Urban Dad vs. Gold-Digging Boyfriend

33 ch11m

billionairedad daddyissues dramaandchaos familysecrets

Legend Turner built his empire from nothing. By forty-five, he’s one of Harbor City’s most feared and admired private tycoons—owner of a billion-dollar tech conglomerate, quiet philanthropist, doting father. His only soft spot? His only daughter, Aurora Turner. Aurora has been raised like a princess: penthouse apartments in three countries, trust funds in her name, a closet full of designer labels she barely cares about. She gets good grades, keeps her head down, and has never given Legend a real reason to worry. Until she goes off to college. Until her monthly allowance jumps from a few hundred to tens of thousands. Until she comes home one weekend, cheeks pink and eyes shining, and says: “Dad, I’m getting married.” Legend’s pen stills. Because he’s already had his assistant pull Aurora’s bank statements. He’s already seen the endless transfers to some guy’s phone, the “baby don’t be mad” notes attached to every 520 and 1314, the luxury dinners for two, the thousand-dollar sneakers that aren’t her size. He’s already run the name: Liam Ortega. Rural background, mediocre junior college, serial dater of rich girls, permanently “studying for exams” and “preparing to level up,” with a trail of exes and whispered horror stories behind him. The classic “phoenix man” in a modern American city: poor boy with a chip on his shoulder who sees a rich girl as his personal elevator to the sky. Legend could order a background hit and make Liam disappear from Harbor City overnight. But Aurora is twenty, stubborn, and in love for the first time. If Legend pushes too hard, he knows exactly who she’ll hate. So he smiles, invites the boyfriend to dinner, and quietly begins a one-man war. He will: - Expose Liam’s fake degree and made-up future plans at the most humiliating moment - Lure him into taking “future son-in-law benefits” that will wreck him in court - Turn his own money into a trap that Liam can’t resist—and can’t escape Legend has spent decades outplaying sharks in boardrooms. This time, the battlefield is his daughter’s heart. …welcome to Harbor City. Legend Turner is done being polite.

CHAPTER 1

Princess Walks Into a Trap

I was reviewing quarterly reports in my home office when my daughter walked in and dropped a grenade on my day. “Dad,” she said, cheeks pink, eyes bright. “I’m getting married.” The pen in my hand stopped. I looked up slowly. Aurora Turner—my heart, my only child—stood there like she had just announced she won a school award, not detonated a nuclear bomb. She had no idea the man she loved was a walking red flag with limbs. “Aurora,” I said calmly, “you just turned twenty.” “I know,” she said, stepping farther in, oversized hoodie hanging off her small shoulders. “But Liam… he wants to take care of me forever. He’s serious.” Liam. I already knew the name. I already knew too much. Six months earlier, Aurora’s monthly expenses jumped from normal college girl to minor celebrity. Credit card bills grew longer. Transfers to some guy’s account showed up—always with the cutesy romantic amounts: $520, $1314, each with humiliating notes like: “Baby don’t be mad.” “Please text me back.” “I’m sorry.” My daughter had been paying for gifts that weren’t even her size, wine she didn’t drink, shoes she would never wear. And all of it for a man she thought was hers. “I’d like to meet him,” I said finally. Her smile brightened. “Really?” “Yes. Set up dinner. Anywhere you want.” As she ran off to call him, her voice turned small in the hallway—apologetic, submissive. PUA leaves

3 Chapters

CH 1

Blurb

Urban Dad vs. Gold-Digging Boyfriend

Princess Walks Into a Trap

Table of Contents

Princess Walks Into a Trap

Numbers Don’t Lie

A Roommate With Loose Lips

Urban Dad vs. Gold-Digging Boyfriend

Blurb

Princess Walks Into a Trap