The House Chooses Sides

Chapter 51Katherine’s POVThe freeze-frame of my face mid-orgasm still glowed on the giant screen like a brand. My own voice, raw and broken, hung in the air, screaming Killian’s name for every camera and every person in the arena to hear.No one moved.Then the room detonated.Producers shouted over each other. Someone dropped a headset. A camera operator swore. Contestants erupted into overlapping noise, gasps, laughter, curses, the wet sound of someone nearly choking on their own drink.I didn’t step back from the microphone.I leaned closer.“What?” I said, voice clear and cold. “You all look surprised. Like you thought I was going to cry and beg for the footage to be scrubbed. Sorry to disappoint.”Molly recovered first, forcing a bright, brittle smile. “Katherine, that was… unexpected. We should perhaps take a moment…”“No.” I kept the mic. “We’re not taking a moment. We’re staying right here. Because every single time that man” I pointed straight at Killian without looking awa

Open Season

Chapter 52Katherine’s POVThe house didn’t sleep.By the time the first gray light leaked through the high warehouse windows, three more men had already cornered me in the kitchen, the courtyard, and the hallway outside the women’s wing.The first one, Couple 6, the one with the expensive watch and the permanent smirk leaned against the counter while I poured coffee.“I saw the numbers this morning,” he said, voice low and smooth. “You’re the only story left in this building. I’m not interested in the official pairing. I’m interested in the one that actually moves the needle.”I didn’t look up from the mug. “And what exactly are you offering that the last three haven’t already tried to sell me?”“Access. Protection. A public alliance that doesn’t come with a husband who still thinks diapers are a personality trait.”I finally met his eyes. “Cute. Try again when you have something that isn’t recycled ambition.”He laughed, soft and unbothered, and walked away.The second one found me

The Catwalk Tape

Chapter 53Katherine’s POVThe message hit every phone in the house at 2:07 a.m.No warning. No countdown. Just a grainy, shaky video that opened on the exact second the lights died on the catwalk.I was already awake when it arrived. Most of us were. The Alliance Board still glowed in the common room like a neon wound, and sleep had become optional.The footage was darker than the suite tape. Grainier. But the sound was perfect.My own choked moan filled the silent women’s wing first.Then the wet, filthy slide of fingers.Then Killian’s voice, low, filthy, unmistakable ordering me to come while my husband admitted on national television that he hadn’t touched me in years.Someone down the hall screamed. Someone else started laughing, high and unhinged. Doors slammed. Feet pounded.By the time I reached the common area the entire house was already there, faces lit by phone screens, the same thirty-second clip looping on every device.George stood near the Alliance Board, phone clutch

Loyalty Auction

Chapter 54Katherine’s POVThe main arena had been transformed overnight into something that looked more like a late-night game show than a reality house stage. A long raised platform ran the length of the room. Ten marked spots glowed under individual spotlights. A massive digital board behind the host’s podium already displayed every male contestant’s name in neutral white. My name sat alone at the top in blood-red letters.Molly stood center stage in a black dress that caught every light. The LIVE indicator pulsed like a heartbeat.“Welcome to the Loyalty Auction,” she announced, voice bright enough to cut glass. “Tonight Katherine Kendrick will rank every male competitor currently in this house from most preferred to least preferred for public alliance. Each man will have ninety seconds to make his case. Katherine will then place them. The nation votes in real time. Rankings determine points, immunity, and who walks into the next phase with a decisive advantage. No private deals.

The Note And The Fracture

Chapter 55Katherine’s POVI didn’t sleep.The note sat on the small desk like a live wire. I read it three more times under the weak night light, then folded it once and slid it into the pocket of the black athletic set I would wear tomorrow. No one else in the women’s wing needed to see it. Not yet.I waited until the hallway cameras completed their slow sweep, then slipped out barefoot and moved the way I had the night of the anonymous text, counting angles, using the shadows the producers still hadn’t fully covered. The service alcove behind the secondary arena was still the only place the feeds went soft.Killian was already there.He didn’t ask how I found him. He simply watched me step into the narrow space and close the distance until the only light was the thin strip leaking from the corridor.I pulled the note out and held it between us.He took it, read it once, then again. His jaw tightened so hard the muscle jumped.“Who gave you this?”“It was under my pillow. No signatu

All Chapters of Oh No! I Hired My Husband's Boyfriend : Chapter 51 - Chapter 55

The House Chooses Sides

Open Season

The Catwalk Tape

Loyalty Auction

The Note And The Fracture