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Nate’s Trapped

Author: Precious rose
last update publish date: 2026-03-26 21:28:13

Wyatt’s POV

By morning, news of Celeste's arrest was everywhere. News and all social media blogs.

“Celeste Sterling Arrested last night for Property Fraud.”

“Another Sterling Industries Family Scandal.”

“Wife of Sterling Executive Facing Felony Charges.”

Harper called at six AM. I was already awake, working on some files.

“She’s talking.”

“To who?”

“Everyone. The police, press… anyone who’ll listen.” Her voice sounded stressed and frustrated. “She’s controlling the narrative before we do.”

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  • He was never mine   A Plan Foward

    Avery’s POVWe walked out of that building in total silence.The car was already waiting at the curb. The driver pulled away from the building. For a full two minutes, neither of us spoke. “Somebody gave them that.” Elise finally broke the silence.“Yeah.” I kept staring out the window. “They sure did.”“Your real name, Avery.” She turned toward me. “A supplier doesn’t just stumble across that.” Her voice sharpened. “Along with everything else they knew.”I already knew it. I'd known it the second Hargrove said ‘Miss Avery’ with that uncomfortable look on his face. Whatever reached that supplier hadn’t been an accident. Somebody had gathered it and handed it over knowing exactly what damage it would cause.***The emergency meeting at Monochrome started the moment we landed.Elise, me, legal, IT, and the operations manager around the conference table with the door closed.Our attorney pulled up the email on his laptop. “What concerns me isn’t the name.”My stomach tightened.“The

  • He was never mine   The Name They Found

    Avery's POV"Get Elise in here." I kept my voice level. "Now."The assistant hurried out before I finished speaking. I flipped the tablet over and read the email again, hoping the words had changed. They hadn’t.Elise burst through the door moments later. She took one look at my face, then snatched the tablet from my hand. She scanned it fast, her jaw tightened immediately."Shit." She slammed it on the desk. "That's our entire production backbone."I let out a short laugh that sounded nothing like amusement.“Wedding orders are locked, fabrics ordered and clients expect deliveries. California Fashion Week is four weeks out…"I looked back at the screen. “Trust me, I know exactly what we just lost.”I already had my phone out, pulling up every operations contact. "We'll figure it out." She crossed her arms, but her eyes mirrored my panic. "Why would they do this? We've had zero issues, not a single complaint."I didn't have an answer. The knot in my stomach twisted tighter.By three

  • He was never mine   The Email

    Avery’s POVI was sketching at my desk when Elise walked in. She stopped in the doorway, took one look at me, and sighed."Oh, there it is again."I glanced up. "What?""That smile."I frowned. "What smile?""The Wyatt smile."I rolled my eyes.Elise pointed at me immediately. "See? You just did it."My smile faded slightly as I remembered something from a few nights ago.I'd woken up just after midnight and found Wyatt sitting against the headboard instead of sleeping.The lamp beside him was on. Papers covered the bed, hospital records, sheriff reports, maps, and notes.For a second I thought it was work until I saw one word printed across the top page.“Ridgefield.”I pushed myself up."What are those?” I asked, already reaching for the stack nearest to me.Wyatt looked up. For half a second he seemed caught. Then he sighed and handed me the file.I stared at the papers. The date of my fall, hospital records, witness statements, everything."You're investigating it."His jaw tighte

  • He was never mine   Getting Close

    Wyatt's POVI knew something was off the second I walked through the door. Avery sat on the couch with her feet tucked under her, wearing one of my shirts that hung loose on her frame. A sketchbook rested on her knee, but the pencil moved slowly and distracted across the page. She wasn’t lost in her work. She was miles away.I dropped my keys on the counter. Avery glanced up briefly before looking back at the sketchbook.That alone told me enough.Normally she’d have launched straight into whatever was bothering her before I got both feet through the door.Tonight she barely acknowledged me.I headed upstairs to change. When I came back down, she hadn’t moved. I left her to it and went into the kitchen, pulling out whatever we had for dinner. Water boiled on the stove. A pan heated up. From there I could see the back of her head, the way she paused every few strokes like the paper held answers she couldn’t quite reach.About fifteen minutes later, she set the sketchbook down beside

  • He was never mine   Mrs Sterling’s Visit

    Avery 's POVThe showroom buzzed with energy by the time I walked in. Racks rolled across the floor, phones rang from every corner, and two junior designers arguing quietly over a color swatch near the window.I dropped my bag in my office and got straight to work.Things weren't that perfect with Wyatt. He was still holding something back, I knew it, and I was okay sitting with that for now. Life wasn’t suddenly simple. There were still things that hurt. Questions still waiting for answers.But somewhere along the way, Wyatt had stopped feeling like another problem I needed to solve and started feeling like someone standing beside me through it all.And that made a difference.Monochrome was doing well, really well. New collaborations, a strong quarter, the fall collection moving faster than Elise and I had dreamed.I was in the middle of comparing two fabric samples when Elise walked in.She dropped her coat over the back of a chair, and looked at me."You look disgustingly happy,

  • He was never mine   Getting His Senses Back

    Wyatt’s POVI woke up to darkness and the feeling that something was off.Avery was lying beside me but she wasn't sleeping. I could tell from her breathing, too even, as if she was wide awake and lost in her head. I turned and looked at her. She was staring at the nothing in the room, hands folded on her stomach."Baby?" I whispered.She turned toward me. "You're awake.""You're thinking."A small smile crossed her face. "Always."I reached for her hand under the blanket and laced my fingers through hers and she squeezed back. The room stayed quiet, just our breathing and the weight of whatever she needed to say.Then she let out a slow breath, "Wyatt, I need you to know something."I moved toward her, giving her my full attention."I love you," she said, her voice soft. "I need you to know that first." She paused, gripping my hand tighter. "But I'm still hurt."I stayed quiet and let her talk."I haven't forgotten that you knew," she continued, "My baby, my memories, my past, eve

  • He was never mine   Ticking Bomb

    Wyatt’s POVAvery sat on the edge of the hospital bed when I arrived. She was already dressed in the clean clothes I had bought yesterday. She looked exhausted with dark bruises against her pale-looking skin.The nurse handed me some discharge papers to sign. “She needs rest, no strenuous activity

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  • He was never mine   Caged

    Nate’s POVThe bed was cold when I woke up the next day of the wedding.I reached for Celeste across the sheets, but it was empty. It’s our first morning as husband and wife and she’d already disappeared.My phone vibrated on the nightstand. It’s a text message from a number I didn’t recognize.“Le

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  • He was never mine   Behind The Scene

    Wyatt’s POVI chose Richard.Not because he deserved it. Not because I owed him anything.But because the Sterling blood runs in my veins whether he acknowledged me or not. That company he has spent half his life building, it was mine too, even if my name was never on the letterhead.And also, I wa

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  • He was never mine   Awake

    Avery’s POV“Wyatt...”His name dropped from my mouth soft and broken, like a prayer I didn’t know I was saying.Tears pulled in my eyes despite my effort to be steady. Relief washed over me that it hurt physically, holding the breath from my lungs.He was here, he actually came.He took steps clos

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-20
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