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Drowning in his touch

Author: Her majesty
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I looked at myself in the mirror, trying to calm my racing heart. I was married to a cruel man who had never made me feel loved, yet I couldn’t stop thinking about the one person I should never want.

As the minutes passed, my guilt turned into a painful longing. I couldn’t stay in the room any longer. The smell of Matthew's cigarette smoke reminded me of how cold he was.

I changed into a simple emerald-green silk dress and left the room.

The villa was huge, with long, quiet hallways. I avoided
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  • Sinful desire    I will protect you

    We walked for about thirty minutes through the dark before we finally made it out of the private estate.When we reached the main public road, we waved our hands and stopped a cab. Clara leaned forward and told the driver exactly where to take us.After a long drive, the cab pulled up in front of another mansion surrounded by a large private estate. Right away, I noticed something different. There were no guards walking around with guns. The place felt peaceful, quiet, and safe.We stood by the front gate and rang the buzzer, but nobody answered.“Is this how this place always is?” I asked Clara, looking around.“Yes, ma,” she replied. “We just have to wait for someone to come down and attend to us.”After a short wait, a man wearing a black suit walked toward the gate.“Hello,” we greeted him.“Who are you looking for?” he asked, looking closely at us.“I am looking for Archie,” I said.“Oh, you mean my boss. Okay.” The man nodded. “What is your name?”I didn’t want to give him my re

  • Sinful desire    I went after him

    Can you take me there?” I asked, my fingers tightening around the maid’s sleeve. “Please, Clara. I need to go there. Right now.”Clara’s eyes widened with fear.“Ma’am… I can’t. The guards… you know the rules. Master Matthew said nobody leaves. You are never allowed outside the walls. If the guards see you trying to leave, or if Master Matthew finds out I helped you… it is going to be hell for both of us. He will kill me.”“He won’t find out,” I pleaded, my voice cracking. “Matthew is still away leading the operation. He won’t be back for days. But I have to see Archie. Is there any way? Any way at all that I can leave this mansion without the guards knowing?”Clara looked down at the sheet in her hands, her lower lip trembling.She knew the brutality of the Mallory men.But she also looked at me—a woman who had been a prisoner in this house for five years, now completely broken.“They have surrounded everywhere, ma’am,” Clara whispered. “There are guards at the main gate, guards alon

  • Sinful desire    Where is Archie

    The silence inside the mansion did not feel soft. It felt heavy, like something pressing over my mouth. Two days had passed since the door slammed shut between Archie and me. In those forty-eight hours, the silence inside the house only grew louder.Every tick of the clock downstairs sounded like a hammer striking metal. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock.I walked through the long corridors, my satin slippers making almost no sound against the rugs. The house was too large. It was a fortress of marble, gold, and cold stone, and without Archie’s sharp, dangerous presence, it felt completely empty.I hadn’t seen him since I pushed him out of my bedroom. I had told him to stay away. I had told him I hated him. I had called him a monster, just like his father.I had gotten exactly what I asked for.But instead of relief, a cold ache had begun to grow beneath my ribs.On the third morning, the silence became too much to bear. I walked down the staircase, my hand sliding along the cold banister. I fel

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  • Sinful desire    Flash back

    Archie’s hand remained on my waist, its branding heat burning straight through the thin fabric of my blouse. The living room around us had gone utterly still. Even the air seemed to hold its breath.My heart hammered violently against my ribs.I forced myself to look up, and my eyes locked with his. The playful, mocking smirk he usually wore was gone. In its place was something darker, heavier. An intensity that frightened me far more than his teasing ever had.“Why?” I whispered, my voice barely audible. “Why did you take a bullet for me, Archie?”He didn’t blink.His fingers tightened slightly against my hip, pulling me closer. A low, rough breath escaped him, brushing warmly against my cheek.“I don’t know,” he murmured.His gaze dropped to my lips before slowly returning to my eyes. There was something raw in his expression. Something strangely vulnerable.“Maybe this attraction… the sex I want to have with you… maybe it has turned to love.”The word hung between us.Love.It felt

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