Masuk“Don’t fall in love with me, Keona. Take it from me, you’ll regret it.” “And if you fall for me?” “Then God help me, Keona, because I’ll burn the world down before I ever let you go…” *** Everyone envied Keona Cromwell. After all, she was married to Hardin Cromwell, the youngest trillionaire in the country and CEO of Cromwell Holdings. To the outside world, she was the luckiest woman alive with a beautiful home, a handsome husband, and an adorable daughter. But only Keona knew the truth. For six years, Hardin had never celebrated her birthday. He never remembered their anniversary. He never defended her against his verbally abusive family. Even worse, he spent more time with his childhood sweetheart than his own wife. But still, she stayed. She hoped for a change. Then one heartbreaking moment changed everything. Her own daughter reached for Hardin’s childhood sweetheart and called her, “mommy.” That single word was enough to destroy the last piece of Keona’s heart. She served Hardin divorce papers, determined to walk away with her dignity intact. Everyone believed Hardin did not care. After all, he only tolerated Keona. He never loved her. But the moment she disappeared, he quietly ordered; “Double my wife’s security. Anyone who dares to hurt her answers to me.” As Keona rebuilds her life, Hardin discovers that the woman he treated like a nuisance is the one person who ever truly loved him. Now the cold billionaire who never begged anyone only has one goal: to make his ex-wife fall in love with him again. Too bad Keona has already stopped looking back.
Lihat lebih banyak“Hardin, please slow down… fuckk!!”
My palms press weakly against my husband’s broad shoulders, pleasure numbing my brain as he slams into my swollen pussy harder and faster.
His thick, fat cock stretches my walls with every brutal thrust, the wet, sinful slap of skin on skin echoing in the quiet morning light.
I should be pushing him away, but my hips lift off the mattress on their own, greedily meeting him thrust for thrust even as the words tumble out of me;
“Please, Hardin. I can’t t-take it… mm-hm! Faster!”
Somewhere at the back of my mind, it registers that I sound like a desperate slut. But I’ve long since passed the point of caring.
One more savage snap of his hips and I shatter, my pussy clenching hard around him as a broken cry tears from my throat.
Hardin follows a second later with a low, sexy growl that has my toes curling, burying himself to the hilt and flooding me in hot pulses. After what feels like an eternity, he collapses on top of me, heavy and spent.
For one blissful second, I bury my nose in his neck and breathe in his delicious Old Spice scent like a starved woman.
I want to stay like this forever. I really wish we could stay like this forever.
But I know my husband. I know even the slightest movement might remind him that he’d rather be anywhere else in the world than here with me.
My gaze drifts towards the heavy draperies as I force myself to remain still.
I barely breathe. I don’t dare shift an inch, terrified that if I do, Hardin will remember himself and pull away.
It’s our sixth anniversary and for once, I’m letting myself believe that maybe, things could be different.
Maybe Hardin will stay. Maybe he’ll hold me a little tighter and finally whisper the words I’ve longed to hear for the past six years.
Maybe he’ll finally tell me he loves me.
The thought barely marinates when Hardin suddenly stirs. My arms fall to the bed and I watch helplessly as he starts to roll off me, his jaw already tightening with irritation? Anger? These days, I can barely tell.
A desperate whimper slips past my throat and I lurch forward without thinking, my fingers closing around one of his huge biceps in a frantic attempt to stop him.
Hardin freezes. Then, finally, those dark grey eyes settle on me.
Have you forgotten what today is? I want to ask. But I still have a few scraps of dignity left, so I just settle for whispering; “where are you going?”
He lifts one brow, that familiar look of impatience already settling over his face.
“I have an important board meeting in the next thirty minutes.”
Something inside me finally cracks and tears spill down my cheeks before I can hold them back.
“I thought you said you were free today.” I choke out, hating how pathetic I sound. “You said we could spend time together. Don’t you remember?”
For a moment, Hardin doesn’t respond.
His dark eyes remain fixed on my tears, slowly tracing the wet tracks down my cheeks.
Then, as if a switch had been flipped, his expression hardens and his lips press into a thin line.
“I don’t have time to lie around all day, Keona. I have work to do. Maybe next time.”
He tries to leave again but I hang on tighter, unwilling to let him go just yet.
“Please, Hardin?” My voice comes out small. “I don’t wanna be alone today.”
It’s our anniversary. Don’t you remember?
The words sit on the tip of my tongue, but I can’t bring myself to say them out.
I hate how needy I sound. How needy I feel.
I hate that loving this man has reduced me to clinging to him for scraps of attention and begging him to stay.
Hardin looks down at me, and something about the way he studies my face makes me hold my breath. For one brief moment, I think he might actually reconsider.
Then his jaw clenches. And he gently but firmly pulls his arm from my grip.
“Find something meaningful to do,” he says, his tone painfully dismissive. “Don’t just lie around all day.”
I watch him leave, my heart cracking to pieces as I mourn the loss of his body against mine.
“I love you so much, Hardin,” I whisper. “It’s been six years already. What do I have to do to make you love me back?”
KEONASomething tells me Sophia’s presence in Milan, in this very hotel, is no coincidence.Everything about her, from the blush-pink blouse dipping low enough to show off her ample cleavage to the satin skirt with a slit high enough to leave very little to the imagination, feels calculated. Even that breathy, excited voice she saves exclusively for Hardin makes me suspect this entire trip was carefully planned.I stop at the reception, my jaw tightening as Sophia throws herself into Hardin’s arms and clings to him shamelessly. She makes such a spectacle of their reunion that several guests turn to stare.“I’m so happy to see you, Hardin. How are you?”I roll my eyes.A stranger watching the exaggerated interaction would think Hardin just returned from fighting the Second World War. I watch my husband’s reaction to Sophia closely, noting the way his lips curl into the faintest smile, and the way he effortlessly holds her against his chest.Bile rises in my throat, making my mouth w
HARDIN“I just realized I have the habit of keeping things I don’t need…”Those words are still echoing in my mind two hours later, when we’re about to board the plane. The words echo in my mind as I watch Keona choose the seat farthest from me once we’re aboard. She pulls out her sketchbook, slips on her headphones, and starts doodling, making it painfully clear she has no intention of saying a single word to me.There’s a boulder sitting on my chest, stifling my ability to breathe. And I’m only just realizing that it’s been there for the past week, since Keona started acting strange. I close my eyes and remind myself that I’m only doing this because the mother of my child seemed unhappy. Nothing more, nothing less. Swallowing the lump in my throat, I whip out my laptop and start answering emails and rescheduling meetings. This trip came together at the last minute, forcing me to rearrange most of the important work I’d planned for the week.Yet, with a growing sense of unease,
KEONAI must be riding on the waves of stupidity because I actually agreed to go to Milan with Hardin. A part of my befuddled brain screams that so many things could go wrong. I hate Hardin. I do, but I cannot deny the fact that a tiny, small portion of me is still very much attracted to my husband. “Ma’am?” I almost jump a mile when Mina’s voice breaks into my reverie. I look up to find her draped against the doorway, a crisp white envelope clutched in both hands.“Mina? What’s that?”She looks down, blinking like she just remembered she walked in here for a reason.“This came for you, ma’am.”Eyes narrowed in curiosity, I take the envelope from her outstretched hands and open it immediately. The first few lines sends chills down my spine.SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NEW YORKIn the Matter of the Divorce of:Keona Beverly Cromwell,PlaintiffAgainst Hardin Reagan Cromwell,Defendant.SUMMONS WITH NOTICEA loud whistle goes off in the back of my mind, coveri
KEONAMina gasps like I just accused her of blasphemy.“Madam, that is just preposterous. Mr. Cromwell would never do such a thing.”My eyeballs swivel back to my bags.“So why…?”“Well, Mr. Cromwell informed me this morning that he’d love to take you on a five-day trip to Milan.”I pause for a moment, my brows furrowing in confusion. “Uh…what? Why would he do that?”Mina seems taken aback by my obvious lack of enthusiasm. “Madam, aren’t you excited? The boss personally planned this trip for you. He was up since four this morning, making sure everything was in place, and—”“That’s enough, Mina.” The gruff baritone comes from behind me. My shoulders stiffen as the sound of heavy footsteps draws closer, until my heart is pounding hard enough to feel like it might break through my ribs.Exactly five seconds later — I know because I’m counting them in my head like an absolute freak — a wave of heat settles against my back, followed by Hardin’s familiar scent.“I’m taking you to Milan,


















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