LOGINIt was meant to be the happiest night of Layla’s life—her birthday, the moment she officially stepped into adulthood. Instead, she walked into a crowded nightclub and watched her boyfriend laugh, drink, and kiss another girl while the world looked on. Humiliation followed swiftly. Dragged into a cruel game of Truth or Dare, Layla became the night’s entertainment. When the bottle landed on her, the challenge sounded harmless enough: seven minutes in heaven with a man of her choice. Everyone expected her to choose him. She didn’t. Her gaze went to the man watching silently from the shadows—his uncle. The one man she was never supposed to want, yet couldn’t look away from. Seven minutes was all it took to spark something forbidden. Something dark. Something that refused to stay contained. When the night ended, nothing returned to normal. He became her obsession and most dangerous temptation. And Layla found herself willing to risk everything—family, reputation, even her own heart—for a man she was never meant to desire. This is a story of betrayal, passion, and the pull of a love that should never exist. Once caught in it, there is no turning back.
View MoreThe room went completely silent as both girls froze immediately. “Layla, did you hear that?” Chloe asked. Layla’s head snapped up so fast she almost thought she imagined the voice. Chloe still stood frozen dramatically beside the bed, her mouth still slightly open from her last sentence. Her eyes widened slowly before she looked down at Nadia like she had just seen a ghost rise from the dead. Nadia’s eyes were half-open. Her voice was faint, cracked from the tube and dryness, but it was there. She was awake. Layla’s heart stopped for a second, then started racing. “Nadia?” she whispered, leaning forward quickly, tears instantly filling her eyes. Nadia blinked slowly beneath the dim hospital lights. Her lips were dry and pale beneath the oxygen mask, her face fragile from blood loss and exhaustion, but she was awake. Chloe suddenly screamed. “Oh my God!” She immediately slapped both hands over her mouth. “Sorry! Sorry! Oh my God, you’re awake!” Nadia winced weakly. “I regre
The hospital room smelled of antiseptic and quiet hope.Layla sat beside Nadia’s bed, her chair pulled close enough that she could hold her sister’s hand without stretching. The monitors beeped steadily — a soft, rhythmic sound that had become strangely comforting over the past hours. Nadia’s face was still pale, her breathing slow but steady under the oxygen mask. The bandages around her abdomen were clean and white, a stark contrast to the blood Layla still saw every time she closed her eyes.Chloe sat on the other side of the bed, legs crossed, trying her best to fill the heavy silence with normalcy. She had been there with Elgin since early morning before Layla came.“You know,” Chloe said, a small teasing smile tugging at her lips, “Elgin went to get food for us like twenty minutes ago. He’s probably fighting with the cafeteria lady right now. That boy takes his mission very seriously when it comes to feeding people.”Layla gave a faint smile, but it didn’t reach her eyes. She ke
Marcus paused at the door, his expression unreadable. He immediately closed the door behind him with a quiet click, leaving Elias alone in his spacious office with his secretary. Elias looked up slowly. His expression remained neutral at first, but as his eyes took in her appearance, they cooled noticeably. He leaned back in his chair, one hand resting on the armrest, fingers tapping once.“Serena,” he said, voice flat. “What is this?”She smiled, a slow, practiced smile meant to be seductive. She walked around the side of his desk, trailing her fingers lightly along the edge.“I’ve been thinking about you,” she confessed softly. “About how hard the last few days must have been. You’ve been carrying so much. I wanted to be here for you,in whatever way you need.”She stopped beside his chair, close enough that he could smell her perfume which was heavy. She leaned down slightly, giving him a clear view of her neckline.“I know you’ve been distracted with… her,” she continued, her voi
The next morning,sunlight filtered weakly through the curtains of Layla’s room. She woke up slowly, her body heavy and aching. For a few seconds, she lay still, staring at the familiar ceiling. Then reality crashed back in. Her parents were gone and Nadia was in the hospital. The house felt too big, too empty, too wrong. She sat up, rubbed her face, and forced herself out of bed. She freshened up in the bathroom — brushed her teeth, washed her face with cold water and changed into simple black clothes. She looked at herself in the mirror for a long time, then carried her bag and left the house without eating. The drive to the hospital was quiet. She sat in the back of the car Elias had left for her, staring out the window. When she arrived, she went straight to Nadia’s ward. Chloe and Elgin were already there. Chloe looked exhausted, her eyes swollen from yesterday's crying.Elgin sat beside her, looking equally drained but trying to be strong for both girls. The moment Layla wa
The boardroom no longer felt like a place of power. It felt like a battlefield and Ross Carter was losing. As almost all the board members left,the tension in the room had shifted from controlled concern to something far worse—panic, barely restrained beneath forced professionalism. Papers were sca
Miles away from the mess Layla was stuck in, the city Elias was in felt just as heavy. No peace. No calm. Just tall glass towers stabbing the sky, catching the last dying orange of the evening sun. The streets below hummed with money—quiet money, sharp money, the kind that never shouts but alway
“It means you’re grounded.”Layla blinked.“…what?”“You heard me.”Her chest tightened.“Dad, you can’t be serious.”“Oh, I’m very serious.”Her mother looked between them, shaken.“Maybe we should—”“No,” her father said firmly.“This ends now.”Layla shook her head.“No, it doesn’t.”Her father
The next morning felt different. No one was watching her anymore and she felt the moment she stepped out for school. But then,when Layla stepped into the school gates. She equally noticed that something else was different. Whispers started immediately,not loud,not obvious but noticeable enough that
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