CEO's Regret - Losing Valentina
The most dangerous mistake a powerful man can make… is breaking the woman he cannot live without.
Nash Blackthorpe is a billionaire playboy. As COO of Midas Media, he expands his father's empire on pure ambition, to prove himself against his half brother and inherit the CEO position.
From early on women were just a commodity, his pleasures bought and paid for. He didn't entertain a relationship, all his liaisons were contracted.
Then came Valentina...the anomaly...the only woman who didn't accept the contract he offered but negotiated.
For one year, the arrangement was perfect, he came to her every weekend and their chemistry, the heat and hunger between them was off the charts.
But then she did what every woman did, she over reached. Said she wanted more...and Nashian had one way of dealing with that...shut it down immediately.
He was Nashian Blackthorpe - she was nobody. An orphan, living in a Penthouse he paid the rent on, receiving a generous monthly stipend for services rendered...she needed him...he called the shots.
But his mistake was thinking that Valentina was like all his previous contracted lovers...because Valentina never wanted money or status...she had just wanted him.
So she didn't wait to be rejected or replaced...she left him.
And no woman has Ever left Nash and only then did he realise what he had actually lost.
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Chapter: Chapter 86 - When the Dam Finally Broke Part 3Sunday, 8th February 2026 – Bennett ResidenceEthan "You're so wet for me, aren't you princess? Just thinking about Daddy touching you, filling up that greedy little pussy is making you leak all over the sofa," I murmured.I don’t know why I said it…maybe it was our earlier bantering. But the effect on her…The word Daddy hit her like a physical shock. I saw her pussy clench around nothing, and a fresh wave of lubrication coated my fingers. She let out a strangled sob of pleasure, her head tossing back.Fucking hell…my girl liked that…I spread her lips, soaking my fingers in her juices and then slipped two fingers into her tight heat. "That's it. Get wetter for Daddy," I commanded, sliding my digits deep inside her. Her inner walls clamped down, almost strangling my fingers trying to suck me in deeper as another desperate moan left her lips.I started a fast, pumping motion with my fingers while my thumb continued to grind relentlessly against her clit. The friction was perfect, t
Last Updated: 2026-08-21
Chapter: Chapter 85 - When the Dam Finally Broke Part 2Sunday, 8th February 2026 – Bennett Residence Valentina "Fuck, Val," Ethan rasped, his voice a low, guttural growl. "If we weren't in my parents' den... if I could get you alone in a bed where no one could hear you... I would worship you properly. I’d spend hours exploring every single inch of you. I’d fuck you until you forgot your own name." His filthy promises sent a jolt of pure electricity straight to my core. I had always known he was strong…the way his muscular arms wrapped around me like steel bands, the lean power in his chest - but hearing the raw, unfiltered hunger in his voice made my stomach flip in the best way possible. I looked up into those striking blue eyes, and for the first time in two years, I didn't feel the urge to run. I felt a burning need to be consumed by him. "Ethan..." I moaned, the sound vibrating in my throat. His hands were everywhere, playing with my breasts, teasing the tight buds into stiff peaks until I was whimpering. I felt so small benea
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Chapter: Chapter 84 - When the Dam Finally Broke Part 1Sunday, 8th February 2026 – Bennett ResidenceValentinaThe movie was almost done by the time we had laid it all out there. “So we are really doing this?” I whispered against Ethan’s lips. “Because I really want to Mr Bennet.”As I whispered those words against his skin, I felt Ethan stiffen for a heartbeat, as if he couldn't believe the words were actually coming from my lips. The air in the den suddenly felt thick, charged with a tension that had been simmering for years, now finally boiling over. Then, a low, guttural groan escaped his throat, and his arms tightened around me, crushing my breasts against his hard chest.He pulled back just enough to look at me, his eyes dark with a hunger that made my toes curl. There was no more "brotherly" affection here…all I could see was a man who had starved himself for five years, and I was the feast he had finally been invited to taste."You have no idea," he rasped, his voice vibrating through my entire body, "how many nights I spent imag
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Chapter: Chapter 83 - The Spanner in the Works Part 2Gordon BlackthorpeFriday 6th February 2026 - Blackthorpe ResidenceBy eleven, the evening was finally winding down.The last of the champagne had been poured, the cigars had burned low, and the easy laughter that had filled the patio had gradually faded into polite goodbyes.Edward and Nancy were the first to leave, heading back to their hotel with Alison and Duncan. They were staying in Manhattan for the week until the engagement party before returning home, although Edward had already extracted a promise from me for a tennis match during the week.Mason and Lacey lingered a little longer, having a last cup of coffee. Veronica had been on her best behaviour all evening. She had been charming to Nancy and her family, attentive to Lacey and had barely allowed a single trace of the disdain she normally reserved for Nashian to show.Now that the other guests had departed, however, she was already hovering around Mason. “You two could stay tonight," she suggested brightly. "There are
Last Updated: 2026-08-18
Chapter: Chapter 82 - The Spanner in the Works Part 1Friday 06th February 2026 – Blackthorpe ResidenceGordon BlackthorpeDinner had been an unrivalled success.We had brought in a Michelin-starred chef to supplement our own accomplished kitchen team, and between them they had outdone themselves.Course after sumptuous course appeared beneath the crystal chandeliers, each one more extravagant than the last, paired with wines chosen to complement every dish.The press conference earlier that afternoon had gone down beautifully. A modern day star studded romance. Two wealthy celebrity heirs...attractive, photogenic media darlings. Add to that they came from prominent families, fathers running listed companies and the promise of one highly advantageous union, and it was an instant headliner.The public had eaten it up. The press had followed suit.By the closing bell, both Lawson and Blackthorpe stocks had climbed, and social media was flooded with congratulations and speculation about the forthcoming wedding.Exactly as Edward and I had
Last Updated: 2026-08-17
Chapter: Chapter 81 - Movie Night Confessional Part 3Sunday, 8th February 2026 – Bennett ResidenceEthanThe movie played quietly in the background, but I hadn't paid attention to a single scene.My eyes were only for her.We were standing on the cusp of something neither of us had dared to name until tonight. I'd laid myself bare, told her she was the woman who had occupied a place in my heart for years without either of us understanding exactly what it meant.And then she had told me that her feelings for me were also changing. That she was falling for me. That she was scared.For the first time in what felt like years, I allowed myself to breathe.And then she opened up like she had never done before. She told me about her mother. About living in a trailer. About the father who had never claimed her.I listened in stunned silence as she explained that she knew exactly who he was but had refused to reach out to him. She had rejected him just as completely as he had once rejected her and her mother. She wouldn't tell me his name. Tha
Last Updated: 2026-08-14
Chapter: Chapter 147 - My Daughter is Coming HomeDentonWe were going to miss our flight.And heads would roll if that happened. Too much preparation had gone into planning this exit.I should never have approved the little get together. Nadia was already giving me *that* look while I checked my watch for the fourth time in under two minutes.Remi should have been here already.The final boarding call echoed again through the terminal and I exhaled sharply, irritation and tension winding tighter in my chest.And then—“Move!”Remi came hurtling through the boarding gate like a man being actively hunted, weaving through travellers with a contrite grin plastered across his face.I stared at him flatly. He bent over slightly, catching his breath. “Sorry?” he said panting.Nadia snorted softly beside me and then relented with a grin of her own when the handsome little shit gave her the puppy dog eyes. Sucker...I thought.I gave him a low growl of displeasure as I handed him his boarding pass without comment and we immediately headed thro
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Chapter: Chapter 146 - To Rise from the AshesMariaI stared at my phone, willing it to ring. I had to work. It just had to.Because I was counting on something no one else could see. Something intangible. That strange invisible thread that bound those two siblings not even related by blood together in ways logic could not define.Too many clues, too many things that separately meant nothing, not unless you looked close enough. And my instincts screamed that they were linked, I just needed the final piece to confirm what I had pieced together.And deep in my heart…I knew what I had seen. The belt, the shoes, the stolen blood, the medical report. Too many pieces of a difficult puzzle, I just needed one last piece…My phone buzzed suddenly in my hand…”Mason…” I greeted, unable to hide the nerves in my shaky voice.He laughed…”No…no…no…ladies first.” He said. “We had cleared Denton of any involvement in Arianna’s disappearance. You yourself confronted him and he denied it. So how???” he asked completely stumped.I shook my head. Ty
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Chapter: Chapter 145 - Scars from the PastLiamI watched my brother race across the tile floor and disappear through the International boarding gate.Toward a future neither of us fully understood yet.He looked lighter now. Different from the other day at the hospital when his shoulders were tight beneath the weight of grief and exhaustion.Different from the service for Arianna when he had remained closed off and aloof refusing to even speak.For a second, I just stood there. Watching him depart. Then the crowd swallowed him whole and I could no longer see him.My chest tightened again but I forced myself to move, adjusting the strap of the backpack slung over my shoulder as I headed toward my own terminal.My flight was domestic. I was flying back home to Chicago. Back to war. Back to enemies. Back to traitors that wore the faces of allies. Back to men who thought I was weak enough to grab my crown while I mourned.The backpack on my shoulder carried the small silver urn containing my sister’s ashes. Or rather what I had b
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Chapter: Chapter 144 - The Final Boarding CallRemiIt still didn’t feel real.Today, I was leaving my country of birth and stepping into an entirely new life.And somewhere in all this grief and destruction, I couldn’t stop wondering if this tragedy was meant to happen and somehow been the thing that brought two broken families back together again.I had to hold onto that as nothing else would be palatable especially where Arianna was concerned.On the positive side, I had my big brother back. We had never been this close before. Maria checked on me constantly like I was one of her own. And Denton and Nadia…they had somehow become the aunt and uncle we had never really had.Life was strange like that. Cruel but strange. Liam was flying back to Chicago today. Before my flight departed for Heathrow he wanted to see me. Said one last drink between brothers. Something inside me warmed at that.Denton had finally approved it after doing what I was beginning to suspect was a full MI6 level security sweep of JFK. I grinned at that.“W
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Chapter: Chapter 143 - Breakfast Before World DominationLiam I hadn’t slept. Not really.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw that room again. That cold steel table. Arianna’s bruised face. And then the service, those frozen images of her. And something kept niggling…worrying at the back of my mind but remaining just out of grasp.But somewhere in the early hours of the morning, while the mansion was completely silent around me, something had clicked into place.And once it did…Everything changed. So when I walked into the breakfast room that morning, I wasn’t hollow anymore. I was focused. Sharp. Dangerous.First, I needed to get rid of the cancerous tumour that was currently within my house, sitting on my throne as if he already owned it. As soon as that traitorous bastard was erased, then I could concentrate on the second order of business. The temptation was there to act now, but I had learnt the hard way. I would not jeopardise my family, not while a threat still loomed.Maria and Luigi were already there at the long breakfast table
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Chapter: Chapter 142 - My Lips Are SealedMasonThe service had been beautiful. But to me it seemed unreal, especially when her blue eyes danced from that picture, too beautiful, too alive, too young for her to be reduced to ashes in silver urns.I stood near the back of the room nursing a whiskey I hadn’t touched, trying to process everything while soft piano music drifted through the formal lounge.Everywhere I looked there were photographs of her. Laughing. Riding bikes. Playing piano. In the garden. A teenager with too much life in her eyes. And every single picture made the guilt sit heavier in my chest.I remembered seeing her at the club for the first time. Then Poker Night. The way she had charmed every asshole in the room within twenty minutes flat.I swallowed hard. Could I have saved her? The thought had been eating at me for days now. If I hadn’t been away…If I had trusted my instincts the night I came to Luca and shared everything I had found.If I had insisted we find Adriano that night instead of waiting…Would
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