Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

If it were in the past, Kyle wouldn't have cared about Ivy's life or death. Any woman who walked out of the villa ceased to matter to him.

Today was an exception. After all, it was the first day of the new year. Even if someone came to visit him, they wouldn't show up in the early hours of the morning. Yet Ivy had waited outside all night.

In the study, Kyle sat by the desk and spoke coldly. "Sit."

Every move he made radiated a chilling aura. If Mio Walsh was a warm sun, then Kyle was like cold, unfeeling lightning-void of any warmth or emotion.

But Ivy had forgotten one thing. Even the warm sun, while comforting, could not be approached recklessly. To do so was to be a moth to a flame, destined to be burned to ashes.

Ivy didn't dare to sit. Instead, she knelt and pleaded. "Mr. Raymond, I beg you to help me."

She had waited the entire night for him to wake. Kyle wasn't naive enough to believe she had come to wish him a happy new year. If not that, then she must have a request.

"Speak," Kyle said curtly. He had always been a man of few words, especially with women who shared no common ground with him.

Those in his line of work survived by swift, decisive action. Hesitation would have long since gotten them killed. His past had shaped the man he was now.

"My brother gambled away all his money at your casino. He still owes five million dollars. My family can't come up with that amount right now, so I was hoping..."

"You want me to waive the five million because of the time you spent with me?" Kyle interrupted.

impassive expression. Kyle's features were always sharp and unyielding, even

times when Ivy wondered if he was made of ice. Only the sweat on his body and his reactions during climax had proved he was human. Otherwise, she might have believed he felt

time by his side, Ivy knew Kyle came from immense wealth. He had never been stingy with

spent fifteen million dollars at an auction to buy

Ivy wasn't by his side anymore. Would he

it from you first," Ivy ventured cautiously, testing his reaction. "I'll pay you back when I have

for her now. If Kyle refused, she would sell her house to repay him. As long as he agreed to help, she'd find

can't come up with five million. It seems you have

had indeed hoped to avoid repayment. That plan was clearly not going to

but my brother and I own two luxury apartments. Selling them would be enough to cover the debt. But it's the first day of the new year- nobody's buying property

I'll repay you in full. I just need your help to get

She didn't care if she lost everything, as long as her family remained intact.

remained silent, and Ivy pressed on. "Sir, with your power, I wouldn't dare to play any tricks. I've come to you because I have no other choice. Five million is nothing to you, but it's everything to me. I swear I'll

the humiliation of being

"And since the casino belongs to me, I could erase

lit up with hope. "So, does

one

replied eagerly. Kyle's gaze swept over the woman kneeling before him. "The last time Aurora's company had trouble

it Miss Gilpin?

I don't know you were the one who pushed Lindsay Gilpin into it? Without your manipulation, she wouldn't have acted as she did. You just claimed you'd tell me everything,

sir, it was me. Back