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CHAPTER THIRTY NINE
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TABOO (A DEAL WITH THE SHADOW ALPHA) CHAPTER FORTY ONE
AxelI should have left. Every instinct I had was screaming at me to put distance between us, to give her space, to not push too hard too fast. She hadn't even decided if she really wanted us to date for real yet, and here I was in her apartment after the most emotionally intense evening either of us had probably ever experienced.But then she looked at me with those eyes—those impossibly warm, vulnerable eyes—and said, "Stay. Please? I don't want to be alone right now. And Rosa gave us all that food anyway. We should eat it together."How the hell was I supposed to say no to that face?So I stayed.We'd realized on the drive back that Rosa had packed enough food to feed a small army. Addison had laughed through her tears when we'd opened the containers, finding at least four different dishes carefully portioned out."She always does this," Addison had said softly. "Tries to take care of me the only way she knows how."Now we were in her apartment, and I was discovering that my brilli
TABOO (A DEAL WITH THE SHADOW ALPHA) CHAPTER FORTY
ADDISON The woman who opened the door was not my mother, but Rosa, our housekeeper who'd been with the family since before I was born. Her face lit up when she saw me."Miss Addison! Oh, you look beautiful!" She pulled me into a warm hug before I could even step inside."Hi, Rosa. Thank you." I gestured to Axel. "This is Axel. Axel, this is Rosa. She practically raised all of us."Rosa smiled brightly at him, looking him up and down with an approving nod. "Very handsome. You take good care of our girl, yes?""Of course," Axel said, and the sincerity in his voice made my heart squeeze. Stop it. "They're in the dining room already," Rosa whispered to me. "Your mother is... well, you know how she gets about punctuality."We were exactly on time, but of course everyone else had arrived early. That was the Amber way—if you weren't fifteen minutes early, you were late.. The house looked exactly the same as always— Like a museum rather than a home. Everything was perfect. Everything was c
TABOO (A DEAL WITH THE SHADOW ALPHA) CHAPTER THIRTY NINE
Axel I adjusted my tie for the third time as I walked toward Addison's apartment, feeling ridiculously nervous. I'd faced down literal demons without breaking a sweat, but the thought of meeting her parents had my stomach in knots.Maybe because demons were predictable. Parents? Not so much.When she opened the door, every coherent thought evaporated from my brain.She was wearing a green dress—a soft, flowing thing that hugged her curves in all the right places before falling to just above her knees. The color made her eyes look brighter, more vibrant. Her hair fell in loose waves over her shoulders, and she'd done something subtle with makeup that made her look both natural and absolutely stunning."Wow," I breathed, unable to stop myself. "Addison, you look...""Too much?" She tugged at the hem nervously. "I can change. My mom has opinions about what's appropriate, and I wasn't sure if this—""Beautiful." I stepped closer, taking her hand. "You look so fucking beautiful."A blush
TABOO (A DEAL WITH THE SHADOW ALPHA) CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT
ADDISON I barely slept that night. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Axel's face—the way he'd looked at me with something raw and desperate when I'd walked out. The way his voice had cracked when he said he was trying, the way I even responded to him, as much as I tried to avoid it, that night was the most blissful night ever and I didn't even like sex, but with him I liked it and the part that scared me the most I wanted more. By the time morning came, I felt like I'd been through a war. Jules stayed over last night but had already left for her early shift at the bar, leaving me alone with my thoughts and the dreaded text message still glowing on my phone.Axel: We need to talk. Tomorrow?Tomorrow was now today. And I had no idea what I was going to say to him.I spent an embarrassing amount of time getting ready—changing outfits three times, redoing my hair twice, applying and wiping off makeup until I finally settled on something that looked effortlessly casual. Which, of course
TABOO (A DEAL WITH THE SHADOW ALPHA) CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN
ADDISON I pushed open the door to my apartment, half-hoping the familiar space would ground me. Instead, I found Jules sprawled on the couch, a knowing smirk already forming on her face."Well, well, well," she drawled, sitting up. "Look who finally decided to come home. And looking thoroughly... disheveled, might I add."I locked the door behind me, avoiding her eyes. "It's not what you think.""Oh really?" Jules patted the cushion beside her. "Because you've got that look. That 'I-just-had-an-experience-that-rocked-my-world' look. So spill. What happened with the fake boyfriend?"I sank onto the couch, suddenly exhausted. "Jules—""Wait." Her eyes widened. "Oh my God. Did you guys have sex?""No!" The denial came out too quickly, too sharp. "It wasn't really sex."Jules raised an eyebrow, her expression screaming 'bullshit.' "Addison Marie Amber, you did not just try to pull that technicality with me. What happened?"I buried my face in my hands, heat flooding my cheeks. "He... we.
TABOO (A DEAL WITH THE SHADOW ALPHA) CHAPTER THIRTY SIX
ADDISON I couldn't breathe. Not from what had just happened—though my body was still trembling with aftershocks—but from the realization crashing over me like a tidal wave.I was in trouble. Deep, irreversible trouble.Axel's arms wrapped around me as I collapsed against his chest, my legs still shaking. His heartbeat thundered beneath my ear, fast and erratic, matching my own. For a moment, we just stayed like that—tangled together on the couch, his hand stroking lazy patterns down my spine."You okay?" His voice was rougher than usual, strained.I nodded against his chest, not trusting my voice. Because no, I wasn't okay. I was the furthest thing from okay.This wasn't supposed to happen. None of it was. The fake dating arrangement was meant to be simple—help each other out, play pretend for a few weeks, then walk away clean. No complications. No feelings.But somewhere between the staged hand-holding and the performative kisses, something had shifted. And tonight... tonight had ob
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