The Substitute Bride: Billionaire's Dilemma

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into my office. I drop my pencil to my desk and reluctan

ly gone. I knew exactly what to design for my upcoming fashion line, but with my best

only one person she gets this riled up over, and I have no do

sented it as his own. He won the project

veled, long, wavy brown hair. My bestie always looks impeccable

red his tires so he’d be late to the meeting when you knew t

company might actually have gotten that resort deal. That was a multi-million dollar deal. Hon

o complain about Xavier Kingston, her biggest rival. King Enterprises and Windsor Real Estate have been

u have expected

though they keep sabotaging each other, they both pretty much end up with an equal half

That Bastard. I can’t believe

a psychotic billionaire like Xavier Kingston. Sierra is the only woman alive who continuously gets a

freezing when I read the caller ID.Ares. My heart

says, her voice

onto my face. How long have I been zoning out for? “It

lm tone in contrast with

me. “Raven, I’m surprised you even picked up. You’re so

ame. “What’s up?” I ask, knowing that whatever it is he’s calling for is bound to h

buy a present for Hannah’s birthday, a

r my sister. I can’t stand hearing him talk about her, seeing the love and devot

him, against be

rowed eyes as I end the call.

won’t be happy. “He needs a

s, her voice soft. “Just don’t go, Rave. He can figure o

I’m not sure it is. It’s been years

t as much. You need to stop giving him such easy access to you

Ares and I are just friends. We always have b

down. “Lie to yourself all you want

’s the only one who knows what happened when we were younger, and though I deny it, s

ld have happened if you’d confessed y

ed. From the moment she walked into his life, she’s been all he could see. If I’d told him how

same heartache I’m feeling. “Are you really going

a move, I missed it. They’re happy together, and I wish them well. If either of them finds out about my feelings, it’d cost me my friendship with Are

you as just a friend, Rave. He might not be able to admit it to himself, but there’s always been something between you two. It was there before Hannah

t I have no business having. He’s about to become my brother-in-law, and I need t

w they have no other choice. Just like me, Ares knows he has to marry someone of our

ge their independent movie production company, Mobo essence, with Windsor Media. The Windsors and the Du Ponts had b

ing marriages for their heirs, they were handed the perfect solution. A marriage between the Windsors and

ue to my friendship with Sierra, they thought I’d be the best fit. I was only twenty

nty-first birthday party. I remember that night vividly. I