All Chapters of Midnight Sins: 30 Shades of Filthy Forbidden Desires : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Zack stood by the penthouse window, staring at the city lights. Belli sat on the edge of the bed, pulling a robe tight around herself. The air between them felt heavy.“Marcus doesn’t play fair,” Zack said, turning to face her. “He uses every dirty trick he can find.”Belli looked up. “Like what exactly?”Zack walked over and sat beside her. “First, he spreads lies. Right now he’s telling everyone I kidnapped you. Trying to make my own men question me.”Belli frowned. “And people believe him?”“Some do. Fear and money make men stupid.” Zack’s jaw tightened. “Second, he puts a price on your head. Two hundred thousand for anyone who brings you in. Alive preferably.”Belli’s stomach twisted. “Emily really helped him set this up?”“Yeah.” Zack’s voice went cold. “Third tactic — he sends spies. Women pretending to be new girls at the club. One almost stabbed Henry tonight.”Belli stood up and started pacing. “What else?”“They’re planning to leak fake photos of you. Looking hurt and drugge

The warehouse smelled like smoke and gunpowder. Bullets flew through the air. Belli stood frozen near the side door, heart beating so hard it hurt. She had run inside even though Zack told her to stay in the car. Now she wished she had listened.“Get down!” Zack shouted.He ran across the open floor without thinking. Another shot rang out. He threw himself at Belli, wrapping his arms around her as they crashed behind a thick concrete pillar. Dust filled the air. His chest rose and fell with heavy breaths.“Are you hurt?” he asked, voice rough with fear.Belli shook her head. “No.”His jaw tightened. “I told you to stay in the car.”“I heard the shooting,” she whispered. “I couldn’t leave you. I couldn’t.”Zack looked at her for a long second. Something soft flashed in his eyes before the hardness came back. “You drive me crazy, little lamb. You make me forget everything.”He stood up and checked the bullets in his gun. “Stay behind me. Don’t move.”Belli nodded, staying close as they

Zack’s face went pale. He didn’t look at Belli. He just stared at Henry like the words had punched him in the gut.“What did she say exactly?” Zack asked, voice low and dangerous.Henry shifted uncomfortably. “Emily sent a message through one of our guys. She said if you don’t hand over Belli by morning, she’ll tell everyone the truth about how their parents really died. She has proof. Photos. Messages. Everything.”Belli felt like the room was spinning. She stood up slowly, legs shaking. “What is she talking about, Zack? Our parents died in a car accident. That’s what we were told.”Zack finally looked at her. His eyes were full of pain. Real pain. Not the cold anger she was used to seeing. “Belli… sit down.”“I don’t want to sit down!” Her voice cracked. “Tell me the truth. Right now.”Henry cleared his throat. “I’ll wait outside, boss.”The door closed behind him. The penthouse felt too quiet. Too small.Zack rubbed his face with both hands. He looked tired. Older. Like the weight

Belli couldn’t breathe. The words kept repeating in her head. I was there. I tried to stop it. Zack’s confession hung in the air like smoke after a fire. She stared at him, tears falling down her cheeks, chest tight with pain.“You were there,” she whispered. Her voice cracked. “The night my parents died. You knew everything and you never told me.”Zack knelt in front of her. His eyes were full of regret. Real regret. “I didn’t know how to tell you. Every time I looked at you, I saw the pain I caused. I thought if I kept you close, I could protect you from the rest of it. From the truth. From me.”Belli pulled her hands away. The pain in her chest was too much. “You don’t get to decide what I can handle. You don’t get to decide anything for me.”She stood up and walked to the window. The city lights looked blurry through her tears. “All this time, I thought I was fighting for my sister. Now I find out she’s been fighting her own war. And you… you’ve been hiding the biggest secret of a

Zack pulled Belli through the hidden staircase, his hand tight around hers. The emergency lights flashed red, making everything look like blood. Gunshots echoed from below. The building shook again from another explosion.“Keep moving,” Zack said, voice low and urgent. “Don’t stop.”Belli’s heart was beating so fast she felt dizzy. Glass crunched under her feet. Dust filled her lungs. She could still see the video in her mind — Zack running into the burning house. Zack carrying her out. Zack trying to save her parents.He saved me, she thought. He tried to save them.But Emily had cut the video. She made it look like Zack was the killer. And now the whole city would believe it.They reached the bottom of the stairs. A secret door led to the underground garage. Henry and two other men were already there, guns ready.“Three SUVs,” Henry said. “We split up. They won’t know which one she’s in.”Zack nodded. He looked at Belli. “You ride with me. Henry, take the decoy car. Draw them away.”