All Chapters of A wife for the cursed alpha : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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31. The heating Phase

Lana’s POVThe music became way too loud at some point. The bass thudding in my chest like it had found a second heart to sync with, each beat heavier than the last. Light strobed in fractured flashes, silver and violet, washing over skin and sequins and bare teeth smiling too hard. The scent of perfume, alcohol, heat, and something sugary hung like a mist. Sophie leaned into me, laughing, lips glossed and eyes glittering, holding out a drink that glowed pink under the shifting lights.I didn’t even hear what she said. I just smiled half-lazy, trying to match her energy.Then it hit me clean and absolute, low in my stomach. A violent, searing twist that made the floor tilt beneath my heels. My breath vanished and my grip slackened on the glass.I felt a sudden sharp pain. It was both hot and cold at the same time.My body stiffened instinctively. I felt my smile falter, slide right off my face. My knees almost gave out. I staggered back a step, hand flying searching for support. My s

Last Updated : 2025-07-27

32. Boiling temptation

Max’s POVThe weight of Lana in my arms felt heavier than it should have. Not physically because she was light and in fact nearly boneless in my grip but emotionally. Her body radiated heat through my shirt, branding me, like something inside her was trying to claw its way out.I moved fast, not running, but just shy of it. Sophie trailed after me, murmuring questions I didn’t have the energy or answers for.“Is she okay? What’s wrong with her? What’s happening?”“Quiet,” I said in a low and controlled tone.She immediately shut up. Smart girl.By the time we reached my car, Lana’s breathing had turned shallow, like she was drowning in the air itself. Her skin glistened, slick with sweat, her neck exposed as her head rolled against my shoulder.She murmured something.I paused, holding her tighter.“Again,” I said softly.“…hurts,” she breathed. “Hot. Everything… hurts.”I said nothing. Just adjusted her, buckled her in, and slammed the door.My apartment wasn’t that far away thankful

Last Updated : 2025-07-27

33. Burning Desires

Max’s POVI thought maybe that would be enough. That just holding her, anchoring her through it, would settle the storm beginning to rise under her skin. But the second I said the words, she trembled. Not the way she had before. This wasn’t pain neither was it panic.It was raw pure need.She shifted in my lap, her thighs brushing against mine, her body suddenly too hot and vibrating with the low, aching pulse of something I could feel in my bones.Her fingers gripped my shirt like it was the only thing keeping her barely sane. Her cheek rubbed against my chest and when she spoke, it was a whisper pulled from the edge of breaking.“Max,” she breathed, her voice cracked and soaked in desperation. “It hurts badly.”“I know,” I said softly, brushing my hand through her hair. “I know, little flame.”But she shook her head against me, and her next words unveiled something deep inside me.“I need you,” she whispered. “Please… please help me.”I pulled back just enough to see her face. Her l

Last Updated : 2025-08-01

34. Night Promises

Max’s POVHer breathing slowed against me, but the tremble in her limbs hadn’t fully eased. She was curled into me now, legs tangled with mine, her cheek pressed to my chest like she was trying to listen to the rhythm of my heart.I held her tighter, pulling the blanket up around her bare shoulders. The room was dim, only the soft pulse of the ward-lights along the walls offered any glow but even that felt too bright for the quiet between us.She exhaled shakily. I could feel the heat still clinging to her skin, simmering just beneath the surface, even as the worst of the storm had passed. Her body wasn’t demanding now, it was simply aching.I felt the way she buried her face into me a little more, like she could hide the tears she hadn’t let fall.“Lana…” I whispered her name low.She didn’t answer.I stroked my hand slowly up and down her spine, not to arouse her this time, but to soothe. Her skin was still warm and damp. But she was calming down slowly like a fire finally running o

Last Updated : 2025-08-01

35. Forgiving Max.

Lana’s POV“Lana, I’ll wait. I’ll prove it. Just… don’t walk away.”My lips parted, but no sound came out. My chest felt like it was caving in.I let myself lean into him, just a little, just enough to feel his arms slide around me again.“Stay,” he whispered. “Move back in. You don’t have to decide everything today. Just let me be close to you.”I didn’t answer right away. But I didn’t pull away either.I twisted in his grip.His hand was firm on my wrist, it was strong enough to hold me still. The moment I yanked away, he caught me like he expected it. Like he knew I would run the second he let go.I hated how well he knew me.“Let go,” I said. My voice cracked, too soft, too raw. I didn’t even sound angry. I just sounded… tired. “Please.”He didn’t.He stepped closer instead, his chest brushing mine, heat rolling off him in waves. I refused to look up. I refused to let my eyes meet his, because I knew what I would see there. And I wasn’t sure I was strong enough for it.Not after l

Last Updated : 2025-08-01

36. Unwanted help

Lana’s POVMy phone buzzed sharply on the nightstand.I jerked upright, heart still tangled in the haze of what had just happened. Max’s heat lingered on my skin, his scent clung to me like a second layer. I fumbled blindly for the phone and answered without even checking the screen. “Hello?”“Lana, thank God,” Sophie’s voice crackled with panic. “It’s bad. A lawsuit. Mornex Tech just filed for breach of contract, claiming we falsified campaign analytics. It’s already hit socials, Twitter, TikTok, Reddit. They’re calling us scammers.”My blood ran cold. “What?”“They posted doctored screenshots. It’s spreading like wildfire. We’ve lost two other clients already, and our investors are threatening to pull.”I swung my legs off the bed, grabbing for my clothes scattered across the floor. My gown was inside-out, my heels nowhere to be seen.“I’m on my way,” I said, tone sharp. “Tell PR to freeze all statements until I get there. And get legal on standby.”Max stirred behind me, his voice

Last Updated : 2025-08-02

37. False Accusations

Lana’s POVSophie lingered in the doorway even after I’d given the final word on the press response.“Anything else?” I asked, glancing up. I already had my hand on the mouse, ready to start drafting the company’s clean-up narrative.But Sophie didn’t move.Instead, she asked quietly, “Are you okay?”She meant Max.I should have been prepared. But the question carved straight through me, deeper than I expected.My throat went tight, but I didn’t let it show. I tilted my head and gave her a smile. “I’m fine.”Sophie didn’t believe me. She was too smart not to know the difference between a crisis-born lie and the truth. But she also knew better than to push me.Still, she didn’t leave. “I just mean… last night. I wasn’t sure if…” Her voice lowered. “Did he hurt you?”I stared at her, blinking. “No.”“Because if he did girlll…”“Sophie, stop.” I let out a breath, rubbing a hand across my forehead. “He didn’t hurt me. That’s not what this is.”She looked like she wanted to say more, but i

Last Updated : 2025-08-02

38. The Bait

Lana’s POVHis words echoed in the quiet space between us. He sounded honest. I stared at the evidence again. The papers had curled slightly from Max's grip, like they'd carried the heat of his conviction with them. Elias. Westmont Finance. Recruited into Mornex right before they went after me. A name I’d never even considered because I hadn’t been looking in the right direction.I exhaled slowly and set the pages down on the glass table."How did you get this?" I asked.His lips twitched into the barest smile. “You really want to know?”“No,” I muttered. “Not if it gives me plausible deniability.”He leaned back on the couch, watching me quietly.“I’m going to find out who hired him,” I said.Max nodded once, like he’d already known I’d say that.“You’ll need access to Westmont’s old records. Some of them are scrubbed now, but not everything disappeared.” His tone was light, almost offhand. “Especially if someone knew to back up the archived passcard logs before they were wiped.”I n

Last Updated : 2025-08-03

39. The threats

Lana’s POV I walked to my desk and slid the envelope Max gave me into the drawer. It had been the match.Now I had fuel.Late at night. Rain was streaking across the windshield. Sophie was driving while I was in the backseat, dressed in all black. Tower 87 loomed like a dark monolith, glass and steel reflecting the city’s insomnia. The kind of building designed to look invisible.“Let me go in with you,” Sophie offered as she parallel parked two blocks away.I shook my head. “If something happens, you call Max immediately.”Sophie smiled. “Do you really trust him now?”“I don’t trust anyone,” I said. “That’s why I’m going alone. Calling him is just in case.”I stepped out of the car and walked through the rain. The front door was locked.I knocked once. A small camera blinked on. Then a few seconds later, the door buzzed open.The elevator was already waiting on the ground floor, doors open. I stepped in. Pressed 87.It was just a slow rise, floor after floor, the weight of what was

Last Updated : 2025-08-04

40. Temptation

Lana’s POVThe apartment smelled a bit different when I stepped in.I closed the door behind me, dropping my keys into the tray by instinct. My heels came off next with a tired flick. My shoulders sagged as I walked farther in.Tonight was a very long day. The dinner with Sophie had helped, sure, but nothing dulled the rage still smoldering beneath my skin.My brain wouldn’t turn off. Not when every piece of this puzzle felt just within reach.I reached for the light switch when a strong arm wrapped around me from behind.I froze.My first instinct was a twist and a punch. Years of corporate paranoia had trained me well.But the scent hit me before anything else.Max.His body was warm and hard, pressed against mine as if he belonged there.“I missed you,” he murmured into my hair, like it was the most natural thing in the world.I didn't breathe properly for a full beat. Then I snapped out of my daze.“What the hell are you doing in my house?”His arms didn’t loosen. “Lana...”“Max.”

Last Updated : 2025-08-04

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