Unbind

<p>Adam Wright may be a self-made billionaire but he's also a beast.</p><p><br></p><p>Most children grow up hating a storybook villain. Based on the injuries that man inflicted on my brother I grew up hating a real one.</p><p><br></p><p>When he sort-of kidnaps me and drags me back to his fairytale mansion it feels like yet another cliché antihero stunt.</p><p><br></p><p>Here's the thing though.</p><p><br></p><p>Most villains don't weep real tears when they see you having a diabetic episode.</p><p><br></p><p>They don't abandon their billion-pound empire so they can roll up their sleeves and pull your company back from the brink of bankruptcy.</p><p><br></p><p>They don't put you first care for you at every single opportunity dammit.</p><p><br></p><p>Not in the storybooks I've read anyway.</p><p><br></p><p>My body succumbs first. It doesn't stand a chance. It's game over from the moment I wake to find him sleeping next to me the Empire State Building tenting his pants.</p><p><br></p><p>I despise myself. I shouldn't want him. Not when I know the despicable acts he's capable of.</p><p><br></p><p>But when my heart starts to succumb that's when I know I'm really in trouble.</p><p><br></p><p>Because what if the villain I've loved to hate all these years is really my hero?</p><p><br></p><p>And if indeed he is how on earth will I persuade my brother of that?</p><p><br></p><p>---------</p><p><br></p><p>If I didn't know too well what kind of a man Adam Wright was or the despicable crimes he was capable of then I would be swooning right now.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Swooning</em> I tell you. <em>Hard</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Most children grow up hating a storybook villain. But based on the injuries that man inflicted on my brother I grew up hating a real-life villain.</p><p><br></p><p>When he kind-of kidnaps me and drags me back to his fairytale mansion he couldn't be more cliché antihero if he tried.</p><p><br></p><p>Here's the thing though.</p><p><br></p><p>Most villains don't weep real tears when they see you having a diabetic episode.</p><p><br></p><p>They don't abandon their billion-pound empire so they can roll up their sleeves and pull your company back from the brink of bankruptcy.</p><p><br></p><p>They don't put you first care for you at every single opportunity dammit.</p><p><br></p><p>Not in the storybooks I've read anyway.</p><p><br></p><p>My body succumbs first. It doesn't stand a chance really. Not when the memory of waking to find him sleeping next to me the Empire State Building tenting his pants is branded onto my brain (and other parts).</p><p><br></p><p>I despise myself. I shouldn't want him. Not given what I know about his past. I don't know what's wrong with me even if he assures me that I'm perfect.</p><p><br></p><p>But when my heart starts to succumb that's when I know I'm really in trouble.</p><p><br></p><p>Because what if the villain I've loved to hate all these years is really my hero?</p><p><br></p><p>And if indeed he is how on earth will I persuade my brother of that?</p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>Unbind</em></strong><em> is a standalone enemies-to-lovers age gap billionaire romance. </em></p><p><br></p>