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It was a chance to be free from all the horrors of my past. Without this, I’d be back to where I started, with nothing. All alone and penniless.
    The life of a high-class escort wasn’t all glitz and glamor. There’ve been times over the years I’ve struggled with what I’m expected to do, with the person I’ve become. Like really struggled. My first night on the job was the worst. The absolute worst . I remember thinking to myself I’d rather die than go through that again. What little respect I still had for M was now gone. It was replaced with hate. With contempt. How could she do this to me?
    My contract stated fifty percent of all my earnings were to go to M. Payment for all the money she’d outlaid getting me ready for this role. She was my carer, my guardian. There shouldn’t have been any need for repayment.
    I felt trapped. I had no money and nowhere else to go. Sure I had a good education and would eventually find employment, but for the interim at least, I’d be forced to live on the streets. She manipulated me into thinking I owed her, and that what she was doing was for the best. Although my common sense knew this wasn’t the case, the vulnerable part of me believed her.
    That first sexual encounter will haunt me forever. For-fucking-ever. Over the years though, I learnt to deal with my current situation. I hated it, but in the grand scheme of things, it was a walk in the park compared to some of the things I’d endured growing up.
    I only have two more years of my sentence to serve, and then I’ll be free. I’ve survived a lot worse in my short life, so I knew I’d get through the remainder of my contract easy enough. I’d finally accepted this is my destiny, my fate. This is who I was meant to be. For the interim anyway. Or so I thought.
    I had no idea in the coming weeks I’d be faced with a situation where I’d break all the rules. M would’ve been spitting kittens if she was to ever find out I’d betrayed her trust. Tough shit I say, she betrayed me in the worst possible way. She should’ve been the one person who looked out for my welfare, not the one to throw me to the lions.
    It clearly states in my contract I’m not allowed to have any contact with a man outside of my work. That meant no boyfriends and definitely no casual sex. Because of what I’ve been forced into doing, I kind of hated men anyway. I had no qualms about that clause. None whatsoever. Well I didn’t until I met Brock Weston. After my encounter with Mr Weston, my life would never be the same.
    One night of passion with a sinfully hot, charming and charismatic stranger would change everything.
    Would change me …

Keep reading for a sneak peek of Bastard …
    If you enjoyed Luckiest Bastard then read on to see how it all began for Carter and Indi . . .
    Bastard
    by J. L. Perry
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Bastard
    My name is Carter Reynolds. I was born a bastard and I’ll die a bastard. I learnt it at a young age, and nothing and nobody can change that. I’m on a one-way path of destruction, and God help anyone who gets in my way. I hate my life. Actually, I hate pretty much everything.
    That’s until I meet the kid next door. Indi-freakin’-ana. My dislike for her is instant. From the moment I lay eyes on her, she ignites something within me. She makes me feel things I thought I was incapable of feeling. I don’t like it, not one bit. When she looks at me with her big, beautiful, haunting green eyes, it’s like she can see into the depths of my soul. It freaks me the hell out. She’s like sunshine and rainbows in my world of gloom and doom. I hate sunshine and rainbows.
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    I’m Indiana Montgomery. My friends call me Indi. Despite losing my mum at the age of six, I have a wonderful life and great friends. My dad more than makes up for the fact that I only have one parent. I’m his little girl, the centre of his world. I adore him.
    When Carter Reynolds moves in next door, my life takes a turn for the