Chapter: 06. I am in charge.– ARIANA –~"WHAT?!"My best friends' voices penetrate loudly through the speaker of my phone. Katrina called a minute ago to ask how the party went, and Ivy joined seconds later, just in time to hear me admit I'd kissed Calvin Grey.The sound of a chair scraping breaks the quiet, followed by Kat asking someone to complete a report before the sound of heels starts clicking rapidly across marble. She's likely looking for somewhere private to lose her mind."Are you sure it's THE Calvin Grey or some random guy named Calvin Grey?" Ivy finally finds her voice, though amazement strings the words."Which other Calvin grey would have access to a Lockwood private event?" I groan, feeling a headache begin to bloom behind my temples. My eyes turn toward the window as the car slows down at a red light.She laughs. "Holy smokes, girl." "Run that back, Ana," A door slams. It seems Kat has finally found a place she can conveniently express her shock. "What happened exactly?"I sigh and tell them
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Chapter: 5. Alternate modern-day CinderellaARIANA~The problem with impulsive decisions is that eventually the adrenaline wears off and you're forced to live inside them.I'm currently living inside one that has me glued to Calvin Grey's side while his hand rests comfortably against the small of my back.It's been ten minutes since we walked in. And over fifteen since I kissed him.That feels worse now than it did at the time. Then, there had been adrenaline, rage, Nathan's face and a spectacular lack of judgment.Now there's just me.And Calvin Grey.Calvin fucking Grey.The realization keeps hitting me in waves.Every few minutes my brain remembers what I've done and tries to crawl out of my body.I should be pleased. The whole point was to make Nathan miserable and judging by the way he'd reacted earlier and the murderous glare currently drilling into the back of my head, it worked beautifully. However, the problem is that Nathan isn't the only one suffering.I am too.Because there's something deeply humiliating about kis
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Chapter: 04: Wild cardCALVIN~Ambrose hasn’t killed us yet, which feels increasingly impressive considering he’s currently treating Manhattan's traffic like a fun maze.I’m almost certain we’ve run two red lights in the last five minutes alone. At this point, my assistant will be dealing with traffic citations before noon tomorrow.All this trouble because Arthur Lockwood decided to host another cocktail dinner nobody actually wants to attend.I suspect Art knows nobody would willingly attend one of these unless there’s another reason attached to it, which explains why tonight is supposedly in honor of one of Marinette’s social milestones.I stopped trying to keep track about those years ago. Still, Art and I go back far enough that declining the invitation would’ve caused more trouble than attending it.Ambrose takes another aggressive turn that throws us slightly sideways before laughing under his breath.“Relax.” he cackles. “We’ll be there in fifteen.”No shit.My attention stays fixed on my phone, sk
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Chapter: 03: Fake?ARIANA~[ Two weeks later ~ Friday ]~Ivy taps my chin with the heel of a makeup brush."Stop frowning," she mutters, "you're ruining my work." I reluctantly lower my phone while she leans closer, brushing mascara beneath my eye.My apartment smells faintly of setting spray and expensive perfume, both of which feel a little offensive considering my current mental state.It's been two weeks.I unironically took Crawford's advice and spent the last two weeks glued to a couch in one of my father's condos in Soho.I barely accomplished anything, but it was enough to pretend my life hadn't fallen apart. It gave me room to breathe. No Nathan showing up uninvited. No constant pressure pressing in from every direction until I couldn’t think straight.Just silence.I needed that more than I wanted to admit.Now I’m back in Manhattan, getting ready for a cocktail party I forgot about while being reminded that my problems kept piling while I was away.Somehow, the company now runs on my cousi
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Chapter: 02: I'm not so sure.ARIANA~Two days later, Ivy's couch has become a habitat I have no intention of leaving.I'm sitting cross-legged beneath a blanket I've been wrapped in long enough to consider it part of my skin, staring blankly at the television.Some show is playing.I think.People are talking. Things are happening. I have no idea what is.Ivy is saying something too. I know she is because her mouth keeps moving every few seconds from where she's standing in the kitchen.The words don't make it all the way to me.My head throbs. My eyes still feel swollen from crying. My nose is blocked. My face must look like I've gone twelve rounds with a professional boxer and lost every one.This is the longest I've managed to go without crying since I walked out of the company building. It probably helps that Ivy stole my phone yesterday and turned it off.Nathan called seventy-three times before she did.Every time his name lit up my screen, it felt like somebody was reaching into my chest and squeezing.So
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Chapter: 01: Effective immediatelyARIANA~Nathan is on his knees between my cousin's legs.They don't notice me at first.For one impossible second, I wish they did.I wish Nathan looked up immediately. I wish Meredith saw me standing there. I wish they had to watch my world collapse before I was forced to.The office door hangs half open beneath my hand. My pulse pounds so violently that it drowns out everything else, a deafening reminder of the thirty-minute drive that brought me here.This can't be Nathan.My brain rejects the image outright, desperately searching for another explanation because this is the man I've spent four years loving. The man I'm supposed to marry in two months.The man who called me this morning asking if I was free tonight because, after nearly a month of cancelled plans, business trips and barely catching each other between schedules, he finally had time for me.This can't be him.Except... It is.Over thirty minutes ago, I was sitting in my office at Blackwood Publishing worrying about C
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The Billionaire's Dirty Obsession
“Tell me, Scarlett. What do you want?” His voice is a growl — low, filthy — fingers teasing beneath the lace of my panties, just enough to make me squirm.
“Say it. I want to hear you beg for it.” He murmurs the words, lips brushing the shell of my ear.
“We shouldn’t be doing this…” I whisper, breathless, my body already arching into his touch, betraying every word I just said.
Then his fingers slide into my soaked folds, and a sharp moan escapes my lips.
He chuckles. Dark. Wicked. “Then why are you so wet for me?”
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All Scarlett Bennett wants after a messy divorce that nearly destroyed her reputation and forced her out of the career she loved is a fresh start with absolutely no complications.
Even when she wakes up dazed after a reckless, mind-blowing one-night stand, she tells herself it was just sex. A mistake. A moment of weakness that would never happen again.
Until she walks into her new office… and sees him.
The man who had her spread across his bed, begging for more. The man she now works for.
Lucien Whitmore.
Lucien is all sharp edges and sin. He's a Billionaire. Brilliant. Mysterious and every bit as dangerous as he is irresistible.
He is everything she should avoid — powerful, untouchable, and entirely too used to getting what he wants. And what he wants… is her.
She swore it would never happen again.
But when he’s got her bent over his desk, whispering praise in a voice that makes her knees weak, she forgets every reason she ever had to resist him.
She’s not just a part of his empire now. She’s his favorite sin. And if the world finds out?
They’ll both burn for it.
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Chapter: 85. I don’t offer commitment~ Lucien:Scarlett’s expression shifted almost instantly after I said the word marriage. It wasn't dramatic. She was too composed for that.But something in her eyes cooled.The waiter returned with our coffees on a tray and said something about our breakfast coming in ten and then went off to the back.Scarlett reached for her cup like she wanted something to ground her. She then cleared her throat, her gaze darting away for a split second before returning to mine.“What exactly do you want to know about it?”Yeah, what exactly. “You can start wherever you want.”“Why are you even asking me this now?”“Curiosity.” I shrugged one shoulder.Her lips pursed as her eyes flicked toward the anniversary couple beside us.Right.Not exactly subtle.The truth was, outside of knowing Stephen Kane was an asshole and that the marriage had ended badly, I knew almost nothing about that part of her life.Which shouldn't have bothered me.Scarlett was my employee. The rest of whatever existed betwee
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Chapter: 84. Divorced with opinions.Lucien’s breath left him roughly against my neck as he finished, one hand tightening hard against my waist while the other steadied my hip like he didn’t trust either of us not to fall apart completely.Which was fair.Because I already had.A shaky exhale left me as I slumped back against his chest, my head dropping back against his shoulder while both of us tried to catch our breath.For a few seconds, neither of us moved.Morning light spilled through the glass around us now, warm against overheated skin.My legs had given up after the first orgasm against the glass, and apparently, Lucien’s solution to that had been hauling me into his lap on a lounger facing the city afterward and continuing like gravity, dignity and common sense no longer applied to either of us.Now sprawled across his lap — completely naked, exhausted and exposed to the thankfully highrise-free skyline — I was still trying to process the fact that I’d just had sex overlooking New York in broad daylight.It was
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Chapter: 83. Portable BinocularsScarlett:The universe had impeccable timing.Lucien did not seem to appreciate that. The naught in his eyes when he looked ready to continue whatever sinful idea had just cross his mind was now replaced by a hint of irritation as his phone lit up against the marble.His expression shifted as he glanced at the screen.“Marla,” he muttered.Right.He reached for the phone but not before his hand settled against my waist and pulled me forward onto the stool, then his fingers flexed once like he disliked having to step away at all.“Stay right here,” he said distractedly before answering.And then just like that, he shifted. Not completely. I could still feel traces of whatever had been happening between us lingering in the air. But the second the call started, something sharper settled over him. Colder. Focused.Business Lucien.I picked the mug and took a sip of the coffee while pretending I wasn’t staring at him. That failed miserably. Because unfairly attractive included listening to
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Chapter: 82. Talk about timingShe turned to face me fully and my eyes drifted once again.Who looked that good this early in the morning?Scarlett, apparently.Even with her eyes narrowed slightly like she was fighting the beginning of a headache, she still looked unfairly attractive.And speaking of headaches, the hangover had probably caught up to her by now.She cleared her throat, dragging me from my thoughts. Thoughts I was quite certain she had a rough idea about considering how flushed she suddenly looked.“I usually wake up early for work,” she said, tugging at the robe like it did anything to help the length.Then, seemingly realizing it was useless, she straightened instead, injecting defiance into her posture as her gaze dropped briefly to the bottle in her hand.“Was there some sort of party I wasn’t informed about?” she asked, gesturing lightly with it.I glanced at the bottle, the corner of my mouth curving. “You think contracts and whiskey qualify as a party?”“Well,” she lifted it slightly, “the bo
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Chapter: 81. Five-Thirty.~ Lucien:....By the time I signed the last contract Marla had flagged for approval, it was already past three in the morning.The Glenn merger files were still open across one side of the screen beside project reports, acquisition summaries, and updates from legal regarding the ongoing lawsuit against Glenford.I skimmed through the latest update briefly before returning my attention to Glenn’s email.The merger was happening. We both knew it. Eden would benefit from the partnership, Glenn Holdings would gain the expansion leverage they wanted, and neither of us were wasting time pretending otherwise.The issue was that Glenn Andrews liked resistance.He was the kind of businessman who liked dragging negotiations out just enough to see who lost patience first.Tonight’s email had been another unnecessarily detailed revision of terms I’d already reviewed twice earlier in the week. Nothing substantial had changed. No hidden clauses. No strategic shifts.Just Glenn reminding everyone i
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Chapter: 80. Large couchesI barely had time to process his words. Wrapping one strong arm around my waist, Lucien flipped me over, laying me back first on the couch with no effort at all. He lifted my legs, placing them over his shoulders as he took his position between them.And then, he slammed back inside me.Hard.“Oh my god.” I cried out, my hand clawing at the arm rest above me as he pistoned into me. I was still sensitive from my orgasm so the sensation was different now. Richer.It felt so good, it was devastating.My pulse raced everywhere — in my chest, my neck, my finger tips.“Fuck, Scarlett,” he gritted, gripping my hip and pulling me tighter against him. “You feel like heaven.”I clenched around him at the sound of his voice.A low groan left him.“Come for me,” he growled. “Come all over my cock. Now.”And I did.Harder this time.My orgasm hit hard, dragging a sharp cry out of me as my body convulsed beneath him.He followed moments later with a low, guttural groan, stilling as he finished ins
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