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Chapter 16: Fight It
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All Shades of Passion Chapter 45: Ultimatum
Bailey POVThe weekend passed in a blur of anxiety.I checked my phone every hour. Refreshing the post. Reading the comments. Watching the number of shares climb higher and higher like a countdown to something I couldn't stop.Mark called twice on Saturday. Once on Sunday. Both times he told me his father's team was working on it. Getting the post taken down. Contacting the account. Threatening legal action.By Monday morning, the original post was gone.But the damage was already done.Screenshots lived forever. Group chats didn't have delete buttons. And the people who saw it before it disappeared had already made up their minds.I walked into the academy that Monday with my stomach in knots. Kept my head down. Coached my groups. Avoided eye contact with anyone who wasn't an athlete.For most of the day, nothing happened.No stares. No whispers. No sideways glances.Maybe it hadn't reached here yet.Maybe I was safe.Then, at 4:15, my phone buzzed with a message from the front desk:
All Shades of Passion Chapter 44: Rumors Spread
Bailey POVThat very night after Mark's race, we celebrated.Nothing fancy. A small restaurant near the hotel with dim lights and loud music. He ordered steak and I ordered pasta and we split a bottle of wine that we probably didn't need but definitely deserved.He kept looking at the qualifier results on his phone, grinning like a kid on Christmas morning. Every few minutes he'd tilt the screen toward me and say "20.98" like I hadn't been the one holding the stopwatch."I know the time, Mark. I was there.""Just making sure you saw it.""I saw it.""Did you see me point at you?""The whole stadium saw you point at me."He grinned wider."Good."I kicked him under the table, but I was smiling too. The kind of smile that hurt my cheeks because I hadn't used those muscles in so long.That night, we fell asleep in my hotel room again. No sex. Just his arm around my waist, his chest against my back, and the sound of his breathing pulling me under like a lullaby.The flight home the next m
All Shades of Passion Chapter 43: The Race
Bailey POVI woke up before the sun.Mark was still asleep beside me, his arm draped across my waist, his breathing slow and even. The hotel sheets were tangled around us, and the faint glow of early morning crept through the window.For a moment, I just lay there.Looking at him.His face was relaxed. Peaceful. The hard edges that usually sat in his jaw were gone. He looked younger like this. Softer.Then my brain kicked in.Today was the race.I slid out from under his arm carefully, grabbed my phone from the nightstand, and checked the time.5:47 AM.The men's two hundred meter heats started at 10:30. That gave us just under five hours to eat, warm up, and get his mind right.I showered quickly in my bathroom, changed into my coaching gear, and tied my hair back. By the time I came out, Mark was sitting on the edge of the bed, rubbing his eyes."Morning," he said, his voice rough with sleep."Morning. How do you feel?"He stretched his arms overhead, rolling his shoulders."Good. R
All Shades of Passion Chapter 42: The Hotel II
Bailey POV"Your mother," I said. "I haven't heard anything about her."His grip on my hand tightened slightly, and I knew that whatever he was about to say wasn't going to be pleasant."She was a model from Europe. Deutch. Beautiful. The kind of woman who turned heads everywhere she went.""How did she meet your father?""At some athletic gala in New York. My dad was at the peak of his career at the time. Big name. Big money. Big everything. She saw an opportunity and took it."His voice was even, but there was something underneath it. Something old and bruised."They got married fast. Had me a year later. But my dad is... you've met him. He's controlling. Everything has to be his way. His schedule, his rules, his plan. She lasted four years before she couldn't take it anymore.""She left?""She took a fat cheque and went back to the Netherlands. Picked up her modeling career like nothing happened.""How old were you?""Three."The word landed like a stone dropping into water."I did
All Shades of Passion Chapter 41: The Hotel
Bailey POVHe sat on the edge of my bed. I sat on the chair by the window, legs pulled up, arms wrapped around my knees.The city lights painted soft patterns across the room. Neither of us reached for the lamp."Nervous?" I asked."A little," he admitted. "Not about the race. About everything else.""What do you mean?"He was quiet for a moment, rubbing his thumb slowly across his knuckles."After tomorrow, things change," he said. "If I run well, doors open. Scouts notice. My dad gets involved in a whole new way. Everything gets bigger.""That's a good thing.""Maybe. But bigger also means more eyes. More pressure. More people watching every move I make."He looked at me."Every move we make."My chest tightened."Mark.""I'm not bringing it up to start something," he said. "I just needed to say it out loud. To someone I trust."The word sat between us like a heartbeat.Trust.Silence settled over the room. Comfortable. Heavy with things unsaid.Then he spoke again."Can you tell me
All Shades of Passion Chapter 40: The Regional Championship
Bailey POV3 weeks later.The flight to Atlanta was two hours and fourteen minutes.I know because I counted every one of them.Mark sat beside me in business class, a seat his father had insisted on paying for. His legs stretched out in front of him, earbuds in, head tilted back against the headrest. He was wearing gray sweats and a black hoodie, and he fell asleep twenty minutes after takeoff like he didn't have a care in the world.I didn't sleep.I sat there with my clipboard on my lap, reviewing his race plan for the hundredth time, pretending the warmth of his arm resting an inch from mine wasn't making my skin tingle.This was a work trip.A competition.Nothing more.We landed in Atlanta just after noon. The air hit different the second we stepped outside the terminal. That thick, warm southern heat that wrapped around you like a blanket.Mark grabbed both our bags from the carousel before I could reach for mine."I can carry my own bag," I said."I know you can."He didn't gi
All Shades of Passion Chapter 51: Drift
Monalisa POV. The Next Day. I woke up with a throbbing headache, my head feeling mushy like marshmallows. After Greg brought me in from the party, I'd drifted off to sleep, falling into a heavy slumber like a log of wood, sinking to the bottom of the sea. Last night, whatever Lil Cash made me sm
最終更新日 : 2026-03-25All Shades of Passion Chapter 47: My Fears II
Monalisa POV.She writhed on his tongue, her waist moving over his mouth.Pleasure was clearly visible on her face as she began fucking his tongue, while he held onto her clit with his teeth, wrenching out her orgasm."Too sweet, too sweet," she thrashed her head, from side to side, "My God, Greg.
最終更新日 : 2026-03-24All Shades of Passion Chapter 39: Grand Entry II
Monalisa POV.I had never been in a plane before.Neither had I flown in a chopper.A week ago, I didn't know Greg's family owned a yacht, nor did I know Greg had a helipad on the roof of his house where choppers came to pick him up.But here I was, looking out the window of this "Ride", as he had
最終更新日 : 2026-03-24All Shades of Passion Chapter 45: His Choice, not Mine
Monalisa POV. Everyone chanted with jubilation as Myles rained his urine down on Kayla. I wasn't excited, but I watched anyway. After a few minutes, the show was over. A steward appeared with a black bag that was full of cash. Myles dipped his hand into it and brought out a bundle, without counti
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