Semua Bab MARRYING MY STEP-SISTER'S GROOM : Bab 1 - Bab 10

My head buzzed with warmth and euphoria, as the light from the club dazzled in my vision sent a fuzzy kind of thrill through me. I have never felt this free in all my twenty-three years of life and it was intoxicating. My eyes scanned the dance floor, taking in almost-naked girls swaying around me while I hunted for Tracy. She slipped away sometime ago, probably in between our fifth shot or was it the seventh—I can’t really remember anymore. My brain was clouded and there was a thin line between me being drunk if my ass. “Gotcha,”I muttered in happiness, when I spotted her. She pressed close to a man dressed in a neatly sharp suit, his blond hair tousled out of place, like someone had run their hand through them continuously, and I did not need to guess who—from the way Tracy continuously rubbed her body against his in her poor act of dancing. “Tracy!” I called out to her, doubting she could hear me over the noise. I made my way towards her, my eyes never straying away in fe

“What about the drink? I haven’t paid yet,” I said as he led me away from the bar, with my hands clasped tightly in his. “Don’t worry baby girl, it has been taken care of,” he said, without even glancing back. We walked across the dance stage. I turned to find Tracy in a full-blown make out blonde man, as she ground on his lap. As if she felt my stare on her, she turned to face me. Her drunk face in a questioning look. I threw a flirty wink at her to ease her worry and she smirked at me, going back to tangling her lips with the man’s again. We slipped through some kind of back door, into a hall of many rooms. “You must really come here all the time,” I said, wanting to ease off the awkward tension. My head was already fuzzy from the alcohol and heat. I inwardly cursed when I remembered Tracy said this club just opened. “I own this place,” he replied casually. My eyes widened. Holy shit, I thought. I must have really landed a big fish. That absolutely explained the barman'

He clasped my hands to the straps on one of the poles, then moved to do the same on the other, as panic slowly ate its way up my insides. “What are you doing?” I asked nervously, tugging against the cuffs wrapped around my wrists. I pulled harder, but they still didn’t bulge. His green eyes lingered on my face like always. “Do you trust me baby girl?” He asked, his piercing eyes brimming with an edge of darkness. The danger in his eyes should have had me running away from him, yet I could not bring myself to run away. “Yes sir,” I breathed. One word, and the darkness in his eyes glinted, as his lips tugged up slightly. He stepped forward, pressing a slow kiss on my forehead, “Good girl,” he muttered, his heated gaze looking at me with approval. The look alone sent flutters of lust through me, soaring like a volcano in eruption. I realized right at that moment that my body would do anything for his approval. The rattle of chains echoed behind me, and I felt his presence at my back

My throat clenched from anger at her words. She had fired all the maids three years ago, forcing me to take their place. Serving as the new maid in the Harnes mansion was part of the contract between us. But that wasn’t what made my heart slam in my chest. It was the fact that they were pushing my marriage with Xavier forward. Why? We were supposed to get married in six months. The only reason the marriage had not happened sooner was because Xavier’s father had tried his best to find a way to destroy the marriage contract made between both families years ago—ever since the Harnes family had lost its wealth. I wasn’t even the heiress to what little fortune was left—it had all been transferred to Natasha, regardless of the fact that I was the first child of the family. So why would he agree to the marriage now? He knew I had been nothing but a beggar living under the goodwill of the Harnes family all my life. Despite the fact that every single thing they currently owned belonged

Natasha stood there, looking at me for the first time without any hint of jealousy at my closeness with Xavier. Instead, her lips curled into a satisfied smile, and my breath hitched at her actions. There definitely was a bigger play somewhere. “You see, Leah. You doubted Xavier’s intention, when he loves you so much,” My step mother said. She bent slightly, her lips grazing my the tip of my ear. “You have grown some nerve girl. I told you to come home earlier, and clean but you still disobeyed me. Have you forgotten what I can do to your mother if you provoke me?” ————-NEXT DAY——————- “Leah you are late again. The new boss is coming in today, to take over,” my boss, Tina Martins snarled in irritation. She took one look at my disheveled appearance, as her face tightened in disgust. “Sorry madam. I had a hold up with booking a cab,” I lied through my teeth, while trying to sound as apologetic as I could. I did have a hold up, but it was from my step mother making sure I cleaned