The Southern Submission

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Payton</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Managing the PR and tech departments of Olympus International leaves me with zero time for relationships which is fine by me since running scenes with subs is more than enough to satisfy my </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>unique</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> desires. I don't crave the pretty wife or perfect life my family seems so intent on finding for me. The bachelor lifestyle suits me.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When Ainsley Montgomery cannonballs into my life needing a favor it presents the ultimate opportunity for us to both get what we want: She pretends to be my girlfriend to get my family off my back and I solve her little tech problem. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But the longer the charade goes on the more I want her. If this captivating woman would allow me past her prickly exterior she'd discover I'm willing to sell my soul for her. The only issue is she's keeping secrets. Secrets that once revealed could mean I'll lose more than just my soul.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ainsley</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I just want to make it as a legitimate journalist. I'm busting my butt at a second-rate paper to get by but when my laptop goes on the fritz and threatens my last-minute deadline I'm about to give up entirely... Until Payton-freaking-Olsen fixes it and saves my story. Life has taught me nothing is free so I insist on repaying him for this </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>unconventional favor</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. I just wasn't expecting the arrangement he proposed. I can't stand the entitled infuriatingly cocky man who seems to revel in my discomfort but I don't have a better option. When I find out the smiley billionaire has a dark side I'm craving him like I never thought possible. Just as he starts breaking down my walls and has me questioning what I really want my past threatens to ruin me again. When the truth comes out I'll have to decide if pursuing the career of my dreams is worth losing the man of them.</span></p>