Prologue

Victoria Blakesley, walked down the corridor towards her classes when her friends, Kara and Melanie caught up with her.

"Vicky, explain this, girl! How are you and your twin in this picture with the infamous Davion Torres?" asked Kara, bubbling with curiosity. At eighteen the three friends were majoring in Economics at UNLV. While Victoria was very focused on her career and wanted to be a lawyer just like her parents, Kara and Melanie weren't so career-oriented. They just opted for the subject that they liked. They'd been friends since kindergarten and stuck to one another even after graduating from school. Their motto was, friends for life!

"There's nothing to explain. My parents got Sofia married to Mr. Torres, four days back," she shrugged, remembering the ordeal her twin had to go through. It wasn't a love marriage, the happily-ever-after kind! Rather it was dumped upon her twin by their parents and she had no choice but to accept her fate. Their parents' reputation, their careers, their law firm, everything was at stake. Thankfully Davion chose Sofia, the softer and more gentle twin. If had been the fire-spitting Victoria, she would have rather died than agreed to such a fake marriage.

The girls gaped at her with shock as if they would faint anytime. They all knew Sofia Blakesley. She was Victoria's twin sister who was studying Fashion Designing at the same University as them. Victoria could imagine their condition. At twenty-two, Davion was already a celebrity, hounded by the paparazzi for his good looks as well as success. Son of the late 'Casino King', Luis Torres, he already inherited as well as built quite a number of popular casinos all over the country. Women drooled at the sight of him and pursued him relentlessly. There wasn't a woman in the whole of Nevada who didn't know the man! All except her twin Sofia of course!

Davion Torres was a client of their law firm, Blakesley's Law Firm, which was owned and managed by her mom, Ava Blakesley along with her dad, Gregory Blakesley. They were both reputed lawyers in and around Las Vegas. So when a case went against them and Davion threatened to sue them they had no other option than to give in to his demand of marrying Sofia. So the wedding happened in a rush the next day and Davion whisked Sofia away to his mansion in Reno, Nevada immediately after. However, the press was able to sneak in a picture of the family with Davion while they were seeing them off after the wedding.

"Sofia married Davion Torres? Oh my! Such a lucky girl! How did it all happen?" asked Melanie, clutching at her heart with shock. With Davion's good looks and his pictures being flashed all over the magazines regularly, there wasn't a female alive who didn't crush on him.

"Stop it, you two. He's an as*hole actually. He blackmailed her and married her against everybody's wishes," said a displeased Victoria. She was a no-nonsense type of girl, bold, outgoing, practical, and never refrained from speaking her mind. The moment she heard the news she had been counseling her twin to escape but Sofia didn't pay any heed to her warnings and went ahead and sacrificed her happiness for the sake of her parents. Victoria had been very disappointed and stopped talking to her parents for forcing Sofia to bend to their whims. They could have sought some alternate out of the court settlement instead!

"Oh is it? But he's so f*cking gorgeous!" said Kara with a dreamy look on her face that disgusted Victoria. "I wish he'd have forced me to marry him instead!" she said, earning a smack from Victoria who wished they knew the true side of the guy as she did.

"I'm going to the class. You two could stand here and dream of that as*hole all day but mind you, he's now unavailable. It's a sin to dream of married men!" said Victoria with an eye roll while the other two groaned with grief. She sauntered off to class and the other two ran after her, heaving long sighs and whispering all the way.

"Now we'll dream of Davion Torres's right-hand man and partner, the drool-worthy, Colton Glenn, who's younger and hotter and very very single," giggled Melanie as she did a high-five with Kara. This piece of information was news to Victoria. Her curiosity was piqued and she decided to check him out later. For the rest of the day, the name Colton Glenn played with her senses and she craved the sight of the man. If he was Davion's right-hand man, why didn't he attend his wedding?

The whole morning with back-to-back classes, they hardly had time to catch up again. So when finally when college was over, Victoria dashed out of the last class with relief.

"Worst day ever! Why did Professor Franklin need to announce an assessment as well as a project at the same time?" protested Melanie. Professor Franklin taught them the Principles Of Marketing and Strategy and was a hard taskmaster, always keeping them engaged with lots of assignments.

"My whole weekend's ruined," wailed Kara but Victoria didn't have the time to mourn with them. She had a mission to complete! She left the two and rushed towards her car.

"See you later, girls. Gotta rush," she said with a wave. She wanted to research Davion's right-hand man first. What was the name? Ah! Yes. Colton Glenn.

Victoria drove home, her mind on the events of the week. Ever since Sofia had left, she hadn't called up much. Just once. She wondered what was up with her! Was Davion ill-treating her? Her parents were very worried about her and so was Victoria. She wanted to rush to Reno to see how Sofia was doing. She wasn't as strong as Victoria was. She was soft, innocent, angelic, and could easily be convinced and as such, she was just the opposite of what Davion Torres was. Was he torturing her? "Damn! This is so frustrating!" muttered Victoria as she parked the car in their garage.

She strode towards the house and walked in. Her parents as usual were at work. So she just put together two sandwiches for herself and sat down to eat her food. She missed Sofia immensely as they always would take turns to make something after college every day. The two girls had been inseparable since birth and with Sofia suddenly gone, Victoria found it difficult to cope without her. They weren't even given time to get adjusted to the idea of Sofia getting married. It happened in the blink of an eye. Davion had announced his wish to marry Sofia and then married her the next day, without giving their parents any time to prepare for their wedding. He made all the preparations overnight without involving their parents in anything. It was the weirdest wedding ever!

Victoria suddenly lost her appetite after eating one sandwich. What if her twin was crying unable to cope with the torture? She really needed to find out what was going on there. The girls, Kara and Melanie came over to discuss the assignment with her and she forgot all thoughts of Sofia for a few hours.

When her friends left, she went to the kitchen to make some dinner. Her parents had returned home ten minutes back and she didn't want her mom to overwork herself again. So by the time she completed all her work after dinner and went to her room, it was quite late and she was super exhausted.

The next few days went by similarly. Finally, her project work was completed and submitted and Victoria heaved a sigh of relief. She was determined to call Sofia after her classes today. Thankfully the classes ended quite earlier than usual and she returned home in high spirits, feeling light-headed, relieved, and happy after a long time. However, before she could call Sofia, her phone buzzed with an incoming call from her twin, as if by telepathy. Smiling with relief, she accepted the call.

"Sofi, how did you know I was about to call you today?" she gushed excitedly.

"I was going crazy to talk to you. So how have you all been?" asked Sofia eagerly.

"We were all worried about you. You didn't call. Mom and dad were about to talk to Davion but I asked them to wait," said Victoria. They updated one another excitedly about everything that was happening in each other's lives. Sofia told her how she had started to fall for her husband. Relieved and happy for her twin, Victoria clapped her hands and squealed into the phone.

"I knew it! I knew that you'd fall for him. He's so hot after all! Please find me someone as hot as him! No, wait. Find me someone hotter," said Victoria in an excited rush.

Sofia chuckled. "There's someone hotter and younger for you but you have to come over to Reno to meet him," she told her softly. Victoria squealed more and Sofia chuckled. This was what they had been missing for so many days. Each other1

"I'm coming tomorrow. Who are you talking about? Davion doesn't have a brother as far as I know," said Victoria, jumping up and down with excitement.

"Wait, don't come tomorrow. I'm in LA," informed Sofia with a laugh hearing Victoria groan.

"Who are you talking about then?" She asked curiously.

"Davion's business partner and best friend, Colton Glenn. You can Google him," said Sofia.

"Oh, I'll do that. Tell me when you return. I'll come down to meet this Colton guy, " said Victoria.

"Sure, bye, see you till then," said Sofia, feeling happy that she could do a little matchmaking.

"Wait, hope you guys are using protection. You'll are so young to be parents, right now," said Victoria.

Sofia chuckled. "Yes, granny. We are," she said. They laughed and disconnected the call.

Victoria sat still for a moment, her mind going into overdrive. Colton Glenn again? She had completely forgotten to Google him. With his name cropping up again and again, her curiosity was piqued to see how the guy looked. If Sofia called him hotter then he really must be exceptionally so. She picked up her mobile and typed his name to search. Instantly a thousand pictures of the hottest specimen on earth cropped up right in front of her eyes.

She could see that the man was really drool-worthy! He was in fact a f*cking Greek God! Victoria's jaws dropped seeing his smirk and devilishly green eyes with golden sparks in them, staring back at her! He was irresistible and he knew it. All articles dealt with how he was seen with different actresses and famous women all over the country. So the man was actually a man-wh*re! The sound of the front door opening made Victoria jump up. She looked out of the window and saw that it was evening already. Dazed and puzzled, she threw the phone on the bed and went to change out of her college clothes before her mom came into the room. She hadn't even made dinner today!

Had she been lost in Colton Glenn for the last three hours? How could that be possible?