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8: Zane enters the fire

Author: demuslimah
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-25 02:02:20

My body was really betraying me, and I might’ve collapsed in his arms.

I used all my strength, pushed him off me, quickly grabbed my clothes, and ran out.

My legs carried me before my mind could catch up.

I didn’t stop until I slammed the bedroom door shut, pressing my back against it like I could keep him—and everything he made me feel—out.

My heart pounded like a warning bell in my chest. My lips still tingled from his kiss, my skin still buzzed where he touched me, and I hated it. Hated how part of me responded to him even when every other part screamed no.

I wasn’t here for this. I wasn’t here for him.

I was here because of my mother. Because of survival.

And yet… for a moment, when his mouth was on mine, it didn’t feel like survival. It felt like drowning.

I quickly locked the door, threw on the first oversized sweater I could find. My hands were shaking, my thoughts scattered. What had just happened? Was that really me?

He touched me like he owned me. Like I was his personal pla
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    "Lyra? Do you love me?" Zane asked, gently lifting my chin so I would look him in the eyes. His voice was low, but there was an urgency there I hadn’t heard before.My breath hitched. His gaze was intense, unblinking. I nodded slowly, barely audible. "Yes... I do, but—""But what?!" he snapped, his voice rose sharply and suddenly rising.I flinched. My heart dropped. Why was he shouting? He had never raised his voice at me before. The sound felt like a crack through the trust we’d built.Why was he acting like this? This wasn’t even his sister. He had no idea who Mila was, not the way I did. And yet, here he was, shouting like something sacred had been touched. Like her death was his to mourn more than mine.I stepped back, breaking the contact between us. "I'm sorry," I murmured, my voice trembling. "But Mila is my sister. My only sister. I have to know what happened to her. I need to. I may love you, but I also loved her."I turned around without another word."Lyra—Lyra!" he called

  • The CEO'S Chubby Contract Wife   19: Buried Truth

    Lyra's POVI quickly turned around—and there he was.Lucian.My heart thudded, but I held my ground, narrowing my eyes."Nothing. Excuse me," I muttered, brushing past him with clenched fists. I didn’t want to look at him. I didn’t even want to breathe the same air. My whole body trembled with urgency—I needed to get home, I needed to check that phone… and the diary."Hey! Why so early?" came Zane's voice from behind me. I turned, startled."Nothing. I just… I have something urgent to attend to," I said. But my voice cracked, and I couldn’t hide the tremble in my hands.He looked at me closely, his brows furrowed. "Are you okay?" He took a cautious step forward.I nodded quickly. "I’m fine.""Okay then," he said slowly. "Let me take you back." He opened the car door and drove it closer. I got in without saying another word.The ride back to the hostel was quiet. Too quiet.I kept staring through the window, trying to calm my heartbeat. Zane kept glancing at me, one hand on the wheel,

  • The CEO'S Chubby Contract Wife   18: Sister mila

    LYRA’S POVToday makes it eight months since I came back home. Sometimes I forget I was ever in that house of pain. Life isn’t perfect now, but it’s peaceful—and that’s a luxury I no longer take for granted.Zane and I have grown closer. He's become the person I didn’t know I needed. He enrolled me back into high school, paid all my fees, even arranged for me to live in the hostel so I wouldn’t feel suffocated. He handled everything like it was nothing, and I couldn't stop myself from falling.Somehow, we started dating. Slowly. Gently. With no pressure—just warmth. And yet, what surprises me more than Zane’s patience is Lucian.Lucian has been coming around. Begging. Pleading. Apologizing.For what? For dragging me by the neck in public? For violating my body and pride? For the humiliation, the pain, the trauma?He wants me back. He keeps saying he’s changed.How dare he think I’d return to his house after all that?Impossible.Not even in another life or in my dream.___________It

  • The CEO'S Chubby Contract Wife   17: Reunite

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  • The CEO'S Chubby Contract Wife   16: Dept paid

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  • The CEO'S Chubby Contract Wife   15: Cought

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