Flash Marriage To The Billionaire Hockey Star

Since my foster father passed away, my foster mother Carlene treated me like a burden she couldn't wait to discard.

Fearing I would cling to her biological son—a rising NHL rookie coming home next week—she forced me into a blind date with a sleazy, arrogant finance bro to get rid of me.

When he mocked my career and treated me like a cheap toy, I threw a glass of ice water in his face.

He violently grabbed my wrist in the restaurant hallway, his fingers digging into my bones.

Carlene didn't lift a finger to help. Instead, she glared at me.

"Apologize to him right now, or I will throw your bags onto the street tomorrow morning!"

After ten years of walking on eggshells in her house, my heart turned completely cold. I had no money, nowhere to go, and realized she would gladly watch me be destroyed just to keep her family pristine.

Driven by pure survival instinct, I lunged at a tall stranger walking out of the VIP lounge and desperately claimed he was my boyfriend.

I didn't expect him to be Knox Leonard, the billionaire head of Apex Capital and Boston's most untouchable NHL star.

And I certainly didn't expect him to wrap his arm around my waist, terrify my abusers, and offer me a two-million-dollar marriage contract.