A man discovers he was lured in by a photograph that was never really hers, yet the woman behind the trick has become the only one he wants. As his pursuit deepens, the truth about who she is and why she deceived him threatens the bond growing between them.
After I was bullied by Chloe, the school queen, for three years, I despisely used her photos to start an online romance with the heir to a shipping dynasty. He was polite, patient, and generous with his money. The only problem was his appetite.
Soon enough, I'd used sweet talk and gotten four years of college tuition out of him. If I disappeared one day, what would you do? He smiled, but his voice went cold. Babe, don't joke about that. I don't like it.
Nothing sets me off like being talked to in that tone. I deleted him on the spot. Later, by pure coincidence, Chloe and I both landed spots in the same luxury group's Maiden Voyage training program. On embarkation day, the heir to the whole group came aboard for an
inspection. I was standing at the very back of the crowd. I looked up and saw a face I knew than my own. Before I could even process it, I watched the man's gaze land on Chloe's face, and his eyes changed. The man I'd dated online for three years suddenly standing right in front of me. The shock was too much. My mind went blank for a few seconds. By the time I came back
myself he had stopped walking the next second he was heading straight toward us my heart was pounding out of my chest even lifting my eyes felt like a risk his features were sharp expressionless cold radiated off every inch of him he was wearing a black shirt i'd seen in his photos broad shoulders exposed beneath his cuff clean lines restrained but julian ashfield he
taller than his pictures and better looking too the supervisor whispered to us julian was here