Betrayed – Hydra Series – Book One

About the Book:

After being abused for many years, Elle, a skilled dancer finds herself the focal point of her boss’s affections. She was powerless to refuse all that he offered including life with a man in a wheelchair but her heart told her, this was what she wanted.

Nate was in a loveless marriage and seeing Elle was his way out and he took it. She was the only woman who got to him, eh made him think about the future in a positive light.

Would his and her past rule their emotions or would the need for someone to love fuel their relationship and burn them to a cinder?

Excerpt:

“Nate, come to bed, you must be tired.” A soft voice drifted out to him as he entered the bedroom.

Nate looked at his wife. Nothing in him stirred when he was near her, not even a little bit. He knew she married him for his money but that was their agreement. He would deposit money into her account every month and at the end of a year, he would let her go with a nest egg. She agreed and said the wheelchair didn’t bother her, but she was lying through her teeth. Twenty thousand per month for a year and then one hundred thousand when they divorced. She would never make that in her lifetime.

She thought Nate didn’t understand her but he did. He installed cameras all over the house and she never knew. He would sit in his office and watch her move around the house doing nothing. She went into his personal belongings, searching for what he didn’t know.

“I’m not tired, go to sleep without me.” Nate said in a flat tone.

“What’s wrong Nate?” Mandy asked sweetly but her stomach churned as she thought about spending yet another restless night with this man beside her. “I have work to do, go to bed.”

“Does it always have to be like this?” Mandy asked softly with a strange look on her face.

“Like what?” Mandy sighed and Nate felt her frustration but there was nothing he could do.

“I know our marriage was an agreement, but don’t you like me even a little?”

Nate frowned. He did not expect this.

“I’m sorry Mandy, we never should have gotten married, and I feel I have wasted these few months of your life.”
“Well, I feel I took your money and gave nothing in return, we don’t have sex, you don’t even look at me with an ounce of want, we don’t spend any time together. Hell, we’ve never been out on a date. Why do you hate me? Have I done something to make you feel this way towards me?”

Nate smiled.

“It’s okay Mandy, there is no animosity towards you, I know I haven’t even tried to get close to you and all of this is my fault, don’t lose any sleep over it.”

“We could try again, I’m not a bad looking girl.” Mandy smiled.

“You are very beautiful Mandy, but I… I’m not in a good mental place and I’m sorry I have neglected you.” Nate chuckled at her expression and for the first time, he felt comfortable being in the same room as her.

“Don’t worry, one day you will find someone who will love you the way you deserve.”

He turned and wheeled his chair out and closed the door. His personal assistant stood up immediately, awaiting his orders.

“Myk, take me to the club.”

“Sir?” Myk let out a surprised response. Nate owned several night clubs in the most active parishes in Barbados. They all operated under the name Hydra. In Christ Church was the Hydra Gold club for the mature crowd, in St. Michael was Hydra Red for the teens, twenties and thirties and Hydra Platinum St. James was for the very elite. Nate never visited the clubs; he paid well to have them managed and they were all successful.

“I know Myk, let’s go to St. James tonight, I need a change of atmosphere.”