Cruel Promise
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"Why won't you ask me for help?"
Vincent pinned me against the wall, his green eyes cold and dangerous.
"Because I want to destroy them myself."
I smiled anyway.
—
My name is Irene Perot.
Ever since my mother married into wealth, I've been the outsider no one wanted. My stepsister Johanna treated me like a stain on her perfect life. My fiancé betrayed me. Rumors spread through school like wildfire, and everyone waited for me to break.
But I've never been the helpless girl they imagined.
When they tried to ruin my reputation, I exposed every lie. When they tried to bury me, I climbed higher.
Then there was Vincent Green.
The most powerful man in the Green family. My ex-fiancé's uncle. Dangerous. Untouchable. A man who always appeared when my world was falling apart.
He wanted me to rely on him.
I refused.
Yet the deeper I dug into the secrets surrounding my family, the closer I was drawn to him—and to a truth neither of us could escape.
Because what began as a battle of wills soon became something far more dangerous.
And when Vincent finally offered me his protection, I had to decide:
Would I become the woman standing beside his throne...
Or the one who burns his empire to the ground?
Vincent pinned me against the wall, his green eyes cold and dangerous.
"Because I want to destroy them myself."
I smiled anyway.
—
My name is Irene Perot.
Ever since my mother married into wealth, I've been the outsider no one wanted. My stepsister Johanna treated me like a stain on her perfect life. My fiancé betrayed me. Rumors spread through school like wildfire, and everyone waited for me to break.
But I've never been the helpless girl they imagined.
When they tried to ruin my reputation, I exposed every lie. When they tried to bury me, I climbed higher.
Then there was Vincent Green.
The most powerful man in the Green family. My ex-fiancé's uncle. Dangerous. Untouchable. A man who always appeared when my world was falling apart.
He wanted me to rely on him.
I refused.
Yet the deeper I dug into the secrets surrounding my family, the closer I was drawn to him—and to a truth neither of us could escape.
Because what began as a battle of wills soon became something far more dangerous.
And when Vincent finally offered me his protection, I had to decide:
Would I become the woman standing beside his throne...
Or the one who burns his empire to the ground?
































