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It was hard not to peek She waited for the butler to leave the roo else they would like to decree?” she snarled

He walked toward the door “Dinner is promptly at six”

“I will be there”

She didn’t have a choice She thought about her options There were none She had to put on the dress and march down the stairs like the piece of property she was For the next thirty days Cole and Deacon owned her There was no way around that unless she could prove herself through her art

For thirty-days she had to survive in this golden castle Endure the loneliness Bear the brunt of what they expected Her stomach rolled She had no doubt what she was expected to do They uise their ht try to hide behind a job offer at HiTech Global But she knew It was an elaborate sham

They bought her

They owned her

And the price was sex

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Abby

Abby had to hold the banister to keep fro h and if she tipped forward, there was a chance she would tu staircase

The dress cut in a low V to her navel and draped gracefully off her shoulders It was hard to deny how elegant and sexy it was The slight train gave it a glamorous feel It see roolas didn’t seem like the kind ofDeacon or Cole

When she reached the botto for the dining room The house was eerily dark and quiet

She didn’t knohat it would be like living with two bachelors Whether they would have sports blaring on the TV at all tiars or walk around in their underwear These two men didn’t seem like other bachelors They were different

She listened for the sound of Deacon and Cole talking and walked toward the front entrance of thein the foyer In front of her was the front door