A Virgin's sinful yearnings
"How did you do it Odette?" he asked again.
Her lips parted as her heart pounded against her breast.
What—" she gasped, her voice trembling. “What—?” He moved closer until there wasn't room between them. The warmth of his body pressed against hers, the scent of him—fogged in her mind.
Then his mouth came down, his lips beside her ear, his breath on her skin searing.
"Just how did you end my brother's life, Odette?”he breathed.
Eighteen-year-old Odette Davenport was married to Salvatore Moretti, heir to a powerful empire. Five years later, Salvatore is murdered, and as his widow, Odette is the last person to see him alive.
Nico Moretti, Salvatore's brother, returns home determined to uncover the truth. But as his investigation unfolds, Odette wrestles with guilt and a forbidden desire ignited by his presence. Every glance hides a secret, and every kiss could be their last.
This is a dark, suspenseful tale of love, loyalty, and deception delves deep into the Moretti family's dark underbelly.
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Chapter: Chapter 4 "You appear to be Odette Davenport" Nico replied his hands still fixed on hers. "Now answer me. How excertly did you end my brother's life." He growled. She shook her head, her lips trembling. "I— I—did—not do it." She breathed. Nico turned away from her, pacing, his fingers clenching and unclenching at his sides He stared blindly at the wall, then ran a hand over his hair. The words did not soothe him, more so. They fueled him. She looked… afraid. And that only cinched more suspicion around his ribcage. He had recited Giancarlo's words a dozen times at least by now, and yet they still sounded very much unreal. "Scratches Nico. On his torso. Deep. Defensive. And a stab wound— on the lower abdomen." "The bullets came after." "Your brother wasn't just shot. The shots came afterwards. Salvatore was stabbed first—possibly even killed that way." "There had been signs of intimacy too. I noticed when I was doing the preliminary exam on Salvatore's body. moments befo
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-06-13
Chapter: Chapter 3ThreePenelope removed Odette's coat and began to undress her.Odette stood frozen, her loose arms at her sides. Her knees weak.For some very unusual reasons, her heart had not stopped racing.Not since Mr Moretti's corridor encounter.Not since Nico's arm went around her waist holding her in place against his chest. He'd touched her hardly at all. Only one hand. Only a few inches of closeness.And yet…Her body was still flamming from his touch, her thighs still squeezing tight in instinct.It was not something she'd ever felt before.The quick loop within her belly.That throbbed thoroughly somewhere below her hips, that had her shifting slightly on her feet now just to find some relief from this strange heat."Ma'am?" Penelope's soft voice broke the silence. "Are you all right?"Odette nodded too quickly. "Yes. I'm— I'm—fine." She says her breath caught repeatedly.Penelope unfastened the back of her dress, as Odette remains perfectly still staring at the floor, discreditably rep
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-06-07
Chapter: Chapter 2 "I’ve arranged your marriage to the Santoro girl, Nico."The hypocrisy of it made him ill.Nico stared at his father, who sat behind the massive oak desk, looking so laid-back like his son had not taken three gunshots to the head inside their own home, by lord knows who, which is simply an inconvenience."And Salvatore?" Nico asked, trying to keep his voice level. "Do we just pretend that someone killed him in this house?"Mr. Moretti helped himself to a drink, unmoved. "What does it matter now?"Nico laughed, harshly.That was all?Not who did this?Not find them.Just another dead Moretti to sweep under the rug.He shouldn't have been surprised. Feelings was something his father had long equated with weakness. He had ruled the family for years with steeliness and utterly without emotions.Despite that, it infuriated him, that His father had only summoned him home to be bartered off to some Mirella Santoro, a stranger he did not know and had no intention of marrying. And his older b
Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-06-06
Chapter: Chapter 1The rain had stopped.Odette Davenport stood at the mouth of the Moretti estate's private cemetery, her black coat hugging her body tightly, the wind seeping under the hem of her dress and running over her skin. Her boots sank little into the wet earth as she watched her husband's coffin being lowered into the earth.Salvatore Moretti was gone.Three nights ago, she had found him facedown in the living room.Blood beneath his head.Three bullets in the skull.Her fingers trembled from cold, as she tucked her hands into her coat pockets, willing her breath to steady.You should be consumed by sorrow for his passing.That’s what she told herself countless times.But instead, a voice in the back of her mind says something entirely different—something she dared not say aloud.You’re free now, Odette.She flinched at the thought.Salvatore Moretti had been the ideal son, in the family's eyes—courteous, calm, a gentleman. But at home, he had been ruthless. When he hit her, it was out of now
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