’t stop thinking about.As danger closes in, Ash must face the one battle he’s never fought which is earning the love of a woman who has every reason to hate him. And Liya must decide if she can forgive the man who stole her innocence… or if she’ll walk away, taking with her the only future Ash has ever wanted.