Bella POV
The offer expires at dawn, take the money and sign the NDA. This is your last chance. – CB
I stared at the message for a long moment, my vision blurring as rain streaked down the cracked screen of my phone. My thumb hovered over the response button, a thousand angry words crowding my throat.
Then I pressed delete instead.
Blocked the number.
Removed the SIM card with shaking fingers and threw it away. He had no idea what he'd created when he threw me away.
A few months earlier...
The mansion had never felt like home. How could it, when the man who owned it treated me like an unfortunate piece of furniture he'd been forced to acquire?
I'd moved in a few weeks after the "engagement" though calling it that felt generous. It had been a business transaction, pure and simple. M
