Belonging to You
“Someone will hear,” I whispered, the words breaking into a tremor.
His family and the entire Castillo group were gathered just down the hall.
Smack.
My gasp tangled in my throat.
“No, they won’t.” His palm landed again, sharp and claiming. Smack. “Do you want to know why?”
All I could manage was a desperate, breathless sound.
“Because you’ll stay quiet.” His voice dropped, low and dangerous. “Won’t you, Abigail?”
He rubbed the spot where he’d struck, the heat of his touch spreading like fire under my skin. Pins and needles rushed through me, making my breath hitch. I bit down hard on my lip, fighting the sound clawing its way up my throat.
“Good girl.” His praise slid over me like sin, a command and a reward all at once.
*****
Abigail swore off love the night she caught her boyfriend tangled up with the neighbor’s daughter. Relationships were nothing but heartbreak—until he came along.
One touch from her new employer’s grandson, Christian Castillo, awakens a hunger she thought she’d buried forever. She knows it’s forbidden. She knows it can’t last. But desire has a way of burning through reason, and with Christian, surrender feels inevitable.
Then her world shatters. Her employer is murdered, and the blame lands squarely on her shoulders. With prison looming and her only lifeline being a man who refuses to forgive her, Abigail is trapped between ruin and a marriage she never chose.
But she won’t go down quietly. Someone is pulling the strings, and she’s determined to expose the truth—even if it costs her freedom, her heart, and the man she can’t stop craving.
A story of love, betrayal, and the courage to fight for forgiveness—and for the truth.
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Chapter: 006Abigail’s POVIf there was a record for the fastest way to lose all professional composure, I had just shattered it.Because standing in the grand foyer of the Castillo estate—surrounded by expensive art, amused stares, and an uncomfortably curious family—was him.Chocolate eyes.Only now I knew his name.Christian Castillo.The man I had kissed like I’d known him forever. The man whose name I hadn’t even asked before running away like a coward. The man who now stood in front of me looking like sin in a suit—sharp jaw, dark gaze, a calm that felt anything but.And fate, the twisted little thing, had decided to make him my employer’s grandson.He was staring right at me. No, through me—that same searching look from the bar, except this time, there was something harder beneath it. Recognition. Confusion. And maybe a hint of satisfaction that I didn’t want to think about too much.I straightened instinctively, gripping the clipboard in my hand so tightly my knuckles ached.“Miss Davenpor
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Chapter: 005Christian’s POVThe Castillo estate looked exactly as I remembered it. Too big, too bright and too full of ghosts.Eden. That was what my grandfather liked to call it, as if giving it a biblical name made it less suffocating. The stone walls still gleamed like money. The manicured lawns stretched endlessly under the morning sun. And the gates—those damn gates—swung open as if they’d been waiting for me to finally stop running.I almost didn’t come back.If it hadn’t been for the phone call—Martha’s voice trembling as she told me Abuelo had been unwell—I would still be in Camden, pretending London was a lifetime ago and not just a plane ride away.But here I was.It had been years, and yet standing here again felt like no time had passed at all. Same house. Same air. Same ghosts.The tires crunched against the gravel as I pulled up to the front steps. I sat for a long moment, hands locked around the steering wheel, staring at the house that had been both home and hell.London had tau
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Chapter: 004Abigail’s POVIf gratitude could be bottled, Trevor deserved a lifetime’s supply.“I still can’t believe you did this,” I said, clutching my coffee mug like it might stop my heart from sprinting. He’d called me out to my favorite café and dropped the best news I’d heard in weeks.“You didn’t just get me a job, Trevor. You got me the job at the Castillo Group no less. You do realize that’s the corporate equivalent of Mount Olympus, right?”Trevor chuckled, leaning against the counter with that smug grin of his. “You make it sound like I handed you the moon. It’s just a job, Abby.”“It’s not just a job.” I pointed a finger at him. “It’s a full-time caregiver position for Alberto Castillo. You know, the patriarch of the entire empire your company practically worships?”He laughed, but I caught the glint of pride in his eyes. “I work in HR, remember? It wasn’t that hard to pull a few strings. They needed someone experienced. You fit perfectly.”I exhaled, warmth blooming in my chest. “I o
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Chapter: 003Abigail’s POV I didn’t remember how we made it through the crowd of swaying bodies or how we stumbled into the car. Everything was a blur—laughter, the thump of bass, the weight of his hand at the small of my back.All I remembered was the room—his hotel room perhaps. Dim lights. His breath. The sound of my heartbeat pulsing in my ears.Our lips met before the door even closed. It wasn’t gentle—it was desperate, like we had just found water in the middle of a desert. The kiss was electric and the only time we broke apart was to tug our clothes away from our bodies.Every brush of his mouth, every drag of his fingers against my skin made the rest of the world dissolve.He tasted like whiskey and recklessness. Like a promise I shouldn’t believe but wanted to anyway.The next thing I knew, I was tossed onto the bed with enough force to make the mattress groan. He hovered above, his gaze dark and intent—as if he was memorizing the shape of me, the way I breathed, the sound I made when he
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Chapter: 002Abigail’s POV For a moment, none of us moved.The only sound was the soft tick of the clock on the wall—the same one Luke had insisted we didn’t need. Funny how loud it felt now, marking every humiliating second I had to stand there and look at them.I let out a short, humorless laugh. “What the actual hell?”Luke flinched. Melanie fumbled to collect her scattered clothes, cheeks flushed with shame. There was fear in her eyes as she scrambled past me—fear that maybe I’d tell her father.She didn’t have to worry. I wasn’t a tattletale. And most importantly, I didn’t care. She was twenty. A full-grown adult.If anything, I was just disappointed that the sweet, innocent-looking Melanie had the nerve to shag my boyfriend in my own house.God. This was embarrassing. I felt like I’d just walked into a Telemundo novela.“Abigail, I can explain—“He reached for me, and I stepped back so fast the air between us snapped.“Don’t.” My voice came out low, steady. Calm enough to scare even me.Bec
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Chapter: 001Abigail’s POVI’ve never liked the sterile scent and stale air of hospitals. But after years as a nurse, I’d grown used to it. The smell had stopped feeling unbearable—mostly.The locker room smelled faintly of antiseptic and stale coffee. With trembling hands, I folded my scrubs, a motion I’d repeated countless times. But this time felt different. Like I was packing away pieces of myself.Who was I kidding? Maybe I was. Tears pricked my eyes, but I blinked them back. I wouldn’t cry here. I couldn’t. I couldn’t risk anyone seeing me become a sobbing mess.“You did what you were told,” everyone kept saying.As if that helped.It didn’t bring comfort. Not when Daniel’s face flashed in my mind—his wide, frightened eyes, his small hand clutching mine, and that moment the light went out of them.The hospital called it “an unfortunate complication.” His family called it “negligence.” But to me, it was my worst mistake.I could’ve fought back. I could’ve told them Dr. Keating was the one wh
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