All Chapters of Pleasure Contract: The Mother the CEO Swore to Dominate: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Chapter 10 – Am I Really Ready for This?Juliet PierceI got home, took the longest shower of my life, and fell into bed still tasting Noah on my lips. When I woke up on Sunday morning, Atlas had already sent a message: the electrical issue hadn’t been solved yet. No club tonight.And if I’m being completely honest… I was relieved. Not because I didn’t want to see Noah (God, that was the only thing I wanted), but because I had absolutely no idea how I would act when our eyes met again.Sunday passed in the sweetest blur. I soaked up every second with my kids. We had a big family lunch: me, my babies, Celeste, Samy, and Oliver (who showed up out of nowhere with three huge tubs of ice cream and refused to leave when I told him to stay).I went to bed early. Monday I had an important interview at a big company. It was past time I put my degree to good use.I woke up before the sun, nerves already crackling under my skin. Black pencil skirt, sky-blue silk blouse, black blazer, low heels:

Chapter 12 – My FlawNoah BlakeI spent all Sunday buried in documents. The club was still under inspection, and even if it had reopened, I wouldn’t have gone. Reed was right—I need an assistant yesterday, especially with the France trip looming. But between one page and the next, she kept slipping into my head.Juliet.Her kiss still burned on my lips like it had happened five minutes ago. What burned even more was the way she pushed me away. I want that woman more than I’ve wanted anyone in years, but making her surrender to my particular tastes was going to be… complicated. After what happened in the locker room, and especially after what Samantha told me— “When he used to hurt her, she’d hide in the dark basement so he wouldn’t find her”— Juliet is covered in scars that haven’t fully healed. A woman with that many triggers won’t survive the things I do in the bedroom.And the worst part? Even knowing all of that, even remembering how she panicked under my hands… I can’t think of a

Chapter 14 – SpellboundJuliet PierceThe week flew by in a blur. No job. No new interviews. But I still had the club, and the money Atlas pays is more than enough to keep us afloat for now.After my almost-accident, I didn’t see Chris again. And honestly? I thanked the heavens for that. After the way he looked at me, the way he spoke… Forget it, Juliet. You already have enough problems, and one of them is almost six-foot-four, built like steel, with eyes that burn straight through you and a mouth… God, what is happening to me?“Ju?!” Samy called from the living room.“Bedroom!”“Wow!” She stopped dead in the doorway. “You look stunning! Loving the makeup and those earrings.”“I officially retired the mask. Looks like this waitress gig is going to last longer than I thought.”“For me it can last forever,” Samy laughed. “What Atlas pays us in one night is almost what we made in three with Ed.”“True. And since single moms apparently don’t stand a chance in this city…” I let the frustra

Chapter 16 – Whatever This Feeling IsJuliet PierceI couldn’t look back. I didn’t have the strength to face him again.What the hell is happening to me? I’m not a teenager anymore, swooning just because a man kissed me once. I’m a grown woman. Mature. Responsible… Yeah, right. Who am I trying to fool?Noah undoes me in ways I can’t explain, and seeing him with that woman on her knees shattered something inside me.I asked Atlas for a few minutes because I “wasn’t feeling well.” He let me go without a single question.I ran to the locker room, sat on the bench, hugged my knees to my chest, and tried to calm my body, my mind… and whatever was happening in my heart.Click. The lock turned.I looked up.There he was, those impossible green eyes fixed on me.“Can I help you with something, Mr. Noah?” I tried to sound steady. I failed. I always fail with him.“Why did you run out like that?”“My job was to deliver the accessory. I did. Then I returned to my post.”“I thought your post was

Noah BlakeI went after Juliet. We kissed again, harder, deeper, like the world was ending. Then, at the peak of it, she told me to stop. I saw it in her eyes: she was waiting for me to say something, anything, that proved I could give her what she “wants and needs.” But I can’t. So I said nothing.I locked myself in my club office and watched her on the monitors all night. Those eyes don’t just call to me; they speak. And still, I can’t give in.She says she can’t be the kind of woman I like. Truth is, she’s exactly the kind I want… and apparently the only one I can’t have.Saturday came. I had to go to the office; I really do need an assistant. The France trip is in ten days. Declan came to help, and like every Saturday we decided to grab lunch together. He called Atlas to join us.“He’s taking Ju to lunch,” Declan told me on the phone.My blood turned to fire.We walked into the restaurant we always go to, and there they were. She was laughing, wine glass in hand, looking more beau