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Chapter 114

Author: Anne Author
last update publish date: 2026-04-08 16:39:21

RAFAEL POV

Weeks had passed.

Weeks since the morning she had stayed, when she chose to trust me despite everything. Since that day, life had felt… different. Easier in some ways, more complicated in others.

Not because she made it complicated, but because she made me notice things I had long ignored small moments, subtle gestures, soft glances, quiet laughter.

And it had taken all of me to keep my composure, to act casual, to not let her see how completely she had burrowed under my skin.

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  • WHEN DESIRE BECOMES A SIN    Chapter 114

    RAFAEL POV Weeks had passed. Weeks since the morning she had stayed, when she chose to trust me despite everything. Since that day, life had felt… different. Easier in some ways, more complicated in others. Not because she made it complicated, but because she made me notice things I had long ignored small moments, subtle gestures, soft glances, quiet laughter. And it had taken all of me to keep my composure, to act casual, to not let her see how completely she had burrowed under my skin. I watched her now, sitting on the couch, scrolling through her phone with a faint smile, hair tumbling across her face, sun slanting over the edges of the room. I could feel it the same pull, the sharp edge of wanting, the ache of knowing she was here and she was mine. I stepped closer, coffee in hand, letting my eyes follow her without looking obvious. She didn’t notice me at first, humming softly to herself, lost in whatever it was she was reading. “Rafael,” she called suddenly, looking up,

  • WHEN DESIRE BECOMES A SIN    Chapter 113

    SAPPHIRE POV I didn’t leave. Even as the world around us continued voices, footsteps, the faint hum of the city through the window I stayed. Not out of fear. Not out of obligation. I stayed because I wanted to. My forehead rested lightly against him, and I realized how much I’d missed this his presence, steady and deliberate, grounding yet impossible to ignore. My fingers brushed against the fabric of his shirt, unsure whether I was seeking comfort or testing my own courage. “You’re quiet,” he murmured, his voice low, intimate, only for me. “I… I’m thinking,” I admitted, the words barely audible. He tilted his head, studying me like he could read my thoughts if he concentrated hard enough. “About?” I swallowed, unsure if I should speak the truth. “About how you… came back. About how this us it feels different now.” He let out a faint exhale, something between amusement and something softer I couldn’t name. “It’s different because you’re different.” I raised an eyebrow, smirk

  • WHEN DESIRE BECOMES A SIN    Chapter 112

    RAFAEL POV I gave her space. Not because I wanted to. Not because I believed she needed it. But because if I didn’t I would’ve gone after her that same night and dragged her back into something she clearly wasn’t ready to face. And for the first time in a long time I held back. It was unfamiliar. Uncomfortable. Wrong. Three days turned into five. Five into seven. And every single one of them felt longer than it should have. Because she was still there. In my head. In the silence. In the pauses between everything that used to feel routine. Annoying. Persistent. Unavoidable. I was in the middle of a meeting when I finally stopped pretending this was something I could ignore. “…Sir?” My assistant’s voice pulled me back, but only halfway. My gaze drifted to the glass wall beside me, my reflection staring back calm, composed, unaffected. A lie. I exhaled slowly. “Reschedule the rest,” I said, already standing. “Sir, you have—” “I said reschedule.” No room for

  • WHEN DESIRE BECOMES A SIN    Chapter 111

    SAPPHIRE POV I shouldn’t have stopped. The moment I heard his voice behind me low, controlled, too familiar I should’ve kept walking. I should’ve ignored it, pretended I didn’t hear him, pretended he didn’t exist. But I did stop. Of course I did. Because no matter how much I tried to convince myself otherwise, my body had always betrayed me when it came to him. “Sapphire.” Just my name. Nothing more. And yet it carried weight too much weight for something so simple. I turned. And there he was. Rafael. Standing there like nothing had changed. Like three days hadn’t passed. Like I hadn’t walked out of his apartment without looking back. Like I hadn’t spent every waking hour trying to forget the way he looked at me… the way he touched me… the way he made me feel like I was standing on the edge of something dangerous and irreversible. My chest tightened. Not visibly. Not in a way anyone else would notice. But I felt it. Sharp. Sudden. Unwelcome. I forced myself to hold his

  • WHEN DESIRE BECOMES A SIN    Chapter 110

    RAFAEL POV She walked away. And I let her. That was the part that didn’t sit right. Not the silence after the door closed. Not the emptiness in the apartment that followed. Not even the way her scent lingered on my sheets long after she was gone. It was the fact that I let her go. I stood there for a long time after she left. Unmoving. Unbothered at least on the surface. But beneath that? Something sharp twisted in my chest. Annoyance. No Not just annoyance. Something deeper. Something I didn’t like naming. Because naming it meant acknowledging that she had gotten under my skin. And I didn’t allow that. Not with anyone. Not anymore. I exhaled slowly, dragging a hand down my face before walking back inside. The apartment felt different now. Quieter. Colder. Wrong. My gaze drifted toward the couch. Then the window. Then the kitchen. Everywhere she had been. Everywhere she had existed just hours ago like she belonged there.

  • WHEN DESIRE BECOMES A SIN    Chapter 109

    I didn’t answer. Because I couldn’t. Because if I stayed any longer in that moment right there, in his arms, with his hand still resting at my waist like I belonged there I wasn’t sure I’d be able to leave at all. And that alone was enough to snap something back into place inside me. Danger. This was danger. Not the loud kind. Not the obvious kind. But the quiet, consuming kind that didn’t ask for permission before it took everything. My fingers loosened from his arm. Slowly. Carefully. Like if I moved too fast, I’d break something fragile between us. Or worse I’d give myself away. “I should go,” I said softly. The words felt wrong the second they left my mouth. Too weak. Too uncertain. Rafael didn’t move. Didn’t step back. Didn’t let go. His hand remained at my waist, firm and grounding, like he hadn’t even heard what I said. Or like he simply didn’t accept it. “You just woke up,” he said, his voice calm. Too calm. Controlled. Alw

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