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Chapter 10: Quid Pro Quo
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Only Her Touch: The CEO’s Forbidden Doctor Chapter 56
Alice’s POVMorning in Los Angeles comes in filtered gold.Sunlight slips through the palm fronds outside the Beverly Hills house and lands in broken patterns across the white leather sofa. Everything looks calm. Expensive. Untouched.I don’t feel calm.I sit at my vanity and study my reflection. Pale. Shadows under my eyes I can’t quite conceal. Last night’s conversation keeps replaying in fragments—Camilla’s small, hopeful voice… David’s silence… the word agreement hanging between us like a pane of bulletproof glass.The contract is still on the table behind me. Thick. Heavy. The last page stamped with the Neighley family seal in dark red wax.The PR team’s assessment had been blunt. “Fiancée” isn’t strong enough. Not anymore. Lily’s hired trolls have started seeding rumors—contract lover, temporary actress, paid arrangement. It hasn’t gone viral yet. But it will.David’s solution was simple. Aggressive. Clean.We get married.“Alice, the car is ready.”The butler’s knock pulls me b
Only Her Touch: The CEO’s Forbidden Doctor Chapter 55
Alice’s POVAfter the gala, Beverly Hills fell into a silence that felt almost sacred.The kind of quiet that only comes after too much light, too many cameras, too many eyes pretending not to judge.By the time we got back to the house, it was already close to eleven.Camilla should’ve been asleep. The nanny always had her down by nine, no exceptions. That was the routine. The kind David paid for, down to the minute.But when we pushed open the door to the second-floor lounge, the room wasn’t empty.Camilla was sitting cross-legged on the rug in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, her back straight, her small arms wrapped around that old, threadbare teddy bear she’d refused to replace no matter how many new ones showed up in gift boxes.She was staring at the moon.Not crying.Not scared.Just… thinking.“Camilla?” My voice came out sharper than I meant it to. “Why are you still up?”I forgot about the heavy velvet of my gown, forgot about the heels digging into my feet. I crossed
Only Her Touch: The CEO’s Forbidden Doctor Chapter 54
Alice’s POVThe agreement went into effect. The day after our secret marriage.Tonight, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosted its annual charity gala.It was my first public appearance since that viral livestream. Officially, I was David’s fiancée. Only we knew the truth. The title was just a courtesy to the world—a polite step for appearances.The car stopped at the red carpet.Flashes hit us like lightning. They tore the night apart.I took a slow breath, fingers smoothing the folds of my dress. David had chosen it himself. Deep blue velvet, daringly backless. Chains of diamonds held the bare back together. Around my neck, the pearl necklace I had lost and regained. Not just jewelry. A talisman.“Don’t be afraid.”The car door opened. A warm hand reached for me.David stood there, tuxedo black as night, pearl pin at his collar, a subtle echo of my necklace. Cameras circled, but he was unshakable. Solid. Commanding. A fortress in the chaos.I placed my hand in his.His palm pre
Only Her Touch: The CEO’s Forbidden Doctor Chapter 53
Alice’s POVEarly morning.Bel-Air Manor was wrapped in a thin veil of fog. The scent of wet grass and leaves drifted in through the open windows. Peaceful. Natural.Except the study. The study had no moisture. No life. Just dry, heavy air. The document on the mahogany desk had sucked it all out.David stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows. Back to me. No coffee. No whiskey. Nothing to soften the tension. Morning light cut along his broad shoulders. Couldn’t reach his face. Couldn’t touch the dark storm inside.“The draft agreement is ready,” he said. The silence cracked. “Lawyers finalized it. You can check it. Any unreasonable terms—we discuss. But in principle, this is the best solution right now.”He tapped the thick stack of paper with long, sharp fingers. The sound echoed in the room.I stepped closer. My gaze fell on the cover. Black bold letters: [Nominal Engagement and Strategic Cooperation Agreement]. No flourish. No pretension. Just stark intent.I opened to the first page.
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Alice’s POV“Why are you asking this now?”I set the silver knife and fork down. They tapped the porcelain with a soft, decisive sound.David’s gaze landed on me. Black. Bottomless. Dangerous. His words hung over the breakfast table like a submerged bomb, silent but ready to detonate.Sunlight poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows. Dust floated lazily in the air. But it didn’t touch the darkness in his eyes.“Camilla’s biological father…” I drew in a slow breath. “He didn’t show up three years ago. He has no right to interfere now.”David placed his coffee cup down with a muted thump. The sound seemed louder than it was.He leaned forward. That subtle shift. That cold presence. It crawled across the space between us, shrinking my comfort zone.“Hmm?” His voice was low. Measured. Almost playful, almost dangerous. His eyes didn’t blink. They anchored on me.My pulse skipped. My lungs felt tight. I couldn’t think. Couldn’t breathe.Then the tension broke. Light, rapid footsteps sto
Only Her Touch: The CEO’s Forbidden Doctor Chapter 51
David’s POVI didn’t sleep that night.Every time I closed my eyes, the same images surfaced—uninvited, relentless.Alice, sitting in the corner of the room during the livestream, wrapped in that thin shawl, her shoulders drawn in as if she were trying to make herself smaller.Camilla’s voice echoed even louder.“Daddy… why didn’t you say you were Daddy?”The words lodged in my chest and refused to leave.By morning, the family summons had already arrived.No explanation. No discussion. Just an order.The old matriarch sat at the head of the room, her dragon-headed cane planted firmly against the floor. That cane wasn’t decoration. It was a reminder. Authority. Control. Legacy.The elders beside her wore the same expressions they always did when someone crossed a line—tight mouths, narrowed eyes, the collective look of men and women who believed the family outweighed everything else.“For a woman with a questionable background,” the old lady snapped, “and a child of unknown origin, yo
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