His Rose Without Thorns (Beauty and the Beast retelling)

"You want to know what I think? I think you are the only one who sees yourself as a monster. As a beast. I believe that if instead of trying to shut people out and instead try and little someone in, you'd find one person who sees you as you. I already know someone."

He stared at me intensely, those green eyes of his gleaming in the moonlight.

"Who?" he asked, only a hair's breadth away from me, our foreheads touching.

I breathed in the chilly air, his minty, expensive scent as my cheeks flushed by the cold.

"Me."
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When Isabelle Beaumont finds out about the dark secrets her family has been hiding from her after two mysterious men come and take her father away, she has to make an unbreakable vow with the most powerful man in the world.

Xavier Blackthorn.

Now she is thrust into the world of sketchy businesses, mysterious balls and revenge. Oh and of course having to deal with her new husband. A beast in human flesh until death do them part.

MODERN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST RETELLING