All Chapters of VELVET HEAT:100 FORBIDDEN FANTASIES : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

“You’ve been such a good boy tonight, even though you’re sulking.”June’s voice was low and deliberate, the kind that slid right under Zane’s skin. She leaned over, her lips brushing his jaw in a slow, claiming kiss.Zane shivered, the reaction betraying him before he could hide it. His breath caught when she reached for him, unzipping his trousers and freeing his cock with unhurried precision.“I’m sure Avery is waiting for you?” he muttered, rolling his eyes as though that might shield the hint of jealousy in his voice.June chuckled as the car turned up the Gray estate’s long drive. Her hand moved in slow, deliberate strokes, just enough to make him squirm in his seat. His cock was hard,thick and warm in her hand.“Are you jealous?” she asked, her tone rich with amusement. “Didn’t I tell you… you’ll always be Mommy’s favourite?”Zane’s breathing hitched, his carefully maintained pout starting to crack. He loved it when she did this…stroke his cock like this...loved the way she took

The phone rang three times before someone finally picked up.“June Gray’s office,” came the deep, easy voice of Zane.“Zane,” Elias’s voice was firm, clipped, the kind of tone that brokered no nonsense. “Where’s my wife?”Zane straightened in his chair. He knew that voice well. It was the voice that made even high-profile clients stand a little straighter.“She’s… not here, sir.”“Not here?” Elias’s tone sharpened. “She hasn’t come in?”“No, sir,” Zane replied, forcing his voice into a flat professionalism. “She didn’t come in today. I figured maybe she was… working from home.”There was a pause, the faint static of the line carrying Elias’s silence.“She never misses work,” Elias murmured, mostly to himself.Zane kept his mouth shut, though his thoughts were anything but silent. Maybe she’s with Avery. The name alone made his jaw clench.Elias didn’t hang up immediately. “If she calls or comes in, I want to know immediately. Understood?”“Yes, sir.”The call ended with a soft click,

The doctor adjusted his glasses, holding his clipboard loosely. “She’s been under extreme stress,” he began. “The medications she’s been taking..stress relievers, along with contraceptive pills..have been taken in doses far beyond safe levels. Taken together, it was only a matter of time before her body rejected it.” Elias’s jaw tightened. “How long has this been going on?” The doctor hesitated. “It’s hard to say exactly, but repeated overdosing suggests weeks, maybe months. Her body was at a breaking point tonight. That’s what caused her collapse.” Elias leaned forward, voice tight. “Are we talking permanent damage?” “Not if we act immediately,” the doctor replied firmly. “She’ll need close monitoring, proper rest, and strictly supervised medication. If this continues unchecked, the consequences could be far more severe.” Elias’s eyes didn’t leave June. He ran a hand over his face, trying to steady himself. “So… she did this to herself, in a way?” The doctor’s tone softene

“Fuckin’ hell, she’s trying to spite me.”Elias slammed the car door harder than necessary, the sound ricocheting off the quiet hospital parking lot. His chest heaved as he leaned back against the leather seat, knuckles whitening against the steering wheel.June’s face flashed in his head again..that polite, distant dismissal, her calm preference for Zane over him. His wife had just spat in his pride, and the burn in his chest spread like fire licking gasoline.He shoved the key into the ignition, the car roaring to life as he yanked the wheel, pulling out onto the road with a recklessness that betrayed the rage he was choking down.By the time he screeched to a halt outside the club where he’d dropped Avery earlier, the fury had hardened into a single, unrelenting thought: If she wants to push me away, fine. I’ll take what’s mine elsewhere.He strode past the entrance, security barely glancing at him before stepping aside..everyone knew who he was. His eyes, sharp and cutting, scanne

“You still haven’t told me who you are… or what you were really doing by the sea, behind the campus theatre,” Scarlett murmured, her voice thick with sleep.Her head was heavy against his chest, breath slowing, the fight to stay awake fading.Izel’s lips curved faintly, his own eyelids lowering, but his mind too restless to sleep. “I came to watch you,” he said, almost a whisper, like a confession slipped through a yawn.Scarlett stirred slightly. “Watch me?” Her lashes fluttered, a last attempt to keep the veil of dreams from dragging her under.“Yes,” Izel breathed, curling closer around her. “Watch you.”The words were simple, harmless on the surface, but the truth beneath them glowed hot in his chest. He hadn’t just watched her..he had studied her, traced her every movement in silence, memorized the cadence of her laugh, the way her hair caught the sun, the delicate curve of her neck. He had obsessed over her.The first day he saw her near the swamp, sunlight glinting on her skin,