Chapter: Chapter 31❤️Sophie❤️“Yes, please. Give me exactly what I need husband.” Adrian smashes his lips down on mine and kisses hard. So hard I become breathless. So hard I cling instinctively to him. I kiss him back with the same intensity. Same hunger. Exactly what I need. My pussy throbs. Cold air kisses my naked skin. Making me whimper against him. Adrian chuckles, a sound that rips through the room and surprises the hell out of me. He just chuckled. My naked skin rubs against his clothed one, the material of his suit brushes against my hardened nipples. A moan tears from my lips again. He notices immediately, His strong palm comes down on one breast. And he squeezes. “Oh my God.” I moan breathlessly. Like a shameless slut. His shameless slut. I'm not even supposed to be feeling like this. I know nothing about this man. But his touch…. Oh my goodness. It’s driving me insane. I want more. Whatever he has to give, I will take it all. Adrian's lips come down on my neck, and he sucks, then he
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Chapter: Chapter 30❤️Sophie❤️Immediately the words slip out, I wish I could take them back. Why the fuck did I say that? Heat floods my cheeks so hard they burn. My fingers fiddle with the hem of my dress. Adrian watches me with an unreadable expression, his arms remain folded and that arrogant look on his face doesn't waver. My gaze drops to the floor before I know it. “ I...i.. I didn't mean it that way. What I meant is, in movies, couples are supposed to have sex on the wedding night, “ I bite my lip down hard. “Right?”God, I'm acting like an idiot. Ever since the kiss at the church, I can barely think straight, at first I thought it was pregnancy hormones. But now, I'm certain it is my pussy wanting to get fucked. Adrian finally leaves the door, his muscles bulge under his white shirt as he walks toward me with long confident strides. My back hits the wall, and my pulse begins slamming against my ribcage so hard I can hear it with my ears. “What… what are you doing?” The words come out lowe
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-07-26
Chapter: Chapter 29☠️Adrian☠️ What the fuck was that? The question repeats itself the moment we step out of the church. I kissed her. I fucking kissed her. Not because the guests expected it. Not because the priest told me to. But because for one reckless second, I forgot why I was standing at the altar. I don't make mistakes like that. Never. She’s nothing to me. Felix Harrison’s daughter for that matter. I pull open the rear door of the Rolls-Royce, and she enters with a smile on her face. Thanking another guest before finally settling in the car. I slide in myself and shut the door. Outside, the convoy begins to move. black SUVs surround us as we leave the church behind. I keep my eyes on the passing city. Refusing to look at her. She’s no longer Harrison. She’s Blackwood. My wife. A woman standing between me and Felix Harrison. The key to destroying everything that man spent eighteen years stealing. So why does that kiss feel nothing like strategy? My jaw tightens. The answer
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-07-25
Chapter: Chapter 28❤️Sophie❤️ By the time the vows are over, I can barely think straight; my eyes keep drifting to Adrian’s face. The steady way he carries himself. His long fingers, his intense gaze lingering on my skin. Butterflies erupt in my belly for what has to be the hundredth time today. I keep clenching my thighs all through it. Even a slight brush of fingers sends electricity jolting down my spine. What the hell is wrong with me? Why am I so aware of him? I blame the dress. No...the church. Maybe the music. Definitely not him. He can't be doing this to me. Absolutely not the man standing beside me like he’s not responsible for ninety percent of my current emotional chaos. The priest smiles warmly, “You may exchange the rings.” A tiny velvet box is placed into Adrian’s hand. He opens it without hesitation. The diamond catches the light, scattering tiny stars across the church. It’s beautiful. Probably costs more than my entire college education. I stare at it for exactly two s
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-07-25
Chapter: Chapter 27☠️Adrian☠️ The churches have ways of making people believe promises last forever. I know better. The stained glass windows cast ribbons of colored light across the marble floor. White roses line both sides of the aisle, their scent mixing with candle wax and polished wood. Everything is spotless. Exactly as expected. I adjust the cuff of my jacket and glance at my watch. Ten minutes. Almost all the guests have arrived. Business partners, socialites, politicians. People who have spent their entire lives pretending to like each other. None of them interest me. My focus drifts across the church until it settles on the second row. Felix Harrison. He stands beside his wife, greeting guests with the same warm smile that fooled my father eighteen years ago. If I didn't know the truth, I might have believed it too. My jaw tightens. How many times had that smile hidden another betrayal? How many lives has it ruined? How many more would it ruin before I stopped him? “Boss.” Damien’s v
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-07-24
Chapter: Chapter 26❤️Sophie❤️ The first thing I hear is laughter—soft, excited, familiar. For a moment, I bury my face deeper into the pillow, refusing to open my eyes. Whatever is happening outside my bedroom can wait another five minutes. Someone knocks, then the door bursts open. “Sophie!” My mother’s voice rings through the room. “You are still sleeping?” I groan into the pillow, “I was.” She laughs, walking over to the bed and pulling the curtains apart. Sunlight floods into the room. I hiss dramatically, “You are evil.” “It's your wedding day.” “Exactly, I should be allowed to sleep through it.” Mom folds her arms. “I carried you for nine months just for you to tell me you’re sleeping through your own wedding.” I peek at her over the pillow. “I appreciate your sacrifice.” She tosses one of my cushions at me, and I catch it with a laugh. “Get up.” I sigh loudly, “Can I panic first?” “You can panic after breakfast.” “ I don't think that’s how panic works.” “It does in this house.”
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Chapter: Chapter 88: You think it matters?TristanThe metal door to the torture room groans open and I step inside. The room smells of damp concrete and old blood. The kind of smell I'm used to. Daniel looks up immediately. He’s sitting on a wooden chair, wrists restrained in front of him, not beaten. Not yet.The moment our eyes meet, fear drains every ounce of color from his face. Good. He should be scared, because there is a certainty that he may not walk out of this room alive. I walk further into the room. Slowly, deliberately. The door clicks shut behind me. And silence settles between us. Heavy. Oppressive. The only sound in the room is the pounding of his breath. Daniel swallows, “ I.… I didn't know she was married.”I don't answer. I keep walking. Until I'm standing directly in front of him. The man my wife left me for. I stand close to him, so close he has to tilt his head back to look at me. My voice rings through the silence in the room, “You have been saying that.”His breathing becomes uneven. “It’s the tr
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-07-29
Chapter: Chapter 87: Break her hope.Tristan The tiny bedroom door slams shut behind me, the sound echoes through the hallway. I don't stop walking. One step. Two. I continue down the corridor without looking back. My jaw aches, I realize too late because I've been grinding my teeth together so hard I might crack them. The guards lower their heads as I pass. No one speaks. No one dares. Good. Because if anyone says a single word, I might kill them. The corridor stretches endlessly before me, every step should make me feel better. It doesn't. My hands still smell like her. My clothes. My body. Every single thing. My knuckles clench beside me. Making sharp pain jolt through my body. I stop and look down, blood. Mine. The cuts across my knuckles have opened again. I don't remember the last time I hit the wall that hard. I don't remember the last time I got so angry that I could have killed her right on that spot. The pain in my hand is nothing. In fact, not enough. Not enough to numb the one spreading through m
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-07-27
Chapter: Chapter 86: Can’t survive this version of him.Roxana My entire body trembles violently. What the hell is going on? Another knock rumbles through the room. My legs dash to the door, before I reach it, the door opens from outside and I come face to face with Tristan. Looking disheveled. Exactly like a devil set to ruin and destroy. I take a step back instinctively, “W…. what’s the problem?”He doesn’t answer, instead, he steps into the room and slams the door shut, locking both of us inside the tiny room. Silence falls until it becomes uncomfortable, the only sound in the room is the thumping of my heart. I try again, “Is there a problem?”He says nothing, only walks further into the room, straight towards me. I take a step back again, then two, I keep taking until my back hits the wall.“You think you can keep running away from me right? You fucking slut.”Something painful crashes into me, my gaze drops to my feet as I try to force back the tears threatening to fall. “I’m sorry.”Tristan stands in front of me, so close our b
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-07-27
Chapter: Chapter 85: I loved you.RoxanaThe gates open silently. The mansion rises from the darkness exactly as I remember it — cold, silent, beautiful. Home.No. Not home anymore.The SUV rolls to a stop beneath the entrance. Nobody comes outside to greet us. No lights flood the front steps. No warm voices. Nothing.The engine dies. For several long seconds, no one moves.Then Tristan opens the door and steps out. I follow because I know better than to hesitate. Panic races through my body within seconds.Neither of us speaks as we climb the marble steps. The guards outside straighten immediately.“Boss.”Tristan doesn’t answer. He walks past them without slowing.The front doors open. The familiar entrance hall stretches before me — chandeliers, the grand staircase, the polished marble floor.Everything looks exactly the same. But I don’t belong in it anymore. I stop walking.Memories hit too fast — laughing with Texas on those stairs, his mother teasing us at breakfast. It feels like someone else’s life.“Move.” H
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-07-25
Chapter: Chapter 84: Not in this lifetime.Roxana I don’t remember leaving the apartment. One moment I'm standing in the middle of the destroyed room. The next, I'm following Tristan. Every step feels unreal. The shattered furniture, the broken bowl of soup Maria had made for me, the tiny pieces of reference letter scattered across the floor. The little life I’ve built in Mexico…. Gone. Just like that. No goodbye, no explanation, nothing. My eyes sting again. I deserve this—every bit of it. I betrayed the man who has ever looked at me like I mattered. The man who showed me he loved me without saying it. Because I was too stupid, too self-centered. The hallway is silent except for the rain hammering against the windows. Daniel. My heart clenches. I twist around instinctively. He’s standing several meters away beside Dmitry. Alive. Thank God. His face is pale. Confused. Terrified. Our eyes meet. “ I'm sorry.” I mouth. He doesn't understand. How could he? All he does is give me the smallest nod as though he’
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-07-23
Chapter: Chapter 83: I loved you.Tristan The room falls into silence. Only the rain remains; it batters against the window, the roof, whatever is left of my sanity. The front door slams shut behind Dmitry; his voice disappears into the hallway. Now, it’s only her, the woman I crossed continents to find. Just us. She stands there trembling, red eyes, tear-stained cheeks— the same face I spent weeks imagining covered in blood. The same woman I nearly burned the world down for. I stare at her. She can't even meet my eyes. “Tristan….” My name. God. She still says my name the same way, as if nothing happened, as if she didn't disappear or that I didn't find another man holding her. “Please….” Her voice shakes so badly it barely sounds like hers. “I'm sorry.” I laugh—a quiet, empty, hopeless laugh. “Sorry?” She nods frantically, “Yes, I'm sorry.” “You are sorry.” Another laugh escapes me, this one broken. “So that’s it?” She takes another careful step toward me. “I can explain.” “No.” “I made a m
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-07-22
Chapter: Chapter 61: Challenge acceptedCaroline I stare at the phone long after the call ends, the apartment is silent, too silent. Not the suffocating silence I've grown used to these past few days, it’s the kind of silence that follows life-changing news. “ Carrie.….” Mia’s voice sounds far away and i blink. “What did he say?” I lower the phone slowly, still trying to convince myself i didn't imagine the conversation. “ I got the job.” For a second, Mia doesn't react, then, “You what?” “ I've been given the job Mia.” She lets out a scream loud enough to shake the apartment before throwing her arms around me. “ I told you!” she practically yells, “ I told you something better would come.” A shaky laugh escapes me. Three days ago, i was sitting on the bathroom floor staring at two pink lines. Today, i have a job. The contrast is so absurd I don't know whether to cry or laugh. Mia pulls back, both hands gripping my shoulders, “What exactly did he say?” “He said…..” i replay the conversation in my head, “He re
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-07-06
Chapter: Chapter 60: So what now?Caroline Silence settles over the apartment, not the comfortable type, the type that presses against my heart until breathing becomes difficult. Mia continues staring at me, as though waiting for me to laugh and admit this is all some terrible joke. Ever since I found out I’m pregnant three days ago, I've not found it in me to explain to them. Shame overwhelms me. Where am I even going to start from? The idea alone sounds crazy. Yet here we are, I have no other choice than to spill it. Mia’s voice comes out carefully, “You said you had a one-night stand with a stranger.” I nod once. “And now, you are pregnant.” I nod again. She lowers herself onto the couch in the living room. “For God's sake Carrie.” “ I know, it’s stupid.” “No, I don't think you do.” She runs her hands over her face, “Start from the beginning.” I sink onto the armchair opposite her, with my hands folded gently on my lap. “It was the night of Grey and Callie’s wedding. I couldn't handle the pain,
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-06-30
Chapter: Chapter 59: Just one call.Neil Three days. Three days have passed, and Caroline Sawyer’s file still sits on my desk. I should have filed it away the moment I decided to reinstate Vanessa. Instead, every morning I move it aside. Every afternoon, I find myself reading it again, even though it makes no sense. I don't dwell on people I don't hire, and I certainly don't think about a candidate after rejecting them — yet here I am, again. I flip open the file. Caroline Sawyer. Twenty-six, formerly married. Strong organizational skills. Event coordination. Public relations. I know every word by now, but still… Something about the name refuses to leave me alone. Sawyer. Why does it sound so familiar? I close the file and lean back in my chair. My office is silent except for the faint hum of the city beyond the glass walls. I run my hand over my jaw. “Where have I heard the name before?” No answer—only that irritating feeling sitting at the back of my mind. I pull the laptop closer. One search, that’s all
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-06-30
Chapter: Chapter 58: Solution to what?Neil By the time I leave the office, my head feels like it’s carrying the weight of the entire company. Twelve hours, three board meetings, two investor calls, and one reinstatement letter I regret signing. I loosen my tie as the elevator descends toward the underground parking garage. Usually, work clears my mind; today, however, it only made everything worse. Caroline Sawyer’s file has remained on my desk all day. I could even find it in me to trash it. I keep getting a nagging feeling, one I don't understand yet. Every time I look at the file, irritation settles somewhere beneath my ribs. Not because of her—because she should have been here tomorrow. Instead, Vanessa will be walking back into the company on Monday. I grip the steering wheel a little tighter, and the engine of my Lamborghini growls to life. The drive home is quiet except for the conflicting thoughts racing through my head. For once, Damon doesn't call. Xander doesn't send his stupid text messages or voice n
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-06-27
Chapter: Chapter 57: One reckless mistake.Caroline My hands won't stop shaking. I lock the bathroom door behind me and stare at the small box in my hand. The instructions suddenly look much more complicated than they should. I force myself to read them twice. Then a third time. My pulse pounds loudly in my ears as I tear the package open. “This is ridiculous,” I whisper. It has to be a lie. Five minutes from now, I will walk out there, tell Mia she’s wrong, and we will laugh about how stress made me paranoid. I follow the instructions carefully, then place the test on the edge of the sink. Three minutes. I refuse to look at it; instead, I pace the tiny bathroom, one step after another, until I can hear my heartbeat booming. My mind drifts back to the divorce, to Grey, to the interviews I didn't get, to every single thing that has gone wrong this year. This can't be one more. The timer on my phone vibrates. Three minutes. My breathing stops for a moment. Slowly, I force myself to look at it. For several seconds, my
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2026-06-26
Chapter: Chapter 56: I can't be.Caroline My heart skips a beat, then a nervous laugh escapes from my throat. This is ridiculous. It can’t be true; I can't be pregnant. I stand in the middle of my living room, hating the way Mia keeps looking at me as if she’s seeing through me. “ Mia, that’s ridiculous,” I say, ignoring the pounding of my heartbeat. She doesn't laugh with me, and the smile slips from my face. “ Mia.” “ You need to remember... like, when exactly did you see your last period?” I swallow hard, scanning my brain for an answer, yet nothing relevant pops up. The last few months have been a disaster: divorce, moving out, looking for jobs, trying to rebuild my life—everything has blurred into one giant mess. “ You don't remember?” I rub my forehead. “ No.” “ Not even roughly?” I rub my forehead again. “ I don't know, maybe last month.” Irritation flashes across Mia’s eyes. “ Maybe?” “ Okay, definitely not last month. Maybe two months.” Her eyes widen, and my stomach drops—something is terribl
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