"Do you regret your decision, Isabella?" he asked, his voice softer now, almost vulnerable in its question.
I looked at him, really looked at him, and for the first time, I saw the cracks beneath his perfect exterior. I saw the loneliness that lingered in the depths of his eyes, the fear that perhaps, like me, he was also wondering whether he had lost something in the pursuit of all this power, all this control.
"No," I said quietly. "I don't regret it."
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In the high society of a bustling metropolis, Isabella Celeste Moretti, a brilliant yet reserved attorney, is drawn into a dangerous world of seduction and power when she meets Sebastian Emil Voss-a charismatic billionaire with dark secrets. Their connection ignites a consuming passion that leads Isabella into a seductive spiral of pleasure, pain, and control. As her professional life begins to blur with her personal desires, Isabella must navigate a dangerous game of dominance, deceit, and trust where one wrong move could destroy everything. Will she unravel the mysteries surrounding Sebastian before it's too late, or will she surrender completely to the shadows?
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The Shadowed Hearts Series
after a prank gone terribly wrong, hayden jones is sent across country to caldwell academy, a school for the bitchy, the dangerous and the rebellious.
and if that wasn't bad enough, it becomes much worse when hayden is accidentally put in the male dormitory, landing her in a room with the school's notorious heartbreaker, chase everett.
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