LOGIN“Spread for me," he growled, his fingers teasing her wet and eager folds. “I… I can’t…” Celeste whispered, shivering, her body betraying her with every desperate twitch. “Yes, you can,” he hissed, pressing harder, dragging a fingertip through her slick heat. “Show me… how wet, how hungry you are for me.” Celeste never expected her stepbrother to ignite a fire she couldn’t control. Every accidental touch, every heated glance left her trembling, yearning for him in ways both thrilling and forbidden. When Jace invaded her space, teasing, daring, and dominating, she was pushed to the edge. Desire coiled low, nerves screamed, and every inch of her ached to be claimed and filled by the one man she shouldn’t want. Forbidden, dripping, and utterly consuming, this was a craving that shouldn’t exist, yet she couldn’t, and wouldn’t, resist.
View MoreNova“Hey.”The voice came from directly behind me, so sudden and unexpected that I nearly jumped out of my skin.I spun around, my heart doing something complicated and arrhythmic in my chest. Finn stood there—the school’s notorious bad boy, the guy teachers gave up on and students either feared or worshipped from a distance. He was staring straight at me with dark, unreadable eyes, as if he was seeing me for the first time.My stomach did a violent flip.“Hey,” I managed, and the word came out barely above a whisper, thin and uncertain.He didn’t say anything else. Didn’t smile, didn’t explain. He simply looked at me for one more long, loaded second, like he’d confirmed something he needed to know, then turned and walked away. His leather jacket moved with him, leaving me frozen in the middle of the hallway.What just happened?My mind fractured into frantic pieces. Finn had never spoken to me before. Not once in the years we’d attended the same school.I was invisible here—the girl
CelesteSometimes I still think about that hospital door.The way it shut between us. The way my heart stopped breathing before my lungs did. The way I thought love might end before it even had the chance to begin.But love did not end there. It fought. It survived. And so did we.Two years laterI graduated at the top of my class. For years, I believed my hands were meant for medicine. I wanted to be a doctor; I wanted to heal people to prove that my life, despite its chaotic beginning, was capable of something meaningful.But life had another plan waiting quietly for me.On the night of my graduation dinner, Father asked me to meet him in his study. The room felt different that evening.“Dad, I’m here,” I said, shutting the door behind me.“Come sit,” he stated, as he placed a thick, leather-bound folder in front of me.“I built this company from nothing,” he began, his voice thick with a pride he no longer tried to hide. “Every contract, every risk, and every hard-won victory is in
CelesteHe woke up on a bright afternoon, two days later.“Celeste.”My head snapped up. He was looking at me—groggy, pale, but looking at me with those familiar eyes, and I felt the last knot in my chest finally come loose.“You’re awake.” I stood, moving closer, blinking fast. “You’re actually awake.”“Did I scare you?” he asked. His voice was rough and faint.“Terribly,” I said. A sound escaped me, half laugh, half sob. “You scared me so badly; I don’t think I will ever fully recover. And I’m glad. I’m so glad you’re here.”He looked at me for a moment. Then, slowly, he smiled. It was a tired, crooked smile.Recovery was slow, and then it was fast. Each morning, he was a little more himself, sitting up straighter, eating more, making complaints about hospital food, and teasing me for fussing.The day the doctor came to discharge him, Jace practically lit up.“Mr. Monroe,” the doctor said, amused. “I see someone is eager to leave.”“Desperately,” Jace replied. I hid my smile behind
Celeste“Jace.”The nurses were moving fast, pushing the stretcher through the double doors, and all I could do was run after them, reaching for him. His face was so pale, and his shirt was soaked in blood. My blood ran cold just looking at it.“Miss, you cannot enter,” a doctor said, stepping in front of me.“Please.” My voice broke completely. “He — he saved me. He pushed me out of the way. Please, I have to see him.”“You are delaying his treatment by standing here.”“I know.” I grabbed the front of his coat, not caring how desperate I looked. “I know, and I’m sorry, but please, just tell me he will be okay. Please, save him. Please.”The doctor looked at me for a long moment. “I will do my best, Miss. Now let me go.”I released him and stepped back. And then the door swung shut, and the sound of it closing was the loneliest sound I had ever heard.I stood there staring at that door as if I could see through it. As if staring hard enough would keep him alive on the other side.“He
AmeliaNo. I stood up from my bed, pacing faster now, my mind racing. I needed a plan. I needed to fix this.I was still lost in spiraling thoughts when someone knocked on my door.“Come in,” I called absently, expecting Mother.“Miss?” One of the maids stepped inside—Sarah, I think, was her name.
HenryI scrolled through my contacts and dialed David’s number.“Sir.”“David, I need you to conduct an investigation. A very thorough, very discreet investigation.” I kept my voice low. “Twenty-three years ago, my wife gave birth at The Queen’s Hospital. I need to know everything that happened tha
HenryAt the hospitalI stood outside the hospital room, pacing back and forth while the doctors worked on Sienna. My mind was racing, my chest tight with fear and suspicion and a growing certainty that nothing about this situation was what it seemed.“Dad, she’s going to be fine,” Amelia uttered,
Richard “Come inside, both of you,” I said, pushing those thoughts aside for later. “We have so much to discuss.” “Yes, Dad.” I walked them both inside, but before we entered, I turned to Celeste and really looked at her. “How are you, my dear?” She smiled, but it didn’t quite reach her eyes. “I
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