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Chapter 36

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I don’t sleep.

Not really.

I lie still in the guest room, staring at the ceiling while the city hums outside the glass like nothing has shifted. Like nothing has fractured. My arm rests across my stomach, fingers curled protectively, the faint ache still there subtle, but persistent. It’s not the pain that keeps me awake.

It’s the memory of his hand closing around me.

Not the pressure.

The intention.

Or rather, the absence of control.

Morning comes without mercy.

Light spills through the curtains, sharp and invasive. I sit up slowly, testing my body like I expect something else to hurt. It doesn’t. Just the same dull reminder on my skin, now blooming into a small, faint bruise, almost apologetic in color.

I stare at it longer than necessary.

This is how it starts, I think.

Not with violence but with excuses.

I shower, dress, and move efficiently. There’s no hesitation in my actions. No dramatic pauses. I’m past shock now. I’m operating on clarity.

When I step
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  • Irresistible Sin   Chapter 36

    I don’t sleep. Not really. I lie still in the guest room, staring at the ceiling while the city hums outside the glass like nothing has shifted. Like nothing has fractured. My arm rests across my stomach, fingers curled protectively, the faint ache still there subtle, but persistent. It’s not the pain that keeps me awake. It’s the memory of his hand closing around me. Not the pressure. The intention. Or rather, the absence of control. Morning comes without mercy. Light spills through the curtains, sharp and invasive. I sit up slowly, testing my body like I expect something else to hurt. It doesn’t. Just the same dull reminder on my skin, now blooming into a small, faint bruise, almost apologetic in color. I stare at it longer than necessary. This is how it starts, I think. Not with violence but with excuses. I shower, dress, and move efficiently. There’s no hesitation in my actions. No dramatic pauses. I’m past shock now. I’m operating on clarity. When I step

  • Irresistible Sin   Chapter 35

    Ava’s POV The night doesn’t break all at once. It fractures. Quietly. Invisibly. Like glass under pressure. The event is supposed to be a routine smaller than the last one, more strategic than social. The kind of gathering where conversations carry weight and smiles are measured. I’ve done this a hundred times. I know how to navigate rooms like this without losing myself. Kael is beside me when we arrive. Close enough to feel, distant enough to breathe. At least, at first. I don’t notice the shift immediately. I’m too focused on work to listen, respond, and engage. A European investor I’ve worked with before approaches, cordial and familiar. We talk numbers. Timelines. Logistics. Professional. Clean. But somewhere between his second question and my answer, I feel it. That pressure. I don’t have to look to know Kael is watching. When I finally glance his way, his expression is unreadable but his body isn’t. His shoulders are rigid. His jaw is tight. His eyes locked on the s

  • Irresistible Sin    Chapter 34

    Kael’s POV There’s a difference between silence and peace. I’ve lived most of my life in silent rooms full of people who never said what they meant, deals closed with handshakes that hid blades. I learned early how to control a space by saying less, by wanting less. This morning, with Ava asleep beside me, I realize peace feels nothing like that. She’s turned slightly toward me now, one knee drawn up, her hand resting near my ribs as it belongs there. The city beyond the glass is muted by fog, the kind that softens sharp edges without erasing them. I don’t move right away. Not because I’m afraid to wake her though part of me is but because moments like this don’t come often. Moments that don’t demand strategy. Ava stirs anyway. Her lashes flutter, then her eyes open, unfocused at first. When she sees me, there’s no surprise. Just awareness. “Morning,” she murmurs. “Morning,” I reply. She studies my face like she’s checking for something. “You’re thinking.” “Always,” I admit

  • Irresistible Sin   Chapter 33

    Ava’s POV Morning comes quietly, like it doesn’t want to interrupt whatever Kael and I didn’t finish saying last night. The city outside the glass walls is already awake cars threading through streets, lights blinking out one by one as daylight takes over but inside the penthouse, everything feels suspended. Unrushed. Untouched. I wake before he does. Kael is on his back, one arm bent above his head, the other resting close enough that if I moved an inch, we’d touch. His face is relaxed in sleep in a way I rarely see when he’s awake. No tension in his jaw. No calculation behind his eyes. It’s strange how intimacy sneaks up on you like this. Not with grand gestures. Not with promises. But with quiet mornings you didn’t plan to share. I shift slightly, careful not to wake him, and sit up. The sheet slides down my back, cool against warm skin. I pad barefoot toward the window, wrapping it around myself as I look out at the city. Last night replayed in fragments. The party. The

  • Irresistible Sin   Chapter 32

    Ava’s POV There’s a certain stillness that settles after you say something honest. Not the awkward kind. Not the kind that begs to be filled. But the kind that waits to see what the other person will do with the truth you’ve placed between you. Kael stands by the window, the city stretched beneath him like a living map of everything he controls. Light cuts across his face at an angle, catching the sharp line of his jaw, the tension he never quite lets go of. “How far?” I ask again, softer this time. Not as a challenge. Not as a test. Just a question that deserves to exist. He doesn’t answer right away. I don’t rush him. I’ve learned that silence isn’t avoidance for him it’s processing. “I don’t know yet,” he finally says. I nod, letting the words land. “That’s okay.” It surprises him. I see it in the way his shoulders shift, the way his gaze flicks to me, searching for something disappointment, expectation, pressure. There’s none. We stand there for a moment longer, clo

  • Irresistible Sin    chapter 31

    Kael’s POV There are different kinds of noise. The kind that fills a room with laughter and clinking glasses. The kind that hums beneath music and polite conversation. And the kind that settles inside your chest when something doesn’t sit right but you can’t name it yet. The party was full of the first two. The third one stayed with me. I noticed it the moment we arrived. Ava didn’t try to command attention. She never does. She simply exists, and the world adjusts around her. Men noticed. Women noticed. Conversations shifted when she spoke. Heads turned not because she demanded it, but because she didn’t. And I hated how easily they assumed they were allowed to look. I stood beside her, glass in hand, listening to a board member drone on about expansion strategies while my attention tracked the room. Every glance that lingered on her a second too long felt like an intrusion. Every smile she gave polite, professional felt misinterpreted. She wasn’t encouraging it. They

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