All Chapters of Off-Limits Puck: Daddy's Best Friend is my Ruin: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

MELANIEWhat the hell was Cassandra doing with my father in a place like this?I stood frozen behind a cluster of flowering bushes, my heart pounding against my ribs as I watched them. They were sitting on a secluded bench in the quiet part of the garden, you know, the kind of spot couples went to for privacy. My father was leaning in close, gently brushing a strand of hair away from Cassandra’s face with a tenderness I had never seen from him before, definitely not with me, or with anyone else.Cassandra tilted her head slightly, smiling up at him in a way that made my stomach turn.They looked… intimate. Too fucking intimate.I felt a sudden knot twisting in my stomach.“Are you about to have a new stepmother?” Reynold whispered from behind me, clearly amused by the whole thing.I couldn’t bring myself to laugh. The situation felt so weird that my throat tightened, and a sick feeling spread through my chest. “That’s Gavin’s fiancée,” I said to him, my voice barely audible, trying

GAVINWe both froze, our chests rising and falling rapidly, staring at each other in stunned silence.How the hell had it gotten to this?When I received her text message earlier, I thought she had made it easy for me to do the job by reaching out. My plan was simple: kiss her a little to lead her on and then get her talking about the Rossis. But the second our lips touched, all hell broke loose. I couldn't stop even if I tried.The doorbell rang again, and Melanie scrambled off my lap, still trying to catch her breath, her eyes wide with panic. “Who is it?”I grabbed her arm gently, snatched her purse from the couch, and pulled her toward my bedroom. “Stay here,” I whispered urgently. “Do not come out. No matter what you hear.”She nodded quickly. I closed the door behind her, straightened my shirt, ran a hand through my messy hair to make it look a bit presentable, and forced my breathing to slow down.Then I opened the front door, and Dalton stood there.Shit!“Hey man, what took

GAVINI stood in the middle of my living room, staring at the closed door Melanie had just slammed behind her. The silence that followed was deafening.How could everything fall apart so quickly?One moment, I was kissing her like she was the only thing that mattered in my fucked-up world, and the next, I was watching her walk out with tears in her eyes and betrayal written in every line of her face.I dropped heavily onto the couch and buried my face in my hands, feeling a sharp headache already forming behind my eyes, picturing the look on her face when she confronted me.Just then, the doorbell rang.My head jerked up, my heart jumping with desperate hope. Could it be her? Had she come back and realized I was only trying to protect her?I sprang up from the couch and rushed to the door, yanking it open in one quick motion, only to find Joe standing there with a stupid grin on his face. My fists clenched tight at my sides, staring daggers at him as I turned away without a single wo

MELANIE“Men are scum!”Eva snapped her head toward me, her eyebrows raised. “Okay… that came out of nowhere. What’s going on?”“Look, E,” I said to her, stirring my coffee aggressively, the spoon clinking loudly against the cup. “Just know that men will stain your white. Every single one of them.”“What the hell are you going on about?” She looked puzzled at me, her forehead wrinkling in confusion. Then she leaned towards me across the small table in the coffee shop, lowering her voice. “What's going on between you and Gavin? I haven't heard his name from your mouth in days.”“He’s—” I started saying, but a sudden shift in the room made the words die in my throat.The door of the coffee shop opened, and I heard murmurs from people around, so I turned towards the door to see two huge, intimidating men in dark suits entering inside. They were built like walls with broad shoulders and cold eyes. They had the kind of presence that made people instinctively lower their voices and cower in

GAVINHiring someone to tail Melanie was the best move I ever made. Otherwise, I’d never have caught up with her in this club.The second I saw her slip into the restroom, I moved, grabbed her from behind, and pulled her into the nearest stall, pinning her against the wall before she could react. Her scent washed over me, instantly making my head spin. When she looked up at me, her eyes were filled with anger and something else that looked like desire. “What the hell is this, Gavin? How dare you ambush me and scare the crap out of me like this? I almost plucked your eyes out!” she hissed, breathing heavily, her chest rising and falling fast against mine.I couldn’t answer her. She always had a way of making me unsettled. I was too distracted by how close she was, her breasts pressing against my chest, her warm breath on my neck, the way her body fit perfectly against mine. My cock was already rock hard, straining painfully against my pants.Then she shoved me hard, making me come bac