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Chapter 8: He’s mine
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Divorced, Desired, Dangerous Chapter 113: THE TRUTH
DARIENThe dry wood popped, sending tiny golden sparks against the door. Warm air slowly spilled out into the small, dark living room, pushing away the bitter cold of the blizzard that raged outside the glass window.Nilah sat on the small wooden couch, wrapped tight in her thick wool blanket. She held a warm blue mug of hot water in both of her small hands. Her dark eyes were fixed entirely on the fire.I sat on a low wooden chair across from her, five feet away. I did not sit close. I did not try to reach out and touch her cold fingers. I kept my hands rested flat on my knees, my knuckles red and raw from the mountain wind.The quiet between us was heavy. It was not a mean quiet, but it was filled with old ghosts."The fire is good," Nilah whispered softly, her voice barely louder than the crackle of the wood. "It's warm.""It will keep the room warm all night," I said, my voice low and rough. "I put four big oak logs in the bottom. They burn slow."She took a small sip from her mu
Divorced, Desired, Dangerous Chapter 112: ALONE AT NIGHT
NILAHThe mountain wind howled like a dying beast outside my small attic window.By the afternoon, the sky over Oakridge had turned from a dull, heavy gray to a pitch-black abyss. The storm had come down off the northern peaks fast and vicious, dumping inches of heavy, wet snow every hour. Through the glass, I could see nothing but a roaring wall of white. Main Street was completely buried, the streetlights swallowed by the blizzard.Inside my tiny attic room, the quiet hum of the electric space heater suddenly sputtered, clicked twice, and died.The small golden light on the front panel flickered out. Downstairs in the main shop, the deep, steady thrum of the greenhouse heating pipes went completely silent.The power grid was dead."Oh no..." I whispered into the dark room.My voice came out as a thick white cloud of frost. Within fifteen minutes, the thin warmth that had kept my room comfortable vanished. The bitter, biting mountain cold seeped straight through the wooden walls and
Divorced, Desired, Dangerous Chapter 111: A SILENT GUARDIAN
NILAHThe old brick building across the road was no longer dark and empty. The brown paper that used to cover the dusty display windows had been removed weeks ago. On the second floor, behind a large, clean glass window, sat a long, plain wooden desk.And behind that desk sat Darien.He was there right now. He was sitting in a high-backed dark chair, wearing a simple gray sweater. He had a black laptop open in front of him, and his fingers were moving across the keys. A small white ceramic cup sat near his right hand.He was looking down at his computer screen. He did not wave. He did not stare at me through the glass. He was just... there.Every single day for twenty-eight days, Darien had been sitting in that exact chair.He arrived at six o'clock in the morning, before the pale sun even rose over the snowy mountains. He stayed in that room all day long, working on his papers and typing on his computer. When the sun went down at five o'clock and the streetlights turned on, he was st
Divorced, Desired, Dangerous Chapter 110: A LINE BETWEEN US
DARIENThe heavy silence inside the greenhouse felt thicker than the humid air rising off the damp potting soil.Nilah stood five feet away down the stone gravel aisle, her back pressed flat against the wooden potting table. Her dark eyes were wide, filled with a terrifying mix of raw panic and deep, ancient grief. The small velvet box sat open on the edge of the bench between us, the tiny gold wedding ring gleaming under the soft yellow lights.I was trembling violently. My shoulders felt heavy and crushed under my plain wool coat, and I could feel hot tears burning down my hollow cheeks. I was standing in front of her completely bare—no bodyguards, no guns, no power—just a man begging for his life.Between us, resting on the dark wood, sat the only piece of our past she hadn't destroyed."Nilah, please," I rasped out, my voice shaking so violently it barely sounded like my own. "Don't look at me like that. Tell me what I have to do. Tell me how many years I have to spend on my knees
Divorced, Desired, Dangerous Chapter 109: STANDING ACROSS
DARIENThe air in the greenhouse was heavy and warm, smelling of damp soil and wet ferns, but every breath I took felt like inhaling broken glass.Nilah stood five feet away from me, her back pressed flat against the wooden potting table. Her dark eyes were wide, filled with a terrifying mix of raw panic and deep, ancient grief. The small velvet box sat open on the edge of the bench between us, the tiny gold wedding ring gleaming under the soft yellow lights.She was trembling violently. Her knuckles were white where her fingers gripped the edge of the dark wood behind her back."Don't," she had whispered to me moments ago.I took half a step backward, raising both of my hands slowly, keeping my palms completely open and visible in the quiet air between us. I wanted her to see my bare skin. I wanted her to see that I carried no weapons, no heavy gold rings, no threats."I'm stepping back, Nilah," I said, my voice raw and cracking down the middle. "Look at my hands. I'm not moving any
Divorced, Desired, Dangerous Chapter 108: FROZEN IN THE GREEN
NilahThe warm, humid air inside the greenhouse was completely still.I stood halfway down the center aisle, holding the long silver spout of the watering can over a row of potted ferns. The clean water trickled down into the dark soil, soaking into the soft green fronds. The simple, rhythmic sound was the only thing filling the space, steady and calm.Then, the front brass bell rang violently.It was not the soft chime that came when Clara opened the door for a customer. It was a loud, harsh slam of metal against metal that rattled the glass panels in their frames.I froze. The silver spout tipped slightly in my hands, sending a stream of water splashing over the edge of the wooden bench and straight across the toes of my heavy leather boots.I didn't turn around immediately. My heart gave a single, violent thud against my ribs, and the cold, familiar knot of fear tightened deep in my gut."Nilah!"The voice tore through the quiet air like a jagged blade.My breath caught in my throa
Divorced, Desired, Dangerous Chapter 2: The Billionaire I Crashed Into
Darien’s povThe Bentley’s engine purred as I drove through the rain-slicked street, and my phone buzzed for the umpteenth time in less than five minutes. I knew it was my mother no doubt, definitely calling to remind me about her ‘wonderful opportunity’ dinner she had arranged next week.“Don’t th
Divorced, Desired, Dangerous Chapter 1: The Night My Marriage Died
Nilah’s povThe penthouse was quiet, I stood in the kitchen with my hands gripping the sink as I stared at the divorce papers, I tried remembering how to breathe.In… out…The same way my therapist had taught me before I had stopped going because Marcus said I didn’t need one."You're being dramati
Divorced, Desired, Dangerous Chapter 5— Impending chaos
NILAHThe silence in the grand ballroom was loud, it felt heavier than the rain that had ruined my car hours ago, making my head spin as I tried to process what my father had just blurted out from the podium.Hundreds of eyes shifted from my father, following his proud gaze, until they locked direc
Divorced, Desired, Dangerous Chapter 4: The Gala Where Everything Changed
Nilah povAt exactly five the dress arrived.I stood in my childhood bedroom staring at it for a full minute before I even dared to touch it.Midnight blue, floor length with a neckline that dipped just low enough to say ‘I know exactly what I’m doing’ and a slit that climbed too high up on one thi
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