The Million-Dollar Ruin
Chapter 1: The Offer | A desperate couple accepts a billionaire’s obscene proposal, sending Rachel into a night of filmed submission while Jason is left to wrestle with the price of silence.
The leather of the booth groaned as Jason Carter shifted in his seat, fingers tightening around his whiskey glass for the third time in twenty minutes. Outside the window, the Denver skyline glowed against a moody sky, neon lights bleeding across the glass like bruises. Inside, the air was all velvet and confidence—low jazz, money in the walls, and waiters who didn’t smile unless you were someone worth smiling for. Jason...