There are battles we fight that no one can see. Silent wars waged
within our minds, our hearts, our souls. We wear our smiles, we
laugh, we love-but deep inside, something is breaking. For Bella,
the darkness came quietly, like a storm on the horizon, until it was
too late to outrun. At first, it was only whispers, fleeting thoughts
she could push away. But as the days passed, the whispers became
roars, drowning out everything she knew to be true. It told her she
was weak. It told her she didn't deserve happiness, love, or even
peace.
Adrian had always been her light, the one person who saw through
the facade and stayed by her side, no matter how far the darkness
pulled her. But even love, no matter how pure, couldn't hold back
the weight of the demon inside her. And in the end, Bella had to
face the truth: some battles, no matter how much we want to fight
them with others, we must face alone.
The question was no longer whether she could fight the darkness,
but if she could find the strength to believe in herself again. To
break free from the grip of fear, doubt, and loneliness that had
claimed her. The journey ahead would not be easy, and it would
test her in ways she could never have imagined. But with the
power of love and a fierce will to survive, Bella would discover
that sometimes, the hardest battle is the one we fight to reclaim our own light.
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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