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The Man I Used to Forget Love CHAPTER 11

He raised his gaze to meet hers, the winter water in his eyes growing dark. “How about my appearance?”“You look like a person who’s already won and only needs to wait for the other players to recognize this.” And she moved even closer, so close that the warmth of his body burned through the flimsy material of the shirt she was still wearing. “It should scare me. It does not scare me. It makes me want to be closer.”Derrick’s hand slipped down from her back to her waist and brought her closer to himself. “Then be closer. Tonight you will stay at my side without leaving it even for a second. Hartley will search for weakness. Marcus will search for distance. Neither will find anything.”By late afternoon the tension in the penthouse had become something almost tangible, an entity that lurked and thrived with each and every whispered conversation.Rica was standing in front of the full-length mirror in the

Last Updated : 2026-09-17

The Man I Used to Forget Love CHAPTER 12

The silence between them hung heavy with meaning, as he paused to let the words take hold, slowly and poisons-like.“And touch her name one more time,” Derrick said softly, so that the menace of his voice was now intimate, final, “and I guarantee you’ll be digging yourself into a hole in this town that no amount of pretending on the part of your parents is going to change, until eventually, even they stop thinking you exist. Understand me, Hartley? Or should I show you?”Liam’s throat moved. There was fear in his eyes for the first time since Rica had met him during the five years they had been waking up together and having quiet evenings together.He opened and shut his mouth before turning on his heel and leaving without a word. The junior partners sitting at the bar did their best not to observe him walking out of there. The whispering of the nightclub gradually picked up again, but the air between Rica and Derrick changed.

Last Updated : 2026-09-18

The Man I Used to Forget Love CHAPTER 13

It seemed like the beginning of all things important.It was quiet in the penthouse when they came back; the kind of quiet which had been rightfully earned.She took off her heels the moment they got in. The dress clung to her body in a soft whisper of black silk as she walked around the room, the warmth of the club, the look on Liam’s broken face, the look on Derrick’s face which told her she had rewritten the laws of war for him, still lingering in the air. She felt lighter yet heavier in certain ways. It was as though the last tie between her and the girl waiting for forever had been cut right in front of all those men with power.Derrick didn’t turn on any lights. No, he just followed her into the living room, took off his jacket, and poured himself two fingers of whiskey he didn’t drink. Finally speaking up, he let out a deep and gruff sound, free from any traces of the boardroom.“You were lethal tonight.”She turned

Last Updated : 2026-09-19

The Man I Used to Forget Love CHAPTER 14

“I look like a woman who finally stopped settling,” she answered, voice calm. “You look like a man who is about to learn the difference.”Liam’s mouth twisted. “Still performing for him, I see. Tell me, does he know how good you are at pretending? How many years you spent smiling while you counted pennies so I could look successful? Or has he already decided you’re only useful until the acquisition closes?”Derrick’s voice cut through the space between them, quiet and deadly.“You have approximately thirty seconds to walk away before I make the remainder of your evening significantly more painful than it needs to be, Hartley. Choose wisely.”Liam laughed, low and ugly. “You think you’ve won. You think putting a ring on her finger and parading her through rooms like this erases the fact that she spent five years on her knees for me—figuratively and otherwise. She was convenient. Sh

Last Updated : 2026-09-20

The Man I Used to Forget Love CHAPTER 15

The privacy screen moved with a soft whine of machinery. The lights of the city glimmered on the tinted window in broken gold and silver, throwing shifting shadows across Derrick’s face. He said nothing at first, merely turned toward her, one hand holding hers and the other reaching up to cradle the side of her neck as if he could not bear to be without the proof of her heartbeat.“You’re shaking,” he whispered, voice roughened.Rica didn’t realize it until he said it. The rush of adrenaline she’d felt during the ballroom scene was fading quickly, making her feel light and with a fear much more dangerous.“I’m not afraid,” Rica replied, words torn from her mouth.“From the way you looked at me when you took my hand in front of every person who ever doubted us. From the sound of Marcus’s voice breaking. From the knowledge that Liam finally understands he will never touch anything that belongs to me again.”Derrick’s thumb traced the erratic pulse beating at her throat. The gesture was t

Last Updated : 2026-09-23

The Man I Used to Forget Love CHAPTER 16

The declaration fell between them like a live wire. Rica’s breath hitched. She lifted her hands to grasp his wrists and hold him still.“I’ll take you then,” she whispered passionately, “not by contract, not by vengeance, but because I need you in a way that makes leaving you feel like tearing myself apart inside. I need you because I’ve decided enough is enough with being the woman who waits forever. I am making my own.” Control snapped in Derrick.He kissed her as if starved, gripping the back of her head and pulling her into him while his other arm wrapped around her back to meld her with him. The kiss was deep, claiming, almost punishing in its intensity the kind of kiss that tasted of fear and possession and the raw knowledge that the walls he had spent a lifetime building had already fallen. Rica met him with equal fire, body arching into his, nails digging into the expensive fabric of his shirt until she felt the heat of his skin beneath.He eased the emerald silk off one shou

Last Updated : 2026-09-23

The Man I Used to Forget Love CHAPTER 17

Neither of them moved for a long time. The city sparkled behind the glass panes, like a thousand disinterested observers. The hand of Derrick moved in tender circles along her spine, connecting them as her body continued to quiver from the aftereffects.But that was not enough for him yet.He repositioned them without separating and brought her into position where she straddled him and their bodies were still joined, both of them aching. He supported her face by placing his hands at her cheeks, gently wiping the moisture away from the corners of her eyes."I'm not done with you," he whispered hoarsely. "Not yet. All night I watched those other men looking at you as if they had a right to want what belongs only to me. I have to feel your orgasm coming in me one more time. I have to hear you say it, as you take me as far as you can go. Ride me, Rica, show me you're still here with me and you won't be gone when I let go."Rica’s breath shuddered out of her. She braced her hands on his ch

Last Updated : 2026-09-23

The Man I Used to Forget Love CHAPTER 18

Her nails bit into the chest of his shirt or what was left of it, gripping hard against the solid strength beneath her hand.“I’m already free, Derrick. I’ve been free since the second I chose you. From the second I stopped hoping for eternity to arrive and grabbed hold of it myself.”He kissed her again, long and lingering this time, until he reluctantly pulled away from her. His forehead touched hers.Then Derrick made her his.He made her his with kisses, slow and deliberate, until she was shivering, panting and pleading. He made her his with his hands, touching each curve, each soft spot, each place he’d already marked her. He made her his with his body, thrusting into her with a moan of pleasure and dominance, finding a pace that was too hard and too sure for her to resist. He made her his with the words that he growled into her ear as he took her.“Yours. All of you. Every breath. Every part of you Liam broke. No oth

Last Updated : 2026-09-24

The Man I Used to Forget Love CHAPTER 19

"She's not coming back, Liam," she said without even looking back. "The sooner you come to terms with this fact, the better for yourself." The door shut quietly behind her. Liam remained motionless, standing in the middle of the dark apartment as Jessica's heels made their way down the hallway until he heard nothing but silence. Her diamond bracelet lying on the sideboard glistened under the city lights like a broken mirror reflecting shards of it. Liam kept staring at it for quite some time, trying to find an explanation in the diamonds. Rica was gone. The words that Jessica had uttered hung in the air like smoke. She will never come back. He knew it the very second Rica met his eyes in the ballroom, that serene look in her eyes. He knew it the very moment she stood next to Derrick White and talked about him in the past tense, like those five years they had spent together were already a thing of the past for her. It hurt all the more knowing that she was utterin

Last Updated : 2026-09-25

The Man I Used to Forget Love CHAPTER 20

“You don’t get to throw me out,” she said, turning to face him as he closed the door. “Not after everything. Not after I risked..” “Risked what?” Liam’s laugh was sharp and ugly. He walked past her to the sideboard and poured three fingers of whiskey with hands that were not quite steady. “You risked nothing. You were a convenient distraction. A warm body when I was bored. A pretty piece of jewelry I could put on my arm when I wanted to feel like I still had options.” Jessica’s face went white. “That’s not fair.” “Fair?” He turned on her, the glass clenched so tightly in his hand the crystal threatened to crack. “You want to talk about fair? Rica spent five years of her life making mine possible. She counted every penny. She turned down opportunities. She stayed quiet while I spent money we didn’t have on you. And the second she walked away, I reached for the first shiny thing that smiled at me. That was you, Jessica. You were never the point. You were the symptom.”

Last Updated : 2026-09-25

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