The play boy's secret lover

The play boy's secret lover

last updateLast Updated : 2021-12-27
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Knox is an amazing high achieving university student. He has it all; looks, money, straight A's and he's dating the most wanted girl on campus. What more could a man like him want? Her name is Melody. But he can't have her because he has responsibilities that demand he stays away from a girl like her. What will he do?

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1- When the sun goes down

「何を言うの。あなたが実の娘なのよ。ただ……美穂(みほ)を手放すのは忍びないし、それに知ってるでしょう?善次(よしつぐ)も青野(あおの)君も美穂に夢中なんだから。彼女を嫁がせるなんて無理な話よ」

「羽生家はもう式の準備を始めてる。乙音、荷物をまとめて、半月後には北都へ迎えが来るわ」

小嶺乙音(こみね おとね)の両親はそっけなく告げ、電話を切った。

暗くなった携帯画面を見下ろし、小嶺乙音はテーブルの上の写真に目を移した。

両親、兄の善次、幼なじみの青野——ドレスにティアラ姿の自分を中心に囲み、皆が慈愛に満ちた笑顔を向けている。

当時、社交界では「小嶺乙音になりたい」が流行り言葉だった。

誰もが彼女を羨んだ。宝物のように溺愛する両親、妹を守るために命さえ惜しまない兄、そして自分一筋の幼なじみがいるから。

乙音も永遠にこの幸せが続くと信じていた。

十八歳の時、ある婚約の存在を知るまでは。

祖父が生前に決めた縁談だったが、乙音は青野と互いに想いを通わせていたため、成人したら破談にするつもりでいた。

しかし婚約者の羽生瀬人(はにゅう せと)が事故で植物状態に陥った。

約束を反故にすれば「信義を捨てた」と非難される。小嶺家は縁談を履行せざるを得なくなった。

だが十数年溺愛した娘を植物状態の男の世話にやるのは忍びない。途方に暮れていた小嶺家が思いついたのが、養女を探して身代わりに嫁がせることだった。

孤児院育ちで路頭に迷っていた美穂が小嶺家に迎えられる。

そして、罪悪感を抱いている小嶺家は美穂を寵愛し始めた。月一億の小遣い、兄が毎日贈る高級品、おさなじみの青野も彼女の望みを何でも叶えた。

乙音さえも、自分の全てを譲り渡した。

部屋を欲しがれば譲り、トロフィーを求めれば渡し、腎不全で腎臓を要求されても捧げた。

だが美穂の本性は卑劣だった。小嶺家に入ってからというもの、乙音を陥れる嘘や罠を繰り返し、たった五年で家族の愛情を全て奪い取った。

兄は美穂に、青野は美穂に、両親までが「美穂を嫁がせるのは忍びない」と乙音に婚約の履行を迫る。

「約束を破るつもりはない。ただ青野との約束と、実家から遠く離れたくない気持ちがあっただけ。でも皆が美穂を傍に置きたいなら——私が嫁ごう」

両親から告げられた日付を確認し、乙音は半月後のカレンダーに赤丸を描き「旅立ち」と記して階上へ向かった。

その瞬間、玄関が勢いよく開いた。

兄の善次と青野が入ってくると、乙音が反応するより早く階段へ押し倒した。

「あっ……!」

階段を転がり落ちた乙音の額が床に激突し、血が噴き出した。全身に走る激痛で冷や汗が滝のように流れるが、二人は助け起こそうともせずスマホで美穂とビデオ通話を始めた。

「美穂、見てたか?乙音を階段から突き落としたんだ。これで僕らにとってお前が大切だと分かっただろう?もう拗ねずに帰ってきてくれ」

血溜まりの中で聞いた言葉に、乙音の喉が軋んだ。視界が一瞬白く染まり、膝が砕けそうな虚脱感が押し寄せた。

突然の暴力の理由が、家出した美穂に「自分より大切だ」と証明するためだなんて……?

画面の向こうで美穂は泣き崩れていた。

「お兄ちゃん、青野さん……信じます。もう駄々を捏ねないから、すぐ帰る」

安堵のため息をついた二人は通話を切り、慌てて階下へ降りた。

「乙音、大丈夫か?美穂が不安がるから仕方なく……我慢してもらえるか?美穂が一人で外にいるなんて……本当に心配で。ごめん、後できっと……何とかするから」

声も出せない乙音を見て焦りだした二人だったが、再び美穂からの着信が鳴る。

「お兄ちゃん、青野さんごめん、迷子になっちゃった……帰り道が分からないの」

顔面蒼白になった二人は彼女を迎えに行こうとし、倒れた乙音を振り返って言った。

「乙音、自分で病院に行ってくれ。美穂が危ない」

遠ざかる背中を見ながら、乙音は最後の力を振り絞って119番した。

後頭部から流れる血が背中を真っ赤に染めていく。

意識が薄れていく中で、一つの決意だけが脳裏を掠める

——あと半月。

この街を出て、全ての縁を断ち切ろう。

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Daisy
Nice story. Thank you ...️
2022-11-17 20:29:51
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graciela.castano.l
A great story! I enjoyed the reading. Good development of characters.
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Kitty••Kat
few grammatical errors here and there but I definitely enjoyed reading this one. I'm pretty sure I'm going to revisit it even, I like that it didn't have the typical tragic twists and that it wasn't dragged.
2022-10-08 16:08:52
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Lleona Dulza
great story!
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Anntina Rodriguez
Very interesting read
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glotaala
Great writing
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Diana La Torre-Castillo
Good story, should be revised for gramatical errors.
2022-12-10 10:05:31
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67 Chapters
Chapter 1- When the sun goes down
Bang, bang, bang, bang,“What the fuck?” I say waking up with a fright. I listen again to the sound, am I dreaming or is someone banging on my door.Bang, bang, bang, bang.I reach for my phone on the side table. It’s 3:30 am. Who would come to my house at this hour.Bang, bang, bang.“Shit.” I get out of bed, walk down the hallway to my front door. I look through the peep hole. I see Knox leaning on the door. He’s drunk and he’s here.I see his fist move to bang the door and I panic. If he bangs on this door one more time he’s going to wake up my landlord. And she hates rowdy tenants; I don’t want to get kicked out of my apartment, I can’t afford to be homeless. This is the only nice apartment I can afford that’s near school.“Don’t” I say and his fist hovers over the door. He looks into the peephole and smiles. I take a dee
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Chapter 2 - Responsibilities
 “Where were you?” Samantha says as soon as I walk through the door. She walks to the entryway to look at me. I put my keys in the key bowl at the door and look at her. She’s in her underwear; I guess she was in the middle of getting dressed.She looks amazing, Sam is one of those girls that are obsessed with looking good. She spends a lot of time making sure she looks incredible. She goes to the gym, gets all types of treatments to make sure everything stays in place. I appreciate that about her, she’s a beautiful girl.I look at her up and down my cock getting hard. I have pent up energy left over from last night. I could just relive myself with her. She’s not who all of this loving was for but she’ll have to do.  “I had to get some air.” I say taking a step closer to her. I get excited at the anticipation of getting naked with her.“But I waited all night.”
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Chapter 3 - Focus
6:45 pm The team is already on the field warming up. We all know that when coach says practice is at 7 he means 6:30. You better not be caught late, you will regret it. He doesn’t take kindly to tardiness. Every player earns the right to be on his team, he doesn’t care if you are the most talented of the bunch; if you’re not committed to the game you’re useless.“Okay gentle I want us to do some drills. We have an important game this weekend and I want each and every one of us to be on point.” Coach screams at the top of his giving each and everyone one of us the look.We’re midway through the season meaning we need to play like we’re defending our title. For us the championship never stops as soon as we win that cup, we’re already defending it. Every game counts, we give our all every game. We didn’t become champions by mistake. We earned our title with sweat, blood and tears.
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Chapter 4 - Confrontations
 I get home from my shift a little after 10 pm. I had a shorter shift tonight. I need to take a shower and eat. I head for the bathroom using the last of my energy to get clean. I few minutes I’m done’ I head to the kitchen to figure what to eat. There really isn’t anything to eat in this house.Knock, knock, knock.I hear when I open the fridge. I look at my front door, who could be at my door at this time. I walk to it and look through the peephole. I sigh in disappointment; I don’t have the energy to go through this again.“What do you want Knox?” I ask when I see his face. Why is he back here? I thought he got the massage last night.“I come in peace.” He says holding up a bag of take away. I look at the logo on the bag, its Chinese; my favorite. He’s playing a dirty game; he knows how much I love Chinese. “I wanted to apologize for my behavior last night, it was unacceptable.&r
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Chapter - 5 Buffer
“Knox came over to my house again last night.” I whisper to Casey.  We’re in her bedroom in an apartment. We just got done with a study session. We have these sessions at least once a week; it always helps to have a study partner. It always gives an opportunity to see the material from a different perspective.“He did what? Wait why are we whispering?”  She asks whispering too.“You have a roommate and I don’t want her to overhear our conversation.” I continue whispering.“She’s not here, she has class on campus and if you don’t want to say his name you can just say him. I’ll know who you’re talking about.” She says talking normally.“Okay, he came over. I don’t know how to make him stop doing this. I’ve asked nicely, I’ve screamed at him and I’ve even kicked him out but he just won’t stop. I don’t know what to d
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Chapter 6 - Unexpected encounters
 “Are you okay?” Michael asks me when I freeze in place.  Knox is here right now. I didn’t expect to see him tonight, what is he even doing in this part of town. He’s sitting at a table with some guy I’ve never seen before. He’s not one of the usual guys Knox hangs out with.He’s looking at me completely ignoring his companion. The other guy is eating, while Knox is drinking water. He’s not having any pizza. Maybe that’s why he’s staring at me instead of concentrating on his conversation with his friend. He’s mad he can’t have any pizza and he’s taking it out on me.“What? Yes, I’m good.” I say and start walking to an empty table.“You’re sure?” He asks pulling a chair out for me. I sit down and look up; Knox is still staring at us. Michael sits down and his head is blocking Knox but I can still feel his eyes on us.
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Chapter 7 - Moving on
“Hi are you Melody?” A Samantha says standing in front of me. I look up at her and she smiles. My heart is in my throat, she and I have never met but I know who she is. Why is she here? Does she know who I am? “Yes.” I say smiling back at her too but I am dying on the inside. What if she decides to pull my hair here in the middle of the campus coffee shop? “I’m Samantha; I heard you’re a tutor.” She says pulling out a chair and she sits down. I let out a breath I didn’t know I was holding. This a scenario from one of my nightmares and it ends badly. I don’t want to die for a boy that’s not even mine. “Oh yes. Are you looking for a tutor?” I ask looking at her, she’s so beautiful. Her face is perfect. Why is Knox bothering with me? She has a perfectly perfect girl right here? “Yeah, I’m looking for a chemistry tutor and someone referred me to you.” she says and I nod. I do chemistry and mathematics tutoring. I always have a full schedule because people
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Chapter 8 - Doubts
“Tell me everything.” Casey says when she walks through my door. The moment she says the words, I break out in a smile. Last night was incredible; Michael really put thought and effort in our first date. I had such a good time; no one has ever done that for me.“Oh, Casey. Las night was so much fun. We went to dinner at this amazing restaurant, the food was exquisite. And then he took me dancing. You know how much I love ballroom dancing; he booked a beginner class for us. He was surprised when I showed him my skills.” I say smiling and Casey looks at me with a look of bliss on her face.“That sounds amazing! I’m so happy you had fun. Did you guys kiss?” she asks rubbing her hands together excitedly.“No. we didn’t, there were so many moments we could have but I wasn’t brave enough to make a move. And I didn’t want to seem forward so I chickened out.” I say worried and she smiles at me sweet
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Chapter 9 - Second option
“How was your day?” Samantha says looking at me. She’s sitting opposite me on my sofa I yawn tired, today was interesting. It certainly didn’t go the way I planned it.“Today was a long day” I say thinking about my run in with Melody a few hours ago. How she stormed out of the coffee shop. I imagined that conversation going so much differently than it did.“You’re tired.” She asks reaching her hand out to brush my leg softly.“You could say that.” I say really thinking about it. I’m not tired physically, I’m just feeling beat. I feel like I’m losing Melody and I hate it. I want her all to myself and the addition of this new dude is fucking up my flow.I want him gone. His being around is making her more and more resistant to my advances. She was always against us hooking up but she wasn’t blatantly rejecting me. She’s different now.I know this is not fa
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Chapter 10 - How to say no
“Hi” Samantha whispers when she finds me in the romance novel section of the library. I look at her instantly annoyed, what does she want? I’m not in the mood to deal with anyone that is associated with Knox. I’m so mad at him that I’m hating on anyone or anything that reminds me of him.I pick up a book with a beautiful cover and read the title trying to ignore her.The prince’s willing slave.That sounds like an interesting read. A few second of silence pass and I realize she’s not leaving I look at her and she smiles.“Hey.” I whisper back to her and turning back to the selection books on the shelf.  She really doesn’t know how to take a hint. I don’t want to talk t her and I’m sure I’m making it clear but she isn’t interested in my feelings.“I’m back.” She says and I look at her confused. Is that supposed to mean something to me?
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