DEADLY FACADE: I Became His Obsession
"Explain?!" I spat out, throwing my plastic bag at him. "How the heck are you going to explain this?"
"Sh*t, you weren't supposed to see this,"
He pulled the woman up, his shirt barely covering what he'd left on her behind and she grumbled, "What the hell Rico?! I haven't-"
She saw me and her eyes turned to slits.
"Whose whore are you?"
I'm going to be sick, what kind of nightmare is this.
"It's business, Sofia baby, go to the bedroom. I'll be done in a minute,"
Lenny Willow has given enough chances to the men in her life, from her drunk of a father to her slimy college boyfriend who tricked her into taking the fall for his crime wasting five years of her life in prison, she released to catch him cheating with her life savings-her only safety net. Now she's done, her walls of steels are built and nobody can get through not even her charismatic and insanely hot next door neighbor everything she shouldn't want and he can't seem to stop staring at her, he offers her a job just as she's short on rent and she's too cornered to say no. When her past comes to haunt her she finds herself running into his arms but as buried truths unravel and lies crumble as she's left to question if he was the danger she should have been running away from in the first place.
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Chapter: After The RoomLenny's Pov He sat on the couch, and Shadow pressed against his knee immediately. Luca stood at the kitchen entrance, looking at me."Water," I told him.Luca went to get it.I sat on the coffee table in front of Vincenzo the way I always did when I was about to look at damage. He let me. He was looking at the wall behind me with the particular expression of someone running a final check on everything that had happened in the last several hours."Tell me."He looked at me, and his voice was steady despite everything. "The session ran four hours. Dante had forty minutes of floor time. Borrelli gave him everything he asked for.""And the evidence file.""Forty-five minutes of presentation. Every document. Every transfer. Every communication record." He paused, and I watched his throat move. "Ferraro asked twelve questions. Every one was answered directly by the file.""And Bianchi."
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Chapter: He Came BackLenny's Pov The people at the door were maintenance. The maintenance men were real.They had building credentials and a work order for a smoke detector issue on the floor dated three days ago, and their tools in a bag were actual tools. Luca checked everything twice before he let them through.I stood at the kitchen entrance and watched him check both men. They were middle-aged and uncomfortable with the scrutiny, and they did not have the energy of people who had come to do anything other than fix a smoke detector. They were done in eight minutes, and Luca walked them to the elevator before coming back and closing the door.I looked at him."Real.""I know. I could tell after the first two minutes.""But it rattled you.""Yes.""That's reasonable. Given the last twelve hours."I went back to the table and sat down with my phone face up on the surface where I ha
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Chapter: Deliberatly Vincenzo's Pov The commission chair opened the session at nine oh four.He was a man named Borrelli, sixty three years old and twenty years in the chair position. He had the particular manner of someone who had seen enough of these sessions to find the drama around them tedious rather than interesting.He read Giovanni's declaration into the record first. It took four minutes and the room was completely silent the entire time. The only sound was his voice and the turning of pages.I watched Dante across the table while Borrelli read. His expression did not change. He had known the declaration was coming and he had prepared for it. The pleasant expression stayed exactly where he always kept it. Same half smile. Same relaxed shoulders. Same eyes that didn't match any of it.When Borrelli finished he set the declaration down with his hands resting on either side of it."The capo's formal endorsement is now part of the s
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Chapter: The WaitLenny's Pov Luca was quiet for a moment with his hands resting on either side of his cup. He seemed to be choosing his words carefully."He has walked into worse rooms than this one, with less preparation. With no Giovanni declaration behind him and no confirmed captains."I nodded slowly because I knew all of that was true. "I know that.""He has walked out of all of them.""I know that too. Knowing it and sitting here are two different things."Luca met my eyes, and something in his expression softened slightly. "Yes. They are."Shadow put his head on my knee, and I put my hand on his without looking down. His fur was warm, and his breathing was steady. The simple weight of him grounded me."Tell me something about the session. Something specific. How it actually works."Luca turned his cup on the table, and the ceramic scraped softly against the wood. He seemed to appreciate the di
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Chapter: The Hours BetweenLenny's Pov The morning came in grey. I was awake before the alarm, before him, before Shadow had even shifted at the foot of the bed. I lay still for a few minutes with his arm around me while his breathing stayed slow and even. He had actually slept for four solid hours at least. I listened to the ordinary sounds of the building. The elevator somewhere below. A door in the corridor. I got up carefully and made coffee. I fed Shadow, who wagged at me with his usual complete commitment to mornings. I stood at the kitchen window and looked at the street below while the coffee brewed. The session was at nine. It was currently six forty. Vincenzo came out of the bedroom at seven. He was already dressed in a dark jacket with the evidence file under his arm. He looked like a man who had made a decision a long time ago and today was simply the day it was being delivered. He looked at me. "You made coffee." "It's ready." He put the file on the table and sat down. I put a c
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Chapter: I ChooseYouLenny's Pov He was out of bed before the second hit on the door. I sat up. He already had the gun from the nightstand. He looked at me once and held up one hand flat. I stayed. He crossed to the bedroom door and opened it and went into the corridor of the apartment in three steps. I heard him at the front door. The specific sound of him checking the peephole. Then his voice. Very low. Very flat. "Step back from the door." Silence from the other side. "Step back again. Now." I heard shuffling. Then a voice I didn't recognize, male, muffled through the door. "I have a message. From Dante Moretti for his brother." "Put it under the door." "It's not that kind of message." "Then you're leaving without delivering it. Make your choice in the next ten seconds." Silence. Then footsteps moving away from the door. I heard Vincenzo on his phone immediately. Two words to Luca, the corridor. Then quiet. He came back to the bedroom doorway and looked at me. "Stay he
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด: 2026-07-22
THE STEPSISTERS SHADOW: A Rejected Mate Returns
“Bond or not, you will marry her,” the Alpha declared. “Refuse, and you lose your inheritance and claim to the pack.”
Once, Elara Voss believed in friendship and the promise of a mate bond. But betrayal shattered her world. Bullied mercilessly by her stepsister Lila and former best friend Serena, framed for crimes she never committed, and abandoned by the one person she trusted most… Alpha heir Kai Thorn.
Elara fled the pack and rebuilt her life far from their lies.
Years later, she’s forced back for Lila’s wedding… only to discover her fated mate is none other than Kai himself, the man who broke her heart and is still tangled with Serena. Trapped in a forced marriage by the ruthless alpha father to secure his heir’s future, Elara must navigate a web of secrets, simmering attraction, and enemies who want her gone.
As old wounds reopen and the truth slowly unravels, can the mate bond heal what betrayal destroyed? Or will the lies of the past tear them apart forever?
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Chapter: The Second HearingThe second hearing felt like a public execution. The grand hall was packed tighter than the night before. Wolves crammed shoulder to shoulder, tension thick enough to choke on. Elara stood beside Kai at the center, the mate bond humming like a high-voltage wire between them. Garrick slammed his gavel. “We’re here to settle this once and for all.”Serena stood on the opposite side with Lila, looking composed but with fury burning in her eyes. The rogue remained chained and silent at the side. “The pack deserves to know the truth. Elara never wanted this bond; she was happy in her human world. She’ll leave the second she can and take our future alpha’s heart with her when she does.”Murmurs rippled through the crowd; several wolves nodded.Elara stepped forward, voice steady despite the bond screaming at her to stay behind Kai. “I didn’t ask for this bond, but I’m not running from it either. Unlike some people who paid others to destroy me.”The hall erupted. Kai’s hand found hers, gri
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Chapter: Shattered IllusionThe walk back to the suite felt like crossing a minefield. Every shadow seemed to hide another enemy. Kai kept Elara tucked against his side, his arm like steel around her waist. The mate bond burned between them… a live wire of protectiveness and barely contained hunger after that kiss against the tree.“They’re not done,” Kai muttered. “Serena lost control tonight, and that makes her dangerous.”Elara’s phone felt heavy in her pocket. The photo of Kai and Serena still lingered in her mind like poison. “She’s always been dangerous, but you just never wanted to see it.”Kai stopped under a string of lanterns, turning her to face him. The bond surged at the eye contact, pulling them closer. His thumb brushed her jaw, sending sparks racing down her neck.“I’m seeing it now,” he said, voice rough. “Every time the bond shows me your pain, it cracks something inside me, but I can’t erase five years in one night.”The confession hit like a hook to the chest; Elara searched his eyes. “Then s
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Chapter: Venom And VowsThe poisoning turned the feast into a battlefield. Wolves shouted… Tables overturned. The two affected pack members writhed on the ground as healers rushed in. Elara stayed glued to Kai’s side, the mate bond blazing like a shield between them. “They’re blaming me,” she hissed as another wolf pointed in her direction. Kai’s arm locked around her waist. “They’ll have to go through me first.” The bond surged at his words hot, protective, almost territorial. She felt his wolf rise, ready to tear apart anyone who came closer, but beneath it, doubt still flickered. The poisoning had given Serena new ammunition. Serena stood on a table, voice ringing out. “This is what happens when we let an outsider in! She brought human poisons… University tricks. How long until she turns the bond against all of us?” The crowd roared in agreement. A group of young males started pushing forward, and Kai shoved Elara behind him and met the first challenger with a brutal shoulder check. The wolf flew
ปรับปรุงล่าสุด: 2026-07-22
Chapter: Feast Of WolvesThe unity feast was supposed to heal the pack. Instead, it felt like stepping into a den of knives. Elara walked into the moonlit clearing on Kai’s arm, the mate bond humming like a warning siren between them. String lights hung between trees. Long tables groaned with food, but the air crackled with tension. Wolves watched them with narrowed eyes… some curious, many still hostile. Kai’s hand rested possessively on her lower back. After the ritual and that public kiss, the bond had turned even more demanding. Every brush of his fingers sent heat racing through her veins. “Stay close,” he murmured, voice low. “They’re waiting for one mistake.” Serena and Lila sat at the head table despite their confinement, smiling as nothing had happened. Serena’s eyes locked on Elara with pure venom. The first hook came fast as a young male wolf stood up as they passed his table. “How do we know the ritual wasn’t faked too? She could be using the bond to control our future alpha!” Kai stopped
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Chapter: RitualOf TruthsThe morning of the truth-share ritual dawned blood-red. Elara stood in the center of the sacred clearing, heart pounding against her ribs. The entire pack ringed the stone circle, eyes hungry for answers. Kai stood at her side, his presence a storm of protectiveness and barely leashed tension. The mate bond crackled between them like lightning ready to strike. Garrick raised his arms. “The Moon Goddess will show us truth today.” Serena and Lila stood opposite them, faces painted with righteous anger. The rogue knelt in chains nearby, already sweating. An elder stepped forward with the ritual bowl, glowing moonstone liquid that would force memories into the air for everyone to see. Elara’s stomach twisted. This would rip open every scar in public. Kai’s hand brushed hers. “I’m right here,” he murmured. The elder forced the liquid down the rogue’s throat first. Images exploded into the air above the circle, grainy but clear. The rogue accepting money from Serena. Cornering Elar
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Chapter: Escape And ChainsDawn hit like a hammer.The pack council hall was packed when Kai led Elara inside, his hand firm on her lower back. The mate bond thrummed between them protective, possessive, and edged with raw tension. Every wolf watched them like predators circling fresh meat.Garrick sat at the head, face carved from stone. Serena and Lila flanked him like queens in waiting. The rogue… Lila’s mate stood chained at the side, eyes down.“Bring the girl forward,” Garrick ordered.Kai didn’t move. “She stays with me.”The bond surged at his words. Elara felt his wolf ready to tear apart anyone who tried to separate them but doubt still lingered in too many eyes.Serena stepped forward, voice dripping sweetness. “The pack has spoken… Until the rogue’s story is confirmed, she should be held separately for everyone’s safety.”Murmurs of agreement rippled through the hall. A few wolves growled low.Elara lifted her chin. “I’m not hiding… Ask your questions.”The rogue shifted uncomfortably. Serena shot h
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