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The woman behind the cage
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2026-06-30 12:56:54
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MY FORBIDDEN MATE Two Lines, Finally
Liora POV Three months after the engagement, life has settled into something i never quite let myself imagine during the hardest parts of the past year — a small, private wedding planned for the coming spring, a steady rhythm to my work within the family business, an easy, rebuilt closeness with Selene that no longer feels fragile or provisional. It’s an ordinary Tuesday morning when i notices she’s a few days late, and her first instinct isn’t hope so much as caution, remembering what the doctors had told me after the earlier procedure.I didn’t tell Darius right away, wanting to be certain before i lets either of us hope for something the doctors had once said was unlikely. I go to see Thorne quietly, the same way i once had months earlier under very different circumstances, though this time there’s no fear driving me into his office, only a careful, guarded curiosity. “I know what they told me before,” i says. “I just need to actually know, one way or another.”Thorne runs
MY FORBIDDEN MATE The Proposal
Loira POV The family dinner that evening is nothing unusual on the surface. Selene, Ravenna, Adrian, and me gathered around the same table we’ve shared dozens of times over the past several months, the easy rhythm between us now familiar rather than fragile. Darius arrives a little later than everyone else, having texted ahead that he had one last thing tofinish at the office, though nobody thinks much of the excuse at the time.Dinner proceeds normally for the most part.. conversation about a new property iand Adrian are considering for acquisition, Selene’s tentative plans to return to a modifiedrole within the company, small ordinary details that would have seemed impossible a year earlier for this particular group of people to discuss so easily together. Ravenna, more relaxed than i had ever seen her, even makes a dry joke at her own expense that makesthe whole table laugh.It’s only after the plates are cleared that Darius grows noticeably quieter, and i catches him gla
MY FORBIDDEN MATE Earning It
Liora POVOver the following months, Darius keeps his word in small, consistent, unglamorous waysrather than through any single grand gesture. a text checking in without expecting a lengthy reply, showing up to family dinners at Selene’s invitation without ever pushing to be seated near me specifically, quietly supporting my growing role in the family business without ever trying to claim credit for my success or steer my decisions. I notice all of it, the way i notice everything now, carefully and without illusions, but i also letMyself notice it without immediately assuming it’s a performance for my benefit.One evening at a family dinner, Selene watches the two of us interact across the table with something like cautious approval on her face, catching my eye afterward in the kitchen while we clear plates together. “He’s different,” Selene admits quietly, almost reluctantly, like she still doesn’t fully trust my own assessment of it. “I know,” i replied simply, drying a pl
MY FORBIDDEN MATE What He Asks For
Liora POV Weeks after the gala, Darius requests a proper conversation with me, not through Thorne this time, not through anyone at all, but directly, a simple text asking if I’d be willing to meet him somewhere neutral, entirely my choice of place and time. I decided to pick a small park near my apartment, deliberately public, deliberately ordinary, nothing like the lake house or the estate or anywhere loaded with old history between them.He arrives before me, sitting on a bench with two coffees, unsure if i even drinks the same thing i used to. When i sit down beside him, i notices the gesture without commenting on it, taking the cup anyway. “I wanted to actually ask you something properly,”Darius says, “instead of just showing up hoping you’d read my intentions correctly the way I used to expect you to.”“Ask, then,” I said watching him carefully. Darius takes a breath before continuing. “I want to ask if there’s any version of a future where you’d consider trying again
MY FORBIDDEN MATE The Gala
Liora POV The Blackwood Industries annual gala arrives months later, a mandatory company event.I can no longer avoid now that I am formally working within the family business under Adrian’s mentorship. I attends with Selene beside me, the two of us arriving together as sisters in a way that would have seemed impossible only months earlier. “You look steadier than I’ve seen you in a year,” Selene tells me in the car. “So do you,” i answer honestly.The ballroom is exactly the kind of overwhelming spectacle i have learned to navigate over the past several months. champagne, careful small talk, executives measuring each other’s every word for hidden meaning. I spots Darius almost immediately across thecrowded room, and for a moment neither of us moves, both caught in the strange gravity of being in the same space again after everything.We didn’t approach each other right away. I busied myself with Adrian, discussing apending deal, while Darius remains largely on the oppos
MY FORBIDDEN MATE Darius and Selene
Daruis POV I requests a meeting with Selene through Thorne rather than contacting her directly himself, respecting the boundary she’d made clear to Liora about not being ready to see me yet on anyone else’s timeline but her own. I tell Thorne plainly what i want. “I’m not asking to see her today, or even this week. I just want her to know, whenever she’s ready, that I’ll come whenever she says, on her terms entirely, not mine, and I’ll wait as long as it takes without pushing.”Thorne relays my message carefully, and it takes nearly two full weeks before Selenefinally responds through him with a single line. “Tell him he can come Thursday. Ten minutes, same as before, not a second longer.” I read the message from Thorne twice over, feeling something settle in my chest that isn’t quite relief yet, more like the first real chance i had in months to actually make something right instead of just talking about wanting to.I arrive at the townhouse Thursday afternoon exactly on time
MY FORBIDDEN MATE Chapter 5
Liora - POV"I have to confess," I could barely manage to whisper. Selene leaned in, curiosity written all over face. "What is it?" As my chest tightened, I inhaled deeply. "You know I am a stripper." Her face remained the same, so I continued. "Last night , I was going to do a private show.
MY FORBIDDEN MATE Chapter 4:The confession
Liora’s POVAs soon as I said, "You." Selene's eyes widened. "You...know him?" Selene continued to dart her eyes from me directly to Darius. A little chuckle left my lips, accompanied by a dismissive gesture, and sputtered, "I thought I was wrong, thinking I saw Mr. Darius Knight in person. T
MY FORBIDDEN MATE Chapter 3:The unlikely reunion
Liora’s POVMy alarm rang before the sun came up, waking me from my hard earned sleep. I lay there for a bit, looking up, thinking if last night was just some weird dream. A butler at my place telling me I was part of the richest families out there? Yeah, right. But those pictures, the birth cert
MY FORBIDDEN MATE Chapter 2:The lost Heiress
Liora’s POVI leaned against my doorframe, arms crossed, staring at the old man like he’d just crawled out of a time machine. “Okay… you know my full name. Great trick. Now, who the hell are you, and why are you waiting in front of my house like some creep?”The man didn’t flinch. His voice was cal
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