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• HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION(An Erotic Billionaire Romance)   CHAPTER 0033

  Meadow’s POV: Alaric didn’t take his eyes off me as he pressed the ‘end call’ button.For a moment, I thought he had overheard the call. But the phone wasn’t on speaker, so there was no way he could hear all the things that Tyler was saying to me.However, the look on his face meant that he’d heard enough of my side to know exactly who I’d been talking to.Alaric’s jaw ticked, fingers flexing at his sides. His gaze dropped to the phone still clenched in his palm.Anger wouldn’t be enough to describe the expression I saw on his face.It was rage—much deeper than anger. I wasn’t sure I’d seen him look like this before.I swallowed, backing up into the desk. Any more of that and I would disappear through the wood.“Alaric…” I breathed.I hadn’t done anything wrong, and Alaric hadn’t made any rule about talking to Tyler, but why did I feel like I’d done something terribly wrong?“Who were you talking to?” His voice was so calm and fucking quiet, it made my skin crawl.He already knew the

• HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION(An Erotic Billionaire Romance)   CHAPTER 0032

  Meadow’s POV:I wondered what kind of relationship Alaric had with his family. I mean, he hadn’t seemed elated to see his brother in his house, and he didn’t hesitate to punch him for reasons I didn’t even understand, so obviously, their relationship wasn’t good.But there was something else Nolan had said that piqued my curiosity.‘Mother is going to fucking love this.’Maybe I was overthinking things, but Nolan’s tone seemed a bit… sarcastic. As in, translation: mother is not going to fucking love this.If Alaric hadn’t told his family that he’d gotten married over the weekend, then they must’ve heard it elsewhere. Alaric was a popular businessman. Albeit, private, but the news had to be out there that Alaric Ashford, billionaire bachelor, had gotten married. And apparently, he’d kept it from his family. Which meant that they didn’t know that our marriage was one of convenience.Which I suspected was the reason he wanted me to sleep in his room.Not that I had a problem with that.

• HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION(An Erotic Billionaire Romance)   CHAPTER 0031

  Alaric’s POV: I didn’t want to get violent. Not in front of Meadow. But my younger brother had a way of pushing me to do things I didn’t want to do. Like breaking his already crooked nose for the third time in two years.I didn’t feel it. I never did—but the way Nolan’s head had snapped to the side before his body had hit the ground, too fucking drunk to even get back up, the way he cursed loudly, curling into himself and cupping his bloody nose, told me everything I needed to know.“Shut up, Nolan,” I muttered. He groaned in response.Out of all the things I already had going on in my life, my brother was the last person I wanted to see. We weren’t close, but every now and then, he’d pop in just to bother me or try to insert himself back into my life by using our mother as an excuse.Though I knew that the only thing driving him was his guilt.“Alaric…” I heard Meadow gasp softly.My shoulders tensed as I turned to face her, looking her straight in the eyes and expecting to see at

• HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION(An Erotic Billionaire Romance)   CHAPTER 0030

  Meadow’s POV:I froze.And so did Alaric.Neither of us dared to breathe.The loud, unmistakable sound of glass breaking still echoed through the house.Someone was in the house. And by the look on Alaric’s face, he wasn’t expecting anyone. Which meant that this was definitely a break-in.I felt Alaric’s fingers twitch slightly on the back of my neck before he let go. His jaw tightened as his eyes shifted toward the open door. And then he moved, like something had snapped inside of him.Or like he just realized he had an intruder.He turned to me when he realized I was following him out the door. “Stay here,” he said, voice low and unreadable.My mouth parted. “Alaric, what if—”He shot me a look. Just one look, and it shut me up.A silent “don’t test me.” And then he turned and walked out. But there was no way I was going to stay back while something bad might happen. I had to call the police or something.But my phone was downstairs. Shit.I walked back toward the bed, remembering

• HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION(An Erotic Billionaire Romance)   CHAPTER 0029

  Meadow’s POV:“I-I was just…” I trailed off, feeling an intense heat creep up my neck and cheeks.Alaric’s eyes dragged over me slowly, and I shifted from one foot to the other. His gaze lingered on the lower part of my body for a second before his eyes came up to meet mine again. And back down.I risked a glance at what I was wearing—a red tank top that rode up a bit so a sliver of my stomach was exposed, and a pair of black shorts. This was my comfort outfit, but right now, Alaric stared at the shorts like they had offended him somehow.“Snooping around in my room?” he finished, walking into the room with a calmness that made my heart still. I didn’t move from my spot in front of the secret door. He tossed something onto his bed, and I turned just in time to see his phone bounce for a second and then stop. “That’s bad manners, Meadow.”“I wasn’t snooping.” My voice came out breathy, like a whisper. “I was just…”I stopped talking before I could expose myself. I wasn’t sure I wanted

• HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION(An Erotic Billionaire Romance)   CHAPTER 0028

  Meadow’s POV: I had no idea how I ended up here.One minute, I was surfing the internet, searching for psychiatric facilities that were in the area or at least in close range—yeah, I know. I told Alaric that I didn’t care about my sister anymore.And the next minute, I was looking at schools. Online college programs.Like I said, no idea how I ended up here.I let out a slow breath, pushing my glasses up and onto my hair.I had no plans of going back to school after I had to leave the last one because of Juniper, but when Alaric had mentioned it to me, truthfully, I felt a little small. It wasn’t just the embarrassment of him knowing, it was the shame that came with remembering why.Because here this man was—handsome, sexy, smart, a fucking billionaire, for fuck’s sake, and he seemed to know it all.And here I was—plain, college dropout with nothing going on for her all because her sister had set out to ruin her life.It never used to bother me. Not with Tyler. As long as I played ho