A perfect and unexpected gift she never saw coming, one that would turn her world from good to worse in ways she could never imagine.
Estelle felt her stomach clench with fear as the man's laughter echoed loudly through the room. Her offer should have worked, right? She was certain that men like him, driven by greed, could always be bought off. It was obvious since he had seemed obsessed with money from the moment she regained consciousness. So what’s so funny about this? Or was she wrong? Because there was nothing funny about what she said or her situation.
After what felt like an eternity, the man finally stopped laughing, and his expression shifted almost immediately. He met her eyes with a cold, serious look that made her blood run cold. Estelle swallowed nervously, the remnants of h
