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The Whole Charade

Penulis: Jenne Lopes
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-04-09 21:23:00
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I reviewed the quarterly earnings report with a satisfaction that never quite dulled, no matter how many successful quarters Vega Designs had posted. The numbers were consistent: 8% growth year-over-year, expanding European distribution, increasing margins on our premium line. The market remained hungry for our signature aesthetic.

Setting the report aside, I gazed out over Manhattan from my corner office. Eighteen floors up, the city spread out like a complex living organism, each part serving its function. Much like a well-designed company. Much like a well-designed family.

My thoughts drifted to Maya—my wayward daughter who had become an unexpected thorn. When she disappeared at age four, my first reaction had been pure fury. Not at losing my child—though I'd performed that part convincingly for the press—but at Lupe Vega's audacity. Taking our daughter as if that somehow balanced the equation.

"She thinks she's punishing us," Caroline had said through carefully meas
Jenne Lopes

I apologize for the error in the last version that was posted. Here's the original continuation.

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Laura V
Thank you! I'm pretty intrigued by that story now though!
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Jenne Lopes
Sorry about that. An error on my end, and I already fixed it.
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Laura V
What the heck is this chapter? Is it from another book? Different characters, a different storyline, nothing connecting it to the rest of this book.
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  • Divorced My CEO Husband, He Came Begging   His Father’s Son

    AlexThe car still smelled faintly of Maya's perfume from this morning. That was the stupid thing I kept fixating on while driving—this lingering jasmine scent that reminded me of her naked against the shower wall, my fingers inside her, the way she'd come with her forehead pressed against the tile. All while pretending now that we were just business associates or whatever the fuck we were. The ghost of her moans hanging between us while actual conversation remained impossible.I flexed my fingers on the steering wheel, too tight then too loose, a nervous habit I thought I'd beaten years ago. Maya sat beside me, tapping at her phone, the blue light making her skin look alien. Checking for messages from Troy, most likely. Still nothing, judging by the way she kept swiping, reopening the same apps like something might magically appear."Still nothing from Troy?" I asked, already knowing the answer. Sometimes I asked questions just to feel like I was doing something. Anything.Maya shook

  • Divorced My CEO Husband, He Came Begging   The Pieces Fall

    Maya"No." I sighed, running a hand through my hair. "I don't know."A knock on the doorframe made us both turn. Sarah leaned against it, arms crossed."You two planning to rejoin civilization? The food's getting cold and Olivia's starting to look like she might actually die."I glanced at Alex, who gave a slight shake of his head. But Sarah was too observant to miss the tension."What's wrong?" she asked, straightening up.We didn't answer right away, just looked at each other in that silent "who's going to say it" standoff. Sarah's eyes narrowed."Seriously, what the fuck is going on?" she demanded."Daniel's been released," Alex and I said almost in unison as we walked back into the kitchen."What?" Olivia's head shot up from where she'd been cradling it in her hands. She immediately winced at her own sudden movement."Shit," Sarah breathed."Your crazy ex is back on the streets?" Sarah looked at me, her expression unreadable. "What do you want to do?"What could I do? That was the

  • Divorced My CEO Husband, He Came Begging   The Goat has been Released.

    MayaOlivia's eyes locked with Alex's, and something passed between them that I couldn't read. The kitchen went completely silent. Even Sarah stopped fidgeting with the food.Then Olivia's lips curved into a smile that didn't reach her eyes. "With all due respect, Mr. Thorne," she said, her voice professional despite the rasp, "I believe your sister's apartment falls outside Thorne Designs' corporate jurisdiction."A beat passed. Then Alex laughed, the tension dissolving instantly."Touché." He nodded, looking more impressed than offended. "Though technically, it's my apartment.""Technically," Sarah piped in, "it's our parents' apartment that they let you use because they hate t

  • Divorced My CEO Husband, He Came Begging   I’m Your Boss

    Maya"I have clothes," I'd protested when Alex started rummaging through his dresser after our shower.He'd given me a look that somehow managed to be both amused and judgmental. "You want to put your sex-stained suit back on?"He had a point. The thought of sliding back into those clothes made me cringe. The blouse was wrinkled beyond salvation, and my pants probably smelled like sex and club smoke. Not exactly breakfast-with-his-sister attire.So here I was, padding down the hallway in Alex's faded Columbia t-shirt that hung to mid-thigh and a pair of his boxers that I'd had to roll at the waist three times to keep them from sliding off. I felt ridiculous, like a kid playing dress-up. But it was this or naked, and I'd hit my nudity quota for the day.

  • Divorced My CEO Husband, He Came Begging   Boundaries

    His fingers traced the curve of my ribs, my waist, my hips, leaving trails of soap and goosebumps in their wake. Every touch was careful, precise, like he was cataloging each response, learning my body in a new way."You have the most incredible skin," he murmured, his voice almost drowned out by the shower.I swallowed hard, fighting the urge to press against him, to demand more direct contact. But something in me wanted to see where this was going, to let him maintain control of whatever game we were playing.He reached for another bottle—shampoo, apparently—and gestured for me to tilt my head back into the spray. I complied, closing my eyes as water sluiced over my hair.His fingers worked through the strands, massaging my scalp with just the right amount

  • Divorced My CEO Husband, He Came Begging   Teasing Me

    Alex stepped out of the bathroom, completely naked and completely unbothered by it. Steam curled around him, highlighting the defined muscles of his chest, the sharp cut of his hipbones. Water droplets clung to his skin, catching light as they slid down."You're not planning to face Sarah smelling like sex, are you?" He sniffed the air dramatically, his lips quirking up in that half-smile that always made something in my stomach flip."I don't smell like—" I started, then caught myself. We'd been all over each other this morning—of course I smelled like sex. Twice-interrupted, sweaty, clothes-half-on sex. I probably reeked of it."Come on." He stepped toward me, closing the distance between us in one clean stride. "Let me help you."Help me? With what?Before I could even process what was happening, Alex's hands were at the buttons of my blouse, deftly undoing each one like it was something he did every day."What are you—""You need a shower." His fingers brushed against my skin as h

  • Divorced My CEO Husband, He Came Begging   Gaps

    I watched Alex disappear into the bathroom, his ass flexing as he walked. The sound of the shower running snapped me back to reality. I was still sitting on the edge of his bed, half-aroused, totally embarrassed, and completely lost on what to do next.I sighed, shaking my head to clear the Alex-shaped fog from my brain. This—whatever this was between us—was getting comfortable. Too comfortable, maybe. The way he just stripped naked in front of me without hesitation. The casual intimacy of watching him rub product on his face. The fact that I was still sitting in his bedroom instead of hiding under the covers or making a run for it.Was it okay to get used to this? This new normal where I woke up in his bed, where he touched me like he knew exactly what my body needed, where he could just exist naked in my presence without it being a whole production.I rubbed my eyes hard, trying to ease the tension that had settled at the base of my skull. What time was it even? My phone wasn't in m

  • Divorced My CEO Husband, He Came Begging   Mortal Distractions

    Maya"I can't—" My voice caught in my throat. "Not after all that. I can't face her yet."Alex just stood there, staring at me. What the hell was he thinking, looking at me like that?He was still in just his boxers. Black ones that hung low on his hips. The light filtering through the blinds hit him at an angle, making his skin shine in strips across his chest. Every muscle was defined—not in that gross, veiny gym-rat way, but like someone who actually used their body. The ridges of his abs caught shadows. A trail of dark hair started below his navel and disappeared beneath the waistband of his boxers. His shoulders were broader than I remembered, the curve where they met his neck perfect for biting.Shit. I needed to stop.Alex final

  • Divorced My CEO Husband, He Came Begging    Interruptions

    Time froze. The door swung open before I could react, revealing Sarah standing in the doorway, hair mussed from travel, still in the same clothes she'd worn yesterday when I'd video called her from Paris."Alex? Did you put someone in my... Oh!"Her mouth dropped open, eyes going wide as she took in the scene—Maya and me, half-dressed, frozen mid-thrust, the obvious sounds and smells of sex still hanging in the air. The shock on her face might have been comical if it weren't happening to me.Maya made a small, strangled sound and tried to pull away, but my dick was still buried deep inside her, though rapidly going soft. Her pussy clenched around me in panic rather than pleasure, her whole body tensing like she'd been electrocuted."Jesus Christ, Sarah!" I grabbed

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