THE BILLIONAIRE'S OBSESSION: From player to Father
He was a player. She was a mistake. Now she's carrying his heir.
At his best friend's wedding, notorious billionaire James Bancroft made two fatal errors: he got blindingly drunk, and he took sweet, innocent Isabella Zanetti to bed. By morning, he was cruel, callous, and made it devastatingly clear she meant nothing.
When shame finally sobers him up, he’s haunted by the memory. He seeks her out to apologize, only to make a life-altering discovery, Isabella is pregnant. With his child. And she never planned to tell him.
A fierce, primal obsession is ignited. James is done playing games. He won’t just be a father, he’ll claim her completely. No matter what it takes, even if he has to keep her.
From a notorious player to a determined protector, he’ll stop at nothing to make her his.
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Chapter: Awakening~~SERA~~I woke up in total bliss. Even though he had woken me up at the crack of dawn. The things that man did to me had ruined me for any other man. I could never go back to vanilla sex again.He had awoken a deep need buried inside of me. Something I had been needing for a very long time. Knox's scent enveloped me, making me wet. My eyes landed on the swing and the ties that hung from the ceiling and the bed.Being suspended was a whole new sensation. Knox had me all tied up and at his mercy, but I'd do it again if he would let me. Sitting up, my body screamed at me, and I smiled. I had never used those muscles before in my life, and I wanted more.I reached over and grabbed my phone. Knox had left early this morning to go to the office. After pushing back the covers, I opened my camera app and took a picture for him. I wanted him to be desperate for me when he came home, even though he usually was for me.Woman. Why would you send me
Last Updated: 2026-03-12
Chapter: Bound~~KNOX~~Sera was a moaning, wet mess as I teased her pussy and her nipple. I tightened my grip on her throat, looking for her consent to continue. From what she had told me, she had never had sex like I'd slowly been showing her."Is this okay? I need you to talk to me." I loosened my grip to allow her to speak."Yes. I want to know what it's like.""Then we need that safe word. Do you remember it?" I pulled out of her, and she groaned with the loss."Pineapples." She smiled at me, her eyes begging me to fuck her, and I tightened my grip again."Remember that, okay?" I kissed her face and then swiftly entered her again.Her mouth fell open, and her brows knitted together as I held my position inside her. I slowly pulled out, but her eyes never left mine as I pushed back inside of her. The whimper that escaped her was forced as I hit her G-spot.Sera arched her back, trying to use what little of her body she cou
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Chapter: Bound~~KNOX~~Sera was a moaning, wet mess as I teased her pussy and her nipple. I tightened my grip on her throat, looking for her consent to continue. From what she had told me, she had never had sex like I'd slowly been showing her."Is this okay? I need you to talk to me." I loosened my grip to allow her to speak."Yes. I want to know what it's like.""Then we need that safe word. Do you remember it?" I pulled out of her, and she groaned with the loss."Pineapples." She smiled at me, her eyes begging me to fuck her, and I tightened my grip again."Remember that, okay?" I kissed her face and then swiftly entered her again.Her mouth fell open, and her brows knitted together as I held my position inside her. I slowly pulled out, but her eyes never left mine as I pushed back inside of her. The whimper that escaped her was forced as I hit her G-spot.Sera arched her back, trying to use what little of her body she cou
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Chapter: The Setup~~SERA~~After Knox's text, I hurried and put on the lingerie. Pulling a dress over my head to cover the lingerie, I packed a suitcase with all my makeup and extra clothes. If I could, I was going to stay with Knox. As long as he was able to pay off Holden.I grabbed my phone and charger and stuffed it in my purse, before I stepped over to my suitcase.Holden, bring the car around.Yes, ma'am.I hated when he said that; it made me feel old. Even though I knew he was being respectful, it still got under my skin. Grabbing my suitcase, I walked the short distance from my bed to the door, opening it I exited the room. I made it down the hallway and the stairs before Holden got to the front door with the car.Ever since the other night when Holden had Brennan rush me to the basement, I never went out at night, much to Haley and Skye's dismay. And then Knox telling me not to leave my bodyguard made me even more scared to go out at nigh
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Chapter: The Gala~~KNOX~~My phone dinged one after another. Maddox had already headed to the waiting SUV to meet Ms. Prescott, our new potential client. My father held me on the phone, keeping me from walking with him. After locking the drawer with the money laundering business in it, I grabbed my phone and made my way down.Maddox was already pissed since I hadn't gotten down there yet, and this was starting to wear on me. I groaned as another ding of my phone sounded. Pulling my phone out of my pocket, I glanced at the screen and smiled.Are you going to the Gala?Yes, you know that I will be. Why?What color are you wearing?I walked out of my office, waving to Tessa as I went down the hallway into the elevator. My attention solely on the phone in my hand.Idk what color dress are you going to be wearing?I was thinking... gold?Ok, I'll make sure to match my tie and cufflinks. Think I could get a selfie?S
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Chapter: Office Games~~KNOX~~Maddox was distracted by his wife. I had noticed that when he would sit at his desk and pretend to be signing things. Today was one of those days and he was carrying his Glock. I had been carrying mine for a while, too, ever since I noticed some punk hanging around the garage entrance.My phone pinged on my desk, bringing my attention to my watch, and I grinned.I want you.I want you too, but you know we can't get caught.I know, but you're always working. :(The phone on my desk rang, and I picked it up."Vittorio.""Knox, I'm taking the rest of the day off. You're in charge," Maddox replied. I was silent for a moment before I glanced back at my phone."Okay, you know I got you, man." My mind went to the text messages from his sister, and I couldn't help but think about a rendezvous with her here. It was a risk to bring her here, but fuck, she was right, and I needed her just as bad.
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RUINED BY MY BROTHER'S MAFIA BESTFRIEND
I slept with my brother's best friend.
And I didn't even know who he was.
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The first time I saw Rafael De Luca, he was a stranger by the pool with sin in his smile and hunger in his icy blue eyes. He kissed me like I was air and he'd been drowning.
Then I learned his name.
My brother's best friend. The heir to the De Luca empire. My family's sworn enemy.
I should have walked away.
Instead, I let him ruin me.
One night of passion. One whispered "my little sunshine" against my skin. One secret I took with me when I disappeared without a trace.
Now I'm back.
Six years later, Rafael is colder than ever, Chicago's most feared mafia prince, and the man I'm being forced to marry. He doesn't know why I left. He doesn't know about the five-year-old secret waiting at home with his father's blue eyes.
And he definitely doesn't know that one look from him still sets me on fire.
"You're mine now, sole," he whispers against my lips on our wedding night. "And I'm going to find out why you left. Every. Damn. Reason."
He thinks he's in control.
He thinks he's the one ruining me.
But Rafael De Luca doesn't know the truth yet.
I didn't just sleep with my brother's best friend.
I gave him a son.
And when he finds out, this monster who wears obsession like armor will have to decide:
Destroy me for my betrayal...
Or surrender to the passion that could save us both.
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Chapter: Under his shadows~~Sofia~~Dinner with his father had been a stressful affair.The tension in the room is so thick, you could cut it with a knife. His brothers were worried about his father's health and how the news of escaping the family would make him fare.Donato, as usual, had been staunch, a frown on his face that only lifted when the food had arrived and he'd said the grace. Then he'd proceeded to take only a taste of it and asked to be taken to his study, where Rafael had soon joined him, and then his brothers after a few minutes.So it's just his mother and I, the two women of the family left together to pass the time."Are you happy?" She asks, a kind smile on her face.I smile back at Rafael's mom, the slight breeze in the air carrying the earthy smell of the frangipanis that border her garden. We're seated on the porch, the sun waning above us, the trees waving listlessly to and fro. "I think so. Are you?"She smiles back, tip
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Chapter: The lurking threats~~Rafael~~It's a fucking upheaval. Silvio has his hand fisted so hard I'm certain the nails are biting grooves into his palm.His guilt is clear, as is the fact that it's unnecessary. He's blaming himself for something that really isn't his fault.It's no one's but mine. The walls around us are the grotesque gray of an underground building, which we currently are. A man hangs upside down from a chain hitched to a pole, his face about as colorful as a bleached bone in a desert.Well. I guess it would be, considering how much blood has been taken from him. The floor is coated with it, a vicious dark pool that seems far too long."How much longer does he have?" I snap at Silvio."About an hour. Should be dead in less than that if his weak lungs don't hold up." Silvio walks over to the man and sinks a solid punch into his stomach, his shoulders snapping back under his leather jacket.The crunch of bones and the loud wail th
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Chapter: Attraction ~~Sofia~~"I need your help with this." I point a finger at the screen and turn my chair around to make space for Carla to step closer. She pushes her chair back and walks toward me."The charities basically run themselves. If you'd rather not concern yourself with them, then I repeat, you don't have to." She blinks down at me from her perch on my desk and then swings her gaze to the computer."Why do you feel the need to repeat that?" I angle my head and peer at her until she lifts her face from the screen.I'm at De Luca Corp with Silvio. We'd dropped Nico off at school and then driven straight down here. It has been a few days since I've been here, with my move-in with Nico and the entire struggle of settling in. But this morning has been a lot calmer, less jarring, and I've felt a lot more useful.And just as I said, I'm taking an avid interest in running the charities. Except I don't understand why Carla seems to think I shouldn't. O
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Chapter: Fatherly bonding ~~Rafael~~I feel her body change. Her hands leave me first, and I feel the withdrawal like a body part gone, as though she's already an extension of me."Why do you need protection from me?"I point at my side. "Did you see this?" I rumble out of my too-tight chest."The tattoos?" She asks, confusion leaking into her voice. Her fingers land on the tattoo of a black light with the sun shading it.The larger the dark light, the smaller the sun until it dims away almost completely at the other side of my back in just a small sliver of light and a very dark light.She's the sunlight. I'm the darkness. And all six tattoos represent all six years she was gone.The first year, I hoped she'd return. Hoped it was a joke. Until by last year, I'd nearly given up. And now she's back, I'm not certain if I'll need more tattoos or not.Now the fucking Russians are encroaching on my territory, war is certain to break out, and
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Chapter: Still in her claws~~Rafael~~I feel her body change. Her hands leave me first, and I feel the withdrawal like a body part gone, as though she's already an extension of me."Why do you need protection from me?"I point at my side. "Did you see this?" I rumble out of my too-tight chest."The tattoos?" She asks, confusion leaking into her voice. Her fingers land on the tattoo of a black light with the sun shading it.The larger the dark light, the smaller the sun until it dims away almost completely at the other side of my back in just a small sliver of light and a very dark light.She's the sunlight. I'm the darkness. And all six tattoos represent all six years she was gone.The first year, I hoped she'd return. Hoped it was a joke. Until by last year, I'd nearly given up. And now she's back, I'm not certain if I'll need more tattoos or not.Now the fucking Russians are encroaching on my territory, war is certain to break out, and
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Chapter: Relive his frustration ~~Sofia~~Francesca's return is as unexpected as it is welcome. I mean, I've been expecting her to call any day now to meet her at the airport.But when I wake up from a small nap to the sound of voices coming from the living room as I head downstairs, I'm not expecting to see her sitting on the sofa with Nico giggling in her arms.They both scream, "Surprise!" Then she walks over to me and hugs me so tight, and I sink into her arms."Oh, my goodness. What is this?" I whisper-scream against her neck. I pull away and stare into her eyes to assure myself she really is here, hair tied up in a whimsy little bun, clad in a blazer and pants that are way bigger than her."A surprise. I know you're surprised. Enzo dropped me off." I pull her into my arms again and smother her and myself with how tight we're hugging."I'm shocked. I love it. Come sit." I usher her into a sofa and swing Nico into my lap, where he wraps his hand around my n
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