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Chapter 8: Makeup 101
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All Shades of Passion Chapter 46: Breakup
Bailey POVI called him Thursday night.Three days after Mercer's ultimatum. Three days of barely sleeping, barely eating, barely functioning. Three days of walking through my life like a ghost while the deadline ticked louder in my head with every passing hour.I had until Friday.Tomorrow.I spent those three days trying to find another way. Any other way. A loophole. A plan. Something that let me keep my job and keep him at the same time.There was nothing.Every road led to the same dead end.Him or everything else.I sat on my couch with my phone in my hand for twenty minutes before I finally pressed call.He picked up on the first ring."Hey," he said. His voice was easy. Relaxed. Like everything in his world was still intact.It made what I was about to do so much harder."Can you meet me?" I asked."Right now?""Yeah. Lincoln Park. Our bench."A pause."Everything okay?"No."Just meet me there."I got there first.The park was empty. The sky was dark, streetlights casting lon
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 39: Day 1 of Passion II
Steven POV.Cream over my face?In my head, the words sounded like sin. Sweet, delicious sin. So, when I brought my face back to the head of his dick, I didn't just taste him. I don't just take him in my mouth. I swallow him, forcing him down my throat, wanting it all in. "Sweet, Oh yes, Steven.
Last Updated : 2026-03-31All Shades of Passion Chapter 34: Fracture
Fabian POV.I don’t know how things got so out of hand.One moment, I was sitting on my bed, scrolling through my phone, trying to unwind from the day's work, and the next moment, Max was next to me, leaning in like he was trying to read something on my screen.He wasn’t.“Hey, you okay?" he'd aske
Last Updated : 2026-03-31All Shades of Passion Chapter 33: Jealousy II
Steven POV.Fabian jerked upright, eyes widening when he saw me.“Steven—” he began.I didn’t know what expression I was wearing, but from the flicker of guilt in his eyes, it wasn’t a good one.Max, still sitting on him, dragged his thumb across his own swollen lower lip, “I guess your timing,” he
Last Updated : 2026-03-31All Shades of Passion Chapter 41: Solid Bond
Steven POV.Fabian was right. As I stood here lying against his back, basking in the enjoyment of my release, feeling our hearts beat as one. His words from many nights ago came back floating into my mind;"Steven, you can't hate what you don't know."It was true, because I had no idea that pleasu
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