Chapter: Chapter 24Madelaine I paused the TV and grabbed my phone to check what time it was again for the one-billionth time.9:30 pm.They should be on their way here. But that’s not the problem. The problem is Ben. He left at 4:30 pm and he hasn’t come back for five hours! Where is he? What is he doing? Leaving me here all alone for that long.I don’t want to admit it, but I am jealous. He said he was going to see Sarah. It’s been five hours, and unless he like, died or something, there’s no possible explanation for staying with Sarah for five hours except that they are fucking. And I don’t blame him—she’s hot!But I’m mad.I’m really mad.Maybe if I didn’t push him away, he wouldn’t be doing whatever he is doing with Sarah right now. The reception sucks, I can’t even call him. What am I supposed to say when our guests arrive? Plus, he told me not to let anyone in.I sighed, throwing my head backwards.The thought of Ben being with someone else sucks so damn much and I hate it. I mean, I have known h
Last Updated: 2026-04-18
Chapter: Chapter 23Madelaine Ben and I have been good. Normal. Back to the way it used to be except without the kissing or all of that or sleeping together too. However, I had a really bad episode last night and Ben had to pry open my door and hold me to sleep for the rest of the night.I felt safe again.My sore throat was long gone and I have stayed away from the topic of the sex room and the drawings. Just normal routine; waking up—now I went on morning runs with Ben—and then we got back and fed the animals and then checked on our garden. The fruits and veggies we planted were growing big and well. I never thought I’d be interested in gardening ever, but Ben and I resorted to whatever made the time pass. Like right now, we were gardening.“Oh my god, Benny look. It’s a huge weirdly shaped watermelon,” I gasped, digging it out of the dirt with my bare hands.Yeah, I started calling him Benny because "Doctor" now felt too horny. He hated it, but he was getting used to it. I harvested the watermelon an
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Chapter: Chapter 22Madelaine Yeah, I’m sure he said that before but I still got strangled. I tightened my fingers around the knife, feeling that overwhelmness again. I dropped my head, my other hand crawling up to feel my throat. My lungs felt tighter, my eyes blurry. “Maddy it’s a panic attack, breathe… nothing is coming to get you, you are not scared just breathe… Maddy, 1, 2 breathe…” My sponsor’s and my mom’s voices overlapped each other in my head. I shut my eyes tight and shook my head. Breathe. I slowly let go of the knife and turned back into the pantry to get the ingredients I needed and then came back to the kitchen. Ben was closer now, but it didn’t scare me. “Please we need to talk, Madelaine,” I shook my head and shooed him away with my hand because my throat hurt too much to talk and I didn't want to talk to him anyway. “Maddy, please. I swear on my life I’m sorry about yesterday. It was an accident,” he said. His hands shook nervously as he tried to reach for me but I move
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Chapter: Chapter 21Madelaine I shut the door of my room and leaned back against it. I didn't know what scared me more—that I was this close to dying, that I was all alone with someone who could hurt me this bad, or that Ben could do this. My body was trembling, but this time not from pleasure; it was from fear and the rush of air into my lungs. My heart was pounding fast and hard against my ribcage, it felt like I was swallowing in on myself.“You are not scared, Madelaine. Nothing is coming to hurt you. It’s all in your head.”I remembered my sponsor's words and just tried to take deep breaths, blinking back my tears. A bang hit the door behind me and my heart skipped a beat.“Madelaine,” Ben’s voice called. “I’m sorry,” he said, fidgeting with the doorknob and trying to push the door open. I pushed to my knees and pushed the door back, and as soon as it closed, I clicked the lock.“Please, open the door. I’m sorry. Please.” I said nothing. I couldn't speak, my throat hurt too much.“Madelaine, OPEN T
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Chapter: Chapter 20Madelaine “Are you falling asleep?” Ben stopped reading and asked.“Hmn hmn,” I shook my head even though my eyelids were heavy and I was curled up around him.Today was the most productive—well, maybe productive was the wrong word but we did a lot of new things like play basketball, pool and we learned a new video game together. That’s what being stuck in a cabin can lead to. After we had dinner we took our shower and then returned to the outside bed shed to continue reading my book, but I was falling asleep.“Can’t we fall asleep here? What would happen? Would a bear come and eat us?” I said, moving my head.Ben turned on his side and brushed my hair out of my sleepy face.“No bears, but the amount of bugs that would be there is insane. You’d wake up with red spots over your pretty skin."His thumb stroked my cheek softly.“Kiss me,” I whispered, my eyes glued to his lips.“I’d like nothing more,” he lowered his lips to mine and kissed me.I had been kissed before, but every time w
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Chapter: Chapter 19Madelaine We had formed a little daily routine that made things easier and also helped pass time a lot. Ben was usually up before me most of the time and he went for a little run while I brushed my teeth and then went to make breakfast. Ben was back by then and we had breakfast together, then we went to feed the horse her supplements and breakfast, clean her barn, and change her water.Next we fed Winter some cooked beef, and she really liked ice cream too. We didn’t know if it was good for her but we gave it to her anyway. After that we moved on to our little garden Ben started out of boredom; we cleaned, took the weeds out, checked on the plants and watered them.It was past noon by the time all of this was done and then we went for a shower. Most of the time, we showered together and that’s when I started to notice very old scars on Ben’s back, but he seemed to be hiding them which meant that he didn’t want to talk about it and I respected that.Today after showering, the receptio
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Don't Touch The Bride
Miles was livid. His father had to be joking, right? Marrying a nineteen-year-old girl? Who does that? He was twenty when she was born, for God’s sake. The very idea disgusted him. Not because of what anyone would say—Miles didn’t care about public opinion. Reclusive, cold, rude, and emotionally unavailable, he had no interest in the world’s judgment. But this? This felt wrong. He wasn’t a predator, and he sure as hell wasn’t about to marry someone two decades younger than him.
But his father wouldn’t back down, and losing the company wasn’t an option.
So, he reluctantly agreed. He would marry the shy, damaged girl who had survived the worst at the hands of her step-family. He made himself a promise: he wouldn’t touch her. He would protect her, not become another perverted man she’d have to fear.
What he didn’t expect was how hard that promise would be to keep. She was undeniably beautiful—soft curves in all the right places, her presence igniting desires he thought he could suppress. Suddenly, Miles found himself fighting not just his morals, but his erection.
But she was his wife. He could touch her, right? Or at least look?
She was going to be his undoing.
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Chapter: Chapter 120: Epilogue Miles Today is the happiest day of my life—watching Cheryl and the kids run toward me. She was in her wedding dress. She chose me. She chose us. And I know it was last minute, but I wanted it too. After last night, I had taken the kids out one last time before leaving because I might not be returning anytime soon and they had school. This morning, my flight had been prepared but got delayed for two hours. Just as I was about to climb in, I heard Minnie yell, “Daddy!” I turned around to see Miles and her giggling, sprinting toward me, and Cheryl as well, getting out of the taxi and running toward me in her pretty dress. My heartbeat slowed. Now I can die a happy man knowing Cheryl will be my wife until the day I die. The kids reached me first and I lifted them both into my arms. “We’re going home, buddies—and looks like we get to be together forever,” I said. Minnie was excited, but Miles only asked to see the pilot—he was more interested in my airplane than in m
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Chapter: Chapter 119Cheryl In a few days, we had to travel back to London, and the kids having to leave Miles was a lot harder than I thought. They’ve only known him for like a week. So dramatic—Minnie didn’t stop crying until she fell asleep. Miles was just impressed that his dad owns an airplane.His friends’ ears at school are going to bleed because he’ll never stop talking about it.I was also in my feelings, feelings that made my chest hurt physically. I was scared of the reason because I knew it—but hated to admit it.I don’t want to leave him. I don’t know what I want, but I feel really bad, like I’m making a bad decision… like I’m ruining my life.I touched my cheek where he had pecked me earlier.Oh God.This is bad.For me. For Tristan.I don’t want to marry him and spend the rest of my life wanting the father of my kids—because he is always going to be a part of my life. Five months later“Pass me the knife, please,” I said to Tristan, who immediately grabbed the knife and p
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Chapter: Chapter 118Cheryl “Woah! You were like Superman yesterday, flying to catch Minnie!” Miles Jr yelled, dramatically reenacting the terrifying scene from last night.Senior Miles laughed heartily, stretching his leg out so little Miles could leap onto it in his silly attempt to recreate the moment. I would never be able to thank Miles enough for what he did last night. And yes, I know she’s his kid too—but still, that act was beyond selfless.I can’t imagine the fear he must have felt in that moment, already haunted by the loss of a child.I’m also just so relieved that Miles loves him—and thinks he’s cool.That’s a great start.I was worried for nothing.I don’t think they fully understand that he’s their dad yet. But we’ll get there.“Miles, get up and stop rolling on the floor,” I scolded, and he quickly scrambled off, grabbing Miles’s hand instead.“Your wristwatch is really cool! Does it work? There are bears in it—wait, is that a polar bear?” Kids and their endless questions.Laura, Minnie,
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Chapter: Chapter 117Miles“This is exactly what I didn’t want to happen,” I said, pacing like a madman. “I’ve just spent the past five years completely oblivious to the fact that I had children—real, flesh and blood children. And the whole reason I didn’t want to have kids in the first place was because of lives like mine. I was scared I couldn’t promise I’d always be there. I was scared I’d mess them up. I didn’t want to bring children into this world only to ask them to suffer because I couldn’t come through for them.”I dragged a hand down my face.“And now? Now I’ve had kids for five years. Five damn years I’ve been absent from their lives. Tell me, what do you want me to do now? How do I fix this? How do I just walk into their lives and pretend like I belong there?”My voice cracked.“Cheryl should’ve told me. She should have told me she was pregnant. I would never have asked her to get an abortion—never. But I had no idea. No idea she was pregnant. That divorce? It was an impulsive decision. I was
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Chapter: Chapter 116Cheryl The next morning was chaos. I barely had time to think about the encounter with Anna. I had to bathe the kids, get them dressed, get myself ready, and most of all—prepare emotionally. I was about to see people I had hurt deeply. People who might never forgive me.Anna was right.It hadn’t been five months.It had been five years.Five years of pain.Five years of worry.I tied my hair up in a ponytail and stepped back from the mirror, checking my short black dress, skin-toned socks, shoes, and my jacket. I spritzed on cologne and rushed downstairs.We were already running late.Minnie wore a matching black dress—just styled a little differently. Miles was in his little black shirt and pants.“Mummy, how did Grandpa Reed die?” Minnie asked as I wrapped my arm around hers in the car.“He was old, sweetheart. Old people die eventually,” I answered as gently as I could.Minnie turned to me for confirmation. I nodded. She didn’t look pleased by the reality.“Mummy, you’re squeezing
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Chapter: Chapter 115Cheryl I watched as Miles handed Minnie his chocolate bar—he had accidentally knocked hers out of her hands and they both knew better than to pick food up off the floor.It warmed my heart, honestly.“That’s exactly what Miles would have done,” Minnie sighed, leaning against my shoulder.She misses her brother, but they’re both so stubborn.“If you see Miles, please talk to him,” I began gently. “He loves you. He wasn’t trying to make your dad’s funeral about himself. You and your dad probably never even had a proper fight in your whole life, but it wasn’t the same for him. They never saw eye to eye—it was either yelling or silence. I think he hated that, and maybe he only really realized it after he died. He wasn’t trying to make it about himself, he was just… hurt. And they had just spoken the day before. I don’t know what they said, but it seemed like they were finally trying to get along.”I know Miles is an asshole, but he loves his sister. Maybe—just maybe—what happened between
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