His Vow of Revenge

Soleil fell for the man who bought her painting, asked for her number, and cooked her breakfast in his kitchen every morning.

They were in love by the second month, until her birthday dinner, when her already-drunk brother heard her boyfriend's last name, dropped his glass at the bar, and walked out.

She chased after him and learned that the man she loved had spent fifteen years trying to destroy their father, that Dad had made his sister disappear when her brother got her pregnant, and that he was using Soleil to get revenge on their family.

She went back inside, pulled him into a dark room, and demanded to know if the revenge was real.

He could not meet her eyes at first, then pressed her to the wall with a shaking voice and admitted that it was true, though falling in love with her had never been part of the plan.