TRAPPED WITH THE DEVIL: MY FATHER'S BEST FRIEND

From the back cover

Note: This story contains mature themes including dubious consent, age gap (20+ years), possessive behavior, and explicit content. Reader discretion is advised.

It all started with a kiss. It all started with one reckless night at a masquerade club where I kissed a stranger and ran. "Open for me." It wasn't a request. Dominic Sterling didn't make requests. He gave orders. Kneeling between my legs, the man who owned my father's debt-and now my life-wasn't looking at me like a guardian. He was looking at me like a predator. "You were smiling at him," Dominic growled, his thumb tracing my lower lip. "You were smiling at that boy with this mouth." "He was just being nice," I whispered, my heart hammering against my ribs. "He doesn't know you, Aria," Dominic snarled, his hand sliding up my thigh. "He doesn't know that every breath you take belongs to me." He leaned in, his grey eyes darkening to black. "And tonight? I'm going to remind you exactly who owns you."

A night where a masked stranger kissed me like he was claiming his soul mate, then disappeared with my mother's bracelet-the only thing I had left of her. That's the night I wish I could forget... but can never forget. A night I thought was just a mistake. Until he showed up at my apartment the next morning. With my father.

Aria Vance is a broke nursing student with $4.12 in her bank account and a tuition deadline she can't meet. She thinks her life is over. She's wrong. It's just beginning. When her father's gambling debt of four million dollars threatens to destroy them both, a savior appears.

Dominic Sterling. Ruthless billionaire. King of New York. Her father's oldest, best friend. And the man who kissed her at that club. Dominic pays the debt in full. But his generosity comes with a terrifying price tag: Aria. Under the guise of "protecting" her from loan sharks, Dominic forces Aria to move into his high-security fortress in the Hamptons. But safety is a lie.

His rules are absolute: She never leaves the estate without his guards She is forbidden from dating anyone else She answers to him, and him alone

Trapped in a golden cage with a man twenty years her senior, Aria realizes that Dominic didn't just pay for her safety. He paid for her submission. She should run. She should be terrified. But the way he looks at her makes her want to do the one thing she promised never to do: Surrender.