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Beneath the Surface
By Bella Parker
“Everyone has secrets. Some destroy lives. Others… destroy love.”
Alexia Marque has spent five years rebuilding the pieces of her life—the art, the independence, the guarded heart—all after Elliot Cummings shattered it without warning. She swore she was done with him. But the past doesn’t die quietly.
When Elliot—now a secret trillionaire with enemies in every shadow—reappears, it’s not with apologies. It’s with an offer: protection from a danger she didn’t know was circling her. His estate is impenetrable. His reach is global. And his ability to get under her skin? Still infuriatingly intact.
Alexia knows stepping back into his world is a mistake. One look into his eyes and the old pull—the one that nearly destroyed her—comes roaring back. But the threats are real, the danger is closing in, and Elliot? He’s still the man who walks the fine line between savior and destroyer.
Inside his sprawling estate, Alexia is trapped in more than just marble walls and iron gates. Secrets coil beneath the surface. People smile too easily. And Elliot’s control? It’s cracking under the weight of betrayals even he didn’t see coming.
Tension burns between them—anger, lust, trust, and something neither of them is willing to name. Every conversation is a battle. Every look, a minefield. But as enemies close in and masked threats become real, Alexia starts to see the truth: Elliot isn’t the puppet master. He’s the puppet. And someone’s been pulling the strings all along.
In the end, Alexia will face the ultimate question: Can love survive the weight of betrayal? Or was this game rigged from the start?
Because the deadliest secrets aren’t the ones people hide… they’re the ones buried beneath the surface.
Beneath the Surface Alexia's Art
