Cheating at cards inside the Royal Players Club, a private resort for the world's wealthiest sinners, was the mistake I could not conceal.
Braxton Royal, the powerful part owner of the billion-dollar corporation behind the club, caught me and offered one night of full surrender instead of arrest.
I accepted the harsh bargain, and the fierce passion between us left both of us wanting more than that single night.
Dangerous secrets between our worlds made me run before I would lower my guard.
He was not a man who let go, and the night he claimed became a hold he intended to keep forever.