Misdeeds of a Billionaire

MISDEEDS OF A BILLIONAIRE Billionaire King Series EVA WINNERS Copyright © 2023 by Winners Publishing LLC and Eva Winners Cover Image Designer: Eve Graphic Design LLC Model: Vinicious. Photographer: Wander Aguiar 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. Visit www.evawinners.com and subscribe to my newsletter. FB group: https://bit.ly/3gHEe0e FB page: https://bit.ly/30DzP8Q Insta: http://Instagram.com/evawinners BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/eva-winners Amazon: http://amazon.com/author/evawinners Goodreads: http://goodreads.com/evawinners TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeETK7pq/ Contents AUTHOR’S NOTE Billionaire King Series Collection PLAYLIST Blurb Prologue 1. Odette 2. Byron 3. Odette 4. Byron 5. Odette 6. Byron 7. Odette 8. Odette 9. Odette 10. Byron 11. Odette 12. Byron 13. Odette 14. Odette 15. Byron 16. Odette 17. Odette 18. Odette 19. Byron 20. Odette 21. Byron 22. Odette 23. Byron 24. Odette 25. Byron 26. Odette 27. Byron 28. Odette 29. Odette 30. Byron 31. Odette 32. Byron 33. Odette 34. Byron 35. Odette 36. Odette 37. Byron 38. Odette 39. Byron 40. Odette 41. Byron 42. Odette 43. Odette 44. Byron 45. Odette 46. Byron 47. Odette 48. Byron 49. Odette 50. Byron 51. Odette 52. Odette 53. Byron 54. Byron 55. Odette 56. Byron 57. Byron 58. Odette 59. Byron 60. Odette Epilogue-One Epilogue - Two Acknowledgments AUTHOR’S NOTE This book touches on some sensitive subjects and some readers might find it disturbing. There is trigger content related to - family loss, suicide, violence. Resemblance to actual persons and things living or dead, locations, or events is entirely coincidental. This one is for all those that love their alpha billionaire with a touch of gray. Billionaire King Series Collection The series covers each Ashford brother separately. While each book in the series can be read as a standalone, events and references to the other books are present in each one of these. So for best enjoyment consider giving each Ashford brother a chance. 😀 Enjoy! PLAYLIST https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6agXiSGPBsrQQFJMgcjlvx?si=fuYaIsi9S6Kmh7OO7Lvt1A Blurb My one-night stand. A ruthless bastard. A heartless billionaire. The man who ruled his empire with a cold head and an even colder heart. And most importantly, my son’s father. Except, he wasn’t aware of that little fact. To the media, Byron Ashford is a Billionaire King. To me, he’s a reminder of the hottest, most forbidden, night of my life. And my biggest mistake. I hadn’t seen him in years and hoped we’d never cross paths again. But then, my best-laid plans always seem to go awry. Now, I need his help to bail me out of trouble. He’s a billionaire and I’m just a broke, debt-riddled surgeon. Against my better judgment, I sought him out. It should have been easy, in and out. Except, nothing with Byron Ashford is ever easy. He refuses to hand out free favors. And the price for his help? My freedom. Literally. He wants to shackle me to him with a marriage I don’t want, then throw away the key. His demands are scandalous. His rules are dangerous for my heart. It was supposed to be a mutually beneficial deal, but nothing about Byron is ever that simple. Once he slips the ring onto my finger, the rules change. His demands grow. He no longer just wants to own my body. He also wants my heart and soul. But I’m not that young, naive woman anymore. Too bad this billionaire forgot one thing. Nobody can own your heart unless you give it freely. And this time, I’m not blinded by his smile and especially not by his lies. Love is a puzzle. When you’re in love, all the pieces fit. But when your heart gets broken, It takes a long time to piece it back together. And sometimes the pieces never quite fit right. Prologue Byron My father and Nicki greeted me the moment I stepped out of my office. There’d been a pressure in my chest for months. Ever since I walked away from her. Or maybe it was she who walked away from me. “Byron, your father and I—” I stopped listening. Nicki’s voice grated on my nerves. I didn’t have it in me to deal with her nor my father right now. I was just about to return to my office when the scent caught my attention. Fresh apples. It was like a jab straight to the groin. Even worse, my heart. Ignoring my father and Nicki, I rushed past them to where my executive assistant sat. I paused by her desk, my fingers clutching the edge of the dark mahogany. “Mrs. George, has someone been here to see me?” My heart thundered wildly, each beat echoing her name. No. No. No. It couldn’t be her. She made it clear she wanted nothing to do with me. “Yes, Mr. Ashford, a young lady came up.” She glanced behind me to where my father stood and trepidation entered her expression. But that wasn’t unusual. Most people felt uncomfortable around him, apprehension and fear surrounding them. “She wanted to see you but she didn’t have an appointment. She left the same time your father arrived.” Nobody ever came to see me. “She just took the elevator down.” I had no idea how long it took me to get downstairs. I followed the scent of apples like a damn bloodhound. I had just stepped out of my building when the humidity of the July air and the commotion of the city slammed into me—honking, smog, chatter, laughter… and screams. An accident must have just happened, two cars smashed against each other. A fire hydrant soaking the street. Something pulled me toward it, like a magnet. A dark foreboding filled every cell of my body. Morbid and so fucking wrong. My lungs burned as I turned the corner. I couldn’t breathe. Each step felt like an eternity. Until I saw it—the worst possible scenario I could have ever imagined. A