Broken Vows

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Emerson</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Mikhail Dokovic comes from a long lineage of politically influential men. Because of his birth order he was supposed to be at the top of his family's dynasty but when our worlds collided in my family's pub it felt far from the truth.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Years of physical and mental abuse weighed heavily on his shoulders. Yet he still had that irresistible charm that left every woman within a five-mile radius desperate for fresh panties.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Myself included.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I fell under his spell in an instant and we shared three magical years together.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It was perfect... </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>until it wasn't.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Despite Mikhail's vow that it was me or no one his family branded me as unworthy and soon after our relationship came crashing down.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He left me at the altar so I have no idea why the man who shattered our relationship ten years ago is now insisting we marry under the promise of a hefty inheritance.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I would ask questions but a woman with no money to her name and a gravely ill mother doesn't have the luxury of time. I must marry the man I'm beginning to hate or bury my mother. Those are my only choices.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Mikhail</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I attended my grandfather's will reading purely out of curiosity. I didn't anticipate being awarded a majority share of his wealth. He had hated me from the day I was born and his disdain was evident throughout my life until his passing.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To say I was shocked when awarded five hundred million dollars is an understatement. I was flabbergasted. However that shock paled compared to the surprise that followed when I learned the conditions of my inheritance.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I was to marry my grandfather's preferred choice by the end of the week and she now despises me as much as my grandfather once did.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Emerson Morozov is the only woman I've ever loved. She was the ember that brought me back to life and made me believe my life was worth living.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But since she is also the woman who left me at the altar ten years ago I knew we wouldn't survive my grandfather's strict terms.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I tried to walk away. I am successful in my own right and as such don't need my grandfather's dirty money. But when I discovered I wouldn't be the only one benefiting from his unexpected generosity I had a change of heart.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Emerson's mother is sick and although heaven has no rage like a love turned to hatred when the woman you promised to love to the end of eternity needs your help you side with the devil to achieve the seemingly impossible-even one six feet under.</span></p><p></p>