His Canary Flew Away

Abstract

Jessica Johnson first crossed paths with Francis Foster, a powerful business mogul, in a twist of fate. To pay off her family's gambling debts, she became his "canary" for five years. Jessica thought what they had was a secret romance, until Francis announced his engagement to high-society darling Sophia Stewart. Only then did she realize she'd been nothing more than a price-tagged commodity in a cold transaction. Shattered, Jessica slipped away from the capital and rebuilt her life in a quiet southern town. Two years later, she has grown into a confident, independent professional and even met the gentle, refined Vincent Wells. But a job transfer pulls her back to the capital, where an inevitable reunion with Francis awaits. During those two years, Francis broke off his arranged engagement and paid a heavy price in the corporate battlefield, all to find her again. Now, he approaches Jessica with patience and caution, pursuing her with a tenderness he never showed before. But she is no longer the girl who once looked up at him with blind devotion.