A False Heiress's Guide to Love and Power

She was led out by the guard, dazed and silent, and sat in front of the visitor’s window. When she saw who was waiting on the other side, her expression froze, then, for reasons she couldn’t name, a surge of emotion broke through her numbness.

“Fortune, you still care about me, don’t you? Fortune, Fortune-”

“Inmate 1123, calm down! Please, sit down!” The guard pressed her back into her chair. Ileana stilled, afraid that if she lost control, this visit would be cut short, and

she might never see him again.

She picked up the receiver, eyes brimming with tears.

But Fortune, sitting across the glass, only looked at her with mockery and disdain.

“Miss Tate, how are you?”

That was the first thing Fortune had ever said to her, the day they met.

Back then, thanks to Max, the maids at home bullied her constantly. She’d escape to bars at night, sometimes booking any hotel she could find just to avoid going home. It was during that messy, lonely time that Fortune had appeared. He seemed like destiny–a perfect fit in every way. Under his influence, she let herself go, living lavishly, spending money like water, finally tasting what she thought was freedom.

her overseas, but they never skimped on her allowance. She gave Fortune plenty of

claimed they had no idea where he was. She spent months in a haze,

her home for an arranged

me…” After a month inside, Fortune

didn’t do those things. There must have been a mistake. You must have your reasons. It’s okay–I forgive you. Wait for me. When I get out, let’s go back to how things

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‘pure and innocent,

Fortune’s voice stunned her. His words dripped with sarcasm, his eyes brimming with nothing but

etched across her

you, I made quite a profit. I thought if I slipped something into your drink, I could keep you on a leash, but turns out, I never needed it. You followed me around

landed like a

offer but cash. If you’d had even a fraction of Alessia’s power, I wouldn’t have had