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The Blackmail

Author: Jay Daniels
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-03-09 15:07:57

I remembered Claire’s voice over the phone mid-afternoon begging, sobbing. “Isabella please, just this last time.”

Now, I had to do all I could to get Kelvin marry her.

I stood outside his downtown apartment building at 11:47 p.m., My hands were cold despite the warm night air. Claire’s fiancé… the man who had called off their wedding after the first leaks, was the last person I wanted to see. But the wedding rehearsal dinner was still scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the family estate. Inv
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  • HOUSE OF FORBIDDEN DESIRE    The One Thing Nobody Expected

    Isabella’s POV Lucas went completely still, two hands holding onto a chair for support. Not shocked at first. Just still, like his body stopped processing movement before his brain caught up.“What did you just say?” he asked quietly.Camilla didn’t answer immediately. She stepped farther into the room instead, slow enough to make the security guards behind her glance at each other nervously.Claire moved in front of me at once. “You need to leave. Right now.”Camilla barely looked at her. “You’re still trying to protect her from information she deserves to know.”Marcus laughed harshly. “You call this protection?”“I call it honesty.” She shrugged.“No,” Lucas said, voice laced with disgust. “You call it manipulation.”Camilla turned toward him, giving him.the attention. “Do I?”Marcus didn't utter a word, just held her gaze for what seemed like an eternity. Proof he was intimidated by h

  • HOUSE OF FORBIDDEN DESIRE    She Brought Proof

    Isabella’s POV “What does that mean?” Claire asked immediately.Lucas stayed near the door, one hand still wrapped around the handle like he hadn’t fully decided whether to come back inside or leave again. His shirt clung slightly to his chest from sweat, dark near the collar. He looked like he’d been pacing outside for hours instead of minutes.“I don’t know,” he said. “She wouldn’t tell me downstairs.”Marcus pushed away from the wall sharply. “Then why the hell is she here?”“Because security wouldn’t let her upstairs,” Lucas replied flatly. “And she started threatening to scream everything in the lobby.”“Jesus Christ,” Claire muttered.Ethan looked toward the hallway. “Who even told her Isabella was here?”Their gaze fell on me, no words said. My stomach cramped lightly again. I pressed my palm against it automatically.Lucas followed the movement of my hand. His eyes lingered there before lifting back to my face. That tiny movement did something dangerous to my pulse.I hated i

  • HOUSE OF FORBIDDEN DESIRE    The Question That Stayed Between Us

    Isabella’s POVAll eyes on me, after Ethan’s question.Claire stood beside the bed with her arms folded tightly across herself, watching me carefully like she was scared of what I might say. Marcus leaned against the wall again, but the tension in his face hadn’t softened. Ethan stayed where he was near the window, waiting. Not pushing. Just waiting.And me… I couldn’t answer.My fingers twisted slowly in the blanket over my lap while my thoughts crashed into each other so hard it made my head hurt. Lucas’s face kept appearing in my mind no matter how much I tried to force it away. The way he looked holding me after the bleeding started. The panic in his voice. The way his hands shook when he thought he might lose me. Lose the baby.Then Marcus’s face slipped in right after it. The garden. His mouth against my hand. His voice promising he would stay even if the child wasn’t his. Ethan standing here now, looking at me like he already knew my silence was the answer he didn’t want.Every

  • HOUSE OF FORBIDDEN DESIRE    The Last Person I Needed

    Isabella’s POVClaire blinked, snorted the word, “Ethan?”The nurse nodded. “He said it’s important.”I closed my eyes briefly. Exhale slowly, of course it was Ethan. Because apparently the universe had decided I hadn’t suffered enough for one day.Marcus let out a low breath through his nose. “Perfect timing.”“Don’t start,” Claire muttered, glancing at him.The nurse looked between us awkwardly. “Should I send him away?”I opened my eyes again slowly. “No. Please let him in.” I waved at her.Claire turned to me immediately. “Bella… are you sure you want to see him.”“It’s fine. Let him in.” I forced a smile. It wasn’t fine, nothing was fine. But I didn’t have the energy to fight another situation right now.The nurse gave a small nod and stepped back out.Marcus folded his arms. “Lucas is going to lose his mind if he walks back in and sees Ethan here.”I laughed weakly. “Lucas already lost his mind.”Claire sat beside me again. “Do you want me to stay?”“Yes, I'm sorry I'm ruining y

  • HOUSE OF FORBIDDEN DESIRE    Nobody Knows What Happens Now

    Isabella’s POVThe doctor looked around the room slowly. Her eyes stopped on my face first, then Claire’s tears, then Lucas walking in with his head low.“What happened?” she asked.Nobody answered.Lucas still held the phone in his hand. The screen had gone dark after Camilla’s call ended.I stared at my mother. “Say something,” I whispered.Mom pressed her trembling fingers against her mouth. “Isabella..”“No.” I cut in quickly. “Don’t say my name like that. Just answer me.”Claire turned toward her so fast the chair legs scraped the floor. “Mom, what is going on?”Mom looked between us helplessly. Her mascara had smudged beneath her eyes. “I didn’t know this would happen.”Lucas laughed quietly.The sound made my stomach twist.“You didn’t know?” he repeated. “How exactly does something like this happen accidentally?”“Lucas, take a chill pill.” Claire said softly.“No, I want her to answer.” His voice stayed low, but I could see the tension in his jaw. His fingers tightened harder

  • HOUSE OF FORBIDDEN DESIRE    The Truth Nobody Wanted

    Isabella’s POVThe phone slipped from Lucas’s hand and hit the edge of the hospital bed with a loud clack.Nobody moved. I stared at my mother, my chest heaving, I clucth the bedsheets.Claire stepped forward slowly. “Mom?”My mother still couldn’t look directly at me, and that hurt more than Camilla’s words.“Tell me she’s lying,” I whispered.My mother still wouldn’t look at me. My mother rubbed both hands over her face like she was trying to hold herself together.“Blair,” Lucas said, his voice sharp. Using her first name instead of “Mom” made my stomach twist.Camilla’s voice came through the speaker again, calm and smooth. “See? This is the problem with secrets. They always come out at the worst time.”“Shut up,” Marcus snapped. For once, everyone agreed with him.Claire moved closer to our mother. “Mom… what is she talking about?”My mother finally looked up. Her eyes were full of guilt. “I was going to tell you, Isabella.” She whispered.My heartbeat stumbled. “No, Is this a pr

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