Belonging To Lockhart

"Name your price,” he said, that arrogant smirk still intact. "Do you want your job back?" l didn't hesitate."Make me a director. Onlythen wil l pretend to be your loving girlfriend” ithought he’d laugh. l didn’t expect him to say yes. "Deal,” he replied, his gaze lockingon mine. "just remember, Amaris Kennerly once you sign that contract, you belong to me.”. **** ’ve always wondered if l was cursedfrom birth because the kind of bad luck that haunts me feels almost supernatural. People call me a computer genius, but my real talent issomething no one sees. They say ’m beautiful, yet l bury that behind oversized clothes and a mountain of insecurities. After dumping mycheating boyfriend, the only steady thing left in my life was my soul-sucking job until l lost that too. And the man responsible? TheronLockhart.y high school bully didn’t just return, he returned as the new CE0 of my company. And his first executive move? firing meand my entire department, like history repeating itself in the cruelest way, He didn’t recoanize me, which should’ve felt ike relief. But fateclearly wasn’t done toying with me. One moment, he was rescuing me from a run-in with my ex. The next, a rumor had spread: was hisgirlfriend, And then the tables turned because Theron needed to avoid a scandal, and l was his best option.