He paid $50,000 for a dinner date. She's about to cost him a lot more.

Sloane Briggs has spent ten years building a career with her own two hands ? so she'd never be something someone bought. Then her sister enters her in a charity bachelorette auction, and hotel magnate Julian Thorne ? the man who owns eleven buildings and never bids on anything ? drops fifty grand on her like it's pocket change.

She hates him for buying her. He's too busy being fascinated to care.

But Julian Thorne has a secret: the bid was never random.

He's been watching her art for eight months. He's stood in front of her paintings for hours. And when the tabloids brand her "Billionaire's New Toy," Sloane discovers the one thing money can't buy ? trust ? is the only thing standing between them.

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This novella contains graphic adult content, strong language, and a possessive billionaire who knows exactly what he wants.

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