Chapter: Risk pushing50. GenovaThe knock on the door came again, sharper this time. I lay on the bed, my body still heavy from the release. The woman had left through the side entrance minutes ago. The room smelled of sex and her perfume. I sat up slowly, my heart beating faster. I pulled on my robe and walked to the door. My hand rested on the knob for a moment. I took a deep breath and opened it.Tiana stood in the hallway. Her eyes were tired. Her hair was messy from sleep. She wore a simple nightdress. She looked at me with a mix of surprise and caution. It looked as though she wanted to say something but she didn't. “I heard something,” she said quietly. “Is everything okay?”I forced a smile. My hand tightened on the doorframe. “Everything is fine. I was just… restless. Could not sleep.”She nodded slowly. Her gaze moved past me into the room. The sheets were rumpled. The air still carried the faint scent of what had happened. I stepped forward, blocking her view.“You should go back to bed,” I sa
Last Updated: 2026-08-02
Chapter: Pavement50. GenovaThe night air felt thick as I drove through the quieter part of the city. The streetlights cast long shadows on the pavement. I had not planned to do this tonight. The stress from the past few days had built up like a storm inside me. Tiana’s avoidance. Her cold silence. The way she looked at me like I was a stranger in my own house. I needed release. I needed to feel in control again.I pulled up near the usual spot. The woman I chose stood under a dim streetlamp. She was exactly what I had requested. Young. Experienced. Willing to follow instructions without questions. I rolled down the window and gave her a nod. She slid into the passenger seat without a word. The drive back to the house was silent. The city lights faded behind us. The gates opened smoothly as I approached. I parked in the side entrance, away from the main driveway. No one would see us.I led her inside through the back door. The house was quiet. Tiana was in her room. Roman had not returned yet. I took
Last Updated: 2026-08-02
Chapter: Screams49. GenovaIt had been three days since that incident in the garden with Tiana’s mother. Three long days where the memory of her angry screams and the way she had grabbed Tiana’s hair still played in my mind like a loop I could not stop. The house felt different now. Quieter in a way that pressed on my chest. I sat at my desk in the office, staring at the same report I had been trying to read for the past hour. The words blurred together. Numbers and figures meant nothing. My mind kept drifting back to Tiana. To the way she had looked at me when I knelt before her. The surprise in her eyes. The confusion. The way she had helped me up and then walked away without another word.I had tried everything since that day. Flowers left at her door in the morning. Expensive chocolates placed on her nightstand, the same ones she liked. Meals I had cooked myself, her favorites, left warming in the kitchen with a note. Each time she had turned me down. She would not open the door when I knocked. S
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Chapter: Forgiveness48. TianaI closed the studio door behind me and walked down the hallway. It was already late in the evening and I had spent the hall day in my studeo after what happened at the garden.My footsteps echoed softly on the wooden floor. The house felt quieter now, but the silence carried a different weight. The confrontation in the garden still lingered in my mind. My mother’s angry words. Genova’s sudden defense. The way he had knelt before me, begging for forgiveness. I rubbed my arms, trying to chase away the chill that had nothing to do with the temperature.I entered my room and closed the door. The space felt both familiar and strange. The bed was still unmade from the night before. I was now in simple sweatpants and a hoody. I walked to the window and looked out at the garden. I pressed my forehead against the cool glass and closed my eyes. The events of the past twenty-four hours played through my mind like a film I could not pause.My hands still trembled slightly. I wrapped m
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Chapter: The garden47. Genova"Tiana, can we talk?" I murmured minutes after her mother left the garden.All this time, we had just been standing here, non of us saying anything. Tiana's face to the garden, her hair swaying with the morning wind, her age visible with the way her body was shaking, her hands trembling."Tiana." I slowly, tapped her at the back. Well, it had taken me all my strength to do that. But she spun abruptly, glaring at her."I?" She pointed at herself."Don't have anything to speak to you about." And just like that, she rushed towards the house."Tiana...." I called but she was already away, making me swallow hard, my jaws tightening and my fists clenched at the sides.I watched her walk away from the garden. Her steps were quick, almost hurried, as if she could not stand to be near me any longer. Her shoulders remained tense. Her arms wrapped around herself like a shield. The way she moved away from me without looking back sent a sharp sting through my chest. She did not want me
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Chapter: His shock46. TianaGenova dropped to his knees on the floor in front of me. His knees hit the wooden surface with a dull thud. His shoulders slumped forward. His hands reached out toward me, palms open in a gesture of complete surrender. His head bowed low until his forehead nearly touched the floor. The proud man who had always carried himself with such confidence now knelt before me like a broken figure. His breathing came in shaky waves. His fingers trembled as they hovered near my feet.I stared at him in complete shock. My mouth opened slightly. My eyes widened. I could not believe what I was seeing. Genova, the man filled with ego and pride, the man who had ignored me for years, now knelt on the floor begging for forgiveness. The sight left me speechless. My hands gripped the edge of the stool tightly. My heart raced with confusion and disbelief.He lifted his head slightly, his eyes filled with raw desperation. “Please forgive me, Tiana. I know I failed you. I know I hurt you in ways I
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