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Chapter 44 - Bloody Memories

작가: Joanna Jade
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Roman hadn’t slept much.

He’d spent most of the night staring at the ceiling, listening to the sound of the waves and Tessa’s steady breathing beside him. Every time he shut his eyes, his mother’s words echoed in his head. Tessa’s face lingered like a ghost.

He’d been told to make this trip count. But he’d barely made anything count. Not with the things he’d said. Not with how she’d looked at him like he offended her.

By sunrise, he decided he was done being the man who only made things worse.

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    “Salima. Salima.” Bernard called after her but she didn’t stop. “Salima would you listen to me?” Bernard yelled.“Five years,” Salima said, turning around. “Five fucking years Bernard and you just show up at my door like it’s supposed to mean nothing.”“I know what it means Salima, and I'm sorry it had to be this way. I'm sorry.”“I can’t believe this.” Salima sniffed. “I just don't know what to make up of all this.”Bernard moved closer to her now. “Don’t, don’t take another step please.” She cried. “Salima, I just want to see you.” “No.”“I want you to know I never wanted to leave,” Bernard said softly. “I promise you, Salima. I thought of you every single day.”“Bernard, stop it,” Salima said. Her voice trembled harder now.Bernard went quiet immediately.For a few seconds, neither of them spoke. The tension between them felt fragile, dangerous almost, like one wrong word would shatter whatever control Salima still had left.She looked away first, wrapping her arms around herse

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Stepbrother   Chapter 184 - Bernard’s Secret - II

    No one moved.Salima stayed where she was. Victor's hand rested on the back of the nearest couch. Roman remained standing, arms crossed, feet planted like he was bracing for a storm."I'll stand," Roman said.Bernard nodded slowly. He lowered himself into the chair instead — not out of weakness, but because his legs had started to feel less reliable than he wanted to admit."Five years ago," he began, "I was preparing to leave Eleanor."Salima's breath caught."I had the papers drawn up. I had a plan. I was going to divorce her and come back home to you. Both of you.” He looked at Roman. “No more hiding. No more secrets."He paused, his eyes finding Salima's."I was going to choose you. Finally. Out loud. In front of everyone."The room was silent."But Eleanor found out." Victor's jaw tightened. "Of course she did."Bernard nodded grimly. "She confronted me. Not with tears — with threats. She told me that if I left her, if I humiliated her in front of Atlanta's elite, she would dest

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Stepbrother   Chapter 183 - Bernard’s Secret - I

    The world stopped and for a moment, Salima didn’t breathe. Her hand remained on the handle, fingers tightening around the metal as if it were the only thing holding her upright.Standing on the other side of the door was Bernard Thorne.Bernard!The man she had mourned. The man she had buried. The man she had lost five years ago. Now standing on her porch like his presence meant nothing.His eyes rested on her face with a strange softness, like five years had not passed at all.“Hello, Salima.”His voice was exactly the same.She couldn’t speak. Her lips parted, but no sound came out. She took one slow step back, staring at Bernard like she was looking at something impossible.Roman frowned from the living room. “Mom, is everything okay?”No response. Something in her silence made him straighten.Bernard’s face softened at the sound of Roman’s voice. “Is that him?” He asked. “Is that our son?”Salima still didn't speak. Her eyes were glistening with tears now.Victor moved toward the

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    The living room was dim. Roman sat alone on the leather couch, a bottle of wine in one hand, a half-full glass on the table in front of him.He wasn't drinking fast. Just slow, measured sips—like he was trying to feel something or not feel something. Even he wasn't sure anymore.The bottle had been full an hour ago.Now it was nearly empty.His phone buzzed against the table.He glanced at it. Tessa.His jaw tightened though his expression did not change.He reached over, declined the call, and set the phone face down before taking another drink.Across the room, Davin and Alec watched in silence."I know he said he's good," Alec murmured, low enough that Roman couldn't hear. "But honestly? I don't think it's true."Davin shook his head slowly. "Yeah. I can see that."He paused, watching Roman pour another glass."This divorce is obviously hard on him," Davin continued. "I've just... I've never seen him like this before."Alec nodded. "True. He really loved Tessa.""He did," Davin agr

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Stepbrother   Chapter 181 - Crazy Aftermath

    The room was too quiet.Tessa sat on the edge of the bed, her back straight, her hands folded in her lap. She wasn't crying anymore. She wasn't doing much of anything really.Her eyes were fixed on the window.Outside, Atlanta blurred past—cars she couldn't hear, people she couldn't see, a city that had stopped making sense hours ago. She watched it all like it belonged to someone else's life.His life.Roman's city. Roman's world. Roman's rules.The memory played behind her eyes without permission. His hand closing around her arm. The way he lifted her off her feet like she weighed nothing. The slam of her body back into the chair. The pen shoved into her trembling fingers.‘Sign it.’ Romam’s voice echoed in her ears. Her throat tightened.‘Sign the fucking papers, Tessa.’A single tear slipped down her cheek. Then another.She wiped them away—slow and mechanical. No sound. No sob. Just the motion.Then she went back to staring.The window didn't change. The city didn't stop.Neithe

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Stepbrother   Chapter 180 - Do It Myself

    Grayson lounged back against the arm of the sofa, his phone balanced in one hand as he scrolled absentmindedly. He wasn’t really paying attention at first, just flicking through one video after another—until something caught his eye.A video with a familiar name written boldly on the screen. He stilled.The video replayed automatically, the voice of a young woman spilling through the speakers—bright, animated, and far too excited for the kind of story she was telling.“—Is there trouble in paradise? Because sources are saying that what went down at Blackwood Hotels yesterday wasn’t just business as usual…”Grayson’s posture shifted, his brows drawing together as he sat up properly now, his attention fully locked in.“…Roman Blackwood and Tessa Blackwood have officially called it quits after a dramatic confrontation. Reports claim that Tessa was allegedly forced into signing divorce papers—”A video of Tessa crying and yelling popped up.The girl’s tone dipped into something even more

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Stepbrother   Chapter 111 - This Ends Now

    The motel’s back wing was quieter than the rest—private, expensive, the kind of rooms people paid extra to disappear in. Alec had paid in cash, no questions asked, no ID required. The receptionist had taken one look at the stack of bills and handed over the key to Room 12 without a word. Alec had

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  • Claimed By My Ex’s Stepbrother   Chapter 113 - Do As I Say

    Roman walked toward his car, his boots crunching against the thin layer of snow that coated the road.The cold didn’t register. His head was already somewhere else—already at the warehouse, already face to face with a ghost that refused to stay buried.“Where are you going?” Davin called out, hurry

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  • Claimed By My Ex’s Stepbrother   Chapter 114 - Into The Dark

    Klara stood frozen, eyes open wide in shock. The iron rod was still loose in Alec’s hand like an afterthought.His last words hung between them, heavy and deliberate.“Strip.”Her pulse thundered in her throat. “What?”Alec didn’t blink. “You heard me.”“Why?” The question came out small, almost c

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  • Claimed By My Ex’s Stepbrother   Chapter 116 - Cousins Fight Too

    Roman and Alec stood face to face in the middle of the room. Neither of them looking away.“You really think that it bothers me that you’re back?” Roman asked. “You think I’m scared that you survived?”“I don’t know Roman. That's for you to feel and for me to observe.” Alec replied. “And from where

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