تسجيل الدخولJamesI rushed to her like a madman. I caught her before she fell.I held her in my arms. “Belle, stay with me.”Her eyes closed.I grabbed my phone. “Hulk, get the car to the front now. Belle’s passed out.”“Yes, Boss,” he responded through the phone.I wasted no time rushing her out of the restaurant as people watched.“Sir, can I do something?” I heard Lydia’s voice, but I didn’t care.I got her into the car, and we headed straight to the hospital.I stood helpless as they rolled her away from me. “I promise, we’ll take care of her, Mr. Wilder.” The doctor assured me as I let go of her.It felt like forever before he came back to me.“She’ll be fine, Mr. Wilder. You can see her now.”I followed him to a room. Belle lay there.I sat next to her, holding her hand in mine, kissing it.“What happened, doctor?” My eyes didn’t leave her fragile frame, my sleeping beauty.“James.” She made a soft sound as her eyes opened.“Belle.” I whispered, moving even closer to her. “I’m right here.”
BelleJames stared at me intensely while I looked back at him, desperate for him to answer.He leaned closer, taking my hand in his. His fingers wrapped around mine. Firm. Possessive.“Having sex with me only to get back at my daughter is unacceptable,” he muttered coldly, his grip tightening on my hand. I sucked in a breath. My chest constricted.“Tania means the world to me. Do you understand that?”His gaze pierced me even harder, and a lump rose in my throat. I nodded.“Yes.”He let my hand go. Dropped it like it burned him. I exhaled, releasing the breath I had been holding.He scoffed lightly, dragging a hand through his hair, messing it up, making it stick up at odd angles.“I have no idea why I fell for your seduction in the first place.”I blinked at him, trying to look innocent.“You think I only seduced you because of Tania?” One brow lifted. His eyes stayed fixed on mine. “You wore those tiny skirts around me every day,” he began, his jaw clenched. “Those button-down sh
Belle“Are there any more men I should know about?”“No. There’s only you in my life.”I wrapped my arms around him from behind, pressing my cheek against his back. “Don’t leave me, James. I only want to be with you.”“You should have thought about that before using me as a revenge plan against my own daughter.”He drew my hands away, pulling them off his body. He didn’t even spare me a glance. “Sleep in your room tonight,” he commanded.I didn’t say anything else. My throat closed up. I just watched him walk away. And a guilty feeling settled in my stomach. I’d been selfish with my revenge plan. So focused on making Tania feel the same way I felt that I didn’t stop to think about how it would make James feel. Yes, he was intimidatingly proud, selfishly domineering, and thought money could solve anything. And it provoked me that he thought of women as objects, judging us all for the betrayal of one woman. So I justified my actions. Made excuses. But all this time, he didn’t deserve
James Tania chuckled mischievously. Her eyes gleamed. “He doesn’t know, does he?” “Know what?” I looked between them, puzzled. My gaze darted from one to the other. “Nothing,” Belle quickly responded, but the scared look on her face gave her away. Her eyes dropped to the floor. Her hands wrung together. “Liar.” Tania spat. She stepped forward, pointing at Belle. “Dad, the only reason she got with you is to get back at me for taking Sam from her. But I’m the one he wanted. Not her.” “Sam?” I repeated, annoyed at the thought of the same Sam I knew ever dating Belle. Him touching her. Kissing her. Being the foolish ex who hurt her. My jaw tightened. My teeth ground together. “Yes, Dad. The same Sam who works in our company. He dated her once upon a time until he fell for me, and we ended up together. She got jealous. Dad, you’re her revenge against me. She doesn’t care about you. She’s only trying to hurt me.” Tania’s voice grew louder, more confident. “Belle, is this true?” The a
James“What if I could make you fall in love with me before it was over?” She stepped even closer. Her breath warmed my neck.“You’d lose. Don’t mistake my fondness for you as weakness,” I murmured. “Focus on the lover’s contract.”“Right.” Her hand slid down my body, teasing me, then resting on my cock. She gripped me hard.“Fuck.” My head fell back.“Belle.” I growled. My hands gripped her waist.She dropped to her knees. Her hands quickly unfastened my belt.“What are you doing?” My breathing grew ragged.“Focusing on our lover’s contract. Pleasing you.” She looked up at me, her eyes locked on mine.She freed me from my pants. Her hand wrapped around me. She stroked me over and over, each movement more desperate. Her thumb circled my tip.Then her mouth replaced her hand. Her lips wrapped around me, warm and wet. Her tongue traced every inch. She took me deeper. Her head bobbed, slow at first, then faster. Her hand worked what her mouth couldn’t take. She hollowed her cheeks, suck
JamesMy eyes searched hers. And I smiled like she'd just told me the best news of my life.She'd fallen for me. Just like I always wanted. To possess her body, mind, and soul.And now she'd just confessed that I had.“I’ve fallen for you too, Belle.” I was about to say the words out loud.But then I caught myself.It was one thing to be with Belle. It was another thing to let myself go and love her.If I let myself go for even a second now, when I’d fallen so hard in love with Belle, her betrayal would send me crashing to the ground.Fuck.She had me thinking about love.She’d messed with my head in so many ways from the moment I first saw her.What if I was really in love with her?The thought made me go cold.“James, say something. Please.” Her voice broke.I looked at her, but I couldn’t say it back.Telling her how I really felt meant yielding that part of myself to her that I’d closed off all those years ago.No way.My face hardened. “How could you claim to love me when all you







