After One Reckless Night; A Secret Binds Us
"Did you really think you could run from me forever.....after the way I touched you that night?" he growled, his hands pinning her wrists above her head, eyes dark with intensity as they drank her in. "You became mine from the second I touched you....and no amount of time or distance will change that. And you need to understand the consequences of crossing path with me."
Her breath hitched.
She hated the way her body remembered him—how his voice alone could shatter her defenses. His touch burned through the fabric of time, pulling at memories she’d fought to bury. Every word he spoke sent a shiver down her spine, curling heat in places she’d sworn had long gone numb.
But it wasn’t just desire.
It was fear.
Fear of what he made her feel. Fear of the truth she hadn’t told him. Fear that if she let him in again, she might never find the strength to walk away.
As the past and old enemies resurface and buried secrets begin to unravel, Kimberly is forced to confront the past she tried so hard to forget. But with every truth revealed, the danger grows—and so does the temptation to fall again.
Caught between betrayal, obsession, and a love that refuses to die, Kimberly must fight to protect the one thing she swore to keep safe.
Because some sins don't stay buried.
And some passions are impossible to escape.
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Chapter: Chapter 114: Birthday GirlThe late afternoon sun swept through the tall windows of the Harrington family home, bathing every object with a soft golden glow over the sunroom that overlooked the sprawling rose garden. Three years had passed since that perfect spring wedding, and the estate had transformed in the most wonderful ways. A new swing set stood beneath the old oak tree, painted in soft pink and white. A small vegetable patch-Keira's proud project, bloomed with cherry tomatoes and colorful marigolds. And in the distance, a gentle white pony grazed lazily in the fenced paddock, its name (Sparkles) painted on a wooden sign in wobbly five-year-old handwriting.Inside, the air smelled of fresh vanilla cake and wildflowers.Kimberly stood at the kitchen island, carefully piping pale blush frosting onto a three-tiered birthday cake. Her hair was loosely tied back, a few strands escaping to frame her face, and she wore a simple sundress that hugged her gently rounded belly. At six months pregnant with their
Last Updated: 2026-04-30
Chapter: Chapter 113: To The Rest Of Our LivesA FEW WEEKS LATER ~~ THE WEDDINGThe late spring sun bathed the sprawling rose garden of Bryce’s countryside estate in a soft, glow. Fairy lights twinkled from the trees and along the elegant flower arch, were ivory garden roses, blush ranunculus, and delicate spirea intertwined with sage greenery. Rows of white chairs held their intimate circle of about a hundred guests—close friends, family, and a handful of trusted associates, who watched with warm smiles as the string quartet played a gentle, romantic melody.Keira, looking like an absolute princess in her blush-pink tulle gown with sparkling accents and a crown of tiny roses, walked ahead of Kimberly as the flower girl. She took her role very seriously, at first. With a small white basket in hand, she scattered rose petals mixed with gold confetti in dramatic handfuls, twirling once or twice for good measure. The guests chuckled softly at her theatrical flair.Then came Kimberly, radiant in her off-the-shoulder A-line gown. The
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Chapter: Chapter 112Bryce hadn’t said anything right away when he heard it. He had simply frozen, his gaze snapping to Kimberly’s face, searching her expression to see if she had heard the same thing he had. He needed to be sure it wasn't a hallucination brought on by the stress of the afternoon.And now, a full hour later, it was still sinking in, slow and deep, like warm water you don’t realize is rising until it’s already up to your chest.Pregnant.His thumb kept moving in these slow, gentle circles over the back of her hand. Over and over again, the same little motion, like he needed that steady rhythm just to keep himself grounded in the moment.Kimberly caught him staring and the corners of her mouth lifted just a tiny bit, even after everything that had happened.“You’re staring again,” she whispered, her voice still a little soft and tired.Bryce didn’t even bother pretending he wasn’t.“Didn’t plan on stopping,” he said quietly, a small smile tugging at his lips. “I just found out my wife is ca
Last Updated: 2026-04-26
Chapter: Chapter 111: Going To Be Parents Again**********Bryce was in the middle of a high-stakes board meeting when his phone buzzed with a frantic text from Cindy. He didn't bother to read the whole thing, the first few words were enough to stir something in him. “Your wife is having a breakdown. Her dad showed up.”The instant he read that, he left the meeting without a word to his directors.In just few minutes, he was in the estate of his mansion. The sight that greeted him when he entered the house, stoped him dead in his tracks. Kimberly was huddled on the couch, looking nothing like the woman he saw this morning before leaving for work. Her mascara had left dark tracks down her pale cheeks. She looked so small and haunted.Bryce was across the room in just two strides, dropping to his knees in front of her. He didn’t care about his custom suit or the fact that she was trembling so hard he could feel it.“Kim,” he said, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. He took her
Last Updated: 2026-04-21
Chapter: Chapter 110: A Life That Doesn't Include YouThe boutique, which seconds ago felt like a sanctuary of lace and laughter, suddenly felt like a tomb. Kimberly didn’t move. She couldn't. Her reflection, once a vision of a “garden fairy,” now looked like a ghost. That couldn't be her dad, right?Someone tell her it wasn't her father she was staring at right now. But reality soon sank back into her, reminding her she was looking at exactly the man she thought she was hallucinating.He looked older, his hair was silvered now, and his posture slightly stooped, but the eyes were the same. The same eyes that had looked at her years ago, and had told her she was getting married, and had given her no room for protest. Raymond was holding a small, weathered envelope in his trembling hands, looking entirely out of place amidst the ivory silk and expensive champagne.“Kimberly,” he croaked. The sound of her name in his voice was like sandpaper on a raw wound.The spell broke
Last Updated: 2026-04-20
Chapter: Chapter 109: Saying Yes To The Dress~~ A FEW DAYS LATER ~~Cindy sat on a plush velvet chaise nearby, her legs crossed, with a glass of champagne in hand and a huge grin on her face as she sipped from her glass, her eyes never leaving her best friend who stood on the raised platform in front of a three-way mirror, her hands smoothing over the delicate fabric of the dress she currently had on. It was a romantic off-the-shoulder A-line gown with intricate lace appliqués that looked like delicate vines and wildflowers climbing up the bodice and cascading gently down the skirt. The lightweight chiffon flowed effortlessly, moving with her like a soft breeze, ideal for an outdoor ceremony at the countryside estate that she and her “fiance” had agreed on. A subtle blush undertone in the lace gave it that whimsical garden feel without being overly sweet.“Oh my God, Kim,” Cindy breathed, fanning herself dramatically. “That’s the one. I’m calling it. You look like a literal garden fairy who decided to become a queen. Bryce is
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Craved By My Fiance's Brother (An Erotic Billionaire Romance
“These sharp lips," he growls against my throat, grazing his teeth on my pulse, "they already cost me my soul. And now they'll moan my name...." his hand drags down my waist, gripping it harder as it finds its way to my bare throbbing core. "and learn exactly who they belong to."
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One brother owns her future.
The other is addicted to her ruin.
Meeka Clemson is engaged to marry Nathaniel DeWitt, the golden billionaire heir her family chose, the man she's secretly loved for years. But one reckless mistake changes everything.
One forbidden night with a stranger she should never have touched. A man who held her like he intends to keep her.
Slade is everything she shouldn't want. He's dark, obsessive, reckless and dangerous.
And worst of all? He's Nathaniel's older brother.
Slade doesn't believe in restraint. He doesn't believe in sharing. And once he tastes Meeka, he refuses to let go.
Now every stolen touch becomes a betrayal. Every secret meeting pulls her deeper into the obsession. And the closer the wedding gets, the more ruthless Slade becomes, willing to destroy his brother, his family, and even his own name just to claim her.
Now Meeka is trapped between duty and desire, safety and sin. Between the man she's meant to marry, and the man who will burn the world before letting her walk away.
Because Slade doesn't do mercy. He does destruction, he possesses. And he'll stop at nothing until she's his.
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TRIGGER WARNING!!🔞🔞
This book contains explicit sexual scenes, obsession, morally grey characters, toxic desires, raw emotions, family dramas, dark romance themes, and psychological tension.
Stay off or get burned.
Just kidding! Dive dive in and enjoy the fire.😉😉
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Chapter: Chapter 103: He Really Isn't ComingI rub my hand over my forehead, trying to force some actual focus into my brain. “Come on, Meeka. Just do your job. Read the stupid report, check the fabric designs sent , think about the wedding, think about literally anything else.I manage to keep my eyes on the screen for maybe thirty seconds tops, before my mind just completely drifts away again. And it doesn't go to flower arrangements, or the seating chart, or even the rehearsal dinner. It doesn't even go to Nathaniel. Instead, it goes straight back to the one place I’ve been desperately trying to avoid for the past one week.Slade.My fingers freeze right over the keyboard. For a complete one week, the guy wouldn't leave me alone. He was calling me non-stop. Morning, afternoon, late at night when I was trying to sleep. My phone was constantly lighting up with voicemails, texts, paragraphs of explanations, literally anything he could think of just to beg me to meet up with him.And then, now there's nothing. Just sudden, total
Last Updated: 2026-08-20
Chapter: Chapter 102: What LookMEEKA'S POV::“And honestly, if we don't get the approval from CK by Friday, the entire launch is going to be pushed back. I was thinking we could bypass them and go straight to accounting, but I wanted to check if you had the—"The voice is just background noise. A dull, rhythmic sound of the office AC and the distant clacking of keyboards that do not register at all, are all I can hear from a distance.“Meeka? You layout the budget for that yet? Meeka....? Meeka!”I stay frozen, staring straight at the glowing computer screen while my fingers hover totally uselessly over the keys. The rows and columns are just a massive, blurry jumble at this point. Quarterly projections, expense reports, and designs that need an approval stamp by the end of the day. It all just looks like a wall of meaningless black text. I realize I've been staring at the exact same sentence for a solid fifteen minutes now, and if someone asked me right this second, I couldn't tell them a single thing it actually
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Chapter: Chapter 101: Aren't TheyShe doesn't argue with me. She just leans forward a little, her voice dropping to a calm, quiet tone. “What reality is that?”I let out a long, slow breath, rubbing my palms together until they burn. “The reality that there are some things people just shouldn't know about you. Period.”“Why?”“Because once they know...” I let out a dry, bitter laugh that scratches my throat. “They can't unlearn or unsee it. They look at you totally differently from that moment on.”My throat feels tight, like I'm swallowing glass.“They look at you like you're broken.”Evelyn just watches me for a long beat, taking me in. “Has that happened to you before?”I keep my mouth shut. I don't answer her, but then again, I don't really need to. She already knows the answer. Of course she does. She’s been sitting right across from me for every single ugly session since I finally forced myself to start talking. She knows about every nightmare, every sudden panic attack, and every single memory I spent years pr
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Chapter: Chapter 100: I Can't Tell Her“Managed what?”“I don't know. Getting under my skin. Making me care.” The words sound completely absurd coming out of my mouth, but they’re true. “I've spent my whole life building walls, making sure nobody ever gets close enough to matter, close enough to do any damage.”“And she did.”“Without even trying. That's the maddening part.” I lean back into the chair, tilting my head to stare up at the ceiling molding. “The funny part is, I don't even remember the exact moment it happened. It’s not like a light switch went off.”“It rarely works that way.”“I just... I woke up one day and realized my first instinct wasn't to push her away anymore. Actually, I’ve wanted her around since the very first night I met her, even when I was pretending otherwise. I found myself wanting to know how her day had been. Me, the guy who couldn’t care less about small talk.” A bitter, self-deprecating smile crosses my face. “I always want to hear her complain about her day. I started looking forward to
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Chapter: Chapter 099: Still Don't Know HowI let out a rough, humorless laugh, dragging my hand down the back of my neck. The skin there feels tight, knotted up with the kind of tension that's been building for days.“I was honestly hoping you'd tell me,” I mutter, keeping my eyes fixed somewhere near the floorboards.One corner of Evelyn's mouth lifts just a bit. It’s that familiar, patient expression she always uses when I’m being particularly stubborn.“So you got in your car, drove almost an hour straight into the absolute middle of nowhere, just because you wanted me to explain why you're sitting in my office?”“When you put it like that, yeah, it sounds a little ridiculous.”“It sounds very you, Slade.”That actually earns the ghost of a smile from me. It’s small, and gone almost the exact second it shows up. But she catches it anyway. She always notices everything, no matter how fast I try to hide it.Evelyn doesn't rush to fill the space between us, she never does. Years ago, during my first few sessions, that silence
Last Updated: 2026-08-13
Chapter: Chapter 098: Didn't Think I'd Be Back EitherThe gravel road off the main highway is just as rough as I remember it. I shift gears, keeping the engine humming low as the tires kick up loose stones along the winding, tree-lined path. It’s completely secluded out here, hidden deep in the woods away from the constant noise of the city. The whole place is intentionally designed to make you feel like you’re escaping the world. Right now, though, it just feels like I’m driving straight toward my own execution.I pass the crooked wooden fence, then the old stone marker right near the bend. Honestly, nothing has changed in the entire year I’ve been gone. The massive oak trees still block out most of the sun, throwing heavy, suffocating shadows across the hood of my car. The exact same neatly trimmed hedges line the brick walkway leading to the front door, and the white-framed windows still overlook the small, empty parking lot. Even the brass plaque mounted beside the entrance catches the morning sunlight exactly the way it used to.I
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