Prettigold

They claim you can't escape your history indefinitely. I believed I was secure Hidden. Free from the man who broke my heart into a million pieces. Ethan Blackwell was my husband once. Rich. Powerful. Cold as ice. He threw me away like trash. So I ran. Far away. With his baby growing inside me. A secret he will never know. Five years later, I came back. Different. Stronger. Ready to fight. But Ethan saw me. "You're mine," he said. "You always were." Now there's Adrian too. Sweet. Kind. He makes me feel safe. But Adrian has secrets. Dark ones. Secrets that could destroy everything. Two men want me. One broke my heart. One lied to me. The two are dangerous. My small son inquires, "Mommy, why is that man looking at us?" I look up. Ethan stands there. His green eyes are angry. Hungry. He knows. He knows about our son. Now I have to choose. Run again? Or stay and fight? But what happens when the man who destroyed me... is the only one who can save me? Will love be enough? Or will my past kill us all?

My stepfather sold me to pay off his debt. I did not get to say what I wanted. I did not get to make a choice. One night I was at home and the next thing I knew I belonged to a man named Kai Reyes. Everyone in the city is afraid of Kai Reyes. They say he is a person. They say he does not care about anyone. They say he does not feel anything. I see something different. I see a man who looks at me all the time. A man who could hurt me if he wanted to. He does not. A man who is hiding something behind his eyes. I thought I was something my stepfather used to pay off his debt. I thought I was something to be used and then thrown away. I was wrong about that. Kai Reyes did not buy me because he wanted me for himself. He bought me because of someone. Someone he knew a time ago. Someone whose name he will not say. The more time I spend with Kai Reyes, the more I think... I might already know some things that I do not realize. My little sister is still there and she is safe. She is still an innocent kid. Being safe does not last forever. Not in the kind of world we live in. Kai Reyes says he will keep me safe.. How can I trust a man who thinks of me as something he owns? If Kai Reyes is not the bad person, in this story... Then who is the person?

I thought I was the only woman he loved. I was wrong. I worked for him every day. I knew all his secrets. Or so I thought. Mr. Nicholas was rich. Very, very rich. He had everything - big cars, fancy houses, and me. His special helper who stayed by his side. He would hold my hand when no one was looking. He would whisper sweet things in my ear. He told me I was different. Special. The only one who really knew him. But then I found out the truth. There were two other women. Just like me. They thought they were special too. We all believed his pretty lies. When we met, we were angry. So angry our hearts hurt. We made a plan. We would make him pay for breaking our hearts. We would destroy everything he loved. But here's the thing about love - it doesn't just go away when you want it to. My friends want to hurt him. They had believed in me to help them. But when I look at him, I am not pleased with the plan. When he smiles, I forget all our plans for him. Now I have to pick a side. Help my new friends get back at the man who lied to us? Or should I save the man I still love, even though he has broken my heart? Someone has to get hurt. Maybe everyone.But who will I choose when the moment comes?