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WE NEED TO TALK

We stayed on the stairs for a long time.Hazel’s head rested lightly against my shoulder, the photograph of her mother still clutched in her hands. Neither of us spoke. The silence wasn’t uncomfortable. It was heavy, but it was honest. For once, I didn’t feel the need to fill it with plans or control. I just sat there with her in the dark, letting the weight of the day settle between us.Eventually, she straightened up.“I should try to sleep,” she said quietly.I nodded. “I’ll walk you up.”We stood together. As we reached the top of the stairs, the front door opened downstairs and a short figure came in.Zara.My younger sister walked in like she owned the place, which she technically did half the time. She was twenty-two years old with a sharp tongue, sharper mind, and the only person in the world who could show up in my mansion unannounced and not face immediate consequences.She dropped her bag by the door and looked up at us with a bright, mischievous grin.“Well, well,” she cal

THE CONFRONTATION

I showed Kai the text.He read it once. Then again. His jaw tightened and something cold moved across his face that I had never seen directed at me before."Absolutely not," he said."I wasn't asking," I said. "I'm telling you I'm going to meet him.""You're not going anywhere near Damon Moretti." His voice was flat. The kind of voice that sounded final like the one he used in his offices when people understood they had no choice in the matter.I wasn't one of his people."He's trying to scare me," I said. "And if I don't respond to that text, he wins. He gets in my head and he gets the power back.""He doesn't have any power," Kai said. "Not anymore.""Then let me prove that to him." I set the phone down on the counter between us. "I need to do this Kai. I need to look him in the face and tell him that I'm done. That whatever this is, it's over."Kai was very still, like he was measuring the weight of what I had just said. For a moment I thought he was convinced but I guess I was wro

MEETING WITH DAMON

~~Hazel’s POV~~I walked into the restaurant at exactly 4:25 PM. The place smelled faintly of garlic and roasted tomatoes, the kind of scent that clung to the air and made the space feel heavier than it was. The low hum of conversations filled the room, glasses clinking, forks scraping against plates.A waiter passed by with a tray of steaming pasta, and for a moment the scent made my stomach twist.Damon was already there, sitting at a corner table. His shoulders were tense, his posture stiff, like he had been waiting too long. When his eyes landed on me, something shifted in his face. Surprise first. Then something else—something that looked like hunger.I had worn the burgundy dress Kai had picked out for me during that shopping spree. My hair was down, my makeup sharp. I looked nothing like the woman who had signed divorce papers two months ago. I knew it. And so did he.I walked to the table and sat down across from him without greeting.“Hazel.” He smiled. The kind of smile I had

WHAT SHE USED TO BE

My hands still sting from the slap but l didn’t regret it. “Are you insane? What is wrong with you.”His hands came to grip my arms tightly again. I was trying to pull away but his grip was firm and he was smiling at me with that cruel smile. Then instead of getting angry, he laughed, a low, dark laugh that made my skin crawl."Have you forgotten?" he said, pulling me closer. "You used to beg me to hold you like this. You begged me to kiss you. You begged me to touch you." His eyes were cold. "You even begged to be my submissive."The words landed like a slap, because he wasn’t wrong. I used to beg him for this, used to beg him to touch me.It all started in our second year of marriage. Damon had been avoiding me for three weeks for something I didn’t know I had done.I knew the pattern by now. He would come home late, go directly to his study, and lock the door. I would hear him leave early in the morning before I woke up. The bed between us stayed cold.I had tried everything, bre

WANT TO BE YOUR SUBMISSIVE

~~ Two Weeks Later ~~I knocked on his study door.My heart was pounding so hard I thought it might break through my chest. I had rehearsed this a hundred times in my head and every time it sounded insane, but I was desperate and desperation makes you do things you never thought you would do."Come in," Damon said.I opened the door and stepped inside. He was at his desk, working on something. He didn't look up immediately."I need to talk to you," I said quietly.He looked up then. His expression was neutral, waiting.I closed the door behind me and stood there with my hands shaking slightly at my sides."I want to be your submissive," I said.The room went completely still.Damon stared at me for a long moment, then he set down his pen slowly and leaned back in his chair."Are you okay?" he asked. Like he genuinely thought something was wrong with me. "Is everything alright? Did you hit your head or something?""No," I said. "I'm serious. I want to do this."He looked at me for anot

THIS ISN'T OVER

I blinked. The restaurant came back into focus-the soft clinking of glasses, the low murmur of voices, the faint smell of wine and roasted garlic hanging in the air. The table between us felt suddenly too small, too fragile to hold everything that was happening. Damon’s hand was still on my arm. His fingers pressed into my skin, not hard enough to hurt, but firm enough to remind me that he still thought he could control me. I looked at him, and for the first time, I saw it all clearly. The cruelty. The indifference. The way he had chipped away at me piece by piece until I was willing to beg for scraps of affection. Until I had learned to make myself small enough to fit into his world. “I remember,” I said quietly. My voice didn’t shake. “I remember exactly how stupid I was.” His grip tightened slightly. His jaw flexed. “You were desperate. That’s all.” “Yes,” I said. “I was. But I’m not anymore.” I pulled my arm free from his grasp and stood up. My chair scraped against the floo

SEEING HER

~~ Kai's POV ~~I heard her crying before I reached her room.The sound cut through the quiet of the house and I was moving before I fully processed what I was hearing. I took the stairs two at a time and pushed her door open.She was on the bed, curled on her side, her whole body shaking with it.I crossed the room in seconds."Hazel." I was already checking her. My hands moved over her arms, her shoulders, looking for injuries. Looking for blood. Looking for any sign of what had happened. "What happened? Did he hurt you? Tell me what he did."She didn’t respond.“I told you not to go see that man alone. What did he do to you? I’ll kill that bastard.”"I'm fine," she said through the tears. "There's nothing wrong with me.""But you're crying," I said. I was still checking her, my hands moving over her carefully. "Why are you crying?"She shook her head and didn't answer for a moment. Just sat there with tears streaming down her face like she couldn't stop them even if she wanted to.

WAKING UP IN HIS ARMS

~~ Hazel's POV ~~I woke up slowly, still caught between sleep and consciousness.My head was resting on something warm. Something solid. I opened my eyes and realized it was Kai's chest.His arm was wrapped around me, holding me against him. We had fallen asleep like this. I didn't even remember when it happened. One moment we were talking, the next moment his warmth was all around me and sleep had taken over.I stayed very still, afraid if I moved he would wake up.He looked different when he was asleep. The sharp lines of his face were softer. The coldness that usually lived in his eyes was gone. He looked peaceful. Almost vulnerable. Not the ruthless mafia boss that made people tremble. Just a man. Safe. Real.Something shifted inside me looking at him like this. Something I had been trying not to feel for weeks now.Was I starting to like him?The thought terrified me and thrilled me in equal measure.I was still staring at him when his eyes opened.For a moment we just looked at

RULES CAN CHANGE

~~ Kai's POV ~~I was laying in Hazel’s bed when I heard her arguing with someone in the bathroom, she had run away to the bathroom after I caught her smiling at me while I slept and she had been there for about 20 mins. It was too early to be arguing this much. "Is that him?" Sophia's voice came through the phone speaker. "Oh my god, is that Kai?"Hazel's face went completely red, she turned away from me and tried to change the sound setting from speaker phone."Sophia, no you cant…" she started."I want to talk to him," Sophia cut in, her excitement clear even through the phone.Hazel shook her head firmly. "He's not…he doesn’t want to speak…"But Sophia was already talking. "Kai? Hi. It's Sophia. Hazel's best friend. I just want you to know that you better take really good care of my girl or I will personally…" I took the phone from her."Don’t worry Sophia…she's in good hands," I said simply.There was a pause. Then Sophia let out a sound that was half laugh, half sigh."Oh my go

KISSED HIM BACK

~~ Hazel's POV ~~I stood in front of the mirror in my room for a long time after I left the bathroom.My lips felt different. Swollen. Real. Like the kiss had changed something physical about me that I could see reflected back.I touched my mouth and remembered the exact moment his lips met mine. The way he didn't wait for me to agree, just decided and pulled me with him into something I had been trying so hard to avoid.I had set those rules for a reason.Clear boundaries. No kissing. No touching. Nothing that would make me lose control the way I had lost control with Damon. The way I had spent three years bending and breaking myself into shapes that fit his indifference.But I had kissed him back.And the worst part was that I wanted to do it again.I pressed my palms against my face and tried to steady my breathing. This was exactly what I had been afraid of, losing myself in someone, letting someone else become the center of my world until there was nothing left of me that was jus

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