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My Runaway Groom's Billionaire Cousin

I stood in a fifty-thousand-dollar Vera Wang gown, waiting to seal the merger of the century between the Singleton and English families. Everything was perfect, fragile, and obscenely expensive. But minutes before the ceremony, my brother burst into the bridal suite looking like he’d seen a ghost. He handed me a crumpled note from Jeffery, the man I was supposed to marry. "I can’t do it," the note read. "I’m choosing love." Jeffery had fled to Paris with another woman, leaving me to face two thousand guests and a family legacy that would plummet forty percent by Monday morning. Harrison Singleton, the family patriarch, didn't offer sympathy; he offered a cold ultimatum. The wedding would happen, with or without Jeffery. He stepped aside to reveal Declan Singleton, the "Wolf of Wall Street" who had spent the last year ruthlessly stripping my father’s companies for parts. To save my family from bankruptcy, I had to walk down the aisle and marry the man I hated most. At the altar, Declan didn’t just say "I do"; he claimed me with a kiss so possessive it felt like a sentencing. The humiliation was physical, a knife twisting in my gut as the world watched the "hostile takeover" of my life. I was a spoil of war, traded to a predator who believed in leverage over love. Then, Jeffery called, weeping about his mistake and begging to come back. I looked at the massive, perfectly-sized diamond Declan had already prepared for me and realized this wasn't a coincidence. I wiped away my tears and straightened my emerald silk. If I had to live in a cage, I was going to make sure I had the sharpest teeth. "Let's go to war," I whispered to my new husband.
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Chapter 9

He carried her to the bed.

He laid her down on the black sheets like she was something precious.

He stripped off his clothes with impatient, jerky movements. When he stood over her, naked and magnificent, Blaire felt a spike of fear.

He was big. Intimidating.

She pulled the sheet up to her chin.

Declan paused. He saw her fear.

He climbed onto the bed, crawling over her on his hands and knees. He didn't touch her yet. He just hovered, caging her in.

"Scared?" he whispered.

"A little," she admitted.

"I won't hurt you," he promised. "I'll never hurt you."

He kissed her again, slower this time. He teased her lips, his hands exploring her body, mapping every curve.

When his hand moved lower, she flinched.

He stopped. He pulled back, looking at her with furrowed brows.

"Blaire?"

"I... I haven't..." She looked away, ashamed. "Jeffery and I... I wanted to wait. For the wedding."

Declan went still.

"You're a virgin?" he asked. His voice sounded strangled.

She nodded.

A look of pure, unadulterated triumph washed over his face. It was primal.

"He never touched you?" Declan asked, sounding like he couldn't believe his luck.

"No."

"Good," Declan growled. "Good."

He kissed her fiercely. "You're mine. Only mine."

He was gentle. Surprisingly, heartbreakingly gentle.

He prepared her slowly, whispering praise against her skin, telling her how beautiful she was, how perfect.

When he finally entered her, it hurt. She dug her nails into his shoulders.

"I know, baby, I know," he soothed, kissing away the tears that leaked from her eyes. "Breathe."

He waited until she relaxed. Then he began to move.

The pain faded, replaced by a pressure, a heat, a friction that made her toes curl.

"Declan," she gasped.

"Look at me," he commanded. "Watch me take you."

She opened her eyes. She watched him. The intensity in his face was beautiful.

They moved together, finding a rhythm. It was clumsy at first, then perfect.

When the climax hit her, it was like a white light exploding behind her eyelids. She screamed his name.

He followed her seconds later, collapsing on top of her, burying his face in her neck.

They lay there in the tangled sheets, panting, covered in sweat.

He rolled off, pulling her into his side. He kissed the top of her head.

"Mine," he whispered into the dark.

And for the first time in twenty-four hours, she didn't feel like arguing.

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