MasukThey say you can't help who you fall for. But what if you fall for the wrong man twice? Arthur Klein was my everything. Until I caught him in bed with someone else. I stayed. Because I'm weak. Because I love him. His stepbrother Liam saw me at my lowest. And he made me an offer: ‘Let me teach you. Fourteen days. I will make you irresistible. He will never stray again.’ I said yes. But Liam's lessons aren't just about clothes or confidence. They're about him. His hands. His voice. The way he looks at me like I'm something worth keeping. And now I don't know who I'm doing this for anymore. Arthur? Or Liam? The man who broke me? Or the man who's slowly putting me back together—just to break me all over again?
Lihat lebih banyakYVONNE'S POVThe east stairwell was chilly. The lights buzzed above. There were no cameras—I had checked months ago when Arthur wanted to fuck me between meetings, and I was worried about evidence.Now I was grateful for the blind spot.Helen followed me in, the door closing behind us with a deep click. I turned to face her, leaned against the fence, and waited.She was restless. Picking at her nails. Her eyes darting around the empty stairwell like she expected someone to appear. Her bottom lip caught between her teeth.I recognized all of it. The nervous energy. The fear. The desperation.I had worn that same expression for three years."Okay," Helen said finally. "Five minutes. Thank you for—for hearing me out.""You have four minutes left."She flinched. "Right. Okay. I just—Yvonne, I know this is awkward. I know we don't really know each other. But I think—I think we might have more in common than you realize."I said nothing. I just watched her."Holly treats me like shit," Hel
~YVONNE'S POV~I could feel eyes on me.Sarah glances over. Brad looking in my direction. Marcus staring.'Why are they all looking at me?'Because Vanessa had stared at me, because Arthur's ex-assistant who'd been mysteriously absent for two weeks had come back the same day critical files went missing.Because they all thought I was weak enough, desperate enough, stupid enough to have taken them.I kept my expression calm, board and even.Arthur's jaw clenched. "Very well. We will do this the hard way. Security will begin the search in thirty minutes. No one leaves. No one touches their desks until they've been cleared. Understood?"Murmurs of agreement around the room."Good." Arthur looked at Holly, then at his mother, some silent communication passing between them.Then they walked out together. A Klein family united. The door closed behind them, for a moment, no one moved.Then the room exploded."This is bullshit...""I have dinner plans....""They can't just lock us in here...
~Yvonne POV~By 2 PM, everyone had been summoned to the main conference room.There was no explanation, just a mass email from Holly Sinclair: 'Conference Room A. 2:00 PM, mandatory attendance, no exceptions.' I walked in to find the room already packed, every chair filled. People standing along the walls, the energy was tense, crackling with whispers and assumption.I found a seat near the back, pulled out my phone, pretended to check emails while I listened."I still can't believe they lost the files," Sarah was saying to Brad two seats over. "Billion-dollar investment files just... gone.""That's what happens when you mishandle responsibility," Brad said, not bothering to lower his voice. "Holly's been so focused on her engagement and dating Arthur that she's getting sloppy with actual work.""Someone said Helen left them on her desk and they just disappeared," another voice chimed in. "Like, who does that with confidential documents?""Holly should have been supervising her assis
~YVONNE'S POV~The office was chaos.People opening drawers, checking filing cabinets, and searching through piles of documents on desks and credenzas.I walked slowly through the floor, pretending to look but not really caring.'A billion-dollar deal. If Klein Corp doesn't finalize it...'The thought made something dark curl in my stomach. What would happen if those files just... disappeared? If that deal fell through?Arthur would lose a massive investment. Richard Klein would be furious, the Sinclair merger might collapse and holly would be blamed for her assistant's incompetence.I touched the necklace at my throat and felt the tracker warm against my skin.'What would Liam say? Would he tell me to find them? To help save Klein Corp?' No. Liam would tell me to let it burn.I was making my way toward the break room—plainly to search, actually just to get away from everyone—when I saw Holly coming toward me.She had that same sweet smile, but her eyes were dead."Yvonne," she said
~YVONNE POV~The rest of the morning was excruciating.I could feel Arthur's eyes on me through the glass wall of his office, tracking my every movement like I was something he had lost and was trying to figure out how to get back. Every time I looked up, he was watching. Every time I stood to fil
~LIAM POV~Her phone had been vibrating against the table all night. A persistent, insect-like buzz that grated against my sanity.I noticed because I was watching her. I was always watching her. Even when I pretended to listen to someone talk about boring numbers, I was really just focused on the
~YVONNE POV~I should have been terrified.That was the thought running through my head as Liam crawled onto the bed, as he settled his weight over me, as his hands found the zipper at the back of my dress.I should have been scared or hesitant or thinking about Arthur or remembering this was suppo
~YVONNE POV~I was an idiot.That was the thought running through my head as the elevator went up toward Liam's penthouse. A complete, certified, should-be-institutionalized idiot.Because I was holding a box of cookies from Sister Margaret, wearing the green dress I had bought on sale three months


















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