Blue-Pearl

~QUINN~ We collapsed onto the bed, both of us spent, the room filled with a cacophony of heavy breathing. Leo turned my face to his, the pad of his thumb tracing over my swollen lips. "Next round," he muttered, "you'll be luckier to be able to walk tomorrow when I'm done with you.” Next round with you? Not happening. The second he stood up and disappeared into the bathroom, I moved. My body screamed in protest, sore from the brutal way he had taken me, but I pushed through. No way in hell was I staying for another round. I snatched my bag off the floor and shoved things inside it with shaking hands. My heels swung from my fingers as I tip-toed to the door, running water noise came from the bathroom-he was still in the shower. This was my only chance. As my heart beat rapidly, I flung the door open and sprinted. ••=••=••=••=••=••=••=•• Quinn Greene thought she had buried her past, but fate has a way of unearthing secrets. Once a brilliant student with dreams of success, she was cast into scandal and forced to disappear. Now, five years later, she’s struggling to reclaim her life—until an unexpected job offer pulls her back into the orbit of Ethan Carlisle, the man who once shattered her world. Ethan, now a powerful CEO, doesn’t remember their past. A tragic accident wiped his memories, leaving Quinn as nothing more than a lingering shadow in his mind. But as fractured memories resurface, so does his obsession with the woman he once let slip away. Complicating matters is Adrian Hartwell—Ethan’s charming, determined step brother who refuses to let Quinn go without a fight. Unlike Ethan, Adrian sees Quinn for who she is now, not who she was. And just when Quinn begins to embrace a future with him, her carefully guarded secret threatens to destroy everything.