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CHAPTER ONE

{Thea}I didn't want to believe what I was hearing, but the unmistakable sounds of her voice, moaning his name, filled my head.With my heart beating wildly in my chest, I gripped the handle of the door to our room and slowly opened it.His hands held her slender waist, forcing her down on his rigid cock, while the sweat from their intensity made her glisten.Her moans were so loud, they hadn't even realized I had walked in.She had her back to me, straddling Curtis on our bed like her life depended on it while he purred, “good girl.”“Oh God ,Curtis. Don't stop!” She yelled, throwing her head back in pleasure.My heart ached at the sight, but I couldn't bring myself to look away.I had to find out who this homewrecker was.I stepped further into the light, and my eyes caught Curtis's briefly before locking onto the woman riding him.“Thea?” His voice trembled slightly, and the woman tensed.She snapped her head back to look at me, her blonde hair obstructing me from seeing her face.

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CHAPTER TWO

{Thea}I stormed away from the house out of both anger, and embarrassment. “If Curtis really is your husband, then I think you should know he’s a real piece of shit.”Those were the words that came out of her mouth, and the look of disgust on her face didn’t exactly ease my racing heart.I dialed Curtis’ number again and again, but all I got was his voicemail. How could he ignore me?Or better yet… Why was he ignoring me?He should have answered, he should have been there. Instead, he left me stranded outside what used to be our home, arguing with a stranger who now called it hers.It took me about 10 minutes to get a cab, and while the cold wind blew through the streets of San Francisco, I barely felt it.My mind was running wild with so many thoughts. I was trying my hardest to keep calm and understand what was actually going on with Curtis, and where he would be.There was only one place he actually could be if he wasn’t home. “If I could even call it that anymore.”And that was

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CHAPTER THREE

{Thea}I was frozen in place by the scene before me. Jennifer’s fingers curled possessively around Curtis’ chest. My Curtis.I wanted, more than anything, to slap the smug expression she had on, but I was too busy battling the chill that ran down my spine from watching Curtis curl his arm around Jennifer’s waist.He pulled her into him and bit her lower lip, eliciting a moan from her lips.“C-Curtis… What’s going on?” I wanted to reach out to hold him, but something told me I wouldn’t like the reaction I would get.“Oh Thea, you poor thing. You really believed Curtis loved you, didn’t you?” Jennifer’s voice dripped with condescension as she spoke, her eyes mocking me. “He’s never once loved you.”It felt like someone had grabbed my heart and was slowly squeezing it.I waited for Curtis to tell her to shut up, and that this… this prank, had gone on longer than intended.But as my eyes shifted to him, I saw the side of his lips curl into a cold smile.“Thea,” he said, stepping forward.

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CHAPTER FOUR

{Thea}My eyes fluttered open, and the first thing I noticed was the curtains draped closed. My limbs felt heavy, my body was warm, and my skin was hypersensitive to the soft sheets beneath me.Wait, how am I on a bed?I sat up, but I moved too fast, and the world tilted. This isn’t my suite.The room was unfamiliar, and panic gripped me as I remembered the group of men from the bar. I struggled to push myself off the bed, slowly staggering toward what I assumed was the exit. My mind was sluggish, and I felt hot, and uncomfortable.As I reached for the handle, the door opened, and a wave of hot air assaulted me, causing the heat inside of me to intensify, and I felt a tingle low in my stomach.Why was I feeling this way?This couldn’t be a simple hangover.And then a horrible thought crossed my mind… I remembered the taste of the last drink I had, the smile the bartender had shot Jerome before handing me the glass.“Did he… drug me?”My legs suddenly gave way, and I fell forward, co

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CHAPTER FIVE

{Thea}Curtis stepped into my hotel room, looking as immaculate as always. Pristine suit, polished shoes, and a smug grin on his stupid face.His presence alone was enough to send a chill through every fibre of my being. But it was the sturdy old man standing beside him that truly made my stomach drop.The hotel manager.His eyes locked on me like I was some sort of criminal. ‘Shit! If they’re both here, then they definitely found out.’“What… what’s going on?” My voice came out hoarse.Curtis folded his arms and smirked down at me, “What’s going on is that I expected you to have a little more dignity, Thea. But here you are, squatting ini a hotel room, living off my credit card like a leech.”“A leech… how dare y—” I was ready to tear him a new one when the manager spoke up. “Mrs. Blackwood, or should I say… Miss Thea.” He corrected himself with an impossibly stern voice. “We have reason to believe you committed fraud by using Mr Blackwood’s identity to book this room.”“You mean my

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CHAPTER SIX

{Thea}I kept calling the number over and over again, but it was useless. At first, the line rang a couple of times, but after a few tries, it went completely dead.My heart pounded so loud it practically echoed in my ears.‘Something was wrong. Something was terribly wrong!’I sat on the pavement outside the hotel, not caring about the numerous stares I got while I constantly replayed my brother’s voice in my head—“They’re going to kill me.”I swallowed the bile that was slowly rising in my throat as I tried to focus on reality. But the reality of it all was that Liam was in trouble, and I was sitting there, helpless.Suddenly, an idea popped into my head. I jumped to my feet and turned my phone on. There was only one person who might be able to help me, and that was Mr William, the Leighton family lawyer.He had been our family’s lawyer for years now, and if there was anyone left in Texas who still had a shred of loyalty to me, it was him.I tapped on his name on my contact list and

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CHAPTER SEVEN

{Noah}I knew the second Thea woke up. I’d been awake long before, lying still, waiting. Pretending to sleep gave me the luxury of seeing what she’d do, but when I heard the door shut behind her, and her footsteps faded down the corridor, I finally sat up, and a sigh slipped out, heavier than I wanted it to be.I should have walked away the moment the bartender shoved that margarita into her hand. If only I had kept my distance the second I saw her, then I wouldn’t be in this mess. Being a tyrant in the business world meant having your own set of rules that you abided by.I had always been a stickler for rules, especially mine. Rules kept empires from crumbling. Rules kept people like me from turning into the very thing I despised: soft, sentimental, messy. And yet here I was, breaking my number one rule.Last night should never have happened. It wasn’t my intention, not in the slightest. Control was my language, the thing that set me apart from every other weak man who drowned in tem

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CHAPTER EIGHT

{Thea}The Uber slowed to a stop in front of a house that looked like it belonged on the cover of a glossy magazine. We’d wound our way into the Marina District, with its all shimmering bay views and manicured streets. It was the kind of place where people with money who wanted to be seen lived.Before I could talk myself out of it, I slid a hand into my purse, fished out the little mirror, and studied my face one last time. My black hair fell over my shoulders on the brand new black dress I had bought that hugged every inch of my body in a… dare I say… scandalous way. And my fiery red lipstick matched my heels“Here’s your stop,” the driver said, glancing at me in the rearview mirror.“Keep the change.” I forced a smile and handed him cash. The door clicked shut behind me, and cool evening air swept over my skin. Curts’ house stared right back at me—white stucco walls, tall arched windows, black iron balconies dripping with climbing vines—it was simply magnificent. Curtis had succes

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CHAPTER NINE

{Noah}“Good evening, Mr Blackwood.” The doorman greeted with a smile.I wanted to correct him—Claire, not Blackwood—but I sighed to myself, “Why bother?” It didn’t really matter; I would be out of San Francisco in the next forty-eight hours anyway. Business would call me back to London, then to Milan, and eventually, this town and its small catastrophes would settle like dust behind me.The doorman held the door open and bowed before asking if I’d like him to show me the way to the dining room. I said yes because it was easier than dismissing him, and left to me, I would end up anywhere but the room where my family was gathered.We walked through the halls, and it didn’t take long for the sound of voices to reach my ears. We finally emerged into the dining room just as Curtis yanked on a sleeve and shoved someone backward. In that small moment, the light found her, and I took in her appearance. Her dark hair fell over her slender shoulders onto the daring red dress she had on. Her f

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CHAPTER TEN

{Thea}Standing beside him felt like I was standing on the edge of a ledge, just about to jump off. Noah’s voice flowed over me, settling right between my ears, yet I didn't hear a single word he said. I watched his jaw flex as he spoke, the way his hands rested against the leather of his coat, the pale line at his temple where the light hit. So this was the infamous Noah Blackwood, Curtis’s uncle — a man who had walked into that room and somehow taken the very air out of it. But my mind kept looping around a different fact, one that embarrassed me so badly I wanted to hide inside my collar.He could tell my mind was elsewhere, so he held up his hand and flicked it in front of my face like he was clearing smoke. “Thea,” he said. “Yeah,” My voice came out thinner than I meant, and I was pretty sure he didn’t hear it. Then, before I could even stop myself, the words tumbled out of my mouth. “Why didn’t you tell me?”His face changed instantly, and his eyes… the calm, cold gray orbs da

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