Sydney Bart's life was a ticking time bomb. Crushed under the weight of student loans, her mother's mounting hospital bills, and the debt her father left behind, she found herself with no way out. At 18, she made a choice-a choice that paid the bills but buried her in a life she never wanted. Stripping became her means of survival, and now, at 23, her world is still a web of complications, sacrifices, and secrets.
But when Aleksandr Sidorov, a powerful and dangerously captivating figure from the Russian mafia, steps into her life with a proposition, Sydney faces a decision that could either save her-or destroy everything she's fought for. A deal that promises freedom, but at what cost? Some offers you can't refuse... but can she survive the consequences?
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He's the emperor to an empire.
She's the pawn in her father's game.
Their engagement is a lie-but the obsession is real.
Cold. Cruel. Calculated.
Eli Morozov doesn't do love.
Anastasia Monroe doesn't do obedience.
But now they're trapped in a fake engagement built on secrets, power plays, and something far more dangerous than hate. Something that none can control, and is a ticking time bomb of destruction, malice and ruination.
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βββββ "I was never his to keep-he took me anyway."