“If you want to get out of this alive, stop fighting and pay attention. “Listen to me!” He was growling, yelling, and whispering all at the same time. Pulling back, he had both my hands in one of his and he pinned my arms above my head. I could ram my finger in his eyeballs, but as if reading my thoughts, he grabbed the hand. “Stop!” He pushed me against the wall even harder. That was the only “special” thing about me. My mom and I were barely keeping our heads above water. We had a thousand-squarefoot house, three bedrooms, a basement, and a sad backyard with a half-built tree house. My mother raised me on her own, working doubles at the local hospital. I was Bailey Hayes, twenty-two and going to start graduate school in three months. The only special thing about me was a lame nickname I got in elementary school, but that was years ago.
That chill just doubled, and he bent his head low, whispering into my ear, “In two minutes, men will break into your home and take you hostage.” He was tall, a couple inches on me, and strong. That’s how long I had to compute what was about to happen before a hand grabbed my arm. A chill went down my spine.Ī split second. Coming back from the bathroom, going to my bedroom, their shadow caught the corner of my eye. It was happening to me, not to someone else. This was the nightmare every girl had at some point in her life. I sensed them just as I turned the lights off. And there is a lot of guarding going on there and some of it is going to drive her crazy.Ī complete outsider in a world of wealth and decadence, Bailey has to find her way within a family that has more secrets than she could have imagined. She has three siblings and has no idea what to do with them and vice versa.ģ. She’s living at her father’s sprawling estate, complete with bodyguards and the best security that money can buy.Ģ. It’s a no-brainer.Īfter this, three things become clear for Bailey:ġ. He’s an associate of her father’s, and he gives Bailey two choices-go with him and meet her father or survive on her own because those kidnappers are going to try again. She learns all this when she meets dark, mysterious, and electrifying Kashton Colello. She finds out her father is actually billionaire tech genius Peter Francis, the same guy she’s idolized all her life. Then, things happen-a guy breaks into her house in the middle of the night to take her hostage. Bailey is as normal as could be, with a genius IQ and a photographic memory.
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