MasukZina thought seeing her boyfriend with his ex in his room was painful. Little did she know that seeing the man she had almost given her virginity to just last night engage and marry her mom would shatter her world. They both try to act like the line they tried to cross was invisible. But emotions can’t hide. Alex begins to break his well built wall of defenses and discipline while Zina’s love for him begins to grow. But he is her stepfather, and what they have is forbidden.
Lihat lebih banyak“Thank you, Zina,” Elena said, her hands still resting gently on mine. I looked at her closely. “For what?” “Because of you.” She shook her head just a little. “Because of you, I’ve earned my first real recognition—in a company like this, on a night like this.” She pressed her lips together tightly. “I’ve never had that before, and nothing I’ve ever done in the past felt good enough.” She let out a slow breath, as if she had carried those words inside her for years and could finally release them. “Right now, I’m so glad I took that exam, and I’m deeply grateful to be your friend. I love you.” “Elena,” I said softly. “I know, I know…… I’m being too dramatic….” “Stop it Elena.” I placed both hands on her shoulders and looked straight into her eyes. “You’re not allowed to put yourself down, not tonight, not after everything you accomplished this week.” I held her gaze steady. “A queen with all that power in her hands doesn’t apologize for what she’s created. Remember that.”
When the screen behind Kelly lit up, the room went quiet. Not the polite kind of quiet where people wait patiently, but the focused kind where people who had come in with low expectations were now sitting up straighter without realizing it. Kelly stood at the front of the hall with that composed authority he carried everywhere, a small presenter remote in one hand, as he began talking about the upgraded product with so much confidence, as someone who knows its worth. The display was clean, with clean sleek lines, a redesigned casing that looked nothing like the original prototype, and an interface that responded faster than anything the previous version had ever done. As Kelly moved through each feature, I watched the people in the hall one by one. The AI response feature system had been rebuilt and the voice recognition calibrated the individual speech patterns within three interactions. We added a security encryption layer that made the previous version look like a locked di
Kelly caught up with me in the corridor outside, slightly breathless.“Miss Houston,” his voice didn't hide the doubt it held, “Are you sure about this?”But I was not in the mood to listen to his discouraging criticism, so I cut “I need the software interface files forwarded to my system immediately,” I told him, not bothering to slow my pace. “And I need the original development team in my office before lunch. All of them,” I added.“Yes, Miss Houston.”“Kelly.”I stopped and turned back. He stopped too.“One more thing. I need something from Mr. Alex’s office.”He waited.“There’s a book on the second shelf. Black cover, silver lettering. Breach Protocol by D.”Something shifted in his expression, like he was trying not to smile.“I’ll have it on your desk in ten minutes,” he said.The software interface was worse than I had expected.I had expected problems, but definitely not this. Incomplete logic chains, broken API connections, security vulnerabilities sitting open like unlocke
It had been a few weeks since the company dinner. Maybe six weeks? And the house eventually became a place where we coexisted.Though we all lived together, we barely saw each other.My mom was either performing late surgeries at the hospital or fast asleep in her room. While Alex started leaving for work earlier than usual, he leaves the office early but always gets home late, and sometimes he doesn’t even come home.I did the same, just that I didn’t sleep out.Though sometimes we passed each other in the kitchen, there was no crossing of boundaries.Since that night, the only words we said to each other were either good morning or something not worth remembering.I don’t know if he liked it, but I was aching for him so much that most of the night I ended up soaking my pants and rubbing my fingers around my clit. Never really tried pushing them in cause I wanted him to be the first to give me those feelings.I still had hope that one day I would have him between my legs and he wou
Zina’s PovI calmed myself and gently placed the glass on the table with utmost care.Elena and Viktor had noticed.I noticed Viktor tightened his fist and looked away without saying a word to me.While Elena gently touched me with worries in her eyes, “Zina, are you okay? Do you it know him?” “It
Zina’s povA loud knock on my door woke me from sleep.I had locked it the previous night before going to bed.It's been days since I moved into this awful place and I tried my best to stay in my room often after that crash out I had with Alex in the kitchen. And luckily for me, I've not seen eithe
Zina’s POVBy evening, the executive floor was empty. Not entirely empty, but gradually.I didn’t move. I had my earpods on, my second screen was open beside the first, and I was still very engrossed in my work.You should have started earlier, the criticizing part of my brain judged.“Whatever!”T
Zina's POV“Let go of me, you bastard. I don’t need your help. I’d rather fall than have you touch me.”I struggled against his grip, but he didn’t even flinch.“Language, young lady,” he said calmly.That calm tone only made it worse.“I said let go of me,” I snapped, lowering my voice. “Or I’ll s


















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