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Chapter 25 – Claimed

Author: Lady V
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The sunlight cut through the curtains, sharp and unrelenting, dragging me awake. My face was stiff with dried tears, eyes swollen, heart a lead weight in my chest. Last night had been a war—one I’d fought silently, trapped between the need to confess everything and the terror of what would happen if I did. If he knew about Lily… The thought alone made my throat close. He’d want her. He’d take her. And she was already so fragile.

I tried to shift away, but an arm—heavy, possessive—locked around my waist, yanking me back against a wall of heat. Dominic. As if I could ever forget the feel of him, the way his body owned the space around me even in sleep. The scent of him, whiskey and cedar and something darker, clung to my skin like a brand.

“It’s morning,” I whispered, voice frayed.

“So it is.” His reply was a rough scrape of sound, that fucking voice of his—dark and lazy, still thick with sleep. It curled low in my stomach, traitorous and familiar.

“I have to get up.”

“Do you?” His hand
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  • Ruthless Desires   Chapter 25 – Claimed

    The sunlight cut through the curtains, sharp and unrelenting, dragging me awake. My face was stiff with dried tears, eyes swollen, heart a lead weight in my chest. Last night had been a war—one I’d fought silently, trapped between the need to confess everything and the terror of what would happen if I did. If he knew about Lily… The thought alone made my throat close. He’d want her. He’d take her. And she was already so fragile.I tried to shift away, but an arm—heavy, possessive—locked around my waist, yanking me back against a wall of heat. Dominic. As if I could ever forget the feel of him, the way his body owned the space around me even in sleep. The scent of him, whiskey and cedar and something darker, clung to my skin like a brand.“It’s morning,” I whispered, voice frayed.“So it is.” His reply was a rough scrape of sound, that fucking voice of his—dark and lazy, still thick with sleep. It curled low in my stomach, traitorous and familiar.“I have to get up.”“Do you?” His hand

  • Ruthless Desires   Chapter 24 – What She’s Not Saying

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  • Ruthless Desires   Chapter 20 - Office Games

    (Dominic’s POV)She licked her lips as I pulled her upright, that same glint in her eyes—the one that said she knew she had me by the throat and she planned to keep squeezing.Not a chance in hell.I gripped her wrist, spun her effortlessly, and pressed her hands flat on the desk. My other hand swept everything else off—papers, pens, her precious legal file—like it didn’t matter. Because it didn’t.“You want to play dirty?” I said, crowding her from behind. “Let me show you what that actually looks like.”She glanced back at me, flushed, mouth parted. Still catching her breath. But I saw the way her thighs shifted, just slightly. She was wet again. Maybe still.I reached down, yanked her panties down in one motion. She gasped, stumbled forward on her toes.I caught them before they hit her heels. Brought them to my nose.Her eyes went wide. “Dominic—”I inhaled.“You smell like me,” I muttered. “And you’re going to smell like me all fucking day.”That stunned silence—that little momen

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