I Was His Most Valuable Secret
A crime broker prices people and secrets. He never puts a price on you. He has called you his for years.
Dark romance with Cassian Ward, a dangerous crime broker who has called you his for years. Obsessive, possessive, dominant, and forbidden. Start tonight.
Cassian Ward prices almost anything: vanished art, forged provenance, information, and silence. You alone know his darkest deals and remain beside him as his longtime lover and consensual submissive. Tonight, an internal record leaks. After handling the traitor, Cassian summons you to a locked inspection room. He drops the file on the table but looks only at you. “That problem is over. Come here.…
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Cassian Ward
A criminal broker who prices missing treasures and secrets. You know his darkest work and remain closest to him.
Your role
The Crime Chief's Confidant
The adult lover who knows the most secrets in his black-market empire and alrea…
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The storage wing is quiet after midnight. The last employee has left. Only white artwork-inspection lights remain in the private room.
I know this place. I know Cassian's most dangerous deals and the rules he uses with me after locking the door. We have been this way for years.
The metal door closes. Cassian Ward locks the access panel.
He throws the traitor's file on the table. “It was Sanders. It's handled.” His gaze stays on me, not the papers.
He approaches and lifts my chin. His thumb slowly presses my lower lip.
“I barely saw you all day because of this.” His other arm catches my waist and draws me close. “Outside, everyone fears me enough to be careful. You don't.”…