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Author: C.ELLICA
last update publish date: 2026-10-08 10:04:21

But it didn't heal the hollow ache in my chest. Care dictated by a boss's checklist was a far cry from being cherished. I was just exhausted, exhausted, drained, and constantly, violently nauseous.

Jerome commuted into the city three days a week like clockwork, looking like a ghost in bespoke suits, his eyes heavy with a dark exhaustion that never truly lifted.

When he came back to the penthouse on those few late nights, he was a silent, possessive storm, holding me in the dark with a desperat
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  • The Billionaire’s Unsigned Clause: Secretly Married My Boss   107

    Ignoring, I stared at the screen, a bizarre mix of emotions washing over me. I felt disappointed in him, confused by his lies, yet deliriously happy to be trapped in these woods with him.I actively chose to shove reality into a dark corner—ignoring the painful thought that the only reason he ever approached me in the first place was because I looked like the ghost of his lost wife. Right now, in this warm kitchen, I was the only woman in his world.We ate at the small wooden table by the window, watching heavy chunks of melting snow slide off the dark pine branches outside, the forest slowly transforming from white to deep emerald green before our eyes. Jerome reached across the table, his warm fingers sliding between mine, lacing our hands together over the polished wood."The roads will be clear by afternoon," he said, his thumb tracing gentle circles over my knuckles. "We could leave. Should leave, probably. Work tomorrow."I squeezed his hand tightly, looking straight into his da

  • The Billionaire’s Unsigned Clause: Secretly Married My Boss   106

    Jerome looked up at me. The sheer, overwhelming devotion and agonizing restraint in his dark eyes was terrifying.He was lying to protect me—lying because he was scared to death that if he told me I was that wife, my fragile mind would shatter and erase him forever. He was choosing to be hated as a fool rather than risk losing me to the dark void of full amnesia."You look like her," he lied, the words tasting like poison in his throat. "I wanted you close. I wanted to see you every day. I told myself it was enough. Professional distance. Appropriate boundaries."A cold shudder ran down my spine. I thought back to everything—the "accidental" meetings, his eyes catching mine across crowded coffee shops and restaurant tables, the way he'd const

  • The Billionaire’s Unsigned Clause: Secretly Married My Boss   105

    I leaned back, changing the angle, and gasped as he hit that spot inside me, the one that made my vision spark. His hands moved to my breasts, cupping them, thumbs brushing my nipples, and I moaned, riding him harder now, chasing that building pressure.The sofa bed protested, creaking in rhythm with our movements. Somewhere outside, a bird called—one brave soul in the frozen morning. I didn't care. I didn't care about anything but the slide of him inside me, the way his abs tensed beneath my palms, the desperate sounds he was making that had no words, just need."Close," he warned, his hands moving back to my hips, gripping almost painfully. "Alexa, I'm—""Come with me," I demanded, reaching between us to touch myself, my fingers finding my clit swollen and sensitive. "Now. Come with me now."He arched up, sitting partially upright, and captured my mouth in a brutal kiss. The change in angle drove him deeper, and I broke apart, my orgasm crashing through me with my cry swallowed by

  • The Billionaire’s Unsigned Clause: Secretly Married My Boss   104

    The fire had died down to embers, that deep orange glow that barely pushed against the gray light filtering through the cabin windows. I lay on my side, Jerome's arm heavy across my waist, his chest rising and falling in the slow rhythm of sleep against my back.The sofa bed's thin mattress pressed into my hip, but I didn't move. I couldn't. Every nerve in my body still hummed with what we'd done, what he'd done to me, the way he'd looked at me like I was the only thing in the world worth seeing.I watched the window as the darkness softened. Not quite morning. That suspended hour where the snow outside stopped being invisible and started showing its texture, individual flakes catching the first weak light. The storm had passed. I knew it the same way I knew my own heartbeat—suddenly, quietly, the wind no longer rattling the glass.Jerome stirred behind me. His hand tightened on my stomach, fingers spreading, then relaxing. His breath changed, deepening, then catching. I felt him wake

  • The Billionaire’s Unsigned Clause: Secretly Married My Boss   103

    He answered by switching sides, his hand replacing his mouth on the first, rolling and pinching with a precision that had me rocking against him in mindless rhythm. I could feel how wet I was, could feel the dampness spreading through my underwear with every shift of my hips, every pull of his mouth. The firelight painted his skin in shades of gold and amber, highlighting the lean muscle of his shoulders, the dark hair scattered across his chest, the trail that disappeared below his belt.I reached for that belt. My fingers were clumsy, shaking with need, and he helped me, working the leather free while I focused on the button of his jeans, the zipper that strained against his erection. He lifted his hips, let me peel the denim down, and then his cock was in my hand, heavy and hot and exactly as perfect as I'd imagined during too many late nights alone."Fuck." The word hissed through his teeth as I stroked him, learning the shape of him, the way he twitched and swelled in my grip. "

  • The Billionaire’s Unsigned Clause: Secretly Married My Boss   102

    Jerome had stood there in the freezing night, his heart bleeding out, forced to make a harrowing choice: protect my fragile mind with more woven half-truths, or risk losing me forever to the void of full amnesia.The heavy wooden door of the cabin clicked shut behind us, cutting off the faint sounds of the campsite and wrapping us in absolute, heavy silence.I turned around, my back pressing against the cool wood of the entry door, my chest heaving as I looked at him. "We're in your cabin, Jerome. No Julie. No students. Just us. Tell me about the gala. Tell me why we didn't stay together after that night. Tell me why—""Alexa," he choked out, stepping into my space before I could finish the sentence.The air in the room evaporated. He looked at me with an agonizing mixture of overwhelming guilt, profound adoration,and a desperate, burning hunger."You want to know why?" he whispered, his voice trembling as his warm hands came up to frame my face, his thumbs gently brushing over my che

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