Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY: DEADLINEIRIS‘I really want to be in your life, princess.’That was what my father had just said to me.After the many years I’d spent without a father, hearing him say that just… It made the anger at the bottom of my stomach boil even hotter.I had waited for this man on the front steps. Waited for him every single evening, hoping that one day, he would come back home. Come back to me.But he never did.Days and days passed. Weeks, months, years…I stopped waiting on the steps after a whole year.Mostly because I was tired of waiting, but also because that was when my mother started hitting me. And when I was finally able to run away, I ran straight to my grandmother—Harold’s mother. She was still alive at the time and also knew nothing about her son’s whereabouts.She was reluctant to take me in because she was scared she didn’t know how to take care of me since she was already failing in health.But I was fine with it. I didn't need much. I just needed a place to call home. A place to la
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINE:IRIS “Who?” I found myself asking even though I already knew the answer to that question.Harold looked me dead in the eye. “I’m sure you must remember a man who was your bodyguard for a very short period of time? The man who had actually kidnapped you on behalf of Quentin?”He trailed off, like he was waiting for me to say something. To ask him to go on. I didn’t. But he continued anyway.Harold leaned back in his seat. “Quentin sent him on another… errand, to get rid of your child before Maverick ever found out that she was his as well.”My breath caught.“So…” My voice was small, my head spinning.“Roman Vasilis cut the brakes.” My mouth opened but nothing came out.Nothing could come out.I mean, what was there to say?“You’re not…” I started, clearing my throat one I finally found my voice. “That still doesn’t mean anything. Maverick didn’t tell me that it was Roman, and so what? What does that have to do with anything?”My father chuckled darkly. “It might interest you to know
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AMD EIGHTY-EIGHT: WHO?IRIS The moment the doors to the dining room closed shut, a heavy silence fell over the room. Uncomfortable as hell and too damn loud. My father’s gaze shifted down to his food, and he started to eat again, like he hadn’t just asked Ryan and Layla to abandon their meals and leave us alone. He was really fucking good at pretending like nothing was wrong. I supposed that was how he was able to easily stay away after he abandoned me. I glared at the glass of wine in front of me. It would be a good idea to get drunk as hell, but I couldn’t risk it. I needed to have a sound mind if I was going to continue this bloody conversation with my father. “What do you want from me?” I asked again, quieter this time. My throat felt tight as I watched him chew the food in his mouth, his gaze focused ahead of him instead of at the person sitting beside him. After a full, long minute, he finally turned to glance at me, his eyes narrowed at the edges as they studied me with the same interest you’
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN:IRISI was furious. Seething.Harold was fucking infuriating.“So are we just going to pretend that Ryan didn’t just walk in with a blood stain on his shirt?” I asked, stabbing hard into the steak in front of me.I wasn’t hungry. Not anymore. But if sitting through this nightmare of a dinner was the only way Harold was going to let me speak to Maverick… then I was going to sit through it.Begrudgingly, of course.Ryan cleared his throat. “Where?” he muttered, looking down at his shirt like he didn’t know that the blood had been soaking into the fabric since before he walked in.“Where?” I echoed with a scoff, setting my fork down with a loud clink. And then I reached for the collar of his shirt, my fingers accidentally grazing the skin of his chest.Maybe I was imagining it, but Ryan had tensed beneath my touch.I bit down on a smirk. This man was so affected by me it would be so easy to get him to do what I wanted.All I had to do was play my cards right.“Right there, genius. Don’t
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SIX: THE DEADLINEIRIS ‘I really want to be in your life, princess.’ That was what my father had just said to me. After the many years I’d spent without a father, hearing him say that just… It made the anger at the bottom of my stomach boil even hotter. I had waited for this man on the front steps. Waited for him every single evening, hoping that one day, he would come back home. Come back to me. But he never did. Days and days passed. Weeks, months, years… I stopped waiting on the steps after a whole year. Mostly because I was tired of waiting, but also because that was when my mother started hitting me. And when I was finally able to run away, I ran straight to my grandmother—Harold’s mother. She was still alive at the time and also knew nothing about her son’s whereabouts. She was reluctant to take me in because she was scared she didn’t know how to take care of me since she was already failing in health. But I was fine with it. I didn't need much. I just needed a place to call home. A
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE: THREE MONTHSIRIS “Who?” I found myself asking even though I already knew the answer to that question.Harold looked me dead in the eye. “I’m sure you must remember a man who was your bodyguard for a very short period of time? The man who had actually kidnapped you on behalf of Quentin?”He trailed off, like he was waiting for me to say something. To ask him to go on. I didn’t. But he continued anyway.Harold leaned back in his seat. “Quentin sent him on another… errand, to get rid of your child before Maverick ever found out that she was his as well.”My breath caught.“So…” My voice was small, my head spinning.“Roman Vasilis cut the brakes.” My mouth opened but nothing came out.Nothing could come out.I mean, what was there to say?“You’re not…” I started, clearing my throat one I finally found my voice. “That still doesn’t mean anything. Maverick didn’t tell me that it was Roman, and so what? What does that have to do with anything?”My father chuckled darkly. “It might interest you to know
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HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATION(An Erotic Billionaire Romance)
“Take off your dress, Meadow.”
“Why?”
“Because your ex is watching,” he said, leaning back into his seat. “And I want him to see what he lost.”
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Meadow Russell was supposed to get married to the love of her life in Vegas. Instead, she walked in on her twin sister riding her fiance.
One drink at the bar turned to ten. One drunken mistake turned into reality. And one stranger’s offer turned into a contract that she signed with shaking hands and a diamond ring.
Alaric Ashford is the devil in a tailored Tom Ford suit. Billionaire CEO, brutal, possessive. A man born into an empire of blood and steel.
He also suffers from a neurological condition—he can’t feel. Not objects, not pain, not even human touch.
Until Meadow touches him, and he feels everything. And now he owns her. On paper and in his bed.
She wants him to ruin her. Take what no one else could have. He wants control, obedience… revenge.
But what starts as a transaction slowly turns into something Meadow never saw coming.
Obsession, secrets that were never meant to surface, and a pain from the past that threatens to break everything.
Alaric doesn’t share what’s his.
Not his company.
Not his wife.
And definitely not his vengeance.
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Chapter: HIS DOE, HIS DAMNATIONAlaric’s POV: I’d thought meeting Meadow for the first time was the most beautiful moment I’d experienced.I was wrong.Watching her walk down the aisle to me was a moment that would play on a loop in my memory, long after my heart stopped beating.It would replay in my head every single time I needed to remember what it felt like to be chosen, to be loved unconditionally.I was so in love with her, and I was going to protect her and treat her the way she deserved for the rest of our lives.Meadow wanted Mel to walk her down the aisle, and she did. Nova and Cami were her bridesmaids, and Nolan was my best man.My mother was part of the congregation, and whenever our eyes met, she would smile at me like she was proud of me.I knew she was. Most of all, I knew she was excited to invite a few relatives from Germany—something that she pressed me about after she found out that I’d gotten married without letting her know.As for her and Meadow’s relationship… it was still on the rocks. Mea
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Chapter: CHAPTER 0186Meadow’s POV:(Two Months Later) “Tell me, doe…” His voice was deep and raw, laced with arousal. “How badly do you want my tongue?”A shiver racked through my entire body, not just because of how turned on I was, but also because there was a glass of ice cubes on my abdomen. Alaric hovered over me, running his hand along the side of my body while the other was by my head. “I… mhmmm,” I trailed off with a moan of satisfaction as he closed his mouth over my hard nipple, sucking gently. I could feel his erection against my stomach, hard, heavy and ready. The only clothing between us were my bikini bottoms and his shorts.“You what, baby? Can’t speak?” he murmured, trailing his lips higher and higher until they were just above mine.“You make it a little hard to focus, you know that.”He let out a soft chuckle. “Just a little?” he teased. “I’m not doing a great job then. How about we fix that?”I bit down on my bottom lip, looking at him through hooded eyes. “There’s nothing to fix. Thi
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Chapter: AUTHOR'S NOTE/APOLOGYhi everyone, thank you so much for sticking with me, even despite my absence. I assure you, that wasn't intentional. I've been dealing with some personal stuff. To be honest, I'm not proud of this either, especially since I planned on bringing this book to a close before the end of 2025. There are so few chapters left to write, but sometimes, life just hits hard, you know? But anyway, the last few chapters will be uploaded before the end of the week. I'm working overtime to make sure of that.god, I don't even know if y'all still remember the storyline, and I'm sure a lot of people got tired of waiting and just gave up. That is no one else's fault but mine, and I apologize again.happy new year, by the way❤️❤️❤️
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Chapter: CHAPTER 0185Alaric’s POV: “Where is she?” Nova panted, her eyes wide, hair frayed as she ran up to me. “Is she okay?” I nodded to my car, where Meadow sat hunched in the passenger seat. She was still shaken, probably not even aware of what was going on anymore.“Meadow,” she gasped, rushing over to her. But not before she gave Nolan a look that had his shoulders tensing up.She was upset with him. Not that it was any of my concern.“How’s she feeling?” Nolan asked me. “Did she get hurt?”“Not so much physically,” I answered simply. Whenever I thought about the handprints I saw around her neck and the bruises on her hands and feet, it made me want to bring Tyler back to life and kill him again, and it pissed me off more that I wasn’t the one who’d taken his life.However, the real damage to Meadow was not physical.“Everything alright with you two?” I asked in a bid to change the subject.Nolan rolled his lips. “Yeah,” he murmured. “Just the move, you know?”I knew.Nolan was leaving in a few mo
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Chapter: CHAPTER 0184Alaric’s POV: I couldn’t get here fast enough. They had taken her to a completely remote area that took some time to find even though we had the location pinned.The initial plan was for me to arrive first with the money, and distract Tyler Cross. But the motherfucker was dead, supposedly shot by Juniper.I did not ever want to recall those few seconds when I thought Meadow was the one who had been shot. The scariest fucking moment of my life.I couldn’t lose her. Couldn’t live without her. If anything had happened to Meadow I would’ve burned the city to the ground.It had almost happened again when we burst through the doors. Tyler would’ve shot Meadow if one of Nolan’s men hadn’t silenced him before he could.She was here—shaking and crying in my arms. But she was safe. That’s all that mattered.“I’m right here, baby,” I murmured. However, before the words were completely out, she pushed hard against my chest in a bid to free herself from my arms.“Juniper…” she broke off, hurryin
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Chapter: CHAPTER 0183Meadow’s POV: “MEADOW!” I could hear the raw panic in his voice. “MEADOW, ANSWER ME—”My heart slammed back hard into my chest. The phone was on the floor, right beside Tyler’s body. “Fuck! Fuck, say something. Talk to me, baby. Please—”I realized then that he must’ve thought I was the one who had been shot.“I’m fine, Alaric!” I forced myself to yell. “I’m okay. I’m okay, it wasn’t me.”“Could be,” I heard Juniper murmur before she crouched, picking up the phone like she was unimpressed.“Oh, calm your tits,” she said casually. “She’s alive.”My hands were shaking so badly I thought I would pass out. But I forced myself to focus on the ropes again. I didn’t stop.“If you lay a hand on her, I swear—”“I know you’ve already got our location pinged,” Juniper cut in coolly. “So stop wasting time and come over. This ends tonight.” Alaric didn’t get another word in before she ended the call.“Is he always so… bossy?” she asked me, rolling her eyes. “Sounds overbearing to me.”“He cares
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