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Chapter 177: Checkmate
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MELANIEThe unmistakable hospital smell was the first thing that hit me, and then the rhythmic beep of a heart monitor sounded somewhere near my left ear. My arm throbbed with a dull ache, but the physical pain was nothing compared to the terrifying emptiness spreading through my chest.I opened my eyes.The hospital room was dimly lit, and sitting in the chair beside my bed, holding my hand with a look of exhaustion, was my mother.“Mom...” I whispered, my throat feeling like sandpaper.Her head snapped up, tears instantly welling in her eyes as she leaned forward, pressing a kiss to my forehead. “Melanie. Thank God. You’re awake.”Before I could ask her anything, the door opened, and Gavin walked in. His hair was messy, his jaw shadowed with days' worth of stubble, and his eyes were bloodshot, like someone who hadn't slept in days.My mother looked between the two of us, seeing the intense, unsaid words hanging in the air. She offered me a small smile and squeezed my hand bef
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MELANIEMy breathing turned ragged as I lay on the hospital bed with my arm wrapped in bandages.I was indeed lucky, as the doctor said, because the bullet had only grazed me, scraped deep enough to bleed and leave a long, angry wound, but it hadn’t lodged inside or whatever.But I didn't feel lucky. I felt sick to the stomach as I lay there waiting for news about Eva.I could still remember how fast everything went down. I still don't know what made me jump in front of Gavin. I don't know why I did it, but I just knew I had to. Because if I didn't, Gavin would have been dead by now.I saw the shock in my father's face when he pressed the trigger and realised it would hit me instead of Gavin, but I guessed it hadn’t been enough to stop his finger.“Fuck” I groaned softly, trying to sit up, but the pain shot through my arm and I sucked in a sharp breath.Where the hell was everyone? Why wasn't anyone around to answer my questions?The expression on Eva's face when the bullet hit her. T
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GAVIN“Evelyn?”I couldn’t believe it. What the hell was going on? Evelyn was here, standing in the middle of the room, accusing Dalton of murder?The pounding in my chest almost made me dizzy. I walked the short distance to her and tapped her shoulder, my hand trembling slightly.“Evelyn?”She turned. The scowl on her face immediately turned into a huge smile.“Gavin.”I stared at her. My brain insisted this couldn’t be real, yet every detail—her eyes, the face, everything—was exactly as I remembered.I had heard the claims that she was alive. I had even started to believe them. But nothing had prepared me for the moment she would actually stand in front of me again.“You’re… you’re really here,” I said, my voice sounding strange.“I’ve been here for a long time,” she answered softly. “Watching and waiting.”“Why?” I frowned at her. “Why didn't you tell me? Why did you allow me to mourn you while you were alive?”Her face crumpled as she raised her hand to touch my arm, but I moved b
Off-Limits Puck: Daddy's Best Friend is my Ruin Chapter 177: Checkmate
MELANIEThe video filled every screen in the ballroom.My body became stiff; I couldn't move. It felt like my legs had been tied to the ground as heat flooded my face so fast it burned. My hands started shaking first, then my legs. I couldn’t stop the tremor that ran through my entire body. The gown I was wearing suddenly felt too tight, too thin, like it wasn’t covering anything at all.How could this have happened?Hundreds of people were staring. Not at the stage in general. They were staring at me.The footage was clear. It was of me and Gavin.I wanted the floor to open and swallow me.“Dad?” I took a step closer to him. “Make them turn it off!”My father stood frozen in front of the microphone. I could only see the side of his face, but the color had drained from it so completely that he looked pale under the stage lights. His smile was gone, his hands hanging uselessly at his sides.Somewhere in the crowd I found Eva. Her mouth was wide open. Then her eyes moved sharply to the
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GAVIN I entered the hotel ballroom amid the flashing lights of the camera crew and the roar and applause of hundreds of supporters, as the running vote totals glowed on the large screens above the stage and Dalton’s numbers climbed.My eyes moved quickly through the packed room, searching for Melanie. She wasn’t on the main floor. Neither was Dalton.“Gavin Thorne.”I spun around at the mention of my name and found myself face to face with Silvio, his arm around Eva, who wore a surprised look on her face, guessing from the familiar way her boyfriend called me.“Silvio,” I said.“You two know each other?” Eva asked, glancing between us.“Eva, give me a minute.” Silvio’s arm tightened around her waist as he leaned in and kissed her briefly. “I’ll find you.”“Of course.” She smiled, threw me one more curious look, then slipped away into the crowd.I watched her go, a crease forming between my brows. “Congratulations are in order, I take it.”Silvio’s mouth curved. “I see you’re still ke
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MELANIE “Miss Wealth! Over here!”“You look beautiful, Miss Wealth!”“How does it feel to stand beside the next Senator?”I kept my chin lifted, my back straight, and a polite, practiced smile locked in place until my cheeks ached. The emerald-green gown my father had sent to my mother’s apartment earlier that day clung smoothly to my body and pooled at my ankles. The short note that came with it still sat folded in my purse: For tonight. You belong on that stage.Standing beside him now, knowing what Gavin had told me—that the man holding my hand wasn’t only an ambitious politician but the acting head of the entire Rossi syndicate—made my skin feel too tight.Dalton was in his element. He was dressed in a sharp, black tuxedo as he put a warm arm around my waist, pulling me close for the news crews. To anyone watching on television across the nation, we were the picture of a perfect family.Nobody saw the quiver in my forced smile or the slight, nervous tremor in my fingers where I
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MELANIEMy legs went weak, and I almost fell to the ground. I quickly grabbed the edge of the couch to steady myself. Gavin had a fiancée? Like an actual woman, he planned to marry?And last night... last night I had begged him to fuck me. I came so hard on his cock while he filled me up, stupidly
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MELANIE“Fuck!” Gavin swore under his breath. I sat up fast, the sheet slipping down to my waist, exposing my bare breasts. My heart pounded against my ribs as he put a finger to his lips, mouthing “Shh,” and answered the call on speaker.“Dalton,” Gavin said, voice still rough from fucking me.“H
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MELANIEThe front door closed behind me with a soft thud that made me jump.God, why was it so quiet? My boot heels clicked too loudly on the marble floor as I stepped deeper into the living room. The warning bells in my head were loud now, the same sick little thrill I always got right before doi
Off-Limits Puck: Daddy's Best Friend is my Ruin Chapter 1: Locker Room Fantasies
MELANIEGavin had me pinned against the cold locker room wall, his big, calloused hand shoved up under my pink skirt, thick fingers shifting my panties, spreading my soaked folds.“Fuck, you’re dripping for me, Mel,” he growled in that deep, sexy voice, his light stubble scraping my neck as he thru
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