登入There was blood on his hands, and something worse in his eyes. And it terrified her to death. --- Crystal Peterson's only crime was to fall in love with her brother's best friend, Jaden Astor. She thought he loved her, too. Until he came back home one day with Valerie, the woman he was going to marry in two weeks. Already pregnant and disowned by her adoptive family, Crystal ran away from home without even a word to Jaden. Five years later, Crystal and her son, who had a terminal illness, were barely surviving and trying to make ends meet when she answered a knock on her door one day and found the one man she would rather stay away from all her life standing there and begging for her forgiveness. But forgiveness was something Crystal never had to offer Jaden. Not when she had to sell one of her twins just to keep the other twin alive. Not after being disowned and mocked by her family and everyone she once held dear, loosing everything she ever worked for, including her education. But what happens when she finds out who had actually bought one of her twins four years ago? Does she have a place for Jaden in her heart anymore, or she'd rather stick to Noah, the only man who was ever there for her when her world crumbled to the ground? *** Obsession. Possession. Love. Betrayal.
查看更多JADEN.To my surprise, Derek wasn't raising his voice, nor was he coiled to swing at me. He just looked at me with an expression I didn't have a quick name for and said, "Can I come in? We need to talk."I stepped back and let him through.He walked into the sitting room without taking off his jacket. He stood in the middle of the room for a moment, looking at nothing specific, and I got the impression he was deciding where to start."Derek..." I called softly, not wanting to trigger any kind of fights tonight.He was quiet for a while with his back still turned to me, before he spoke."When did it start?"I didn't need to play the ignorant card anymore. Crystal must have opened up to him. And even if she hadn't, then I'll be the one to gladly do it."Since she was nineteen," I said. "Nothing happened then. It started properly when she turned twenty."He absorbed that. His head dropped slightly, and he let out a long, slow exhale through his nose, "Her birthday party," he said."Yes."
CRYSTAL.“I spoke to my contact about the cake this morning,” Noah started, his voice dropping to something quieter. He was almost glowing. He looked like a man assembling a future he’d wanted for a long time and could finally see the shape of it. “There’s a spot for us on their schedule, if we confirm by Friday. They are the best. I think you’d love it.”“Noah…”“I know. I know your parents already have the best caterers for the job.” He turned to face me fully, resting his arm along the back of the couch. “But we also need to do certain things ourselves, and honestly, I don’t hate the idea of making it all real. Something that actually means something to us.”I wrapped both hands tighter around the mug.Something that means something.“We should talk about this properly,” I said carefully. “Just the two of us. Sit down and—”“What color scheme do you want? Because I was thinking white and sage green. Classic but not boring. It mustn’t be what Tessa wants, you know? It’s not too late
CRYSTAL."I don't know what you're talking about." I tried to free myself from his grip, but to no avail."Oh, you know too well what I'm talking about, Crystal," he breathed, seething with untamed anger. "Nica. You know her, don't you?"My heart gave a loud thud that, if he had listened closely, he would have heard it.I whimpered, and he left my throat immediately, spinning around and grabbing a fistful of his hair."Fuck!"I coughed."How could you?" He turned back to face me. "How could you do that to an innocent child? Huh?""You don't have the right to judge me, Jaden," I finally said after catching my breath. "You don't get to! Not after everything you did to me in the past!"He laughed, but it was broken and strained, "And you think it justifies what you did?""What did you expect? I could barely feed myself. I had no one. No job. No support. Nothing!" I yelled, "Raising Jason was extremely difficult, and I almost gave up countless times along the way. Imagine raising two babi
CRYSTAL.I hesitated, "Get lost." I turned to leave."Get the fuck in, Crystal. Otherwise, you wouldn't like the drama that'll follow," He warned through clenched teeth.Dad was certainly back. And the last thing I needed right now was a repeat of our trip to the hospital.I glared at him before getting into the car."What..."He didn't let me finish. He just drove off at full speed."Jesus, Jaden! You'll get us killed!" I screamed when he kept driving like he was in a car race, "What the hell is wrong with you? Stop the car!"He paid no attention to me. Instead, he hit the gas some more. His face was set in a tight frown, and all the veins on his arms and neck strained under whatever restraint he was putting up."Oh, my God! Please, Jaden. Please. Just stop!" I screamed again, my panic getting the best of me.He brought the car to an abrupt halt just beside a bushy area along a lonely road.It was almost nine PM, and the entire area was so quiet and deserted.My heart wouldn't stop r
CRYSTAL.Jaden froze for just a second before slowly continuing to slide in and out of me."Jesus, Jaden!" I whispered harshly, "There is someone at the door!"He smirked, one hand sliding to my waist, pinning me in place when I tried to pull back. “Does it look like I care, baby?”The knock came a
CRYSTAL.I slipped out quietly, feeding the men at the gate a harmless lie about needing some air. They barely questioned it.Jaden's car was parked just a few feet away from the gate.I was fuming with anger.The moment he saw me, he opened the door and stepped out.“What is wrong with you?” I sna
CRYSTAL.“If I could, I wouldn’t be attending this party,” I said with a tired sigh as Noah pulled the zipper of my dress up my back.“God, you look so beautiful, babe,” he replied, completely ignoring my reluctance as he turned me around with his hands still on my waist, and his eyes dragging over
JADEN.The doctor insisted on keeping Jeremy under observation for another twenty-four hours, and somehow, it felt cruelly fitting that I was told not to leave his side, as his father.My life was spiraling, and there was no graceful way to stop it.Jeremy held on to me and wouldn't let go for a se
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