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The CEO’s Taboo Secretary: 1
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2026-07-24 21:07:12
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Whispers of Ruin: A Taboo Collection Blackout: 1
Emergency Lighting💦🫦“Don’t move. The elevators are out.”Nathan’s voice cut through the sudden darkness of the 27th floor. One moment the architecture firm had been humming with the usual late-night quiet, computers still on, city lights glittering beyond the glass. The next, everything died. The only illumination left came from the faint red glow of the emergency exit signs and the scattered phone screens of people still packing up.I froze near the printer, heart already racing. Most of the team had left an hour ago. I had stayed to finish revisions on a proposal. Nathan Vale, the senior partner, had stayed too. He almost always did.“How many of us are still here?” someone called from the far end of the open-plan office.“Three,” Nathan answered. His silhouette moved closer through the dark. “Maya’s near the print station. I’m by the conference rooms. David is on his way down the stairs. Everyone else is gone.”A flashlight beam swept across the ceiling, then settled. Nathan’s p
Whispers of Ruin: A Taboo Collection The Wrong Seat: 3
The Cottage💦🫦“We’re really doing this.”Elias’s voice was barely above a whisper as he closed the bedroom door of the small countryside cottage. Rain tapped against the windows. Downstairs, Lila was still in the kitchen finishing the dishes and talking on the phone to her mother. The cottage was charming and far too small, two bedrooms, one bathroom, thin walls, and a living room that forced the three of us into constant proximity.I stood near the bed with my arms wrapped around myself. The weekend had already been a special kind of torture. Long walks where Lila held his hand and pointed out scenery while Elias’s eyes kept finding mine. Shared meals where every accidental brush of fingers under the table felt like a spark. Nights spent lying awake in the smaller guest room listening to the soft sounds of them in the room next door.Now Lila was distracted, the rain was loud, and Elias had followed me upstairs under the excuse of helping with the luggage.“We shouldn’t,” I said, e
Whispers of Ruin: A Taboo Collection The Wrong Seat: 2
Shared Walls💦🫦“We need to talk. Properly. Without Lila in the next room.”Elias’s voice was low as he caught my wrist in the narrow hallway of the flat he shared with my cousin. It was just after midnight. Lila had gone to bed an hour earlier, still excited from the long day of showing me around London. The guest room I was staying in sat directly across from their bedroom. The walls were thin enough that I could hear the soft sound of her breathing when everything else went quiet.I should have pulled away. Instead, I let him tug me into the small kitchen and shut the door.The only light came from the under-cabinet LEDs. Elias looked exhausted and tense, the careful composure he had worn all day finally cracked. He ran a hand through his hair and exhaled.“I didn’t know,” he said. “I need you to believe that. I had no idea you were Lila’s cousin when I sat down next to you on that plane.”“I know.” My voice came out thinner than I wanted. “I didn’t know either.”Silence stretched
Whispers of Ruin: A Taboo Collection The Wrong Seat: 1
Thirty Thousand Feet💦🫦“You’re in my seat.”The voice was low and amused. I looked up from my phone and found a man standing in the aisle of the dim cabin, a carry-on in one hand and a boarding pass in the other. Tall, dark hair, sharp jaw, the kind of quiet confidence that made the flight attendant already smiling at him. The overhead lights had been turned down for the overnight flight to London. Most passengers were already trying to sleep.“I don’t think so,” I said, holding up my own pass. “14A. Window.”He glanced at his ticket, then at the seat number, then back at me. A slow smile pulled at the corner of his mouth. “Looks like they double-booked the row. 14A and 14B are both assigned to us somehow. Mind if I take the aisle until they sort it out?”I should have said I minded. Instead I shrugged and moved my bag. He sat down, the clean scent of his cologne cutting through the recycled cabin air. His knee brushed mine as he settled. Neither of us moved away.His name was Elias
Whispers of Ruin: A Taboo Collection The Surrogate: 3
The Weight of It💦🫦“We can’t keep doing this.”I said the words against Daniel’s bare shoulder, but even I could hear how little force they carried. It was almost two in the morning. Claire was asleep down the hall. We were in the guest room again, the sheets tangled around our legs, the air thick with the smell of sex and guilt.Daniel’s hand rested on the gentle curve of my stomach. At fourteen weeks the pregnancy was beginning to show if you knew where to look. His thumb traced slow circles there, possessive and careful at the same time.“I know,” he said quietly. “I’ve been telling myself the same thing for weeks.”Neither of us moved to get dressed.The affair had only grown more intense as the pregnancy progressed. Official appointments with Claire holding my hand. Secret hours stolen whenever she left the apartment or fell asleep early. Hotel rooms. His car. Once the back office of the clinic after everyone else had gone home. Every time we swore it would be the last time. Ev
Whispers of Ruin: A Taboo Collection The Surrogate: 2
Positive🫦💦“Don’t say anything yet. Just let me feel you.”Daniel’s voice was low and rough as he pulled me into the guest bedroom of the apartment he shared with Claire. It was almost one in the morning. Claire had gone to bed early after the clinic appointment, exhausted from nerves and hope. The apartment was quiet except for the soft hum of the air conditioner.I had only meant to stop by to drop off the prenatal vitamins the doctor recommended. Somehow I had ended up with my back against the closed door and Daniel’s mouth on mine.Two weeks had passed since the first transfer. Two weeks of careful distance in front of Claire and frantic, secret nights whenever she left the apartment or fell asleep early. We had told ourselves it would stop after the procedure. It hadn’t.Daniel’s hands slid under my shirt, warm and urgent. “I’ve been thinking about this all day,” he murmured against my throat. “Sitting in that waiting room, watching you hold her hand, knowing what we did the ni
Whispers of Ruin: A Taboo Collection Strict Professor: 2
Office Discipline💦🫦My phone buzzed again in my hand as Sarah raised an eyebrow at me in the hallway. "You sure you're okay? Your face is all red.""Yeah, totally fine," I said quickly, shoving the phone into my pocket without checking it. "Just stressed about the revisions. Professor Black doesn
Whispers of Ruin: A Taboo Collection Strict Professor: 1
After-Hours Temptation💦🫦"Emily, close the door and lock it." Professor Black's voice filled the empty lecture hall, low and commanding. I stood frozen in the doorway, my backpack still slung over one shoulder, heart slamming against my ribs. The rest of the class had left twent
Whispers of Ruin: A Taboo Collection Best Friend's Daddy: 3
Towel Warning💦🫦Daniel held the phone screen toward me, that slow smile turning downright dangerous in the dim light. "Looks like someone's looking for you."My stomach flipped. I grabbed his wrist, eyes wide on the message. "Shit, what do we say? Daniel, she's going to
Whispers of Ruin: A Taboo Collection Best Friend's Daddy: 1
Midnight Dare💦🫦"Get your ass up here right now, Mia. I need you." Daniel's voice cut through the dark hallway like a command I wasn't supposed to obey. My heart slammed against my ribs as I froze halfway up the stairs, one hand gripping the railing. Lila's snores dr
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