LOGINXAVIER'S POVI found Reed in his room, sitting on the edge of the bed, trying to apply ointment to a bruise on his forearm. His movements were clumsy, fingers trembling slightly as he struggled to reach the wound properly.I walked in quietly and sat beside him. Without a word, I took the ointment from his hand.He looked surprised to see me but didn't protest.I unscrewed the cap and squeezed a small amount onto my fingers, then gently began to apply it to the dark bruise spreading across his arm. His skin was warm beneath my touch, and I felt him flinch slightly at the pressure.“How's the training going?” I asked, keeping my voice light.“It's not as bad as I thought it would be.” He said calmly. “Kai is not as... mean. He's more patient than I expected.”I felt it. The way his hands trembled slightly. The tension in his shoulders.“You know you can stop this, right?” I paused, my fingers hovering over his skin. “If it's too much, if you can't handle it…”“I can't do that.”I stare
IAN'S POV“Don't fuck with me, Xavier.”I sat upright in my chair, my eyes narrowed, studying my twin brother's face for any sign of deception. He stood across from me, arms crossed, that infuriating smirk playing at the corner of his lips.“I'm telling you, Ian.” Xavier shrugged. “Those were her exact words. 'I want us to have a baby.’”I stared at him in disbelief.Then I burst out laughing.“A baby?” I couldn't stop the sound that escaped me: pure, unfiltered joy. “This calls for celebration. This calls for…”“Xavier!” Aria's voice echoed from somewhere outside the office.The laugh died down in my throat. “Shit.”Xavier's eyes went wide. He was already moving, slipping through the door to the inner room and pulling it shut behind him.“Answer her,” he hissed through the crack.I straightened my shirt, ran a hand through my hair, and tried to look composed.A soft knock came at the door. Then it creaked open, and Aria's head appeared.“Are you busy?”“Never too busy for you, Ria.”
XAVIER'S POVI could negotiate million-dollar deals without blinking.I could stand in a boardroom full of investors and convince them to trust me with their fortunes.I could make impossible decisions under pressure and walk away without a second thought.But the woman lying in my arms had just said seven simple words that left me completely speechless.‘I want us to have a baby.’Those words echoed through my mind long after they'd left her lips.There are moments in life that change a man forever. For me, it was the day I met Aria. The day I almost lost her to my step-brother. And the day I finally made her my wife.And now...This.I lowered my eyes to the beautiful woman resting against my chest, wondering if she had any idea what she'd just done to me.Because in that single moment, she hadn't just told me she wanted a child.She had given me something I'd never dared to ask for. A future. A family. A lifetime that went far beyond the titles, the money, and the empire I'd spent
ARIA'S POV While he kissed me, I felt his hand slide between us, stroking himself, positioning the head of his cock at my entrance. And then he slid into me, inch by inch, and I gasped at the feeling of him: how good it felt, how full I felt, how perfectly he stretched me open.“Xavier,” I moaned, my nails digging into his back. “Oh, Xavier, you feel so good.”“So do you, my little Aria.” he whispered, his forehead pressed against mine. “You feel so perfect, so good I never want to be anywhere else but inside you.”He began to move, his hips rocking against mine in a rhythm that was slow and deep, each thrust reaching places inside me that no one else had ever touched. He placed kisses on my cheeks, my forehead, the tip of my nose, whispering sweet words against my skin.“You're so beautiful like this,” he murmured. “So sweet. So perfect for me. You feel incredible wrapped around my cock, baby. So tight and wet and warm. I could stay inside you forever.”“More,” was all I begged fo
ARIA'S POV I had never felt more alive than I did in this exact moment. Xavier stood behind me, his breath warm against my neck as his fingers found the laces of my corset, the silk and bone contraption that had been squeezing me all evening for exactly this purpose.“You bought this dress for me, baby?” His voice rumbled low against my ear, sending shivers cascading down my spine like a waterfall of heat.I felt his fingers graze my bare skin as he slowly worked each lace free, his knuckles brushing against the curve of my spine, my shoulder blades, the sensitive dip where my back met my waist. Every touch was deliberate, every movement designed to drive me insane.“I bought it knowing you would take it off,” I breathed, leaning back against his chest. The hardness of his body pressed against me, solid, warm, and utterly intoxicating. “I bought it thinking about how you'd look at me. How you'd touch me.”He tugged the last lace, and the corset loosened around my ribs, my breasts sp
XAVIER'S POV“Surprise!” Aria yelled out of excitement, her voice echoing through the room.I blinked, my eyes adjusting to the warm glow of candlelight. The bedroom had been transformed. Rose petals covered the floor like a crimson carpet, leading from the door all the way to the bed. Candles flickered from every surface: the nightstands, the dresser, even the windowsill. Soft fairy lights were draped across the headboard, casting a golden shimmer over the white sheets. In the center of the room, a small table had been set up, covered in a white cloth with two plates, crystal glasses, and a bottle of champagne chilling in a bucket.It was simple, elegant, and extremely beautiful.And it was all for… me?“Xavier?” Aria's voice pulled me back. “Do you like it?”I turned to look at her. She was all smiles, her eyes bright, cheeks flushed with excitement. She looked like she was about to burst.“What's going on?” I asked, my voice rough.She didn't answer. Instead, she walked toward me
XAVIER’S POV“Pick up. Ian, please… pick up.”I paced across my office, my phone pressed tightly to my ear as the call rang endlessly.He had to know.He had to know that child wasn’t Dean’s before he did something reckless. Before he turned this entire situation into something bloody and irreversi
ARIA’S POV The loud crash from outside my door woke me from a deep sleep, making my heart leap into my throat.I groaned, blinking against the early morning light filtering through the curtains.“Isn’t it too early to piss people off?” I muttered under my breath.Dragging myself out of bed, I shuf
ARIA’S POV “Hello, Aria, what’s up?”“I can’t reach him.” I paced back and forth across the living room, dragging my fingers through my hair for what felt like the hundredth time. “Zara, it’s almost midnight and he’s not picking my calls.”The silence of the penthouse pressed in on me, heavy and s
XAVIER’S POV“Siri, call my wife.”My phone lit up instantly, the familiar tone cutting through the quiet office as it dialled her number.My wife.The word still felt new… but not wrong in the way it used to when she still belonged to that asshole I call my brother.It had been two weeks since Ari







