I’ll Be Your Sugar Daddy

He shook her shoulders. ‘Kira, how could you do this?’ His voice was accusing, his words vicious. When Kira finally processed the meaning of his words, she felt as if she’d just been sucker-punched in the heart. Gideon was calling her a mistress, a kept woman. He was accusing her of trading her body for money. Blood drained from her face. Speech abandoned her. Gideon grasped her shoulders with more force. ‘Tell me, Kira, what the hell is going on?’ Kira couldn’t speak. Gideon was relentless, determined to shake an answer out of her. ‘Kira, talk to me!’ Kira faltered before she finally regained the use of her voice. She forced out a wan smile. ‘What is there to tell? It’s like you said, I have a sugar daddy. I can’t afford the ward for my father. Nor can I pay his astronomical medical bills. A rich man approached me, made me an offer. He would help me settle everything on just one condition—sleep with him. I—’ Slap! Kira’s cheek stung. Gideon’s palm struck her face with the weight of a