เข้าสู่ระบบ“Tell me all your secret desires, princess.” Sophia Bennett’s world shattered the night she discovered her fiancé had been hiding a devastating secret. Drunk, heartbroken, and desperate to forget everything, she stumbled into the wrong hotel room—and into the arms of Damien Blackwood. He is a dangerously attractive, cold-hearted forty-year-old man, twice her age. Powerful, commanding, and impossible to read, he is everything she was never supposed to want. And everything she never knew she needed. One unforgettable night changes everything between them. But reality hits hard the next morning when Sophia discovers that the mysterious stranger who made her forget her heartbreak is none other than her new boss. Damien Blackwood. Now, every glance across the office feels different. Every private conversation leaves her questioning the distance between them. And every time he calls her princess, she struggles to remember why getting involved with him could ruin everything. Will Sophia risk her heart on a man whose secrets could be more dangerous than her own? Will Damien let the woman who has disrupted his carefully controlled world get close enough to see the man behind his cold exterior? Or will their undeniable attraction cost them far more than either of them is prepared to lose? “Look at me, princess,” Damien murmured, his gaze holding hers. “And tell me you don't feel it too.”
ดูเพิ่มเติม"Mas, apakah kamu tidak bisa lembut padaku? Aku tidak menikmatinya sama sekali…”
Alena, mantan model cantik berusia 25 tahun itu hanya bisa menatap suaminya nanar saat pria itu langsung menarik diri setelah pelepasannya. Pria itu melengos ke kamar mandi tanpa memedulikan rengekan Alena.
Masih dalam keadaan polos dirinya ditinggalkan begitu saja layaknya wanita bayaran. Hatinya hancur, padahal yang ia inginkan hanya disentuh dengan lembut oleh suaminya sendiri.
Sudah hampir satu tahun ini sejak suaminya—Tama—disibukkan dengan jadwal rumah sakit setelah sumpah dokternya. Dokter bedah muda berumur 28 tahun itu memang berada di dekatnya, tapi pria itu selalu mengabaikan urusan ranjang dan tidak pernah menyentuhnya dengan cinta lagi.
Alasannya sederhana, pria itu lelah setelah bekerja seharian. Apalagi jika ada operasi besar, suaminya itu bahkan bisa berminggu-minggu tidak menyentuhnya.
Alena sempat curiga, apakah suaminya memiliki wanita lain di luar sana? Apakah Tama sudah tidak mencintainya?
Terlebih saat melihat suaminya keluar kamar mandi, tampak tak acuh sambil memungut pakaiannya. Setelah berpakaian, Tama langsung tidur di samping Alena yang bahkan masih di posisi yang sama sejak awal.
“Aku sudah bilang kalau aku lelah, tapi kamu memaksaku. Terima saja apa yang sudah kuberikan, masih untung aku memberikannya.”
Dan tak lama suara dengkuran halus terdengar. Tama benar-benar meninggalkannya begitu saja.Untuk sejenak, Alena menatap Tama yang memunggunginya. Suaminya itu benar- benar kejam sekali.
Setelah mengenakan pakaian tidurnya, Alena memutuskan keluar kamar. Ia memutuskan untuk ke kamar mandi bawah untuk menuntaskan hasratnya yang menggantung.
Pukul sebelas malam, rumah besar itu terasa sepi dan senyap. Alena sempat melirik ke arah kamar kakak iparnya yang tampak sepi. Dan sepertinya pria itu memang sudah terlelap.
Syukurlah, ia tidak mau pria itu memergokinya akan melakukan hal nakal. Karena bagaimanapun, ia dan Tama tinggal bersama sang kayak ipar.
Wanita itu lalu berjalan pelan menuruni anak tangga, hingga langkahnya tertahan di undakan terakhir.
Namun ternyata asumsinya salah. Di ruang tengah, tampak sorot cahaya layar televisi masih menyala.
"Kak Aston masih belum tidur? Lebih baik aku ke kamar tamu saja," putus Alena melanjutkan jalannya menuju kamar tamu di belakang sofa.
Begitu masuk ke kamar tamu, Alena langsung ke dalam kamar mandi. Di bawah guyuran air hangat, dirinya yang tak terpuaskan oleh sang suami membuatnya hilang akal. Maka malam itu, ia terpaksa melakukannya sendiri.
Bayangannya kembali pada masa awal pernikahan saat sang suami masih bersikap manis dan penuh cinta. Saat tangannya memeluk tubuhnya dengan lembut, saat penuhnya mengucap penuh cinta.
Hingga akhirnya, Alena mencapai kepuasannya di akhir aktivitasnya. Tubuhnya bersandar lemah pada dinding marmer kamar mandi. Namun seketika perasaan sedih melanda kala mengingat bahwa ia melakukan seperti ini sendirian di tengah malam.
Ia merasa seperti istri menyedihkan yang tak diinginkan. Dan yang lebih parahnya lagi… kakak iparnya masih menjadi salah satunya orang yang terbangun di malam hari itu.
Bagaimana kalau pria itu mengetahuinya…?
Tapi Alena segera menyingkirkan pikiran itu, dan setelah berhasil mengontrol napasnya, ia mengeringkan tubuhnya dan mulai melangkah ke luar kamar mandi.
Namun, begitu melangkah keluar kamar mandi, jantung Alena seolah berhenti berdetak. Matanya membelalak sempurna saat melihat kakak iparnya, Aston, duduk di tepi ranjang.
Ketakutannya berubah menjadi nyata!
Sehingga kedua tangannya bersidekap, sementara tatapannya lurus menatap ke arah kamar mandi.
Dan begitu netranya menangkap sosok Alena yang membeku di ambang pintu, sudut bibirnya perlahan naik.
“Alena, apa yang kamu lakukan malam-malam begini?”
Sophia’s POVThe house was loud in the best possible way.Late afternoon light stretched across the kitchen and into the open living room, where toys had already claimed corners that once held nothing but quiet order. One of the twins slept in a bassinet near the window. The other was awake in Damien’s arms, fist caught in the front of his shirt, staring up at him with the solemn focus of someone already prepared to run the place. He had been chairman for six months, and somehow the title had made him softer at home rather than harder. The company still answered to him. The evenings, more often than not, answered to this.I stood at the counter finishing the last of the plates while Eleanor moved around me with the ease of someone who no longer needed an invitation to belong here. Wyatt was on the floor with a scatter of soft blocks, narrating a story that made no sense and made both of us smile anyway. Outside on the terrace, Dante’s laugh carried through the open doors as he told Au
Sophia’s POVThe first full day after the birth arrived softly.I woke to the low sound of one of the twins fussing and the warmer sound of Damien’s voice answering before I could fully sit up. He was already at the clear bassinet with his sleeves rolled, talking to a tiny red-faced person as if negotiation were still an option. When he saw my eyes open he brought the baby to me without ceremony and settled on the edge of the bed while I found the right angle.“Eleanor’s downstairs,” he said. “She brought enough food to feed a floor of the hospital. My father is on his way. Austin has already threatened to clear the building if anyone from the press gets past the desk.”“They’re celebrating.”“They’re relieved.” He brushed a finger over the baby’s fist. “There’s a difference. Mostly.”By late morning the private recovery room had stopped looking clinical and started looking occupied. Eleanor arrived first, eyes wet the moment she saw the twins, arms full of bags she dropped without ca
Sophia’s POVThe first real contraction hit in the hallway outside the bedroom.It wasn’t like the practice pains of the past week. This one climbed hard and deep and stayed long enough that I had to brace my hand against the wall and breathe through my teeth until it let go. When it finally eased, the quiet that followed felt temporary, like the house itself was waiting.Damien was at my side before I fully straightened.“How far apart?”“I don’t know yet.” My voice came out thinner than I wanted. “But that wasn’t nothing.”He didn’t ask if I was sure. He had been watching me too closely for days to need reassurance. Within minutes the bag was in his hand, the car was being brought around, and Eleanor was on the phone with that calm, fierce tone she reserved for true emergencies. I remember the cool night air on my face as he helped me into the back seat. I remember his hand locked around mine while the city lights slid past the window in long streaks.Halfway there a second contract
Sophia’s POVThe message about the emergency board session landed at 6:14 a.m.I was already awake. At this stage of the pregnancy sleep came in shallow pieces, and the baby had been restless since before dawn, pressing low enough that every shift of weight felt like a warning and a promise at the same time. Damien read the notice twice in silence, jaw tightening, then set the phone down and looked at me.“Vanessa forced the vote,” he said.I didn’t need the details explained. For weeks she had been working the edges of the board—quiet meetings, soft pressure, the same polite language Isabella had once used when she still thought she could carve me out of Damien’s life through procedure. Vanessa had taken the leftover knives and sharpened them. Stability. Optics. The appropriateness of a CEO whose personal life had become public spectacle. And underneath it, the real target: the idea that I belonged anywhere near the center of his world.“She wants me gone from every formal connection






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