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Chapter 10: At the Edge Of Discovery

Author: Mira Bloom
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-13 20:08:12

There were moments when Jacob Matthews wished he had believed in omens. It would have been easier to blame the heavy sky that morning, or the way the house felt quiet, as if it already knew something he didn’t.

But he knew better—silence did not predict trouble, people did. And today, every person in the house seemed to be carrying their own storm.

Emily had barely slept and he could tell from the moment he saw her during breakfast. Her eyes were haunted and her hair was loosely tied but was falling in tired waves around her face, and she moved like someone trying not to think too much.

But, Alex did not notice any of it. Or maybe he did—or maybe he noticed the worst out of it.

“Morning,” Alex said, pushing a mug toward her without looking up. “You are up early.”

Emily murmured ‘thanks’ and forced a smile Jacob knew was fake. It was the same smile he had seen on her whenever Alex’s mother visited–polite, brittle and a little too bright.

Jacob stood by the counter, pretending to read
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  • Breed Me Please   Chapter 10: At the Edge Of Discovery

    There were moments when Jacob Matthews wished he had believed in omens. It would have been easier to blame the heavy sky that morning, or the way the house felt quiet, as if it already knew something he didn’t. But he knew better—silence did not predict trouble, people did. And today, every person in the house seemed to be carrying their own storm.Emily had barely slept and he could tell from the moment he saw her during breakfast. Her eyes were haunted and her hair was loosely tied but was falling in tired waves around her face, and she moved like someone trying not to think too much.But, Alex did not notice any of it. Or maybe he did—or maybe he noticed the worst out of it.“Morning,” Alex said, pushing a mug toward her without looking up. “You are up early.”Emily murmured ‘thanks’ and forced a smile Jacob knew was fake. It was the same smile he had seen on her whenever Alex’s mother visited–polite, brittle and a little too bright.Jacob stood by the counter, pretending to read

  • Breed Me Please   Chapter 9: The Breaking Point

    Jacob had always believed that before a house snapped, it always made a sound like a creak in the walls, a shift in the foundation, and a quiet groan that said the structure wants to give up.He heard that same sound in himself, the moment he walked into the kitchen that afternoon and saw Emily standing at the counter.She turned at the noise of his steps.Her hair was slightly tousled in a way he recognized—not the messy bun she makes whenever she is cooking, but the restless sleep kind.Her oversized shirt, which was clearly borrowed from Alex’s drawer, was dipped low enough to tease the faint valley between her breasts. It clung to her hips in a way that made his breath freeze.She smiled, small and startled, like she had not expected him home early.“Jacob—hey. You’re back sooner than I expected.”He forced a nod. “Traffic was light.”Traffic.What a pathetic lie. He had practically sped home and was shaken by a feeling he couldn’t explain—some instinct telling him that he need

  • Breed Me Please   Chapter 8: Almost Caught

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  • Breed Me Please   Chapter 7: The Line was crossed

    Jacob has always imagined that guilt would hit him like a brick that is loud, violent, and impossible to ignore. But when he woke the next morning, sunlight was stretching across the guest room carpet, and the first thing he felt was not guilt. It was the ghost of her. Emily’s scent clung faintly on to him, soft and warm, a reminder that he did not dare breathe in, too deeply. Her touch was still lingering on his skin, and it was impossible to shake it even as he sat up and raked a hand through his hair. And the memory of how she had looked when she kissed him was even worse. It was only when he heard the movement downstairs that he came to reality. His son was awake, and Emily was with him. Jacob closed his eyes, his breathing was slow, steady, and controlled. He needed to be calm and to pretend that last night had been some hallucination, a spark of madness. But he knew the truth. He had crossed the line he wasn't supposed to, so did she. And nothing suggested that she regre

  • Breed Me Please   Chapter 6: When Self Control Drifts Away

    The door was shut behind them, and the sound was loud in the quiet guest room. Emily’s breath was trembling in the dark, and her silhouette, a soft curve was glowing against the faint light from the hallway.Jacob gently placed her on the bed, but her hands were trailing up his chest immediately, pulling him down with her before he could even straighten himself. Her legs were parted, welcoming him into the warm cradle of her body.“Come here,” she whispered, hungry, and breathless. “Don’t make me wait.”And, he didn’t.Their mouths collided together in a way that meant everything they have been denied of, months of glances, lingering touches, and stolen moments that is thick with unspoken desire. Emily’s fingers curled into his hair, tugging it softly, and pulling him deeper.His weight settled between her thighs, and she gasped when she felt the hard length of him pressing against her. Her hips were raised, and she was rubbing it eagerly against the bulge beneath his sweatpants.“G

  • Breed Me Please   Chapter 5: Forbidden Desire

    He heard the soft pad of bare foot against the hardwood, and the quiet exhale of someone wandering in the dark at the late hour of the night when people are either sleeping or doing something else.Jacob raised his head from the glass of water he had been nursing, his pulse was steady until she stepped into the kitchen.Emily.His daughter-in-law.Her hair was messy in a way that he had learned, meant that she had been tossing under the sheets for hours. Her shirt was thin, and oversized, clearly stolen from his son’s drawer which clung to her hips and was dipped low enough to tease the soft valley between her breasts.She paused when she saw him.Then she smiled. Soft. Coy. A little too relieved.“You’re awake too,” she whispered.“I could not sleep,” Jacob murmured.It was not a lie.Not when she had been in the guest room down the hall, breathing, moving, and wearing his son’s name but also holding a piece of Jacob’s sanity hostage.Emily moved closer, and the hem of her sleep

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