His Stolen Muse
By @john1208
Years ago, Anya Petrova's vibrant art career was brutally extinguished by Julian Thorne, the cold-hearted CEO who saw her dreams as mere collateral damage in his ruthless ascent. Now, with her family's ancestral home teetering on the brink of foreclosure and her younger sister's medical bills piling impossibly high, Anya is desperate. Her only hope lies in a devil's bargain: Julian Thorne wants her back. Not as his employee, but as his exclusive personal artist, living under his watchful, possessive gaze. His every command is a silk-threaded leash, pulling her closer to the man whose touch still electrifies, whose eyes promise both salvation and exquisite destruction. Her heart pounds a frantic rhythm against her ribs, a drumbeat of fear and reluctant desire. If she fails, her family loses everything. If she falls for him again, she risks losing herself, her art, and the very soul he once shattered.
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