Lahat ng Kabanata ng Daddy's Darkest Addiction: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

Aurora Brooks POV"I might be able to give you the happiness you are missing. Or maybe a simple life, like the one I live."He shook his head in refusal. Then he held my jaw gently."You are the one who will live my life. I am not ready to live some soft pink dream like the one you imagine."He tapped my cheek lightly. The touch tickled my skin. Then he finished firmly."Life is not pink, Miss Philosopher. It is cruel. It shows no mercy. And it does not give happiness for free."I nodded slowly. His words were so true that I almost cried."You are right. But that does not mean we should lock ourselves inside a circle of sadness."He murmured while sliding the back of his fingers down my neck. With every inch his skin touched, my lips parted with a soft breath that matched his rhythm.His eyes turned dark. A sly spark appeared in them."It is enough for me to lock myself inside your features when they stand so proudly."A messy laugh escaped my lips. I stepped away from him.I had no i

Aurora Brooks POVI entered another room beside the previous one. It was quiet. Peaceful, as long as that man's breathing was far away from me.I lay down on a wide couch and tried to sleep. I forced my eyes shut again and again. Sleep only came after two long hours of thinking about what had happened between us. I had been weak because I was fragile. But after that moment, he would never touch me again. Not even over my dead body.Morning finally tore the sky open with soft golden light. I opened my eyes slowly and realized I was lying on a large bed inside a spacious bedroom. I looked at my miserable state. My hair was a mess, my clothes twisted and wrinkled, as if I had just come back from a brutal war."I was on a couch in the next room. Who brought me here?"Dizziness hit me as I got out of the bed, swaying from side to side. I opened the door and walked through the hallway, searching for the captain's face with a foggy mind.After a useless search upstairs, I went down. Then I h

Aurora Brooks POVI studied Captain Alexander's sinful figure the same way he studied mine. His body inside that sharp uniform stole my breath and locked my tongue on the last word I had spoken.Before Martin could say anything angry to scold me, the captain spoke in a cold voice wrapped around his rough tone."You may leave, Engineer."Martin's tense expression loosened. He walked to the door without even looking at me. I liked the way the captain stopped him from saying another word to me.Mr. Alexander leaned back in his leather chair, playing with a fountain pen between his fingers. His raven black hair fell over the right side of his forehead."Getting you here was easy, Aurora."My fingers tightened around my bag."What exactly do you want from me?"I closed my eyes for a moment, trying to keep my nerves from breaking. My voice shook with every word that left my throat."I know you refused your son's engagement to my sister just to control me. So what do you want from me?"He th

Aurora Brooks POVWe walked off the ship together. Silence fell between us. Heavy. Almost holy.He swallowed his tongue. I bit mine. Even our eyes refused to meet. They stayed fixed on the road ahead.Curious, I spoke from behind him, studying his broad shoulders with open contempt.God, how I hated him."Where are we going?"He did not answer.He had stopped beside a fairly large group of men wearing the same bright white uniform. Sailors. Naval men. The captain spoke with a firm voice that commanded instant obedience."Was it supplied with the cargo before it was activated?"A man with two dimples and narrow eyes answered. Handsome. Charismatic in a quiet way."Yes, sir."I stepped a little closer, and suddenly all their eyes turned to me.The attention made heat crawl up my neck. I felt absurdly embarrassed.Alexander answered while moving toward the door of ship number seven, the number carved deeply into its massive side.The long haired man followed him, his hair tied behind his

Aurora Brooks POVI wiped my tear quickly before it could slide down my full cheeks."Mr. Alexander was kind. We spoke calmly, and I explained everything that happened between my father and me that night."But luck betrayed me. I could not hold my tears back. The memory of the panic attack he caused came rushing in, and I burst into tears right in front of her."He was such a gentleman. He did not say a single bad word about me, Ivy."I noticed her eyes suddenly fix on my neck. Her gaze froze there. The mark of a hand. It had probably turned purple by now.She gasped in horror."Oh my God… what happened to your neck?"I quickly wrapped my hand around it so she would stop staring. But she stepped closer, pulled my hand away, and lifted my chin so she could see it clearly."Who did this to you? Did… did someone hurt you?"Her eyes filled with painful tears as if she were about to break apart. Her voice trembled while she forced those words out.My eyes widened in shock at her fearful gu