(Jade, the billionaire heiress, and Lordcraft, the heartless scammer story)
I stood by the street watching the huge billboard placed on the tower nearby. A man in a black, expensive suit, smiling widely with a woman beside him in her engagement ring are in it. They looked so perfect as a couple.
"They're getting married," Sirey held my hand and pressed it to comfort me.
"I see, " I smiled bitterly. My gaze went to the four-year-old boy sitting on the bench near us. "Looks like our timing was wrong."
"Don't worry, Jade. I'm here for you... always.."Sirey hugged me because I felt my tears going to burst.
Looking at the face of the man I once loved made me thought of the past. Yes. That man was my ex-lover. The lover whom I gave everything I had, the lover whom I trusted but betrayed me.
I wiped my face and pulled my son. "We should go home."
"Mommy, we don't have a home remember?" Red Eros remarked which made me stop.
I breathed hard. Right. How can I forget? My house, my family, my property, my company, my money-they're all gone. He took it all away. Coz he's nothing but a liar, a manipulative, cold-hearted scammer.
A/N: Prequel to Her Deadly Date
A ruthless CEO. A struggling student. A contract that was never supposed to mean anything more. But what happens when lines blur and emotions get in the way?
Will they walk away unscathed, or will they end up breaking the very rules they swore to follow?
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Jean-Martin Ferrer has spent his life building an empire. His ruthless efficiency has earned him both admiration and fear. With no patience for distractions-especially love-he sees relationships as nothing more than liabilities.
But when his grandfather's will drops an ultimatum-marry or lose everything-Jean-Martin suddenly finds himself cornered by the very thing he's always avoided.
Natalie Francisco is barely holding it together.
By day, she's a student.
By night, she juggles multiple part-time jobs-barista, tutor, waitress-anything to keep the lights on and food on the table. But no matter how hard she works, it's never enough. The debt left by her late mother's illness continues to bury her like quicksand she can't crawl out of. Every missed payment is like a ticking bomb. And when the threats start targeting her family, Natalie knows she's run out of time.
Desperation leads her to the last thing she ever thought she'd consider. Becoming an escort.
One night. One client. That's all it's supposed to be.
But when the door opens, it's not a stranger waiting-it's Jean-Martin Ferrer. The man she never expected to see again.