Total pages in book: 35
Estimated words: 32859 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 164(@200wpm)___ 131(@250wpm)___ 110(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 32859 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 164(@200wpm)___ 131(@250wpm)___ 110(@300wpm)
Cain had no intention of killing the fiery blonde that put his son in his place. His kid had been giving him a headache for some time, as the boy didn’t like the word no. He tried to attack Leah and suffered the consequences.
She tried to ignore the older man. Cain was a force to be reckoned with. He didn’t take any crap from anyone, and she respected him for it. Soon business turns into pleasure. Leah never expected him to freak out when discovering she was a virgin, but Cain told her he was certainly going to be her last.
But things are complicated because Cain still had a son, and that son hated her for what she had done. He is going to have to make a choice—the love of his life, or his only son. Who will he choose?
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Chapter One
Leah Masters was not surprised by what she had seen. Her boss, Cain Knox, was not an easy man to please. When he discovered money missing, drugs, women, whatever he owned, the guy had been pissed. He didn’t like being lied to. He valued honesty above everything.
From the moment they first met, she’d been honest with him. Now, as she looked at the man who was currently whimpering in pain, she couldn’t help but wonder why he wouldn’t just tell the truth. Yes, his death was certain, but the man had stolen nearly half a million in drugs, and then tried to make a deal for twice as much.
She waited.
And the inevitable death finally came.
Cain stepped away and then turned toward his men, ordering the disposal of the body. She didn’t know if he’d given her a job and then taken her to all these bad negotiations on purpose.
She was never going to squeal, and she certainly wasn’t going to snitch. You learned a thing or two about survival when living on the streets, and also how to avoid predators that lurked in the shadows.
Leah tried not to look at Cain’s naked chest. He’d taken off his shirt the moment the man had started lying to him, and then stayed shirtless throughout. He hadn’t needed to, because he’d not gotten a speck of blood on him. She should be terrified, and yet she didn’t feel anything. Well, that wasn’t entirely true, but she refused to acknowledge what she did feel.
Cain looked at her as he tugged his shirt back on. They had been doing this now for the past six months. She didn’t know if he was waiting for her to fail, or something else, but she hoped she had won whatever test he was giving.
The first moment they met, Leah thought he was going to kill her. She didn’t realize at the time that she worked in one of his bars. His only son, Danny, had been known to be a little too grabby. Leah hadn’t experienced this at first. Then, one day, she was cleaning up the bar, and Danny paid the owner to be alone with her.
It started innocent at first. He flirted, and she hadn’t been interested so she shot him down. When Danny realized she wasn’t going to allow him to get close and that she wanted nothing to do with him, it got dark fast.
To make a long story short, he attacked her, intending to take what he wanted. Clearly his father had gotten him cleared of rape before, only Danny wasn’t expecting her to fight back. She kicked the crap out of him. Left him with a broken arm and nose, and several bruises. There might have even been a few cracked ribs as well. She wasn’t counting. Either way, she got away, and Danny went to the hospital.
Cain kidnapped her and told her she had two options. He either killed her, or she came to work for him and would have to do everything he told her to do.
She didn’t want to die. Although her life had been pretty shitty, she still wanted to live her life, her own way.
Working for him came with benefits, the first one being she didn’t have to worry about dealing with her landlord, and the guy had turned into a creep. A big creep, and he was a little scary. Not that it bothered her, but putting him in the hospital would also make her homeless. She now lived with him.
Second, she didn’t have to pay for her wardrobe. Cain—or Mr. Knox—insisted on not only supplying her wardrobe, but also telling her exactly what she should be wearing.
Third, the money was damn good. Better than she had ever made in her entire lifetime.
Fourth, she didn’t do anything. She stood by his side and was quiet the whole time. Sure, he dressed her up to go to business dinners, and she sat, waiting, eating, doing what was needed.
There was only one time she had done anything, and that was when one of his exes had been a little pissed, and she tried to attack him. Leah intervened, stopping him from getting slapped.
So far, Cain Knox was a good bad guy, which was so damn strange.
She should hate him, but he stayed true to his word, and she hadn’t once seen Danny again. In fact, Cain had also offered her an apology on behalf of his son. She couldn’t help but wonder how many other women had gotten an apology from him.
Cain stepped up to her, placed his hand at the base of her back, and they left the warehouse, going toward the elevator that would take them to the luxurious casino that offered the people a chance at winning millions. She also knew it was all a fix. There was enough offered to keep the people coming for more, but never actually winning the big leagues.