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Slapped and got Kissed

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last update Veröffentlichungsdatum: 18.09.2025 15:48:59

ZAYLA

My head throbbed like it was cracked open. My skin, damped with perspiration. I sat up slowly on the couch, blinking at the low-lit room, trying to remember why I was here — why I’d fallen asleep like this.

But my memory was foggy. And every time I tried to reach back, it knocked like a hammer behind my eyes.

I remembered Zane’s voice. His warm laughter, as I ate the food he made.

“Eat up, Angel. You need to sleep well tonight.”

That was all I could remember. They rest, blank.

I looked ar
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  • OWNED BY THE MADDOX BROTHERS    I want her dead.

    ZAREK While she was talking, I said nothing.Neither did my brothers.But unlike them, I wasn't trying to figure out what to say to her. I was trying to understand what the fuck I'd just heard.I looked at Zayla.She was sitting there with tear-stained cheeks, her fingers still tangled together in her lap as though she had forgotten they were there.She looked exhausted. Not physically.Something deeper.Like she'd just ripped open an old wound and expected herself to simply close it afterward.I'd been watching her since she started talking. I'd noticed things she probably didn't realize she was doing.The way she twisted her fingers whenever she reached a part of the story she didn't want to remember. The way her voice became smaller whenever she spoke about her parents.The way she kept apologizing with her eyes for crying. And the way she'd said I went back.That one bothered me.Not because I couldn't understand it. But because she clearly couldn't understand it herself. She'd

  • OWNED BY THE MADDOX BROTHERS    The Second Part

    ZAYLAI told them how I'd begged my mother for help.How I'd stood in front of her with tears streaming down my face and told her I was afraid of him. And she'd looked at me like I was being dramatic. Like I was some spoiled little girl throwing a tantrum because her relationship wasn't perfect.I told them about my father.How I'd tried to explain that Lugard wasn't who he appeared to be. How I'd tried to make him understand that I wasn't safe. And somehow, every conversation found its way back to business.His company. Their company.Money.Deals.Investors.Numbers.Never me.Never the daughter standing right in front of them. Never the fact that I was slowly becoming afraid of my own life."They saw me hurting."I looked down."And they still chose not to see me."Nobody interrupted, not even Zane.So I kept going.I told them about the time I finally thought I had enough strength to stay away from Lugard.How he'd stopped calling. Stopped showing up.How I'd started sleeping with

  • OWNED BY THE MADDOX BROTHERS    The first part

    ZAYLA We stayed in Zane's room long after our conversation ended, with me tucked against his chest and his fingers moving lazily through my hair.I must have slept off. Because when I woke up, the room was dark with nothing in sight. Zane was gone too. I couldn't tell if it was night already or if the room was just dark. I fumbled for my robe and slid right into it. Stepping into the hallway, it was dimly lit as always except now, I could tell it was already night. It was night. My heart skipped at the thought. I headed back to my room, took a shower and changed into one of the pajama sets Zane got for me. Throughout the whole process my mind was in turbulence. Contemplating if I should take the easy way out, which was to lie or better still come clean. All my life, I'd always taken the easy way out, and how did it go? I watched my reflection in the mirror as I tied my bun. I can't afford to remain 'the same helpless girl with no other option' I'd always been. Because tonig

  • OWNED BY THE MADDOX BROTHERS    Take what you need

    ZAYLA The brothers had let me decide at my own time when to tell them the whole story, and I chose tonight. I needed more courage than I thought I had.I was going back to my room, along the dim hallway my arm was suddenly grabbed. Before I could even process what was going on, my back was slammed against a hard wall, followed by the click of the door lock. “Angel.” Zane smiled, all tall and brooding, his hand planted against the wall above my head, effectively caging me between his body and the wall."Shit. I should've known it was you." "Of course you should." His eyes locked onto mine.And fuck.They weren’t warm anymore. Gone were the softness, replaced by a hunger so raw it made my pulse stumble. They were molten amber, like honey left too close to a flame, almost golden, darkened, and dangerously thick. His gaze moved over me with the slow, deliberate hunger of a predator that had finally cornered what it had been hunting.There was nothing gentle in those eyes.Only want.

  • OWNED BY THE MADDOX BROTHERS    Every Single Detail

    ZAYLAThe room fell silent after my words. For a moment, nobody said anything. Not Zarek.Not Ziven. Not even Zane.The silence wasn't uncomfortable. It felt heavy. Like something had shifted between us, and none of us quite knew what to do with it yet.It felt like a weight was lifted off my chest. What happened that night in the club was the wake-up call I needed. It was time I finally took responsibility for myself. Time to prepare for what I wanted most, making Lugard and my parents pay for what they did to me in my past life.And these men?They're my key. Zane sighed. A long, slow breath. The kind that sounded like he was giving up an argument before it even started."Fine." I blinked. "Fine?" "Don't look so surprised, Angel." His mouth twitched. "You're right. I can't argue with that, even if I wanted to.""Just admit you lost." Ziven muttered. "I don't remember asking your opinion." "I didn't even say anything offensive." "Lost is an offensive word." "I'm sorry

  • OWNED BY THE MADDOX BROTHERS    Memories

    ZANE I froze in the kitchen doorway, the plate of food still in my hand. What promise? Zayla’s words echoed in my head. She was standing there in that silk robe, her cheeks still flushed from last night, looking small but defiant as she stared Zarek down.Zarek, of course, looked completely unbothered. Like always.I stepped into the room, setting the plate on the counter with a little too much force. "Angel," I said, my voice light as my eyes locked on Zarek. "What promise?" The room was dead silent. Zayla's eyes widened as she looked at me, then Zarek. And over again. Surprised. Or maybe confused. Ziven who had left the room earlier, walked over in gentle strides, obviously curious to also hear whatever this promise was.Zarek didn't even blink. Rather, he took another slow sip of his coffee, his silver eyes meeting mine calmly. "Nothing that concerns you," he said flatly, slightly tilting his head to look at Ziven. "Including you." Bullshit. I walked over to Zayla, sl

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