Strong language, explicit sexual situations, M/F. F/F. 18+
If anyone had asked ten years ago, I never would have imagined Iโd be a thirty-five-year-old widow today.
I could tell you I married Hartman Wick out of love, but itโs complicated. We were friends. He was dying. And he needed me. He also made me an offer I couldnโt refuse. Of course, I agreed with the very best of intentions. But we all know what the road to hell is paved with.
All I ever dreamed of was owning my own gallery. A place where my best friend and I could introduce the masses to inspiring and new artists. Hartman promised me the deed to the gallery, wealth, and security for the rest of my life.
Instead, I find myself in a war with his estranged son Kieranโmy stepson and one of the most prolific painters, known for his erotic shock art. Heโs been plotting revenge against his father for years, and now that Daddyโs dead, heโs seized the opportunity.
Between the constant battles, heated exchanges, and threats of blackmail, I find myself inexplicitly drawn to this twenty-four-year old. Heโs beautiful, seductive, arrogant, and evil. Not only is he a gifted artist, but heโs certainly inherited some of his fatherโs more unsavory traits. He truly is a Wick.
But then he takes things too far and pushes me to my breaking point. Iโve had enough. In retaliation, I make a plan.
And I almost feel sorry for himโalmost. Iโm sure, even as a child, he was never read a single fairy tale. Poor bastard.
He has no idea how truly wicked a stepmother can be.
