My stepbrother, Aiden, was all I had left. After he inherited his father’s multi-million dollar company, we entered a partnership.
It wasn’t what I’d pictured. He wanted me to make the best use of my assets and paraded me in front of his business associates.
Then I saw him. Lucas Ferris. He wasn’t like the others who were middle-aged and pot-bellied. He was sex on a stick.
Six foot four with inky black hair. I swear he smoldered when he looked at me. I did my work for Aiden that night and left,
returned to my room and went to bed.
But the door opened later that night and I discovered that my stepbrother sold my virginity to Mr. Ferris and he was here to collect.
My revenge, when it comes, will be brutal and Aiden will discover he underestimated his sister. As for Mr Ferris,
well he’s doing things to my body that I never thought I wanted but crave so much...
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