LOGIN“Please, Mr. Kaiden, this is enough,” I begged, forcing my voice and face to look weak, almost tearful. “I’m not done.” I stared at him in disbelief. This man was insane. What more did he want than this? One kiss was not a big deal, but what we were doing was still betrayal. On both sides. “Both of us? You and I are cheating…” He cut me off, rolling his eyes with boredom. “It doesn’t matter who gets hurt as long as we both enjoy what we’re doing. When you’re with me, don’t think about anyone else.” “That’s not easy for someone getting married in two months.” “And what about someone who got married a month ago?” After I said that, he spoke words that hit me like lightning. “Married a month ago.” “A month and a half, to be more precise.” Damn it. I wish I had even a little of his cold calm. “It was like the first day of my honeymoon was yours. I played for you that day.” I froze. “Do you mean you left your wife sleeping on the very first day of your honeymoon… and went out to play music for a girl on the beach?” “Exactly.” ************************×************************ Tara Blackwood never thought her quiet life would turn upside down because of one man. A forbidden man. Kaiden Draven. A powerful lawyer. Her father’s closest friend. Married. A man older than her, dangerous enough to tear down every rule she had lived by. Caught between an engagement that suffocates her and a marriage bound with no love, Tara stands on the edge of a choice that could destroy everyone… or save her heart. So can she resist a man she should never want?
View MoreTara Blackwood POV"Oh, Kaiden, won’t you help us make the lady my son’s bride?"I understood what he said, and it was clear he was joking. I couldn’t understand why Mr. Ross’s face looked so stern.“That’s impossible, Mr. Ross. This girl belongs to someone else.”He emphasized belongs to someone else. For a moment, I thought he meant Ethan Rowlan, but then I remembered that just mentioning him annoyed Kaiden. The problem was, he made no effort to hide his irritation, both in his tone and on his face.“I’m sorry, miss. I didn’t know that. Your man is lucky anyway.”I blushed at “your man” because I didn’t see Ethan Rowlan as mine—not yet.I was about to respond when his son interrupted, taking my hand and pressing it to his chest. That gesture disgusted me, and he looked into my eyes:“I’m Alexander Ross.”I smiled to hide my tension from his touch.“I’m Tara Blackwood. Pleasure to meet you, Daniel.”He said this while playfully pointing at the poor Marco, who was just joking, and his
Tara Blackwood POVKaiden Draven stepped away from the car and, without taking his eyes off me, opened the door. I slid into the car without looking at him, trying my best to avoid his gaze.About ten minutes passed, which felt like an hour to me. Silence ruled the space, and I didn’t like it.I lowered my crossed leg to place it beside the other, causing my thighs to become noticeable.“Keep yourself covered, or I might throw you into the back seat and take that softness between my hands until it changes color.”I looked at him, tense and afraid. There was something terrifying about how calmly he said that. I gripped the edges of my coat over my thighs, protecting myself like he instructed.More minutes passed.I got bored staring straight at him, so I stole a glance from the corner of my eye. I noticed his eyes—was it sadness or anger?—focused ahead on the road.“Why didn’t you tell me you were coming to pick me up?”I crossed my arms and said it angrily, this time turning my head t
Tara Blackwood POVThe only sound in this room was the high-pitched moan of my head pounding. It took me a full fifteen minutes just to figure out what time it was… twelve o’clock.I’m dead. I didn’t sleep.No work today, which is perfect because I can focus on myself and my beauty.I propped up my upper body, hoping to regain some awareness, but the floor embraced my body, making a scream escape me.This hurts.I grabbed my back like I was a seventy-year-old woman.I rose from the floor with difficulty, dragging my feet toward the kitchen. My head throbbed endlessly.All I wanted was this damn pain to go away.Sometimes I regret growing up and discovering something called alcohol.I stood behind the kitchen bar, scanning around for anything that could help me make a drink to drown the misery.I gathered what I needed and, after a long struggle, finally made it.I drank two glasses, the third in my hand as I headed back to my room.The effect was perfect… the pain in my head was gone.
Tara Blackwood POVI was so tired of just sitting there, so I laid my head down on the pillow. I stretched out on the bed, lying on my stomach, keeping the phone in front of me, doing my best not to let my body show on camera.A full minute passed, and we were both locked in each other's gaze.“Tell me, Tara, why are you so determined to end us?”He grabbed my attention by breaking the silence. Ending this relationship and not going back was a decision my mind made, and I know my mind’s decisions are selfish when it comes to me.I was about to speak, but he cut me off.“You know we could stay together instead of breaking up like this.”“Weren’t you the one who started pulling away from me, Mr. Kaiden? Ever since that day at the hospital, I’ve noticed you changing toward me.”I twirled a strand of hair around my finger, staring into his black ocean eyes with my clear blue ones.“I’m sorry, little one, but you’ll know the answer to that question later.”I hummed in understanding. He did
Tara Blackwood POV"Let’s start with the curses you wear every single day."I coughed hard as the smoke he blew hit my face. It burned my throat. His chest pressed against mine, heavy, almost crushing. I kept coughing for a few seconds, then forced myself to look up at him. I knew my eyes were a li
Tara Blackwood POVSometimes I wonder how many files this company receives every single day.And why he calls me so formally like that.I asked him to call me by my name only."Okay, I will do it."I said it.Who am I to refuse or argue with what the boss says here?He gave us both one last look, t
Tara Blackwood POVI will never deny it.Calling me a stranger, and the harsh way he spoke, hurt me deeply.The emptiness in his voice, the lack of any emotion, that cold low tone, was far more than my heart could handle.And none of it compares to one word.Stranger.Am I really a stranger to him?
Tara Blackwood POVAfter a while, the car stopped.I looked up and saw it.It was the same neighborhood where Mr. Kaiden Draven lived. The place I had gone to that day.And the real disaster was this.Ethan Roilan’s house, where the car stopped, was right next to Kaiden’s mansion.“You brought me h






Welcome to GoodNovel world of fiction. If you like this novel, or you are an idealist hoping to explore a perfect world, and also want to become an original novel author online to increase income, you can join our family to read or create various types of books, such as romance novel, epic reading, werewolf novel, fantasy novel, history novel and so on. If you are a reader, high quality novels can be selected here. If you are an author, you can obtain more inspiration from others to create more brilliant works, what's more, your works on our platform will catch more attention and win more admiration from readers.