*She was supposed to marry his brother.* *Instead, she signed a contract with the devil.* Ariel Bennett was seconds away from walking down the aisle. White dress. Flowers. A dying mother in the front row. Kyle Kingsley — kind, sweet Kyle — was going to save her family. Then the doors slammed open. *Daniel Kingsley. Billionaire. Ruthless. "The Devil of Manhattan."* Her fiancé’s older brother. The man who owns half the city and has zero mercy. Kyle is in surgery. Critical condition. And Daniel holds the only thing that can save Ariel’s mom: money. His offer is simple. Brutal. `Marry me for one year. Be my wife. Live in my penthouse. Follow my rules.` `Or watch your mother die.` One signature. One year. One lie. But Daniel doesn’t believe in temporarily. He takes. He owns. He possesses. And when Kyle wakes up asking for his bride... Ariel realizes the truth too late. *This contract was never for 12 months.* *It was for eternity.* `He said it was protection. It was possession.` `He said it was one year. He meant forever.` *How do you escape a man who already owns your soul. ---

She needed a bed. He already took it.Bella Carter didn't come to Ashford University to fall for her enemy.But when a hostel crisis forces her to share one bed with campus bad boy Cole Bennett, rules go out the window.He's trouble. She's off-limits.Sharing a bed was never part of the plan... but surviving the semester together might be.New chapters every Mon + Fri !---