Mag-log in“You moan the same way,” Jake whispered against her throat, his voice rough with desire. “The way your body trembles… the way your nails dig into my back. I love it. …Don’t lie to me, Chloe, I’ve had you before.” Her breath hitched, heat rushing to her cheeks as his words wrapped around her like chains. She wanted to deny it, to push him away, but the scent of his hair, clean, sharp, achingly familiar, sent shivers down her spine. Something about him was the same as that night, the night blurred by heartbreak and too much wine, the night she could barely remember but could never forget. And yet… he wasn’t supposed to be the man she married. ********************************** Venice was meant to be Chloe Rodriguez’s escape, not her prison. One reckless night of heartbreak leaves her in the arms of a stranger whose touch she can’t forget. Weeks later, she’s forced into a contract marriage with billionaire heir Jake Williams Martinez, only to realize he is that same man. But Jake believes he’s marrying her twin sister, Zoe, the wild one he thinks matches the woman from that night. Bound by her sister’s lies, Chloe steps into a marriage built on deception. Yet her heart belongs to another, Jake’s younger brother, Tyler, her ex-lover, whose shadow lingers in every memory. She comes in contact with Ethan, their close family friend who takes every opportunity to to be close to her as he has feelings towards her but wouldn’t want to betray them. When a secret pregnancy threatens to unravel everything, Chloe is trapped between two brothers, two betrayals, and a devastating truth: the father of her child may be the same man responsible for her family’s ruin.
view more“This is wrong…” I whispered, though my voice betrayed me with the quiver of want. “But I want you in me more… I need you, Tyler. My body yearns for you. I shouldn’t, but I can’t stop.”
He smirked, hovering just above me, his hand sliding down my thigh, slow and teasing. “Say it again,” he murmured, voice low and wicked, “say you need me.” “I…” The words died in my throat as his lips cut me short. His mouth crashed against mine, rough, demanding, claiming me before I could finish my confession. My heart pounded wildly, my body already arching into him as though it remembered this rhythm better than my mind did. His tongue slipped into my mouth, hot and relentless, stealing my breath. His other hand slid between my legs, fingers brushing against the aching need he had already lit inside me. I gasped into his kiss, hips jerking, betraying me completely. “You’re already so wet for me,” he growled against my lips, dragging his finger along my heat, slow enough to make me tremble. “Don’t lie, Chloe. Your body always tells the truth.” A whimper escaped before I could stop it. My nails dug into his shoulders as his fingers pressed inside, curling just right, stroking until my thighs trembled. I hated how easily he undid me. Hated how much I loved it. “Tyler…” His name left my lips like a prayer and a curse all at once. He kissed the corner of my mouth, then down my throat, his lips hot against my skin. “You’re mine,” he whispered darkly. “You’ve always been mine, no matter whose ring you wear.” His words made my chest tighten. This was madness. What else could go wrong, knowing I had betrayed my husband by sleeping with his brother, and worse, my ex-lover? My mind screamed stop, but my body cried more. And the cruelest truth of all haunted me: I carried a child, and I still didn’t know whose it was. But his mouth… God, his mouth didn’t care about consequences. It trailed fire down my stomach, lower and lower, until his tongue replaced his fingers, tasting me, driving me insane. My back arched violently, a sharp cry tearing from me as his tongue moved with sinful precision. Every lick, every flick, every greedy suck shattered me further. “Please…” I moaned, gripping his hair, pulling him closer. “Please, Tyler…” He lifted his head slightly, lips glistening, eyes burning with lust and victory. “That’s it. Beg for me. I love hearing how wrong you know this is while your body begs for more.” Before I could answer, he replaced his mouth with his fingers again, thrusting deeper, curling hard until I was writhing, my body slick with sweat. My breath came out broken, my moans filling the room. And then, without warning, he spread my legs wider, positioning himself. I felt the hard press of him against me, hot and demanding. “Tyler, no…” “Yes,” he cut me off, pushing forward, sliding into me inch by inch until I was completely filled. A shudder ripped through me, my nails sinking deep into his back. The first thrust was brutal, a reminder of what we were risking, what I had already lost. But the second… the second was bliss. My walls clenched around him, pulling him deeper, my cries echoing against his groans. Every movement was a sin, every thrust dragging me closer to a dangerous edge I had no power to resist. His pace quickened, our bodies slamming together in a rhythm that was both punishment and salvation. His hand gripped my thigh, holding me open, his lips crashing into mine as if he could devour the guilt out of me. I kissed him back just as fiercely, drowning in the chaos, in the heat, in the madness of what we were doing. My body betrayed every ounce of reason I had left, giving in to the pleasure I should never have tasted. And when the wave finally hit me, when I shattered completely around him, the truth stabbed deeper than his thrusts ever could. Everything seemed right. His touch, his heat, his body inside mine, everything I had longed for. But yet, everything was wrong. He was my husband’s brother. My ex-lover. The man who had broken me before. And now, even as I lay tangled in his arms, my body weak and trembling from his love, one truth burned me alive… I still felt too much for him.Jake’s POVI didn’t even mean to listen.I swear I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop, I was only walking toward her room because the doctor said we could move Ethan into a more comfortable ward, and I wanted to tell her before we left. But the closer I got, the clearer her voice became. Quiet. Shaky. Afraid.And then I heard Lucia’s name.I stopped.Not because I wanted to, but because something inside me froze, that instinct I’ve lived with all my life. The one that warns me when a situation is about to turn into a storm.“…Lucia, listen to me,” Chloe whispered, breath trembling. “I know your the one that sent the message, Why did you send that message? What do you mean someone is coming? What do you mean by who I trust please?”I stepped closer, my heart beating faster than usual. I shouldn’t be hearing this.But I also needed to hear this.“There is more happening than you think,” Lucia’s voice hissed through the speaker. “Just get somewhere safe. I told you, don’t trust..”Static cracked
Chloe’s POVI woke up in the morning feeling better and calmer. Not refreshed, not healed, just different. My eyes were swollen, my chest still felt heavy, but at least the crushing weight that I felt on me last night had eased a little. Maybe it was the crying, or maybe it was Tyler sitting there, staring at me as I ate, not demanding anything from me. Or maybe it was the simple fact that for the first time in a long time, I wasn’t pretending I was fine or pretending to be anyone. As I shifted on the bed, I felt the dull ache in my waist, my pregnancy reminding me it wasn’t going to slow down simply because my world was falling apart. I placed a hand gently on my belly. The baby kicked back, soft but firm enough to make me inhale sharply.“I know,” I whispered. “I’m trying.”A soft knock on my door.I sat up, wiping my face quickly. “Come in.”The door opened slowly. Jake stepped inside, his hair still messy, looking like he hadn’t slept all night. His eyes were red, not from anger,
Jake’s POVI watched her carefully from across the living room as she sat silently beside her father before we left. She looked… hollow. The Chloe I knew, fiery, stubborn, loud when she needed to be, was shrinking into herself, piece by piece. She was heavily pregnant, almost due, yet somehow she looked small, fragile. Like she was balancing the weight of the entire world on her shoulders.When Gold told me everything, about Zoe, Ethan, the pregnancy stress, I couldn’t breathe for a moment. It felt like someone punched me straight in the chest. All I could think about was how she had been carrying all this alone. I had to rush immediately to the hospital address she sent to me . How she had pushed us away thinking she needed to fight everything by herself. How I let her walk away the first time.Never again. It’s not going to happen again. I won’t let it happen. As we stepped out of her father’s house, I looked back and caught the fear in his eyes. The helplessness. The protective lo
CHLOE POV The moment the doctor stepped out of the room after explaining Zoe’s condition, her heart strain, the consequences of the overdose, the kidney issues, the drugs she’s been doing, her mental state, and the terrifying unknown of whether she’d wake up normally again, I felt the air choke me. Gold held my hand, but it didn’t feel like enough. Nothing felt enough. It was as though the floor itself had become unstable, tilting, sliding, pulling me with it into some dark place I couldn’t climb out of. I leaned against the wall outside Zoe’s room, trying to breathe. My face was sore from crying, my eyes swollen, my chest heavy. My baby kicked softly, almost like a reminder that I wasn’t alone—even though I felt unbearably alone. A few minutes later, the sound of hurried footsteps filled the hallway. I didn’t pay attention at first until I heard my name, loud, desperate, familiar. “Chloe!” Before I could turn fully, two strong arms wrapped around me. Jake. The scent of his colog
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