You Were Never Supposed to Be MineUpdated at Nov 3, 2025, 12:56
“You can’t own people,” she said, her voice trembling.“I just did,” Nathaniel replied, eyes cold as steel. “And you, Evie Lawson, are mine.”Evie Lawson never imagined survival would cost her freedom. When her father’s debts swallowed everything, she signed the contract — one year as collateral to a stranger. But Nathaniel Drake isn’t a stranger. He’s a powerful billionaire with a past tied to hers in ways she can’t yet see — a man who swore to destroy everything her family left behind.He tells her it’s business. A transaction. A punishment.But his touch burns too long, his stare lingers too deeply, and behind the cruelty, she sees something else — grief.Nathaniel’s spent years chasing revenge, but when Evie walks into his world, the ghost he’s been hunting suddenly has her eyes. She’s the daughter of the man he blames for his father’s death — and the girl who once unknowingly saved his life.Now, every moment with her is a war between hatred and desire.Every secret he uncovers pulls him closer to the truth — and to her.But when Evie discovers who she truly is, and what really happened the night everything fell apart, the past comes roaring back with a vengeance of its own.Trapped between love and betrayal, they’ll have to choose: destroy each other… or burn the world to save what’s left of them.