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Chapter 86: XoXo Cierra.

Author: Ella Spencer
last update publish date: 2026-02-28 18:22:14

Morning arrived quietly, the soft light of the rising sun slowly spreading across the neighborhood and slipping through the curtains of the houses one after another.

The world outside was beginning to wake, but inside the house, the air still carried the heavy silence of night.

Diego was the first to wake.

He opened his eyes slowly and stretched his arm across the bed, expecting to feel Cierra beside him the way he always did every morning. But his hand only touched the cold surface of the matt
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    Cierra's POV I stood outside the apartment door like a ghost who had already died inside.My hand shook as I turned the key. The lock clicked open with a soft sound that felt too loud in the quiet hallway. I pushed the door just enough to slip inside without making noise. The place smelled the same... faint coffee, Greg’s crayons, and the laundry detergent I used to buy every month. It used to feel like home. Now it felt like a grave I had dug for myself.I walked down the short hallway, bare feet silent on the floor. The bedroom door was cracked open, warm light spilling out like blood from a wound. I shouldn’t have come. I should have kept running.But after the blood, after the gunshot, after watching Dominic fall with my name still on his lips, something broken inside me had dragged me back here. I needed to see Diego. I needed to see my son. I needed to remember who I was before the darkness swallowed me. Instead, I saw everything I had destroyed.Diego was on the bed, nake

  • All That Glitters Is My StepDad.   Chapter 101: Midnight Confession.

    “Take off your clothes.” Diego whispered to her. The apartment was quiet except for the soft hum of the refrigerator and the distant sound of rain tapping against the windows.Diego stood in the bathroom doorway, water still dripping from his hair and running down his bare chest in slow, glistening trails. The towel hung low on his hips, barely holding on. Mallory still held the two steaming mugs of tea in her hands as it fell off immediately.Diego looked at her, the air between them suddenly thick and heavy with everything they had never dared to say.Mallory whispered, her voice shaky, “I… I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to do such.”Diego stepped closer, his voice soft but rough around the edges, “It’s okay. Leave it.”He took the second mug from her trembling fingers and set it on the dresser. Their hands brushed, and that small touch sent a spark through both of them. Neither pulled away.Mallory breathed out, her eyes dropping to his chest, “We shouldn’t… Cierra is your wife. She’s

  • All That Glitters Is My StepDad.   Chapter 100: The Man After My Heart.

    Cierra's POV The gunshot still rang in my ears like thunder that wouldn’t stop.I stood frozen in the small underground room, naked, wrists still bound by Dominic’s belt, the smoking gun heavy in my hand. Dominic was on his knees in front of me, blood spreading across his chest like a dark flower. His grey eyes looked up at me, wide with shock and something that looked almost like pride.He whispered, voice breaking, “Cierra…”His body swayed, then collapsed forward onto the concrete floor with a heavy thud. Blood pooled under him fast.I stared at him, heart hammering so loud I could barely hear anything else. I had killed him.The man who had owned me, fucked me, lied to me, and made me choose the darkness...I had just shot him in the chest.Before I could even breathe, loud knocking started on the steel door.Bang. Bang. Bang.A guard shouted from outside, “Boss! Open up! We heard shots!”The knocking grew louder, more urgent. The door handle rattled hard.Fear exploded in my che

  • All That Glitters Is My StepDad.   Chapter 99: Take Off Your Clothes.

    Diego's POV I woke up to the sharp sting of fluorescent lights and the steady beep of machines that felt like they were counting down the seconds until my head split open.My forehead throbbed under the thick bandage, and when I tried to sit up, the room tilted like the car crash was still happening. I blinked hard, focusing on the white ceiling tiles, then slowly turned my head.A nurse stood beside my bed, checking the IV drip, her scrubs pale blue and her smile gentle but tired.On the other side of the curtain, Mallory lay sleeping in the next bed...her left wrist in a brace, lip swollen and stitched, breathing slow and even under the thin hospital blanket.I asked, voice rough from the tube they’d had down my throat earlier, “How long have I been out?”The nurse answered calmly, setting the clipboard down, “About four hours, Mr. Diego. You have a mild concussion and eight stitches above your eyebrow. You’re stable, but we need to keep you overnight for observation.”I pushed the

  • All That Glitters Is My StepDad.   Chapter 98: Gun, Lust, Betrayal.

    Cierra's POV The hidden tunnel was narrow and cold, concrete walls slick with dampness.Dominic’s grip on my hand was iron-tight as we ran, his blood soaking through the bandage on his arm with every step.We burst through a steel door into a small underground safe room... dim bulb overhead, one cot, a table with weapons laid out like they had been waiting for us.I slammed the door and locked it. Silence fell, thick and heavy. Dominic leaned against the wall, breathing hard, blood dripping onto the floor. His grey eyes found mine.“You chose me back there,” he said, voice rough. “You fought for me. You stabbed a cop for me.”I walked to the table and picked up a loaded pistol, feeling its weight. The knife from the bathroom was still tucked in my waistband, but this felt more honest now.I turned and raised the gun, pointing it straight at his chest.“I did,” I said, voice steady. “And now I’m wondering if that was the biggest mistake of my life.”His eyebrows lifted. A slow, danger

  • All That Glitters Is My StepDad.   Chapter 97: A Bloody Apartment.

    Cierra's POV The gunshot still rang in my ears long after it faded, a sharp crack that seemed to split the air inside the penthouse and echo inside my skull.I sat huddled on the wet bathroom floor, knees drawn tight to my chest, cold water pouring over my shoulders in relentless sheets.The small cut I had made below my breast stung with every breath, a thin line of blood mixing with the spray and running down my stomach in pale pink trails that swirled toward the drain.The knife lay on the marble just inches from my fingers, blade shining under the overhead light, waiting for me to decide what came next.I had pressed it to my skin only moments ago, ready to end everything before the police could drag me away, before Dominic’s world could swallow me completely or spit me back out broken.But the moment the shot rang out, the knife had slipped from my hand and clattered to the floor. Now it stared up at me like a question I couldn’t answer.Outside the locked bathroom door, the pen

  • All That Glitters Is My StepDad.   Chapter 49: Kill The Heiress!

    Cierra's POV I clicked my heels against the polished marble floor, walking with the kind of grace that commanded attention. Every head in the hall turned as I approached, with a smile...a slow, calculated curve of my lips that said I wasn’t here for games. My eyes locked with my mother’s, and she

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  • All That Glitters Is My StepDad.   Chapter 53: When The World Decide Your Story.

    Cierra's POVI was running, and the only thing louder than my footsteps was my own voice inside my head.“Don’t stop,” I kept muttering, over and over, like a broken prayer. “Just keep running. One more step. Then another.”My chest felt like it was on fire. Every breath scraped my throat painfully

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  • All That Glitters Is My StepDad.   Chapter 50: The Death I Craved.

    Cierra's POV“Let her go!”The voice didn’t just fill the air, it commanded it.Every sound in the hall died instantly, as though the walls themselves had been ordered into silence. Conversations froze, laughter evaporated, breaths were held. Slowly, heads turned toward the doorway.And there he wa

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  • All That Glitters Is My StepDad.   Chapter 54: One Breath Before Judgement.

    Cierra's POV I stared at the strip, my hands trembling violently, my heart thundering so loud I thought it might burst from my chest. Two bold, cruel lines stared back at me. Positive. My breath caught, my stomach lurched, and my knees felt weak.I leaned heavily against the sink, gripping it l

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