LOGINCHLOE’S POV
We walked into our own home like total strangers. Bryan was still high on the adrenaline he had gotten from the crowd, his smile reaching both ears. “Babe, did you see the audience? It was magical, babe.” I said nothing, just took off my heels and placed them by the stairs. He still didn't notice a thing or maybe he chose not to. “I swear it was like I had them eating right out of my hand,” he said, taking his jacket off and tossing it on the armchair. He knew I hated that. “And that last question? I killed it.” “I was great, wasn’t I?” I could feel my throat become dry, but I forced a nod. “Yeah. You did well.” “Just ‘well’? That’s all you have to say?” he laughed, looking at me as he pulled out his tie. “C’mon. I felt like a genius up there.” I smiled even though it seemed like he was a complete stranger when I watched him sit on that chair and talk. He walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge. I was in the living room staring at our wedding phone, wishing I could squeeze my heart in my hand so the pain would end. “Leftover cake,” he said. “That should be okay for the night.” I followed slowly, the pain in my chest still spreading deeper than the previous second. I could see the images anywhere I went, her legs wrapped around him, his hands holding her waist tight like he was some animal. “How are you feeling?” he asked, with a mouth full. “You okay now? I was really freaked out at the TV station.” “Better,” I lied, grabbing a bottle of water from the same fridge. The coldness was almost the same as my heart at that point. He leaned against the counter, licking away frosting from his fingers. “I wish you could have been there with me, baby.” I nodded. “I know.” “You would’ve looked amazing sitting next to me in your dress.” He paused, then gave me a smile. “I kept thinking about you. My gorgeous wife.” I looked down, unscrewing the cap angrily while wishing it were his neck I was twisting. “Did you watch the interview?” he asked. “From like the start to the end?” “I did.” He studied my face. “You’re not talking much.” I shrugged. “Well, it’s been a long ass day.” Bryan walked over to meet me and placed his hands on my shoulders. “Hey,” he said with a gentle touch. “I know I’ve been caught in this project for almost a year. But tonight is for us. We promised each other, remember?” I stared at him. This man wanted me to make love to this body that I had just seen thrusting into someone else. Whispering God knows what to her. Still, I nodded so he wouldn’t know something was up. “Yeah. I remember.” His lips curved and then he kissed me, soft and slow. This was our first kiss in months, if not a year. His lips moved with skill, just as I remembered them. And I could feel my body responding. I hated that it was doing that. I hated that my heart was now beating faster because his hands were moving on my body. I don’t know how he made me go upstairs with him and not change my mind. I sat on the edge of the bed, watching him undress. He threw his shirt and trousers to the floor and walked over to me. In a few steps and his huge d**k was in front of my face. “You’re so beautiful,” he whispered, planting a kiss on my shoulder before undressing me and revealing the red, slutty lingerie I was wearing underneath. “F**k, I’ve missed this.” His words began messing with my thoughts. It was like I was going back to the past to when we made love like animals. I lay back on the bed and watched him kiss his way down to my thighs. My skin reacted and I could do nothing about it. I was losing my breath and my n****es were rising. Why does this feel good? I asked myself before his lips found mine once again. He flipped my hands around his shoulders, making me hold him tight. A few minutes and he was sucking my boobs and was ready to go inside of me. He flipped his rod in front of me so I would see what I was about to get. Eight thick and long inches of betrayal. I could feel my pleasure mix with the hurt I was feeling. I faced the ceiling with my mouth open as I gasped for air. He was pounding my insides in the same position as he did the other woman. Tears began to blur my vision but I didn’t stop him. I couldn’t because I was already close to release. His lips moved against my neck. “God, Chloe. I missed being inside of you.” I bit my lip to stop myself from sobbing in his ear. He picked me up and placed me on all fours. My ass was in the air for him to take. After a few minutes of rigorous pumping, I came on the bed. There I was shivering hard while crying as shame burst through me. My entire body was shaking, both from the orgasm and the realisation that my marriage had been destroyed. Bryan groaned, pouring his semen on the floor, before collapsing beside me. “That...that was amazing. Your ass always knows how to make me climax.” I couldn’t speak. I just lay there, crying like a child who had just lost her toy. He didn’t notice my tears, he thought my trembling was from how good he f**ked me. Minutes passed, and I could hear him slowly falling asleep while I lay there, feeling empty. He rolled towards me with a grin on his face. “Did you enjoy that?” “Yeah,” I replied, wiping the tears from my cheek and forcing my voice not to crack. Bryan smiled, pulling me closer for a cuddle. In a few moments, he was fast asleep. I stayed on my back, staring into the dark, listening to him breathe on me.The office felt wrong the moment I stepped inside—too quiet, too still, like the building had been holding its breath for these past few days since I had fired good men and women. I keep my head down and grip my bag against my side, walking faster than usual.Ever since the night with the bodyguards… ever since Alex dismissed me, brushed me aside, and let Tatiana answer his phone… I’ve tried to keep my distance. To make sure things are safe and professional.No small talk that keeps us in the same room for too long. I was working hard to make sure we stuck to work matters only.As I reach the elevators, the glass doors hiss open behind me. I don’t need to turn to know who walks in, his perfume is unmistakable. Alex Blackwood.I shift slightly, just enough to make room without drawing his attention. When he approaches the elevator beside mine, we share the briefest nod that is stiff, formal, painfully polite.We don’t exchange any “Good morning.” Or a pleasant smirk. Just cold profe
I slipped into the back seat of the dark Rollys Royce car, my shoulders tense, my hands trembling around the straps of my handbag. The lights in the cars interiors flickered on softly, and I felt exposed, like the pale in my cheeks and the redness in my eyes were suddenly on display for everyone in front of me to see.The driver, calm and middle-aged with steady eyes, looked at me through the rearview mirror.“Ms. Stone,” he asked gently, “everything okay back there?”I forced myself to sit up straight even though my chest felt tight.“Yes,” I lied quietly. “Just a really long day. Please just take me home.”He nodded. “Of course, ma’am. Let’s do that immediately.”But the moment we pulled away from the curb, the air in the SUV felt like it thickened around me even though there was the air conditioner was on. I stared out the window, watching the streetlights blur into smeared streaks of lines. My thoughts kept spiraling—Alex’s cold voice, the argument, Tatiana’s name slipping from hi
Papers were scattered everywhere: notes from the meeting, HR forms I had received earlier in the day, and my own disorganised items. I moved slowly like a tortoise as I packed my things, slower than usual, my hands still unsteady from everything Martin had said.His voice bounced around in my mind. “Watch your back, Miss Stone.”I closed my laptop quickly so I could get out of this building. That’s when my door opened like a ghost had come in. I jumped like a scared cat scattering my things once again.Alex stepped inside without knocking, his tie still knotted firmly, jacket open, sleeves rolled halfway like he’d been fighting staff members or someone's partner somewhere else in the building. He stopped when he saw my face.“Damn, long day?” he asked, voice low, unreadable.I nodded. “You could say that.”He folded his arms. “How did it go?”I looked down at my hands. “It went....” I hated how weak that sounded. “They accepted the news gracefully.”He narrowed his eyes. “That
“Alex… so you won’t be attending the meeting?”My voice sounded like a child in need of her father’s help, even to my own ears. I stood near his desk with my folder pressed to my chest, trying to hide the twist of anxiety forming inside of me.Alex didn’t bother looking up at first. He just fastened his cufflinks with that annoying, cold look he was born with. “No.”I walked closer. “But these are the last two names on the list. We should both be there. You can’t leave me now after we started this together.”He paused long enough to give me a single glance, one of those looks that said he’d already decided and nothing I said mattered. The corner of his mouth moved faintly. “You’ll be fine.”He turned away and added, almost casually, “You should be used to firing people by now.”The comment punched the air out of my lungs. My body stiffened, swallowing hard. “That’s not something you ever ‘get used to,’ Alex.”He shrugged, completely unbothered by whatever was happening in my li
“So about your daughter,” she said, starting even though he had warned her not to. “She’s such a sweet girl. You didn’t tell me she looks just like you.”Alex sighed in frustration but didn’t respond. His hands stayed fixed on the steering wheel, knuckles pale against the leather.“I don’t talk about my family with people from work,” he said finally with a distant voice.Chloe frowned, glancing at him. “I wasn’t asking for details, Sir. I...she actually seems like a good kid. You must be proud of her every day.”He finally looked at her, sending a quick, sharp glance that made her pulse skip. “Well she’s the only part of my life that still feels like mine,” he said with a low voice, colder even. “And that’s exactly why I keep her away from my world.”The words hung between them like fog.Chloe studied him, the hard line of his jaw, the way his eyes stayed locked on the road like the conversation didn’t deserve any attention from him. “But she’s part of what makes you human,” s
A blast of music shattered the silence in my new room, causing me to sit upright in bed within seconds with my heart pounding, pillow half over my head. A heavy beat thudded through the walls like there was a marching band attacking the compound.“What the hell is that?” I managed to voice out with a rough voice.Before I could fully open my eyes, Alex’s voice came through the speaker system, sounding loud and active for how early it was in the morning.“Rise and shine, Stone. Your breakfast will be ready in fifteen minutes. If you’re not down by then, I’ll assume you’ve died in your sleep and send the chef to drag you out.”I groaned, dragging the blanket over my face. “You’re insane!” I muttered into the pillow but the music only got louder the more I complained. “Unbelievable,” I grumbled, fumbling to find the speaker’s off switch but there was a knock at the door that stopped me completely.I looked around, hair sticking out in every direction. “If that’s you, I swear...” T







