Wicked Heir

I am wearing a federal wire. He is wearing a bespoke suit. We are both lying.

Julian Zhao is a monster wrapped in cashmere and billion-dollar trusts. He is the ruthless, terrifyingly calm heir to a tech and media empire built on blood.

And he just caught me in a trap.

To the ruthless elite of Vanguard University, I am Celine Han: an untouchable, old-money socialite. In reality, my family is bankrupt. I am wearing thrift-store knockoffs, dodging predatory creditors, and completely desperate.

Julian uses my poverty to corner me. His ultimatum is absolute and non-negotiable: fake-date him for six months to clean up his violent public image so he can secure his inheritance, or he will expose me to the world and completely destroy my life.

I agree. I let him lock me in his multi-million dollar penthouse. I let him dictate my wardrobe. I let him put his heavy, possessive hands on me for the flashing cameras.

What Julian doesn't know is that my bankruptcy isn't my only secret.

I am an undercover informant for the FBI.

My mission is to infiltrate his family's syndicate, locate their hidden servers, and put his megalomaniac father in a federal penitentiary. I just need to survive sleeping across the hall from my target without blowing my cover.

But playing a game of possession with a sociopath is lethal. The fake touches are turning into explosive, bruised obsession. The blackmail is feeling dangerously like protection. And the terrifying truth is that I am falling madly in love with the man I was sent to slaughter.

I thought I was the one pulling the strings. I didn't realize the house always wins. And Julian Zhao owns the house.

Wicked Heir is a dark, high-angst, contemporary elite college romance. It is Book 2 in the Vanguard Elites series but can be read as a standalone. Features an obsessed, morally black billionaire MMC and a desperate, whip-smart FMC.

Tropes:

• Billionaire Heir x Undercover FBI Agent

• Fake Dating & Forced Proximity

• Blackmail / "You Belong to Me"

• Extreme Touch Her & Die

• High Spice & Major Plot Twists

Author's Note: This book contains mature themes, explicit content, and a morally grey hero who uses highly questionable methods to get what he wants. Please read responsibly.