เข้าสู่ระบบ“Are you done?” she said flatly, her voice entirely devoid of the warmth or the fight he expected. “I didn't come here to listen to your drama. Where's Caroline?” Ethan blinked, momentarily caught off guard by her nonchalance. *She didn't come here to listen to his drama?*That was when the details registered. Today, Arabella was dressed in a way he had never seen before: a structured cream tuxedo dress that clung to her tall, slender frame, exposing her slim, straight calves. Draped casually across her shoulders was an oversized, undeniably masculine cashmere coat.A man’s coat.Ethan’s breath hitched. A heavy, suffocating weight settled in his chest, instantly morphing into blind fury.“You,” he choked out, his finger jabbing violently in her direction. “You cheated on me? You were with another man?”Arabella didn’t flinch, offering neither denial nor confirmation. “Where is Caroline?” she repeated, her tone chillingly level.To Ethan, her silence was a confession. The pieces snapp
Author's POV The day before,Ethan returned to his mansion, his chest humming with the lingering static of spending the night in Sienna’s apartment. He stripped off his jacket, tossed his keys onto the console, and told himself Arabella would surely come over. It was too early. She probably hadn’t seen the headlines yet. The moment the story hit her feed, she would come running. She always reacted. She had to.He forced his shoulders to drop, took off his clothes, and stood beneath the steady spray of the shower, letting the water wash away the scent of Sienna’s place. He went through the motions with agonizing slowness, buying time, waiting for the buzz of his phone or the crunch of tires on gravel.Instead, the minutes dragged into heavy, stagnant hours.A cold knot began to twist in his gut. He had personally overseen the release; it was plastered across every major news outlet, trending on every digital platform. How could she not know?*Could it be Arabella didn't care about
"What do you want?" I asked, my voice dropping into a cold register."Arabella, you're my wife," Ethan barked. "Can't I call you unless I have a specific reason?"The spacious living room was deathly quiet, and Ethan's voice was loud and clear enough to bleed through the receiver. Instinctively, I pulled the phone from my ear and cast an uneasy glance at Damian, who was already standing close by, his dark brows pulled tight in a frown."If there's nothing else, I'm hanging up," I said, my thumb hovering over the red disconnect button."Arabella, you've got a lot of nerve lately. You'd better get your ass back home right now while I'm still asking nicely.""Why should I come back?" I let out a dry, humorless laugh, cutting straight to the chase.After those carefully planted photos of us kissing in the hospital parking lot had hit the media, Ethan must've expected me to seek a confrontation with him. Since days had passed with absolute silence from my end, he must have reached the en
The next morning. I didn't remember when I finally drifted off to sleep. But when I peeled my eyes open, the digital clock on the nightstand read 8:30 AM.Running on the assumption that Damian would have long since left for the office, I took my time. I brushed my teeth, took a long, hot shower, and dressed in my clothes from the day before, ready to make my escape back to the penthouse.It wasn't until I stepped down the grand staircase an hour later that the memory hit me. My gaze inadvertently swept across the living room sofa, and a fierce, searing heat rushed straight to my cheeks.*How on earth could I have been so clumsy?* I chided myself inwardly, mentally banging my head against the nearest wall.And as if that agonizing humiliation of *touching him* wasn't enough, the memory of the kitchen—and *that* kiss—flooded uninvited back into my brain."Miss Morgan, you're awake."I blinked, snapping out of my daze to find Hannah standing near the foyer with a warm smile."Good morn
Damian's POVTime completely dissolved the moment our lips locked. In that space, there was only her. The heat of her body pressing against mine was the only thing my senses registered.My fingers tangled into the soft strands at the nape of her neck, anchoring her in place, while my other hand gripped her waist, molding her tightly against me. I kissed her with a hunger that had been building for years, my tongue sweeping past her lips to claim her. The sweet, intoxicating taste of her made me dizzy with a raw, primal desire.Her hands, which had initially braced against my chest in self-defense, shifted. Her fingers drifted over my shirt, tracing the contours of my chest and abs before rising to grip my shoulders. She began to meet my rhythm, mimicking my movements and returning the kiss with an eager yet clumsy passion that short-circuited my mind.Every slide of her hands left a trail of fire across my skin, snapping the very last thread of my restraint.The tempo shifted natu
Author's POVDamian stared down at Arabella’s wide, horrified eyes, caught somewhere between wanting to laugh out loud and groaning in sheer frustration.Did she have any idea what she was doing to him? *Fuck.* How he wished he could just throw caution to the wind, pin her beneath him right there on the sofa, and take whatever his body was screaming for.Instead, he forced himself to swallow the sudden ache, taking a slow, controlled breath. He needed to handle this carefully so she didn't crawl out of her skin with embarrassment.Before he could even voice a reassuring word, Arabella snapped out of her paralyzed state. She violently jerked her hand back as if she had just touched a red-hot iron.The heat rushing to her cheeks put every shade of crimson to shame."I... I am so sorry," she stammered, her voice trembling with intense panic. "I didn't mean to do that! Did I hurt you?"Despite the uncomfortable tension coiling in his lower body, a genuine smile tugged at the corner of Da







