LOGINCierra Monroe never meant to steal her mother’s life. One veil. One signature. One wedding meant to save her family....But lies spoken at an altar don’t disappear. Dominic Vance remembers the girl who stood beside him. The way she trembled. The way her eyes lingered. And when the truth comes out, he doesn’t let her go. What starts as a secret turns into obsession. What feels like protection becomes control. And love quickly turns violent. Cierra is hunted, locked away, and forced to choose between men who all want her for different reasons. Her boyfriend fights for her freedom. Her protector betrays her trust. And her stepfather decides she belongs to him. Blood is spilled. Guns are raised. Promises are broken. And Cierra learns too late that some vows never end… even when they were never meant to be real. Because not all that glitters is gold. Sometimes… all that glitters is my stepdad.
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“Mom, you have to be kidding me…” I stood in the middle of my bedroom, staring down at my phone like it had personally betrayed me. Mom was on FaceTime, newly applied bridal makeup still perfect despite the chaos she was dealing with in court. “I am not kidding. It’s just for an hour,” she insisted, voice too calm for the madness she was asking for. I scoffed. “What if George comes in?” “George doesn’t need to know,” she said. “Cierra, can’t you do one tiny thing for your mother?” “It’s not tiny,” I muttered. “He’s going to know.” “There’s no way he will. We both work out, same body shape…” she waved her hand casually. “My boobs are fuller,” I cut in. She laughed. “That is why I love you, my baby.” “Mom, don’t fucking try to bribe me with love.” “Oh, I wasn’t talking about love,” she said, smirking. “I was going to bribe you with something better.” I narrowed my eyes. “Get the vibrator after your court case.” “Cierra Monroe! What the hell?” “That’s the only bribe my soul recognizes.” We both burst into laughter, the kind that made my chest tighten from the knowledge that none of this was actually funny. “Thank you so much, sweetie,” she said genuinely. “Thank goodness veil removal is optional. He’ll just see the… mini you,” I teased. She snorted. “Exactly. The perfect decoy bride.” I sobered and looked at her carefully. “Mom… you will win this case, right?” She hesitated for half a second... too long. “I always win. Trust your mother.” “I do. But why would they withhold your flight ticket if the situation isn’t serious?” She sighed. “Well, your mom is a...” My doorbell rang loudly, cutting her off. “Duty calls,” I said with a groan. “Sure,” she said. “But remember...” “I know, I know. A secret between a mother and daughter stays between a mother and daughter.” “That’s my girl.” She blew a kiss and the call cut. I dropped the phone on my bed. “Oh, fuck. This week is going to be a crazy-ass week.” I opened the door...and froze. My boyfriend. No, not my boyfriend. My ex. George Don. Looking like he’d forgotten how to breathe, let alone speak. “Um… hello?” I forced out. “Cierra…” he breathed, like my name still belonged on his tongue. I stepped aside. “Come in.” The moment the door clicked shut behind him, I grabbed the nearest cigarette and lit it. His eyes followed every move, hunger dripping from his stare. “So… why are you here?” I asked, exhaling smoke toward him. “Call me an obsessed ex,” he said with a half-smirk. “Oh, right,” I said. “So you walked the earth searching for better coochie and discovered they could never beat mine?" He chuckled. “Nice guess.” My eyes narrowed. “Shut up, motherfucker.” He opened his mouth, but before he could speak, I shoved the cigarette between his lips and pushed him backward onto my couch, climbing onto his lap like instinct had taken over. He lifted me effortlessly, carried me into the bathroom, pressing me against the wet tiles, water splashing over both of us. His jeans dropped to the floor, his cock hard and heavy against my thigh. “Say you want it,” he growled against my lips. I gasped. “I want it.” He didn’t wait. His hand shoved up my gown, ripping my panties down. My legs wrapped around his waist, he rubbed his cock as he slammed into me, deep, hard, brutal. “Ohhh fuck...” I cried, biting into his shoulder as he fucked me against the wall, water pouring down on us. He grunted, his hand choking me lightly, eyes dark and wild. “You like that, don’t you? Being ruined by someone you know shouldn't be in your life anymore..” “Yes...oh god yes,” I moaned, nails digging into his back. He flipped me, bending me over the sink, slamming into me harder, faster. My reflection in the mirror showed me: messy hair, parted lips, eyes gone wild with lust. I didn’t even recognize myself. He spanked me, the sound echoing in the steam. “Take it.” I screamed his name...no...I screamed nonsense, screamed pleasure, screamed everything I’d been holding in.. He sighed. "Fuck." "You love it, don't you?" He turned me, grabbing my waist as he kissed me deeply, passionately but I was never a girl of passion as he dragged my shirt down to my bare breast. I took his hands and traced them to my nipples as he bit my tongue, kissing me like this could be our last make out. "Fuck, you must be starving..." He said as i moaned 'mhmm' under my breath. I raised my legs, spreading them wide open for easy penetration as he adjusted and pulled out his cock. "C'mon, slide it all in." I said, rubbing his cock. "Fuck fuck, do it however you please, princess." He whispered, feeling the warmth of my hand on his cock. I stroked his cock profusely before inserting it... He felt my tight pussy compressed as he began moving in slowly. "Fast, please." I moaned out as he held my neck and began thrusting fast. He ploughed non-stop as i gave out sounds of pleasure, He held my legs tightly, as he kept fucking me deep, hitting every corner of my pussy. He leaned closer, kissing and fumbling my breast...Just as his hands slid up my back.. A knock. He frozed. “No. No, ignore it,” I hissed. Again...Knock. Knock. Insistent. Sharp. Then, a white envelope slid under my door, gliding across the floor like a threat. George sat back. “Is it bad?” I picked up the envelope...thick paper, gold seal, expensive trouble. My name handwritten across the front. I ripped it open. Read. And felt my stomach drop into hell itself. “Oh… what the actual fuck…” “Worse than bad?” George asked carefully. I swallowed hard, fingers trembling as I stared at the shocking words stamped inside. “Much worse,” I said… because the universe had officially lost its mind.Diego's POV I ran down the stairs, heart pounding, calling her name into the dark. “Mallory! Mallory, where are you?” The front door was still open, swinging a little in the night air. She had run out after our argument, after Cierra had seen us and left.The guilt from what we had done in the bedroom was still heavy in my chest, but right now all I could think about was finding her.The gunshot I had heard a moment ago made everything worse. Was it for her? Was someone waiting for us?I burst outside, scanning the dark street. “Mallory!” I shouted again, my voice echoing off the buildings. I looked behind cars, in the shadows, calling her name over and over. My head still hurt from the crash, my ribs ached, but I kept moving. The fear was stronger than the pain.I turned quickly, looking in the other direction.A masked man stepped out from the side of the house, gun already raised.“Where is she? Where is Cierra Monroe?” he asked, voice low and calm.I froze for half a second. Th
Cierra's POV The kiss shattered first. Cierra pulled away suddenly, lips still tingling, breath coming in short, uneven bursts.Rain poured down around them in steady sheets, soaking their clothes and turning the pavement into a mirror of gray light.George looked at her, eyes wide with confusion and something deeper.... hurt, longing, the weight of ten lost years all crashing into this single moment. Water streamed down his face, making his light hair cling to his forehead. He didn’t move, he just stared at her as if trying to understand why the woman he had just kissed with all the love he had carried for a decade had suddenly stopped.“Why did you stop?” George asked, his voice low and rough with emotion, barely rising above the sound of the rain.Cierra took a small step back, her heart pounding so hard it felt like it might break through her ribs.The rain felt colder now, like it was trying to wash away the heat of the kiss and the guilt that came with it.She wrapped her arm
Diego's POV The silence after Cierra left was worse than any scream. The front door had slammed so hard the walls still vibrated with the force of it.I stood frozen in the bedroom, towel barely hanging on my hips, heart hammering like it wanted to break out of my chest.Mallory sat on the edge of the bed, sheet clutched tight around her body, face buried in her hands. Her shoulders shook with silent sobs.I couldn’t breathe properly. The image of Cierra’s face kept replaying in my mind...the shock, the pain, the pure betrayal in her eyes.She had seen everything. She had seen me inside her best friend. She had seen the one person she trusted most in the world betraying her in our own bed.I finally found my voice, hoarse and broken. “Mallory… we have to go after her.”Mallory lifted her head. Her eyes were red and swollen, tears streaming down her cheeks. She looked at me like I was a stranger.“Go after her?” she said, voice cracking. “Diego, she saw us! She saw everything! How are
Cierra's POV The car window rolled down slowly, and the world narrowed to a single point.Raindrops slid down the glass like tears, but nothing could hide the face behind it. I stood frozen on the wet sidewalk, soaked and shaking, my scream dying in my throat the moment our eyes met.It was George.He stared back at me, confusion flickering across his face first, then a slow frown. He didn’t recognize me right away.I was too broken, too bloody, too changed from the girl he once knew. His eyes narrowed slightly as he tried to place the familiar face in front of him.“Lady, what the hell were you thinking?” he said, voice low and stern. “You almost got yourself killed. You looked familiar back at the fuel station, but this is insane. Are you okay? Do you need help?”His words were scolding, protective in that old way I remembered, but there was no spark of recognition yet.The rain poured harder, soaking us both. My chest tightened. Tears rushed to my eyes, hot and sudden, mixing wit
George's POV I didn’t notice the silence at first, that was the strange thing about it.The bathroom door had barely clicked shut behind me when I realized the apartment felt… wrong. Too quiet. The kind of quiet that presses against your ears until you’re aware of your own breathing. I wiped my f
Cierra's POVThe doctor did not speak immediately.He stood across from me, his fingers gripping the file so tightly that his knuckles turned pale. His eyes drifted away from mine, fixing on the wall behind me like it was safer than facing whatever was breaking inside my chest. The silence stretch
George's POV The hospital corridor felt too white, too clean, like a place where truth went to get sterilized before it was handed back to you. I stood there with Cierra’s phone in my hand, my thumb hovering over a number I had no business calling, yet couldn’t avoid.Jamal.The name burned qu
Cierra's POV The kiss was slow at first, but it became tensed as he grabbed my waist to the bed, trailing kisses all over my body. I moaned in pleasure and began unzipping his jean, he quickly unhooked my bra, and kept on kissing me.My body betrayed me. My composure went off. I miss him.I mis






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