After Our First Kiss, He Begged to Own Me
Alex Morgan had stopped believing in love.
Born gay in a world that rarely showed him kindness, Alex spent years chasing relationships that ended in disappointment. The last heartbreak—his painful breakup with Chris John—left him emotionally shattered and determined never to open his heart again.
But fate had other plans.
One night, while Alex sat alone in his office at Reed Holdings, quietly crying after another lonely day, the last person he expected suddenly walked through the door—Jamie Reed, the mysterious and untouchable CEO of the company.
Jamie was powerful, cold, and impossibly wealthy—a man rumored to have ice in his veins and zero interest in romance. Yet instead of leaving, Jamie lifted Alex’s chin, studied his tear-stained face… and kissed him.
That single kiss ignited a secret neither of them could ignore.
Their hidden relationship soon grows intense, passionate, and dangerously addictive. Jamie refuses to stay away from Alex, visiting him night after night until rumors begin spreading through the office and beyond. Powerful people begin watching.
Just as Alex decides to run away before becoming the center of a scandal that could destroy Jamie’s reputation, Jamie makes a shocking request.
He begs Alex to let him claim him—completely.
Within hours, they sign a marriage certificate.
But marrying a billionaire is not a fairy tale.
Alex suddenly finds himself surrounded by enemies—jealous lovers from Jamie’s past, ambitious business rivals, manipulative friends, and dangerous secrets buried deep within Jamie’s empire.
As threats grow darker and betrayals surface, Alex must decide if their love is strong enough to survive the storm.
Because in Light City, power comes with a price.
And loving Jamie Reed might cost Alex everything.
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Chapter: Chapter 27 : inheritanceNobody spoke for several seconds after Miranda’s warning.The tension in the lobby felt suffocating.Alex stared at his mother like if he blinked too long she might disappear again.Alive.After all these years—Alive.Miranda looked older than he remembered.More tired.Like survival itself had worn pieces of her down slowly over time.But her eyes—They were exactly the same.And somehow that hurt most.Jamie remained slightly in front of Alex instinctively.Protective even now.Miranda noticed immediately.A faint sadness crossed her face.“You really do love him.”Jamie’s expression didn’t change.“That’s not your concern.”Alex finally found his voice.“You left me.”The words came out rougher than intended.Miranda flinched visibly.“I know.”“No,” Alex snapped quietly.“You don’t.”Silence.Painful silence.Security discreetly moved further back, sensing this was no longer their conversation.Miranda swallowed slowly.“The night of the warehouse fire, Adrian realized I stole th
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Chapter: Chapter 26 : mapThree nights after Jamie’s reinstatement—Elijah finally revealed the location of the second archive.A private estate hidden along the northern coast.Old.Isolated.And once owned jointly by the Vale and Reed families decades earlier.Alex stood inside Jamie’s office while Elijah spread old blueprints across the desk.“You kept this hidden the entire time?” Alex asked quietly.Elijah remained calm.“Because if Orpheus learned I still had access to it, we would all already be dead.”Comforting.Jamie studied the blueprints carefully.“There’s an underground server room here,” he murmured.Elijah nodded once.“The remaining files should still exist unless Adrian already reached them.”Jamie’s expression hardened slightly.“Then we move before he does.”Alex crossed his arms.“You’re still recovering.”Jamie barely glanced at him.“I’m fine.”“You literally still have stitches.”“I’ve had worse.”Alex looked toward Elijah.“Does he always respond like this?”Elijah sighed tiredly.“Unf
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Chapter: Chapter 25 : the mediaThe media exploded within minutes of the board vote.“Jamie Reed Reinstated as CEO.”“Reed Holdings Scandal Collapses.”“Victor Hale Removed From Internal Operations.”Every business network replayed footage of Jamie leaving the boardroom beside Elijah.Cold.Untouched.Victorious.But what truly caught public attention—Was Alex.Because this time Jamie didn’t hide him.Not once.Photographers swarmed outside Reed Holdings headquarters as security escorted them toward the waiting cars.Questions flew aggressively from every direction.“Mr. Reed, are the engagement rumors true?”“Were the allegations against you fabricated?”“What’s your relationship to the Vale family?”Jamie ignored every question smoothly.Until one reporter shouted—“Is Alex Vale connected to Project Orpheus?”Everything stopped for half a second.Alex felt it instantly.The shift.The danger.Jamie’s expression became terrifyingly calm.Security immediately moved forward.But Jamie raised one hand slightly.Stopp
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Chapter: Chapter 24 : the proposalJamie recovered slowly over the next week.Slow enough to frustrate everyone around him.Especially the doctors.Especially Alex.“Stop trying to walk,” Alex snapped one morning after catching Jamie halfway out of bed again.Jamie looked entirely unrepentant.“I’m bored.”“You were shot twice.”“I survived.”“That’s not the point.”Jamie leaned back against the pillows reluctantly while Alex adjusted the bandages near his side carefully.The safehouse remained quiet around them.Protected.Hidden.For the first time in weeks—No gunfire.No alarms.No blood on marble floors.Just silence.Jamie watched Alex fuss over him quietly.Then something unreadable softened in his expression.“What?” Alex asked suspiciously.Jamie’s gaze lingered on him.“You’ve started acting like this is permanent.”Alex frowned.“Acting like what is permanent?”“This.”Jamie gestured weakly between them.The room suddenly felt warmer.Dangerously warmer.Alex looked away briefly.“You almost died.”Jamie’s v
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Chapter: Chapter 23 : the safe house“Jamie!”Alex tried to follow him immediately.Elijah grabbed him hard before he could move.“Don’t.”Gunfire exploded across the underground garage.Jamie moved through it like someone already prepared to die.Precise shots.Controlled breathing.Cold efficiency.Even bleeding heavily.Alex’s chest felt like it was being crushed.“He can’t stay there alone!”Elijah dragged him toward a concrete hallway hidden behind the parking structure.“He’s buying time.”“That’s suicidal!”Elijah’s expression darkened sharply.“You think my son doesn’t know that?”The answer hit hard.Too hard.More bullets ricocheted through the garage.One of Jamie’s guards collapsed nearby.Alex flinched instinctively.Elijah shoved open a steel door leading into a narrow underground tunnel.Emergency lights flickered overhead.Old.Hidden.Secret.Alex stumbled inside reluctantly.Every instinct screamed at him to go back.To stay with Jamie.But Elijah pulled the door shut behind them just as another explosi
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Chapter: Chapter 22 : againEverything happened too fast.Jamie shoved Alex backward violently just as the gun fired.The sound exploded through the penthouse.Alex hit the floor hard.For one disoriented second—He thought Jamie missed.Then he saw the blood.Jamie staggered slightly.A dark stain spread rapidly across his side beneath the black shirt.Alex’s heartbeat stopped.“Jamie!”Chaos erupted instantly.Jamie fired back twice with terrifying precision.One operative dropped.Another screamed.Elijah slammed his elbow backward into Adrian hard enough to break free briefly.Security rushed in from the destroyed hallway.Gunfire exploded everywhere again.But Alex barely heard any of it.Because Jamie was bleeding.Again.And this time worse.Jamie grabbed Alex’s arm roughly.“Elevator. Now.”“No—”“Move!”The sheer force in his voice stunned Alex into motion.The private elevator doors slid open just as another bullet shattered the mirrored wall beside them.Jamie practically shoved Alex inside.Elijah st
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Made Just For Him
By day, Don Pope is the untouchable king of Cross City’s financial empire. By night, he is something far darker—an infamous mafia don whose enemies vanish before dawn.
Ethan Cole never intended to cross paths with a monster like him.
One quiet night drive across the city turns into a nightmare when Ethan is kidnapped by masked men and thrown into an underground cage beneath the most luxurious mansion in Cross City—Don Pope’s estate.
When the Don himself descends to inspect the prisoners his men captured, something unexpected happens.
The moment Don Pope looks into Ethan’s eyes, he stops walking.
He was supposed to pass the cage.
Instead, he orders the others released… except for Ethan.
What begins as cruel possession soon spirals into something neither of them expected. Don becomes obsessed with the fiery captive who refuses to bow to him. Ethan swears he would rather die than submit to the ruthless mafia lord.
But obsession is a dangerous thing.
What starts with violence slowly becomes dependence.
Hatred becomes something far more complicated.
And in a city built on betrayal, blood, and power, the line between captor and lover begins to blur.
As war erupts between rival mafia families and secrets about Ethan’s past begin to surface, Don Pope must choose between his empire and the one man who refuses to belong to him.
Because some loves are not meant to exist, but some destinies are written in the blood.
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Chapter: Chapter eleven : routeMorning came slowly.Gray light filtered through the tall windows of the medical wing, washing the room in pale silence.Ethan had not moved.He remained seated beside Don’s bed, one hand still wrapped around his, his head resting against the edge of the mattress. Sometime during the night, exhaustion had pulled him into a shallow, restless sleep.He woke to movement.A slight pressure against his fingers.His eyes snapped open.For a moment, disoriented, he simply stared.Then he felt it again.A weak squeeze.Ethan’s breath caught.His gaze shot upward.Don’s eyes were open.Still heavy with exhaustion.Still dulled by pain.But unmistakably open.Relief hit Ethan so suddenly and violently that his vision blurred.“You’re awake.”His voice came out rough, barely above a whisper.Don looked at him quietly.There was no confusion in his gaze.Only recognition.And something softer Ethan couldn’t immediately name.For several seconds neither of them spoke.Then Don’s lips moved.“You s
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Chapter: Chapter ten : the injuryDon Pope did not look back.The heavy doors at the end of the hall shut behind him with a finality that echoed through the mansion like a gunshot.Ethan stood motionless.The anger that had fueled him moments earlier was already cooling, leaving behind something colder and harder to ignore.Regret.The guards said nothing.Neither did Victor, who had appeared silently at the far end of the corridor. His expression was unreadable, but there was something sharp in his eyes when he looked at Ethan.Disappointment.“You should go back to your room,” Victor said.Ethan swallowed.“What happened?”Victor’s jaw tightened.“Rafael’s eastern warehouses were attacked.”The words hit him like ice water.“How bad?”“Bad enough.”Victor’s gaze lingered on him for a long moment.Then, quietly—“The Don hasn’t been sleeping because he’s been dismantling threats before they reached this house.”Ethan said nothing.Victor’s voice hardened.“Everything he’s done has been to keep you alive.”And with th
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Chapter: Chapter nine : the fightRain battered the mansion windows.Cross City disappeared behind sheets of silver.Inside, tension coiled through every corridor.Don had doubled security.No one entered or left without authorization.The mansion had become a fortress.And Ethan had become its center.He stood in the library, staring at an old photograph Don had left on the desk.Three men stood together.One was unmistakably younger Don Pope.Another was a stern-faced stranger.And the third—Ethan’s breath caught.His father.There was no denying it.The same sharp features.The same eyes Ethan saw every morning in the mirror.The proof was undeniable.Footsteps sounded behind him.He turned.Don.“You believe me now.”It wasn’t a question.Ethan swallowed hard.“Yes.”Don approached slowly.“There’s more.”Ethan’s stomach tightened.“What?”Don’s expression was grim.“Your father uncovered evidence of betrayal before he died.”“Evidence against who?”“That’s what we’re trying to find.”Ethan frowned.“We?”Don sto
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Chapter: Chapter eight : the truth and a lieThe scream echoed through the mansion.Ethan jerked upright in bed, heart hammering.It was distant.Muffled.But unmistakably human.He moved to the door, pressing his ear against it.Voices.Fast footsteps.Then silence.Something was happening.And no one was telling him anything.His frustration boiled over.He grabbed the heavy ceramic lamp from the bedside table and slammed it against the door handle.Once.Twice.On the third strike, metal bent enough for the latch to loosen.The door swung open.Freedom.Adrenaline surged through him.He slipped into the hallway.The mansion was darker now, most lights dimmed.He moved carefully, keeping close to the walls.Voices drifted upward from below.He followed.At the end of a narrow corridor, he found a staircase descending into the lower levels.The air grew colder with every step.Then he heard Don’s voice.Low.Controlled.Deadly.Ethan stopped just before the bottom step.Through the partially open doorway, he could see everythin
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Chapter: Chapter seven : infiltrationThe mansion had gone unnaturally quiet.Ethan stood near the tall window in his room, staring out at the glittering lights of Cross City spread beneath the dark sky. From this height, the city looked peaceful. Beautiful even.It was a lie.Everything about this place was a lie.The polished marble floors. The expensive furniture. The soft bed that swallowed him every night.A prison wrapped in luxury was still a prison.He hadn’t stopped thinking about what had happened earlier.The strange conversation with Don.The way the man had looked at him—not with cruelty this time, but with something Ethan couldn’t understand.And then there was that silence.That brief, loaded pause when Ethan had mentioned trust.Don Pope had looked away.For a man who commanded an empire through fear and absolute control, that tiny flicker of hesitation meant something.Ethan could feel it.There was a crack somewhere in Don’s perfect armor.And Ethan intended to find it.A soft knock came at the door.He
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Chapter: Chapter 6 : warningEthan stood frozen in the center of the room.The silence pressed against him like a weight, thick and suffocating.His pulse pounded hard against his ribs.This was insane.Every instinct told him to stay quiet. To let whatever was unfolding happen without him. If Don Pope had enemies inside his own house, then maybe that was Ethan’s chance. Maybe if chaos broke loose, he could escape.That should have been enough.It should have been exactly what he wanted.And yet—His thoughts kept circling back to those whispered words.Loose end.The phrase made his stomach twist.Because if they were willing to kill Don, then Ethan was never walking out of this alive.He was evidence.A complication.Something to erase.Ethan dragged both hands through his hair and began pacing again.“Think,” he muttered.The guards outside could be involved.The servants—if there even were any—could be involved.There was no one he could trust.Except—His jaw tightened immediately.“No.”The word came out sh
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