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STUCK IN THE RAIN

Author: Ifeoma Abah
last update publish date: 2026-07-04 06:40:01

CHAPTER: STUCK IN THE RAIN

ZARA:

The elevator ride down felt like a slow descent into hell. Every time the floor indicator blinked, I held my breath, waiting for the doors to open and for Darius to pull me back, telling me he’d had a change of heart. But then my memory kept replaying the way he’d looked at me with that cold, indifferent mask and threatened to throw me out if I didn't leave immediately. I was a fool for thinking I could play him. I was a fool for thinking any man in power would
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    ZARA:I sat on my desk, typing furiously on my laptop when Rider stepped back out into the open bullpen. He looked like an absolute madman on the verge of murder. His face was twisted into a mask of pure, unadulterated fury, his chest heaving beneath his tailored suit jacket.Without a word of warning, he marched straight across the floor, came to a violent halt right in front of my desk, and slammed his fist down so hard on the wood that my coffee mug rattled."Are you completely out of your mind, Zara?!" Rider hissed, his voice trembling with rage. "You think you can just dump me and hook up with my own uncle? How shameless can you possibly be?! How on earth could you sleep around with two men who are blood-related?!"I didn't feel intimidated by his rage, simply staring at him with cold detachment."Uncle Darius is my father's own younger brother, for Goddess's sake!" Rider ranted, glaring down at me like I had committed the ultimate sin. "Even if you wanted to whore yourself out t

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