Brutal Billionaire

CONTENTS Also by Laurelin Paige Foreword Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Epilogue Also by Laurelin Paige Let’s stay in touch! About Laurelin Paige Copyright © 2023 by Laurelin Paige All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author, except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. Editing: Erica Edits Cover photography: Chris Davis Studios Cover model: Alex Cannon ALSO BY LAURELIN PAIGE WONDERING WHAT TO READ NEXT? I CAN HELP! 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Brutal Billionaires Brutal Billionaire - a standalone (Holt Sebastian) Dirty Filthy Billionaire - a novella (Steele Sebastian) Brutal Secret - a standalone (Reid Sebastian) * * * The Dirty Universe Dirty Duet (Donovan Kincaid) Dirty Filthy Rich Men | Dirty Filthy Rich Love Kincaid Dirty Games Duet (Weston King) Dirty Sexy Player| Dirty Sexy Games Dirty Sweet Duet (Dylan Locke) Sweet Liar | Sweet Fate (Nate Sinclair) Dirty Filthy Fix (a spinoff novella) Dirty Wild Trilogy (Cade Warren) Wild Rebel | Wild War | Wild Heart * * * Men in Charge Man in Charge Man in Love Man for Me (a spinoff novella) * * * The Fixed Universe Fixed Series (Hudson & Alayna) Fixed on You | Found in You | Forever with You | Hudson | Fixed Forever Found Duet (Gwen & JC) Free Me | Find Me (Chandler & Genevieve) Chandler (a spinoff novel) (Norma & Boyd) Falling Under You (a spinoff novella) (Nate & Trish) Dirty Filthy Fix (a spinoff novella) Slay Series (Celia & Edward) Rivalry | Ruin | Revenge | Rising (Gwen & JC) The Open Door (a spinoff novella) (Camilla & Hendrix) Slash (a spinoff novella) * * * First and Last First Touch | Last Kiss * * * Hollywood Standalones One More Time Close Sex Symbol Star Struck * * * Dating Season Spring Fling | Summer Rebound | Fall Hard Winter Bloom | Spring Fever | Summer Lovin Also written with Kayti McGee under the name Laurelin McGee Miss Match | Love Struck | MisTaken | Holiday for Hire * * * Written with Sierra Simone Porn Star | Hot Cop Be sure to sign up for my newsletter where you’ll receive a FREE book every month from bestselling authors, only available to my subscribers, as well as up-to-date information on my latest releases. PRO TIP: Add [email protected] to your contacts before signing up to be sure the list comes right to your inbox. * * * DID YOU KNOW… This book is available in both paperback and audiobook editions at all major online retailers! Links are on my website. If you’d like to order a signed paperback, my online store is open several times a year here. * * * This book may contain subjects that are sensitive to some readers. Please visit www.laurelinpaige.com/brutal-billionaire for content warnings. May include spoilers. * * * I am an only child, but my mother came from a big family like the Sebastians. All those members can be confusing. To help sort that out, you can find a family tree on my website. For all those whose feminism leaves their body when a (fictional) alpha male pushes them to their knees and says, “Good girl.” CHAPTER ONE BRYSTIN Where the fuck are you? Are you trying to blow this? I glance at the text, trying not to move too much since Zully is currently applying my eye shadow. “Michael?” Zully asks with typical disdain. She’s never liked Michael and has never made any attempt to hide it. She blames it on her Middle Eastern heritage, claiming that being mouthy is in her genes. There’s no point, but I defend him anyway. “He has his producer hat on.” “My boss ever talked to me like that, and I’d tell him to shove it where the sun doesn’t shine, baby. Look up.” Looking up means I can’t reply to the text. Anyway, I’m almost there, and I’d rather have Michael anxious than have smeared eyeliner. Thank God our Lyft driver isn’t a thrill-seeker. Still, we’ve had more than a few stops and starts as we’ve crept along 52nd Street. “How are you even doing this in a car?” “Very carefully.” The speed of her words matches the carefulness of her hand as she lines one eye then the other. When she’s done, she leans back, eye pencil propped in the air like it’s a cigarette or a magic wand, and admires her work. “I really am brilliant.” My laugh is more giggle than usual. Must be nerves. “Not that you don’t deserve the praise, but cocky much?” “Yes, please.” She waits a beat. “Oh, that wasn’t an offer. I hear the word cock and my mind goes places.” She pulls a pencil from the makeup kit spread across her lap. “Open up, sweetie.” I can’t make any dirty comment in reply since now she’s working on my lips. My phone buzzes again, another text from Michael, most likely. “Touch your phone and die,” Zully tells me. Just then, the driver slams on the brakes, and the pencil swerves. I can tell from Zully’s wide brown eyes that the jolt caused a lining error. She glares at the back of the driver’s head then takes a breath. “It’s fine, it’s fine.” She uses her finger to blot at the skin above my mouth. She pulls back to look at me again, her genie-style ponytail