Bound

<p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I didn't think the whole what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas thing was true... until I found out my memory and my marriage license had been there for the past fifteen years.</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>DALTON</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>My family is old money and my life has been mapped out since before I was born. Become a lawyer buy a house get married carry on the family name-all of that good stuff that comes with this kind of upbringing. I have the job and the house but instead of the marriage I'm happy playing the field with a close-knit group of friends. Finding out that I've been secretly married for half my adult life was a plot twist I didn't see coming.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Carter Emerson Royce IV is everything I used to want to be. I haven't seen him since college and now he's asking me to come to New York and pretend we're the perfect picture of domestic bliss. Considering the history between us it's the least I can do.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>***</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I'm one divorce away from the life of my dreams and I'm not going to ruin that by doing something stupid like falling in love with my husband.</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>IVEY</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>All I need to do is to win over the co-op board for the most upscale building in New York so I can secure keys to the penthouse I've wanted for years. It should be easy but when they ask about my marital status and produce a marriage license from Vegas my plans are thrown out the window. I've spent fifteen years trying to not think about Dalton Fox but we're about to get up close and personal again whether we like it or not.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The plan is simple-pretend we're really married and in love long enough for my application to get approved Dalton goes back to LA a single man and I go on with the rest of my life. Except it doesn't take long for us to learn there's more between us than history. Dalton and I are compatible in more ways than one and the spark between us is very bright and very real. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>His life is in California and mine is in New York. Being legally bound doesn't mean anything but the way Dalton makes me feel has to count for something. He doesn't just see the darkest parts of me he mirrors them he touches them he...loves them. Soon it becomes clear the penthouse isn't the only thing at stake. The rest of our lives-and the future of our marriage-are too.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>cw: off page abuse of main characters subtle parental and social homophobia</span></p><p><br></p>