Blackmailing a billionaire was Mia Roseford's last shot at keeping her dying sister alive. It was a desperate plan, but desperation was nothing new to her. The moment she walked into Lucas Norwig's office, she believed her hope was finally turning into reality. But something felt off—Lucas's intense gaze, the way he seemed to know her better than she knew him, like he was holding on to something—something she should remember but couldn’t. Lucas had never forgotten her. He met Mia and was in love with her over ten years ago but Mia abandoned him heartbroken and only returning now to threaten him with his past secret that can ruin his reputation. However, instead of paying her off, Lucas decides he’ll make her his wife. If she can't remember the past, he’ll ensure she has no choice but to create a future with him. What starts as an intricate game of leverage and desperation soon spirals into a battlefield of forgotten memories, rekindled feelings, and undeniable passion. Now caught up in an arranged marriage that neither of them exactly planned for, Mia and Lucas must cautiously navigate fields filled with traps of trust and betrayal. As their shared history slowly gets revealed and buried feelings resurface, they are forced to confront the truth about their past. With old enemies lurking in the background and new threats emerging, the question becomes: can they restore what was lost, or will the very secrets that brought them together tear apart their rekindled love?
View More“Please don’t do this.” I begged over and over, but no one was listening. I thrashed against their hold, but nothing. “I am your luna.” I screamed at the top of my lungs, but then his laugh from the other room broke all the fight in me. “Luke please.” I begged once more time, my voice horse.
“Kill it once it’s done. Toss her out. She will have to survive on her own from here on out.”
He can’t mean that. This was our baby. “Our baby.”
“Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess. One I will rectify.” His voice called again from the other room. He wouldn’t even face me. “Now do it. That’s an order.”
“Yes, Alpha.”
It was a mistake to come here.
It was a mistake to give him everything.
“Oh, and doctor?” Her sweet voice called from the other room. My stepsister, Shannon. I gritted my teeth. “Don’t use any anesthetic. She should feel everything.”
“Yes, Luna.” The doctor turned back to me with sad eyes, but when he picked up the scalpel, I knew I was screwed.
I’m sorry, baby. Momma couldn’t save you. She wanted you so, so much. I tried to rub my stomach, but the nurses had strapped me down. When the doctor approached, I realized he was using a silver blade.
“Silver?” My whisper was almost silent, but he nodded. I knew then that Shannon didn’t want me to survive. She wanted my life so badly that she lied about me cheating on my mate, showing photos as proof. But I never touched another wolf, nor would I again, not after this betrayal.
Why, Moon Goddess, why would you give him to me just to take him away? My pup.
I cried silently as the doctor cut into my abdomen, and I felt my baby thrash inside. He knew it was too early to be born. This was a death sentence for both of us.
“Bring me the body of the pup.”
“Yes Alpha.” I felt every slice as he cut into me, and finally I could take it no longer. I started to scream, soon I felt the blood trickling down my side, every drip off of me hitting the floor. I thrashed against the restraints. But the silver had made me weak.
I’m sorry, baby.
They weren’t trying to keep me alive, which I expected, but I wished wasn’t true. I used to love my mate, but I felt the love die in me when I saw my pup being ripped from my belly.
“Please, let me hold him once.” I tried to move my arms to reach for him, but I was still tied down. The doctor, who was shedding tears, brought my pup and laid him on my chest.
He was perfect. I rubbed his scent on my face and mine on his. He would forever be a part of my soul.
My missing piece.
“Doctor, now.”
“Yes Alpha.” The doctor picked the baby up and rushed out, leaving me spread open to the elements.
I felt my life slipping away as the door opened and Shannon came in. Her smug smile was firmly in place.
“I told you I would take your life, Amy. I would have your mate. And I have, over and over, since he found out of your betrayal.” Shannon walked over and laid a kiss on my face as I snarled. “He is perfection. And don’t worry. I will give him another son.” She laid her hand on her stomach and I started to laugh. “What’s so funny?”
“I can smell the beta on you. That’s Derek's child, and it’s a girl. Nice try though.”
She snarled and raised her hand, growing her claws to deliver the final blow, but the door was ripped open and my mate, the man I now hated most in the world, stepped inside. His eyes were red, and I started to laugh again.
“You bitch!” He snarled and struck out, whipping Shannon to the other side of the room.
“Brandon!” Shannon shrieked as she hit the wall. “What’s wrong?” She staggered to her feet, but more blood dripped out of me and I closed my eyes.
“You lied!” He screamed, shaking the walls as his aura struck out, but I could barely feel it. I felt the silver travelling in my veins getting closer to my sluggish heart. “This was my pup. I can smell me on him. He was mine.” Brandon's eyes grew redder as the tears gathered. “You said she cheated on me and that it wasn’t my pup.”
“She did cheat on you. I guess I was wrong about the pup.”
“You said you smelt it.” From the sound of it, he lunged for her again, but him clutching our baby in his arm was the last thing I saw. And I wanted to never see it again. He did this to us. Not Shannon.
She played her part well, sure, but him not believing me, not waiting for a few more days to smell the pup, that was his fault. And all of our downfalls.
I prayed for the moon goddess to take me. I no longer wanted to be here. I wanted to be with my pup.
“Save her.”
“No!” Shannon screamed. “I am the Luna now, you marked me last night.” Ah, so that was the pain I felt last night. His betrayal had bile shoot into my mouth. “I am bearing your pup.”
I started to laugh again. I cracked my eyes to see my mate, Brandon, hovering next to me. “Stay with me Amy.”
“Beta’s baby. She is fucking…the beta.” I choked out the words and laughed as horror bloomed in his eyes. Blood flew from my mouth as I smiled again.
“Save her.”
“No!” I slammed out, putting all of my power in it. “Don’t move.” I used my Alpha strength to freeze everyone, including my mate.
“How?” Brandon looked down at me, pleading. “Let me save you.”
“I am descended from the Moon Goddess, and you don’t deserve to save me. You don’t deserve our pup. You were weak. And now you lost everything.” I smiled up at him as I felt my life from my body.
And then I was free.
“Mr. Norwig,” Jasmine's voice jerked him out of his thoughts and he glared at her where she stood at his door.“What is it?”By now, she had gotten quite used to his snapping. He'd been doing it for the past two days now and he got even more irritated when she asked what was wrong. “Ms. Juliana sent a feedback for the report we worked on last weekend about …”That was all he was capable of hearing. His gaze turned distant as he yanked at his hair from the root. He was definitely going crazy. It had been two days, two goddamn days of radio silence. He looked at his phone in his palm again and dialed her number from memory. He didn't even give the announcer time to talk before he threw the stupid thing on the floor.Where was Mia? If she had disappeared on him again, he was going to find her. And when he found her, he'd lock her up so tight that she'd need his permission to go to the freakin bathroom. “Mr. …”He shoved upright from his seat. “I'm going home. Cancel my remaining appo
“What?” Mia snapped as she caught Lucas glancing at her for the fourth time. As he'd done the last few times, he turned away, but not before a small smile ghosted across his lips. He touched his cheek, and she finally realized what had him so amused. She was bright red. Her cheeks had been red since Michelle’s crass statement.Mia cursed inwardly, regretting her decision to follow him—if she could actually call it agreeing, rather than her lack of a real choice. The man hadn’t asked, just basically summoned her, and she’d followed like a well-trained dog. Her husband, of all people. If she had to endure this, she’d make sure she was the worst version of herself to push him to end their agreement sooner.The car jolted to a halt, flinging her forward as the seat belt bit into her ribs.“Shit,” she exclaimed as the motion flung her back.“Be careful,” Lucas snapped at the driver just as his hands ran over her body. She flinched away, and he frowned at her. “Let me see.”She remained st
Less than a week later, she became Mia Norwig. Left for her, the name didn’t really sound so good, but it was the least of her problems with the arrangement they made.The week had been a long one. She's gone back to the office the day after to meet a contract already prepared. Given the fact that she didn't trust the man as far as she could throw him, she'd gone through it line by line, but if she was expecting anything suspicious, she didn't find it. The contract had been pretty basic. Marry me and keep my secrets. He'd given her access to a part of his funds in case she needed it, a new bank account and even offered a payment if they both agreed to break the arrangement without breaking a term of the contract. If his secret eventually got out, she was going to be in trouble though. She'd signed the document even though it had looked too good to be true. As soon as her signature was on paper, she'd received the money she'd requested, paying Ellen's fees immediately. Her sister wo
If someone had told Lucas that he’d be in the situation he was in, he’d probably knee the person in the balls and then punch him in the guts just to feel better. It wasn’t just the threat—he’d faced plenty since his rise to power, and this wouldn’t be the last. But this one was different, far more effective. Especially coming from her lips. Mia Roseford, his Mia, even if she was hell-bent on ignoring it.Her eyes widened in fear as she waited for the condition he would set. He was beyond hurt. He would have given it to her if she approached him politely. Instead, she had turned to blackmail. Was that really what he was worth to her?“If she had just come to me,” he thought bitterly. “I would have given her anything.”“What condition?” she asked nervously when he just stared at her. Her honey-blonde hair, several shades lighter than his brown hair, was tied at her nape in a ponytail, and her blue eyes looked weary.She’d probably run into a financial crisis and had broken the promise t
“Mr. Norwig will see you now,” the secretary said with another sneer, and Mia kissed Ellen's picture on her phone for courage. This was a do-or-die affair, and she was too young to die. She entered the office and was instantly met with a feeling of deja vu. Lucas Norwig, young entrepreneur and CEO of NK Enterprises, looked up at her with a small smile. The pictures really didn’t do him justice. On the internet, he was always this calm and collected gentle giant with dark eyes and brown curls. In reality, his hair looked disorganized, like has been scattering them for the entire day. His office table also looked unarranged as if a heavy wind had blown off some papers and files.“How can I be of help to you?” Lucas uttered, but being reminded of why she was there, she walked closer to the table.Two systems were active in front of him and he was obviously working on them. She swallowed again, glad his attention was not on her. She’d been waiting outside for the past five hours and he
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