LOGINShare
Chapter 35
publish date:
2026-10-23 03:57:00
Latest chapter
Game of Hearts Chapter 41
Julian didn't break eye contact. He sat there waiting for her answer, his dark eyes searching Zara’s face for even the smallest crack in her polished mask.Across the low mahogany table, the quiet hum of jazz music from the rooftop lounge speakers seemed to fade into a muffled background noise. Sarah sat frozen with her mocktail halfway to her lips, while Maya shifted uncomfortably in her seat, her playful smirk replaced by a hesitant, wide-eyed stare. David simply leaned back into the plush leather booth, his arms folded tight across his chest, watching Zara like a prosecutor waiting for a confession."Well, Zara?" David prodded softly, breaking the silence with a dry, mocking edge. "Julian asked you a direct question. You were the main person in the Herald newsroom floor screaming that the Reynolds family was corrupt. You swore on your life you were going to bring down Aegis Holdings for what happened to your family. And now? You’re sitting in their private hotel, wearing expensive
Game of Hearts Chapter 40
The next day, Zara still couldn’t believe that Jsi offered her classmates the family hotel to have their school get-together party…"So, the whole point of that chaos yesterday?" Sarah wiped a tear of laughter from her eye, taking a sip from her glass as the group settled deeper into the velvet booth. "We were supposed to be having a simple secondary school alumni reunion, just the old Herald crew getting together to catch up. And then the venue goes and cancels our reservation at the last minute!""Don't remind me," Maya groaned, leaning back into the plush leather. "I was ready to host this thing in a random fast-food joint. Then Zara makes one phone call during breakfast, and suddenly we’re occupying the most exclusive rooftop lounge at the Grand Royal Palms."Zara kept her posture relaxed, forcing a light, easy laugh as she set her tote bag down near her feet. Beneath her makeup, her cheek still throbbed with a dull ache, but her face remained carefully composed."Kai just happene
Game of Hearts chapter 39
"Call them," Kai repeated, his voice dropping into that smooth, deceptively warm cadence as he held her hand hostage under his palm. His dark eyes glinted with a sharp, victorious spark. "Tell them the hotel is ours,sweetheart. Anything my girl needs, she gets."Trey let out another dramatic groan across the table, tossing his napkin onto his plate. "Man, you two are unbelievable. I can’t even eat my eggs in peace without drowning in all this romance."Zara kept her picture-perfect smile locked in place, even as her fingers twitched with the urge to snatch her hand back. She leaned in closer to Kai, pressing her chest against his arm so Trey couldn't see the way her knuckles tightened against his shoulder."Thank you so much, honey," she cooed, her voice practically dripping with artificial syrup. She raised her lips to his cheek once more, brushing them soft and quick against his skin, whispering against his ear so only he could hear: "You are enjoying this way too much."Kai didn't
Game of Hearts Chapter 38
"I mean it, Zara. Don't test me."The low, vibrating promise hung in the suffocating dark of the bedroom like smoke. Kai didn't move away immediately. For a long, agonizing second, his dark, impenetrable eyes searched her pale, terrified face in the dim hallway light, as if he were trying to strip away every layer of defense she had left. He could hear the frantic, uneven rhythm of her breath, see the subtle tremor in her jaw, and feel the terrifying warmth radiating off her bruised cheek.Then, with a slow, deliberate exhale that flexed the sharp angle of his jaw, he pulled his hand back. He stood to his full height, shadowing her frame once more, and turned on his heel. He walked out of the room without uttering another word, pulling the heavy door behind him until the brass deadbolt clicked back into place from the outside.The sound echoed through the hallway like a lock snapping shut on a cage.Inside the dark room, Zara shivered violently against the cold floorboards. Her chest
Game of Hearts Chapter 37
"Get your hands off me!""Sit the hell down, Zara."The metal latch of the silver first-aid box snapped open with a sharp, echoing click that cut clean through the heavy, suffocating silence of the dark bedroom.Kai didn't ask twice. Ignoring her frantic scramble backward, he closed the distance between them in a single,fluid stride and dropped heavily onto one knee right in front of her. His large, calloused fingers wrapped around her chin—firm, steady, and entirely inescapable. He tilted her face upward, forcing her swollen, tear-streaked right cheek directly into the pale blue light spilling in from the hallway.Zara gasped, her breath catching violently in her throat as his thumb brushed just a fraction of an inch from the brutal, burning imprint of her mother's palm."Look at me," Kai ordered, his voice dropping into a low, gravelly register that vibrated with suppressed fury."I said let me go!" Zara sobbed, her hands coming up to claw at his wrists, her nails digging desperatel
Game of Hearts Chapter 36
"Are you insane, Mom?! You hit her!"Leo’s voice tore through the heavy, suffocating silence of the living room like a serrated blade. His hands, pale and trembling, gripped the armrests of his wheelchair so tightly his knuckles turned a ghostly white. The leather groaned under the pressure, but it was nothing compared to the violent storm raging in his chest.The front door of the house still rattled slightly on its hinges from where Zara had fled into the storm minutes ago. The air was thick with the lingering scent of ozone, rain, and the faint, bitter smell of copper from the blood Zara had left on the floorboards when she scraped her knees against the broken ceramic shards.At the other side of the room stood their mother. Her chest was heaving, her breathing fast and shallow. Her right hand, the same hand that had struck her daughter's face only moments before, hung limply at her side,trembling with a mixture of raw fury and unconfessed shock."She deserved it, Leo!" His mother
You May Also Like
Warning: My Mommy is A Savage!
Seeking A Peaceful Life2.2M viewsMeet My Brothers
Red Thirteen6.1M viewsWanted: Billionaire's Wife And Their Genius Twin Babies
Pamela981.1K viewsBillionaire's Ex-wife is Mommy of Twins
Lami274667.9K viewsSomeone Else's Beloved Wife
Marcelinee115 viewsToo Late, Mr. Hale
Favor V April68 viewsPregnant After One Night With My Brother's Best Friend
Bloodygoddess56 viewsMy Online Boyfriend Is My StepBrother?!
Tiffanie Campbell194 views
