Mag-log inSophia Hawthorne spent five years loving a man who never loved her back. Five years being the perfect wife — until her husband asked for an open marriage. The very next day, he brought home a pregnant woman. Humiliated and betrayed, Sophia decides to make him regret everything. And revenge leads her straight into the arms of the one man she should never want. Jaxx Moretti. Her husband's younger brother. The family's black sheep. Her greatest temptation. The man with a wicked smile, filthy promises, and a dangerous habit of looking at her like she's already his. Getting involved with him was supposed to be simple. A reckless mistake, a way to make her husband jealous. But Sophia quickly learns that Jaxx was never interested in being her revenge. He wants to consume her. Every line she swore she'd never cross disappears the moment he's near. And the more she tries to convince herself she's in control, the more she realizes she's been losing this game from the very beginning. Because Jaxx doesn't want a few hidden nights. He doesn't want half of her. He wants everything. And once Sophia lets the wrong brother into her bed, her marriage, her body, and her heart, walking away is no longer an option. Now she's trapped between the husband who never wanted her and the brother who refuses to let her go. What began as revenge is turning into obsession. And Sophia is about to discover that some mistakes don't ruin your life. They ruin you.
view moreCHAPTER 5Sophia's Point of ViewI didn't go to work the next day.By eight in the morning, the light through the curtains felt too bright, too mocking. I stayed in bed until my phone started buzzing, the vibration rattling against the nightstand like an accusation."Clara," I said, my voice thick and dry."Ma'am? Are you on your way? The production team from the Houston plant is already in the conference room—""Handle it," I cut her off, staring at the ceiling molding. "Handle everything today. Cancel my afternoon sessions. I'm not coming in."A long pause. Clara had been my assistant for three years; she knew I didn't miss days. I'd worked through the flu, through my grandmother's funeral, once through a fever of a hundred and two. "Are you sick? Do you need me to call the family doctor?""No. Just take care of the office. Please."I hung up before she could ask anything else. I wasn't sane enough to sit in a boardroom today, to negotiate delivery margins with clients while my marr
CHAPTER 4Sophia's Point of ViewHis footsteps faded down the hall, and then I was alone with the ruined cake and the hum of the refrigerator, the only sound in a house that suddenly felt enormous and empty.I dragged myself up the grand staircase and into our bedroom, where I sank to the floor by the edge of the mattress and let the sobs come. I couldn't let the staff hear me fall apart, so I pressed my face into the duvet and let it swallow the sound.My mind kept dragging me backward, to a scorching afternoon three months earlier in the sitting room at the main Hawthorne estate, when I'd brought Daniel's mother the latest round of clinic results, hoping she'd finally see we were trying.Matilda had thrown the folders at my face instead, the papers scattering across the Persian rug, my most private medical details exposed for anyone to see. "A woman who can't have children is not a woman, Sophia," she'd said, her gold bangles clinking as she jabbed a finger at my chest. "You're a ba
CHAPTER 3Sophia's Point of ViewI stared at him for a long time. The words hung in the air, completely detached from the man who'd had his hands on my hips twenty minutes ago.I laughed — a breathless, almost manic sound that echoed against the marble tiles."You're joking," I said, setting the cake box down on the island so I wouldn't drop it. "Please tell me you're joking. That's a horrible joke, Daniel, even for you.""I'm not joking, Sophia," he said. His voice didn't rise. It was the same level tone he used when reviewing quarterly reports, when explaining to a subordinate why their proposal wouldn't work. "We've been trying to have children for five years. Every doctor, every treatment, every cycle. It's failed. An open marriage is the only solution that makes sense right now."The laughter died in my throat like I'd swallowed glass. "Daniel, what the fuck are you saying? Is this the surprise? You want to open our marriage?""Yes," he said, nodding once with the same efficiency
CHAPTER 2Sophia's Point of ViewA low, gravelly chuckle vibrated through the speaker, instantly warming the small, enclosed space of my car."Always," Daniel murmured, his voice dropping into that slow, intimate register he reserved for moments when it was just the two of us. "But you're the one who deserves to be spoiled if you actually managed to pin Langford down. Did he give you a hard time?""Nothing I couldn't handle," I said, a faint, secret smirk touching my lips. "Let's just say he signed exactly where I told him to. But enough about business. What are you doing right now?""Sitting on the edge of our bed, thinking about what you're wearing under that blazer."My breath hitched instantly. "Daniel...""Are you wearing those lace ones? The black ones I bought you in London?" His voice became a deliberate silk drag. "Because if you are, Sophia, you need to pull over right now. Tell me what you're doing.""Stop, Daniel," I gasped out, my hand tightening on the steering wheel. "I






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