Built On Us

Length2h 36m

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Summary

I didn’t expect to see him again.I definitely didn’t expect him to change everything.Cassemir Rillon doesn’t do coincidences.He doesn’t forgive losses.And he doesn’t let what’s his walk away twice.Seeing him again means more than facing my past—it means risking the life I built to survive without him.Cassemir Rillon is a billionaire power broker—cold, strategic, and devastatingly in control. The kind of man who bends markets and people with equal precision. He lives by contracts, leverage, and dominance.I live by instinct, independence, and protecting my child at all costs.Years ago, we burned bright and reckless in a city that promised anonymity. No names. No futures. No expectations. Then I ran—carrying a secret that would change everything.Now he’s back in my world.And he’s not leaving.Cassemir offers protection, stability, and a future written in stone. Everything he touches becomes unbreakable—including me.I should run again.I should say no.But desire doesn’t care about logic, and the pull between us is stronger than ever. Every look lingers too long. Every touch feels like a promise I swore I’d never accept.He wants control.I want freedom.And somehow, I want him too.Cassemir doesn’t love halfway.When he wants something, he claims it—relentlessly, fiercely, without apology. And when he discovers the truth about the child I’ve been raising alone, his focus shifts from power to possession.But I refuse to be owned.Refuse to disappear inside a man’s shadow again.The more he pushes, the harder I fight—until the line between resistance and desire blurs into something dangerous.Because this time, he isn’t just protecting me.He’s choosing me.The threat I ran from hasn’t disappeared—it’s been waiting.Enemies close in. Secrets surface. And Cassemir’s empire begins to crack under the weight of the choices he makes for us.Loving me could cost him everything.Walking away could cost us our lives.And when the world forces reckoning, we must decide whether love is worth surrendering control… or whether control will destroy us both.This isn’t a story about rescue.It’s about choice.About a woman who refuses to be caged.And a man who learns that love isn’t owned—it’s earned.Some legacies are built on power.Ours is built on us.

Book information

Genre

Other

Length

2 hrs 36 mins

Publish date

Dec 16, 2025

Language

English

About the Author

Melissa S. Maxwell

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1Built On Us: A Billionaire Romance Where Love Becomes A Choice, Not A Cage

13Chapter Ten: Enemies Don’t Knock

2Disclaimer

14Chapter Eleven: Fault Lines

3Prologue: Before the Fire

15Chapter Twelve: What He Almost Lost

4Chapter One: The Engagement Soirée

16Chapter Thirteen: Running Again

5Chapter Two: No Such Thing as Coincidence

17Chapter Fourteen: Blood and Promises

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