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Chapter 69

Author: Ruby
last update publish date: 2026-07-21 10:02:24

Sophia POV

The aroma of roasted garlic-, fresh herbs-, and butter filled every corner of our apartment, blending with the soft notes of instrumental jazz playing through the speakers,. I stood in the middle of the dining room, adjusting the cutlery for what had to be the fifth time-, before stepping back to inspect the table one last time,.

Everything looked... perfect,.

The dining table was decorated with white lilies-, simple candles, and elegant dinnerware that Damien insisted we use only fo
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  • Gilded Hearts   Chapter 70

    Damien POV The last of the dishes were stacked in the rack,. The apartment was quiet again-, save for the soft hum of the refrigerator and the distant city lights twinkling beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows,. It was the perfect picture of warm house bliss.Sophia was wiping down the counter, a small-, contented smile on her lips,. She believed it. Every single word of praise from my mother, every hearty laugh from my grandfather, every approving glance from her own mother.She thought this was real. That we were real.And that was exactly how I needed it to be.Lorenzo’s face flashed in my mind,. the way his eyes had landed on the marks on her neck, the flicker of something dangerously close to victory before he’d masked it.He thought he had a chance. He thought he can have Sophia, and I bet if I didnt put on this mask maybe Sophia would also run to him. As he is rich and influential, someone who can support her.Huh, women!!Its easier to make them believe, specially who come fro

  • Gilded Hearts   Chapter 69

    Sophia POVThe aroma of roasted garlic-, fresh herbs-, and butter filled every corner of our apartment, blending with the soft notes of instrumental jazz playing through the speakers,. I stood in the middle of the dining room, adjusting the cutlery for what had to be the fifth time-, before stepping back to inspect the table one last time,.Everything looked... perfect,.The dining table was decorated with white lilies-, simple candles, and elegant dinnerware that Damien insisted we use only for "important occasions,." The kitchen island behind me was already lined with serving platters, while the oven timer ticked softly in the background,.I let out a slow breath,.It still felt like a dream,.Just a month ago, if someone had told me that Damien and I would be standing in our home-, hosting dinner for both our families together-, I would have laughed in their face,.No...I would've assumed they had mistaken me for someone else.Because the Damien Hayes I had married wasn't this man

  • Gilded Hearts   Chapter 68

    Sophia POVThe Lorenzo Romano project was finally beginning to look less like an impossible mountain and more like the finish line we had been chasing for weeks,.For the first time since Lorenzo and his team had arrived in New York-, the conference room wasn't filled with debates over supplier contracts or sustainability regulations. Instead, people were smiling,.Actually smiling,.Claire walked around distributing the revised copies of the agreement while everyone discussed the final changes that needed to be incorporated before the signing ceremony scheduled for next Friday,."We're officially down to the last seven pages.," Lorenzo announced, flipping through the thick contract before placing it on the table,. "If legal approves these revisions tomorrow, we're done,."A quiet round of applause echoed through the room,.I couldn't stop myself from smiling,."We actually made it."Lorenzo leaned back in his chair with an amused grin,. "Correction, Sophia,. You made it,."I laughed-

  • Gilded Hearts   Chpater 67

    Sophia POV He kissed my inner thigh, his tongue tracing upward-, and then his mouth was on me, hot and wet and devastating,,. I cried out, my hand flying to his hair, gripping tight as he licked and sucked with desperate intensity,. "Damian—oh god—" He didn't stop,. He pushed two fingers inside me-, curling them-, finding that spot that made my vision blur,. I was panting, writhing, the conference table cold against my back-, his mouth relentless,. "Please," I sobbed-, not knowing what I was begging for,. He stood abruptly-, his mouth finding mine, his fingers still moving inside me,. I could taste myself on his lips, earthy and intimate-, and it made me dizzy,. "Tell me-," he growled against my mouth,. "Tell me you're mine. Tell me no one else gets this,." "I'm yours-," I gasped-, my hips bucking against his hand,. "Only yours—please—" He withdrew his fingers-, and I whimpered at the loss,. But he was already unbuckling his belt-, shoving his trousers down, freeing himself,. H

  • Gilded Hearts   Chapter 66

    Sophia POVThe alarm pierced my sleep at 6:30 AM,.I groaned, rolling over to find Damian already awake-, propped on one elbow, watching me with those unsettling eyes,. He'd been doing that since Sunday—staring at me like that,."Morning-," he said-, his voice rough,."Morning-," I mumbled, sitting up,. I showered quickly-, standing under the hot spray longer than necessary, trying to wake up,. When I emerged, wrapped in a towel, Damian was already dressed—charcoal suit-, crisp white shir-t, no tie yet,. He looked unfairly good, shaving at the mirror with precise strokes,.I moved to the closet, scanning my limited wardrobe,. Most of my clothes were from my old life—practical, inexpensive, wrong for Hayes Global,. But Damien's mom had insisted on a corporate card-, and I'd used it once to buy three professional dresses,.I pulled out the navy one,. Heart-shaped neckline-, fitted bodice-, flared skirt hitting just above the knee. Professional but feminine,. The neckline showed just en

  • Gilded Hearts   Chapter 65

    Sophia POVI watched him disappear into the bathroom-, the door clicking shut with a finality that made me flinch. The sound of running water started—sharp, angry jets that matched the chaos in my chest,.I sat frozen as a half-eaten pancake turning cold on my plate,. My body ached in places I'd never known could ache, a persistent-, throbbing reminder of everything that had happened,. Everything he'd taken. Everything he'd been the first to touch,.I touched my lower lip where his thumb had brushed, still feeling the phantom pressure. I had no frame of reference for this.I'd never had a boyfriend. Never been on a real date unless you counted the one disastrous coffee outing with a guy from my economics study group sophomore year-, where he'd spent forty minutes explaining Bitcoin and then asked if I wanted to split the check,. I'd been too busy working-, too busy trying to keep my scholarship-, too busy making sure Nick had lunch money to think about romance,.And then-, suddenly-,

  • Gilded Hearts   Chapter 33

    Damian POVI was checking my phone when the elevator doors opened,.I looked up out of habit—nothing more—and forgot how to breathe,.Sophia stepped into the lobby like she belonged there,. Not because of the hotel, or Paris, or the fact that my last name followed hers now—but because she looked se

  • Gilded Hearts   Chapter 2

    Damian Hayes POVI have many names.The golden boy, the Hayes heir, the spoiled brat who never learned what responsibility truly is.Damien Hayes, the playboy.Damien Hayes, the spoiled brat. Different people, different opinions.It all depends on who you ask, I guess.But I prefer to be unbothere

  • Gilded Hearts   Chapter1

    Sophia Rivera POVTingggg!!!!!!!!Ugghhh!!!!!I quickly turned my alarm offAs softly as it could but still enough to wake me from a dream in a split second.I have settled into the routine.The city was half asleep, but I heard delivery trucks buzzed somewhere around, I smelled the bagel store near

  • Gilded Hearts   Gilded Hearts

    -----------Glimpse-----------The stillness of the penthouse felt just like some gilded cage pushing me down.I still could hear my mother’s rasping breaths in my head alongside seeing a hopeful smile on my brother’s face when I told him about t

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