All Chapters of Taming the Devil: After Divorce, Tangled Up in You: Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

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Chapter 120 : Is this an invitation?

“Well, I never actually said I wouldn’t sleep with anyone else,” Sebastian muttered, already building a case for himself. “But I come straight home every night, no matter how late it is. I haven’t flirted with anyone. I haven’t brought a single woman back to the penthouse.”He stared at the two boxes of condoms sitting on the table.“So Rosie knows I’m not seeing anyone else, right?” he reasoned. “She’s the only woman in my life at the moment...”A dangerous thought slid into his mind.“Is this an invitation?”His gaze dropped to the packaging again.Ultra-thin.His preferred brand.His preferred size.Sebastian swallowed.Before Rosie had reappeared in his life, he’d used that exact type regularly. It offered all the advantages of protection whilst preserving as much sensation as possible.Now, however, he hadn’t been with anyone for months.A very, very long few months.He’d been surviving through sheer self-control and the occasional solitary solution.Which meant that a gesture li

[E] Chapter 121 : I don’t like a boy who’s all talk, you know?

Sebastian sat in the driver’s seat for a long moment and glanced down. “Seriously?” he muttered. "Darn it, why are you still hard? Do we really need to do this?" Sebastian cursed as his rock-hard cock still demanded to be rubbed and serviced.His body was refusing to cooperate.After everything he’d just told himself about patience, self-control and not being an idiot, he was still painfully aware of exactly how affected he was.Sebastian sighed defeatedly and pulled down his trouser and boxer. His cock sprung up instantly. Under the dim light of the basement lot, Sebastian could see his cock twitching, and the tip was already leaking precum.“Unbelievable.” He could usually last for at least an hour or two when having sex with any woman. But now, he was just thinking about Rosie— not even touching her, and he was already leaking precum?!What kind of lust spell did she put on him?!Sebastian grabbed the shaft of his thick and veiny length and started slowly stroking it up and down.

Chapter 122 : Absolutely first-class work, Sterling.

Sebastian finally opened his eyes after nearly ten minutes of sitting motionless in the driver's seat.For a glorious few seconds, his brain was blissfully empty.Then he looked around the car.“...Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me.”The post-orgasm clarity arrived with the force of a double-decker bus.He stared at the interior in horror.The steering wheel.The windscreen.The gear stick.Part of the passenger seat.Even the bloody ceiling.“Fantastic.”He rubbed both hands over his face.“Absolutely first-class work, Sterling.”If there were awards for losing one’s dignity, he was fairly certain he'd just secured a lifetime achievement trophy.A successful CEO.A respected businessman.A man trusted with multi-million-pound deals.And yet somehow he’d ended the evening sitting in a car park covered in evidence that he’d spent the last half-hour fantasising about a woman who'd merely packed him dinner and bought him some condoms.Not exactly his proudest moment.“God.”He let his head

Chapter 123 : Who did that to you?

Sebastian had just finished showering and emerged from the bathroom with only a towel secured around his waist.He ran another towel through his damp hair when his phone buzzed on the bedside table.His entire body immediately tensed.Rosie.It had to be Rosie.Despite himself, a knot of anticipation tightened in his chest.He’d sent that text partly out of irritation, partly out of sarcasm. If Rosie insisted on tormenting him with those bloody condoms and those innocent little notes, then he was entitled to a bit of passive-aggressive retaliation.Surely.Switching off the hairdryer, he crossed the room and picked up his phone.The moment he opened the message, he froze.—From: RosieNo problem, just tell me if you need more, okay?I’ll give it to you, as much as you like.—Silence. Sebastian read the final sentence once.Then twice.Then another five times.By the tenth reading, he was convinced the words had somehow rearranged themselves specifically to ruin his evening.—I’ll

Chapter 124 : Tell me who did that to you.

Rosie didn’t answer. Instead, for some reason, she lowered her gaze, her attention fixed on something else entirely.Sebastian assumed she was retreating into herself again, being stubbornly silent when she was upset. The longer he looked at the angry red scabs marring her cheek, the more his temper flared.The sight of those scratches on her face made something dark and possessive stir inside him.His hand came down sharply on the table.BANG.Rosie jumped.Yet even then, she continued staring downward as though completely distracted."Look at me, Rosie!" Sebastian barked. "Tell me who did that to you."Still nothing.His frustration mounted.He was seconds away from storming round the table and demanding answers when Rosie suddenly backed away."S-Sebastian, don’t come any closer..."The warning stopped him in his tracks.Immediately.He drew a slow breath and studied her properly.There was fear in her eyes.But not much.Far less than he'd expected.Instead, there was something el

Chapter 125 : D-Did you do something to her last night?

When the lift doors slid open, Sebastian found Desiree already at her desk, buried beneath a mountain of reports.She glanced up briefly.The moment she spotted him, she rose from her chair with visible reluctance and offered the obligatory greeting."Morning, Sir."Sebastian frowned slightly.Honestly, he still couldn’t understand why Desiree had been in such a foul mood ever since he'd asked her to book a table for him and Shailene.Shouldn't she be pleased that he was finally making an effort to understand Rosie better?Women were impossible to figure out.He walked past her desk."Desiree, come to my office. There's something important we need to discuss."Desiree looked up from her paperwork.Immediately suspicious.She had no idea what her boss was planning now, but if he thought she was about to betray Rosie's confidence and start revealing details about her past abuse, he was in for a disappointment."Yes, Sir."She followed him towards the CEO's office.Once inside, Sebastian

Chapter 126 : Speak of the devil.

Desiree felt even more conflicted after leaving her boss’s office.She was worried about her homegirl. If Rosie had been hurt by someone and was refusing to talk about it, what was the right thing to do? Respect her boundaries and pretend everything was fine? Or push a little harder and find out who had dared lay a finger on her?This is difficult, Desiree thought, chewing the inside of her cheek. I need to see the wound first and hear her side of things. I don’t want to charge in like a bull and make Rosie uncomfortable...Around two and a half hours later, the lift doors slid open and Rosie stepped out.She was dressed simply in a black top and jeans. A red scarf was wrapped neatly around her neck, concealing the lingering marks there, and a medical mask covered the lower half of her face.For once, Desiree didn’t leap to her feet to greet her best friend.Instead, she narrowed her eyes suspiciously.Rosie smiled beneath her mask and greeted her first."Morning, Desiree. Is Sebastia

Chapter 127 : Do you have any idea how much self-restraint that required?

Desiree settled into a chair opposite her boss, watching as Sebastian demolished the lunch Rosie had prepared.He finished in record time before washing it down with a bottle of banana milk. Leaning back in his chair, he patted his stomach in satisfaction."That hit the spot."Only then did he look up."So," he said, "have you seen her?""Yes.""And?"Sebastian folded his arms."What do you think now? Still planning to ignore what's happened to her?" He arched a brow. "Or are you determined to win the award for Britain's worst best friend?"Desiree sighed inwardly.She knew exactly what he was doing.She'd worked with Edward Sterling long enough to recognise every persuasion tactic in his arsenal.The irritating part was that, this time, he wasn't manipulating the facts.Rosie had been hurt.I know I shouldn't force my way into her private life, Desiree thought. But there is absolutely no chance I'm letting my homegirl get scratched up by someone and pretending it never happened. If s

Chapter 128 : I’m very interested in the woman capable of bringing a man like you to heel.

After an hour in the meeting room, Sebastian instructed Desiree to head back to the office. Meanwhile, he climbed into his car and set off for an early dinner with Shania.It was only half past four, and as Shania was still at work in New York, he decided to collect her himself.He sent her a message asking for her location, and a moment later, a WhatsApp pin appeared on his screen."Oh?" he murmured. "That's practically round the corner."He steered towards the hospital where she worked and soon spotted her waiting beneath the entrance canopy.Shania Walsh was Irish, with long auburn hair and striking features that turned heads without any effort on her part. She was tall, elegant, and wore an expression that suggested the entire world had inconvenienced her before breakfast.Her resting face alone was enough to discourage most men from approaching.Sebastian had never been one of them.Truth be told, he'd dated her at university largely because every bloke on campus insisted she was

Chapter 129 : But I know you’re the right one.

Sebastian pulled his car to a stop outside the restaurant.A pair of hosts stepped forward at once, opening the doors for both of them before offering respectful nods.Sebastian handed one of them his keys."I’ve a reservation for dinner.""Of course, Mr Edward Sterling. Everything has been prepared for your arrival."One of the hosts led Sebastian and Shania through the restaurant towards a secluded table reserved exclusively for VIP guests.As one of the restaurant’s investors—and a close friend of the owner—Sebastian was accustomed to preferential treatment whenever he dined there.Unfortunately...The moment they reached their table, Sebastian knew something was wrong.Their seats were tucked away on a private balcony overlooking an illuminated fountain and an immaculately landscaped garden.Soft lights shimmered across the water.Candles flickered gently between fresh flowers.The entire setting radiated effortless romance.Sebastian frowned.Oh, for God’s sake...This wasn’t rem

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