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DANGEROUS GAMES

DANGEROUS GAMES

Romance
last updateLast Updated : 2024-03-04
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Fast-Paced Plot

Drama

CEO

Regret

Hate to Love

Forbidden Love

She couldn't love him. His heart didn't belong to her. It belonged to another woman; one that had loved him for years. And in her heart, the heart that he was slowly stealing with each sweet word and every act of kindness, she knew he loved that woman still. Maybe she would have hated him longer if he had been anything like his mother. The woman who forced her into this marriage by threatening her sister's future. But he wasn't. Samuel Madden was everything she dreamed of ending up with but settling for him might mean settling for half. Half of his heart, half of a family, half of a husband. He had everything planned. The ring, the house, the way he'd ask the woman he loved to marry him. But with one word from his mother, threatening to ruin her life, he found himself at the altar, saying void vows to a woman he met only a month ago. He was ready to settle and wait until he was free again, but Kali Hastings wasn't an easy woman to dislike. Sure, she had flaws, but they were nothing compared to her tender heart and perky personality. Now, he was falling for a woman who was daily conquering more and more of his heart. But at what cost? There was more connecting them than even she knew. A truth that had been buried in his family since he was born. Would she still want him when she found out the truth?

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107 Chapters
CHAPTER 1: THE BEGINNING, OF SORTS
The roar of the aeroplane tearing through the clouds made Samuel turn his head to the sky. There was an airport close to the town area. Most flights that took off flew so low that the vibrations could be felt when they passed. He couldn't help but think of his older sister, Ember, as he watched the aeroplane disappear into a cloud. She had left the family ten years ago when he was eighteen. She had been his closest friend in those early years. His greatest confidant. And she still was. Even when she lived an entire continent away from home. He understood why she had to leave. Hell, if he had more courage, he might have done the same when he finished high school. Instead, he stayed. Still, things had gone well for him the past ten years. Despite his rocky relationship with his mother, he was happy. He had a girlfriend, a flourishing business, his father and his older brother, Peter. Ember was content with her life in Germany, and they kept in touch. In fact, he was just about ready t
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CHAPTER 2: NEW PAWNS ON THE BOARD
Kali sat by the dresser, preparing for the day while Richard, her boyfriend, slept on the large king-sized bed. She watched him from the mirror while she dressed, trying to be quiet. She didn’t want to wake him. They had spent most of the week together, enjoying the summer heat and visiting some places in the city.It was marvellous, but sadly it was over. There was a lot to do. She could not slink around in bed or stay any longer than eight.As quietly as possible, she grabbed a pair of heels from the walk-in closet and put them on.While she hustled with the buckle, a sound at the door caught her attention. She glanced up to find Richard looking down at her. His hair was hysterical, one side flattened against his head and the other side frizzy as if a bolt of current had shot through him. Sleep made his eyes red and puffy, and there were a few marks on his arm from the sheets.She and Richard had started dating nine months ago. He travelled a lot, and as she worked from home, he was
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CHAPTER 3: SOMETHING LOST, NOTHING GAINED
Samuel sat on the window seat, reading a new book to pass the time. He was spending some time in his parent's home because he didn't have a lot of things to do. A sharp knock on his door broke his attention, and he set the book down. “Yeah?”Giovanna walked into the room, dressed in her usual home fit made up of shorts and a crop top. “Mom wants to see you. She is in her office?”“Sure.”She closed the door, and he groaned, shuffling into his slides and walking out of the room towards his mother’s office. The room was first for his father, and he worked there often. His father liked to carve and paint. He wasn't one to brag about his skills and would always shake off most compliments and praise. In Samuel's eyes, his artworks were phenomenal; one of his paintings of Samuel's first car hung in his apartment.After his mother gifted his father a small cabin at the back of the house for him to work in, she reconstructed the study for herself. That gift was probably one of the nicest thin
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CHAPTER 4: HAVE YOU OR SAVE YOU
It took him a few days to finally decide on what to do. He needed to break up with Flora to appease his mother. He needed to buy time to find a way to turn her attention away from Flora. The only problem was that breaking up with a longtime girlfriend out of the blue was difficult. He needed to fabricate a story and make sure the story was believable. After arriving at Flora's house, all the stories he had weaved choked him. It seemed like an eternity passed while he sat on her sofas. Every word he uttered caused the tension to rise in the room, stifling him and shaking his already frail composure. Samuel didn't know how he managed, but he finally told her. They spent the next few minutes in silence, his head bowed and eyes focused on the tips of his shoes. When he lifted his head, Flora looked down at her knotted fingers. The drive to her house had been surreal. Every meter of the trip, he tried to think of a way to go against his mother, some path he could take that wouldn’t le
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CHAPTER 5: A DEAL BEST LEFT REJECTED
Kali worked tirelessly, scrubbing every inch of grime and stain on the bathroom floor and walls until they were spotless and reflective. Then she cleaned the toilet, the sink, and the bathroom mirror, stepping back after to look at her work. She woke up with the pressing urge to vigorously clean her apartment. Seeing as her life had become a bit of a mess, she thought it would be best to make her apartment the opposite of that. After the bathroom was spotless, the living room vacuumed, the laundry done, and the kitchen cleared of dishes and mopped, she opened all her windows to allow some air in, then settled on the floor to watch the city in silence. The sound of honking cars and the hum of voices from below filled her home. When she first arrived in the state, she had so many dreams. Fresh out of university with so many prospects and hope. Her younger sister June had stayed back to finish high school while she worked to send her money. Losing their parents had been difficult, but t
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CHAPTER 6: A HARD PILL TO SWALLOW
“You cannot be serious. You really are in love with someone else?” Samuel flinched and pulled the phone away from his ears, turning the speaker on while his sister ranted so he could dress without going deaf.Since she moved to Germany, Ember never returned home. She was absent at most family gatherings, not that she missed much. On Christmas or other holidays, she called and spoke with the family. She finished her Masters and started working there. Their relationship had become strained due to the distance, but they tried to make things work, still keeping in touch through video calls and chats. It took a lot of courage to tell her his relationship with Flora was over, but everyone in his house already knew. Samuel didn’t want one of his siblings to let it slip.As predicted, she was shocked by the news. Ember continued to rant on the phone as Samuel stood in front of the mirror, fussing with his hair. He grabbed his jacket from the bed and put it on.“Ember, I am not in a good plac
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CHAPTER 7: THE PRICE OF A LIE
Flora threw the rolling pin down and slapped a frustrated hand down on the ceramic counter. Once, then after the pain settled, she hit it again and again. She desperately tried, through the days since she last saw Samuel, not to cry. She made every effort not to give him a second thought. She wanted to wait for him to finally call her and tell her the truth because she didn’t believe a word of all he said.How could she believe it? How?Samuel was not a perfect man, he had many flaws, but cheating wasn’t one of them. He had spoken to her about moving in together, starting a family, and getting married. Sure, those were hypotheticals, fantasies they loved to live in once in a while, but she knew he meant it when he said he wanted them to be married. A tear fell when she got lost in her thoughts, and she grunted, wiping her cheek with the back of her hand. She pulled herself together and finished cutting out the biscuits she wanted to bake for the house. The doorbell rang, and she grabb
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CHAPTER 8: THE TRUTH IS A MORE COMPELLING TALE
"Let's get in. We are late."Kali didn't need the information. She bit her tongue and kept the snarky retort to herself as she threw the door open and stepped down. This was the second time she was meeting his family in one week. The plans were laid down by her God-sent mother-in-law. Not only did Kali have to bare sitting and eating with her, but she also had to pretend she was interested in garnering her approval. The rest of the family was nothing to write about. Giovanna, Samuel's youngest sister, was a spoiled brat who never missed any opportunity to jest at Kali's humble background. She was her mother's daughter, through and through. Ysabel was playing the role of the dissatisfied mother. She and Giovanna paired well together. A match made in hell.Kali was only fond of Timothy, the father, and Peter, the older brother. Both were welcoming and went out of their way to make her feel at home. It was as if they were trying to buffer the distrusting attitude the mother and daughter
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CHAPTER 9: A SISTER FOR ALL SEASONS
The alarm blared loudly through the dark room, making an angry Kali reach out to slap down on the screen of her phone until she remembered the right way to shut it off. When she finally stood up, she shuffled around her apartment, pulling the thick curtains apart and allowing the sun in. Barely a few days left before she would be married. The entire week was filled with planning, from booking the reception venue to choosing honeymoon destinations and visiting the church. All with Ysabel hanging over her shoulder, making sure Kali was doing things the way she wanted them done. Today, she was going to the bridal store to find a dress. Hopefully, she wouldn't have to spend more than thirty minutes sitting in a boutique with Ysabel. Kali didn't have it in her to continue sharing space with the woman. After Samuel had taken her to his apartment to talk, his mother had been enraged. Ysabel wanted to know what they talked about, and Kali gave the story they agreed on together. Kali graci
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CHAPTER 10: CORAM DEO
Samuel adjusted the lapels of his suit and grinned at a joke Reggie told the other guys in the room. He didn't have it in him to do much. His thoughts were rampant, filtering between Flora and his impending wedding. The original plan was to prepare alone and get to the church, but Holland the youngest of his friends, had a brilliant idea to celebrate the day before. As a replacement for the "abomination" of not having time to prepare a bachelor party before the wedding. Samuel reluctantly agreed and found himself in better spirits the evening before the wedding. They had spent some time at a local bar, which they bought out for themselves, and returned to the hotel to finish the celebration. The conversations and their presence were a temporary band-aid for his gushing wounds, and he welcomed the distractions. It was only by grace that they were able to wake up early. Standing on a round stool, he looked straight at the mirror as Justice used a lint roller on his black suit. The oth
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