Book 5. Chapter 1. Meeting the Devil

MY DAD’S BUSINESS PARTNER

From the moment I met Alexander Grayson, I despised him with everything I had. But when with fate’s cruel sense of humor he forced his way into my life, everything changed. He was everything I loathed—a womanizer, a violent monster, a spoiled heir with an ego larger than life itself. He should have meant nothing to me. Yet, I learned the truth the hard way: nothing about Alexander Grayson was ever simple. Alex dragged me into the hell he’d created, where he sat as the devil on the throne of darkness And the most terrifying part? I didn’t want to….escape.

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Sienna

Breaking through the loud music buzzing in my headphones and the vivid scenery I was halfway through painting, Mom’s voice cut sharply into my bubble.

“Sienna, Jacob forgot this file! Why don’t you take it to him?”

It never fails—Mom’s voice, I mean. No matter how loud my music is or how absorbed I am in my work, her voice always finds its way through. H