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CHAPTER 40: Still Felt Fucking Wrong

作者: Lady Sheldon
last update 公開日: 2025-12-24 22:04:13

We worked in near silence for the better part of an hour, Jax and I moving through the penthouse like a cleanup crew after a crime scene.

I handled the personal items myself—anything that felt intimate, anything I didn’t want another set of hands on.

The silk ties went back into their drawer, folded precisely the way I liked them. The watches returned to their velvet trays, each one clicked into place like ammunition sliding into a magazine. The cash envelope was gone, but I didn’t dwell on t
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    He didn’t wait for an answer and just started walking, his grip firm around my wrist, pulling me with him toward the dry sand. I followed because there wasn’t much of a choice, still too shocked to yank my hand back, the cold air hitting my wet skin the second we left the surf.My eyes found Riley on the way.She was staring at us, just as surprised as I was, her mouth slightly open like she hadn’t actually expected this to work.Noah kept walking until we reached his shade, then he bent down, grabbed his bag, and took hold of my wrist again.“Noah—”He didn’t answer and just pulled me toward the changing area, his stride longer than mine, sand kicking up behind us. I had to walk faster to keep from stumbling. He only stopped once we were inside.He dropped the bag onto the bench, unzipped it, and pulled out one of his shirts. He held it out without looking at me first.“Put it on.”I took it, still too thrown to argue. The fabric was dry and smelled like smoke and whatever soap he u

  • Daddies Taste Better    CHAPTER 411: I Was Definitely Losing My Mind

    That actually made me go quiet.I wanted the answer to be yes. It would have been easier if it was. If Noah really didn’t see me that way, then everything he said this morning could stay exactly what it sounded like. But I couldn't force the word out.“I don’t know,” was all I could manage.Riley’s mouth curved into a grin. “Guess we’ll have to figure that out.”“Riley, don’t—” I opened my mouth to stop her, reaching out to grab her arm but she was already turning her head.“Damian!” she called out, her voice easily cutting over the sea breeze. “Can you come help Saraphina? She doesn’t know how to swim!”Damian looked over from where he was standing near the edge of the surf.“Sure,” he said, already starting toward us.I leaned in so fast my shoulder bumped Riley’s.“What the hell are you doing?” I whisper-yelled. “I can swim!”Riley didn’t look the least bit guilty. She just kept her eyes fixed ahead, whispering out the side of her mouth, “Then you’d better start pretending.”Damian

  • Daddies Taste Better    CHAPTER 410: Are You Sure About That?

    A long pause stretched out, but it wasn't awkward. It was just the kind of silence where I could practically hear Riley processing what I'd just admitted.She broke it first. “What do you even like about him anyway?”I let out a short, quiet breath. “Look at him,” I said. “Is there anything NOT to like?”We both turned at the exact same time.Noah was sitting under an umbrella a little farther up the sand, a book open in one hand, and a smoldering cigarette held between two fingers of the other. He looked completely unbothered by the heat, the crashing surf, or any of us. Like the beach was just another place he had been forced to occupy. A thin trail of grey smoke curled up into the shade above his head.Sense or instinct made him look up. His eyes lifted from the page, locked onto ours immediately, and his brows pulled down into a frown—the kind that asked, without a single word, What The Hell Are You Staring At?Riley and I turned our heads back toward each other.Then we started l

  • Daddies Taste Better    CHAPTER 409: What Does It Look Like?

    “What?” she asked, genuinely puzzled, one brow lifting as she glanced from my arms still crossed over my chest to Riley, who was still laughing so hard she had to wipe at the corner of her eye. “Nothing,” Riley got out between breaths. “Absolutely nothing. You’re just— God, Celeste.” Celeste shrugged like that explained nothing and everything at once, then started toward the exit of the changing area without waiting for us to catch up. Riley followed, still grinning. I dropped my arms after a second and went after them, the new swimsuit feeling more exposed than it should have under the open air. When we stepped out onto the sand, the first gaze I noticed was Noah’s. He was standing a little apart from the others, already changed, holding a cigarette loosely as his gaze caught mine and refused to let go. His eyes moved over me once, then stayed on my face. I looked away first. “So?” Celeste asked, already turning us toward the others. “How do they look? Amazing, right?” "Yeah,"

  • Daddies Taste Better    CHAPTER 408: “Celeste—!”

    The ride was short.Damian and Celeste talked the entire way and listening to them, it was almost impossible to miss that they were related. They had the same brightness and tendency to fill every quiet space with something. Sunshine and rainbows, the two of them, even when the rest of the car sat in a tense silence.Noah didn’t say much. Neither did Riley. I kept my eyes on the window for most of the drive, watching the trees thin out and the road open toward the coast.When we finally pulled up near the beach, Celeste was already unbuckling her seatbelt before the car had fully stopped.“Come on,” she urged, reaching back to catch my wrist and Riley’s at the same time. “Changing rooms are this way.”She didn’t wait for agreement and just started walking, pulling us along with the same effortless energy she’d had since she walked into the house. Riley went without resistance so I followed, the sand already soft under my shoes, Celeste’s voice filling the short walk with plans about

  • Daddies Taste Better    CHAPTER 407: Um… This Is Awkward

    I had to swallow hard against the sudden burn behind my eyes, forcing my face to stay perfectly still. For a moment I couldn’t even look at either of them—I just stared at the floor instead.He said it like it was nothing.Like I was nothing more than a liability he was forced to keep close.“Um… this is awkward.”The voice came from the doorway.Only then did any of us notice the small group that had appeared there — Celeste standing at the front, Damian a step behind her, Riley off to the side with another staff member I didn’t recognize. The energy in the room flipped so abruptly it almost felt physical.Celeste’s gaze moved between Noah and Mr. James, then settled on awkward silence still hanging in the air.“Enough of this,” she said, already waving a hand like she could physically clear the atmosphere. “I don’t like this energy at all. And it’s even worse because I came with such good news.” She gave a little swirl of her wrist, the gold bracelets on her arm catching the light.

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