All Chapters of The Divorcee Who Ruled Their Hearts : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

20 Chapters

Chapter 1: Caught in the Act

In a luxury high-rise in Meridian City, muffled sounds drifted from the bedroom of Claire Bennett's apartment."Mmm... Nathaniel, you're incorrigible..."The voice was unmistakably a woman's, breathless and full of purpose. Anyone with a shred of life experience would know exactly what was happening behind that door."Vivian, you're unbelievable. I could stay wrapped up in you forever."Nathaniel Whitmore's voice was rough and low, dripping with a warmth Claire hadn't heard directed at her in longer than she wanted to admit."You're terrible, you know that?""Tell me something," Vivian teased, her voice syrupy. "Who's better me, or your wife?""Don't ruin the mood by bringing her up."As if he needed to be asked twice."She's not even in the same league as you. Honestly, just thinking about her makes my stomach turn."He said it like he meant to sound bored, but his voice betrayed him sharp, alive, thrilled.Outside the door, Claire stood frozen, her fingernails cutting crescents into

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Chapter 2: Building an Empire of Her Own

Nathaniel saw the look of pure terror on Vivian's face and spun around to see what had caused it.The moment he registered that it was Claire standing in the doorway, his stomach dropped.Seeing the man she'd built five years of her life around looking so pathetic only fed Claire's fury. She raised the mop and swung.Nathaniel took the hits across his bare skin, wincing, throwing his arms up to shield his eyes from the dirty water streaming down.Once she'd given him a proper thrashing, Claire turned the mop on Vivian, scrubbing it across her too before flinging it aside and tearing at the clothes the woman had just hurriedly pulled on, ripping them clean off her.She grabbed the mop again and went at Vivian like she was chasing off a stray dog, the woman shrieking the whole time.The second Nathaniel got a window, he yanked on his clothes and pulled Claire off Vivian, his face dark with something between shame and barely restrained anger furious that his little rendezvous had been so

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Chapter 3: Hunting for Men

The next day.Claire took the day off work. In the morning, she met Nathaniel at the marriage registry office and signed the divorce papers, then went home and slept the entire day away.She slept like the dead and woke up feeling better than she had in months.That evening, she dressed to kill sleek, sexy, dripping with confidence.A black button-front V-neck bodycon mini dress hugged every curve. Her legs, long and bare beneath the short hem, were nothing short of devastating.She moved with a cool, untouchable elegance, the kind of beauty that looked expensive and unbothered. Paired with her striking, mature features, she was simply breathtaking.Claire arrived at the bar, ordered a drink, and claimed a corner booth, crossing those long, pale legs where anyone with eyes could see them.She sat back and let herself browse.For years, there had only ever been Nathaniel. Just one man, one mistake.Now she wanted to know what it felt like to want someone else on her own terms, for once

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Chapter 4: That's a Wonderful Cologne

In the low light, Claire's sharp, elegant features looked almost too striking to be real.Her smile was sweet, deliberate the kind that hooked a gaze and refused to let go.Her eyes narrowed just slightly, the corner of her mouth curling with a hint of mystery that practically dared someone to come closer and figure her out.There was something in that smile that defied easy description.Beneath the black bodycon skirt, her long legs crossed at the knee, and she watched him with a look that danced somewhere between playful and dangerous.Lucas narrowed his eyes, his focus locking onto her.Noticing she was still watching him, he let a smirk slip through.Claire caught it immediately. The ice was cracking.Is he finally biting?After a long stretch of silence, Lucas took a slow drag from his cigarette, glanced her way, and curled his lips into something almost inviting. Then he crooked one long finger, beckoning her over.That wicked little smile caught Claire off guard for a second.H

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Chapter 5: You Want It That Badly?

Claire's hand slid slowly from Lucas's chest down toward the inside of his thigh. She caught her bottom lip between her teeth, looking up at him through her lashes. "Is this good?"The combination of her sugar-sweet voice and the boldness of her hands was enough to shake even a man as controlled as Lucas.The others at the table watched, clearly a little stirred themselves by how far she was willing to push things their expressions shifting into something openly entertained.Lucas's cold composure gave way, bit by bit, to something playful and edged with mischief."You want it?" His voice had dropped an octave, rough at the edges.Claire looked up at that ridiculously handsome face and nodded, soft and serious. "Mm-hm."His mouth curved. He reached out and pinched her cheek, light and teasing."Beg for it, and it's yours."That caught her off guard she hadn't expected the aloof, untouchable man to suddenly flip the game on her. A flush crept across her face, and her lips parted in a p

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Chapter 6: The Domineering Thrill

Claire wore a satisfied little smile, her mood soaring.So this is what it feels like, landing a rich one.Still handsome or wealthy, it didn't matter. Lucas was a game to her, nothing more.His money meant nothing to her personally. She'd cut him loose soon enough anyway.The Rolls-Royce pulled into one of Meridian City's most exclusive residential districts.Claire stepped out and took in the sprawling private villa in front of her without much reaction at all.She wasn't here for his bank account.She just wanted to know what it felt like to be the one calling the shots for once.And with a man this flawless looks, money, everything lined up wouldn't that be even more satisfying?Before she could finish the thought, Lucas's arm had already wound around her waist, pulling her back against him."What's going through that head of yours?" His voice, low and rough against her ear, sent a shiver straight down her spine.His grip was firm, his arms solid steel beneath the fabric of his sh

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Chapter 7: After the Fact

Lucas rolled over, reaching for the woman who should have been curled up beside him and found nothing but empty sheets. He opened his eyes, scanned the room, then sat up and checked more carefully. No sign of her. A strange hollowness settled in his chest. He got up immediately and checked the bathroom. Empty. There was no one else the apartment could be hiding her in. Claire was simply gone. Lucas had pegged her as a gold digger the moment he'd noticed her watching him beautiful, sharp, clearly working an angle. That was exactly why he'd brought her home; women like that were at least predictable. He'd been drawn to her, more than he wanted to admit. But he'd never respected her for it assumed she'd cling, angle for something, try to make herself impossible to shake off the next morning. Instead he'd woken up completely alone. No note. No number. Nothing. She'd gotten exactly what she came for and vanished without asking for a single thing in return? Memories of the night b

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Chapter 9: Reunion

Claire settled into her seat at the conference table and powered on her laptop.She slid in the USB drive and began setting up the meeting minutes template.The other executives had already taken their seats. Once she'd finished preparing, Claire sat back and waited for the CEO she'd never actually met in person.Glancing around the table, she noted the tension on every face clearly, everyone was taking this meeting seriously and her own nerves tightened in response.A few minutes later, the conference room door swung open.Claire looked up instinctively, her eyes drawn to the entrance.Every executive in the room did the same.A collective breath seemed to catch in the room the man who walked in carried an authority so commanding it silenced the space instantly.There was a current of anticipation running through the room; meeting the company's president in person was rare enough that most of them had never had the chance before.Claire stared, momentarily frozen, as he crossed the t

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Chapter 9: Love Them and Leave Them

And of all the places for this to happen her actual workplace, in a room full of executives.Worse still: he was her boss.While Claire was still spiraling internally, the meeting had already begun without her.She forced her focus back to the room, listening as the executives ran through their proposals for the new project.Lucas sat at the head of the table, taking in every pitch with sharp, unreadable attention.Claire sat toward the far end, close enough to study his face without being obvious about it.His features were striking in the daylight clean lines, thick brows, a straight nose, that same sharp mouth. His eyes carried the same cold, unreadable intensity she remembered from the night before, the kind of face that made it hard to look away once you'd started.She thought back to how reckless she'd been in front of that same face less than twelve hours ago.Every time his gaze passed near her, it felt like a live current running straight through her nerves, her whole body re

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Chapter 10: An Unplanned Encounter

Lucas's hand settled at the curve of her waist as he deepened the kiss, unrelenting, giving her no room to catch her breath.He kissed her like he had something to prove, each pass more demanding than the last, until she felt herself unraveling completely.Claire's breathing turned ragged, her pulse hammering loud enough that she could hear it in her own ears.Lucas broke away from her mouth only to trail lower, his lips grazing the shell of her ear.The warmth of his breath against her skin set off a fresh wave of heat that spread through her entire body.She felt herself giving in wanting more, wanting less restraint, wanting exactly the kind of trouble she knew this was.She stopped fighting it entirely.Lucas caught her waist and pulled her flush against him."Claire. You started this.""A little late to be running now."He lifted her against him and carried her the short distance to the conference room door, locking it behind them.Some time later."Who said anything about runnin

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