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I finally know what you meant. She turned a page. The morning moved forward. The story, for the first time in five years, was not about what had been taken. It was about what came next.

The man I'd been with for five years still seemed to be clinging to his first love. Tears rolled down my cheeks. Those five years suddenly felt like a cruel joke. So it turned out he'd never truly forgotten about Lucy. I went back to my room, and he didn't return to bed the entire night. When Andrew showed up the next day, he brought me a pair of sapphire earrings. Why did he suddenly give me a gift? I looked at him in confusion, but he avoided my gaze. "Evie," he said, his voice low. "There's something I need to tell you. Thank you for staying by my side all these years. I thought I'd be with you forever, but…"

He looked back at Ernest. He said: "We are the fifth book." Ernest looked at him. He received this. He received the weight of it. The four books were the written argument. The four books were the description. The four books were the means of seeing. But the thing itself—the convergence, the accumulation, the being-inside, the ordinary day at thirty-three years deep—that thing could not be written. That thing could only be lived. And they were living it. They had been living it for thirty-three years. The living was the fifth book.

Tyr pointed his fingers at his brain and continued, “I believe you’ll outperform Senior Belisarius now that you are in charge of the Red Tower.” Jim asked Olympias to refill a bowl of grits for him. He blew at the food to cool it down before replying, “Boss, you don’t have to flatter me. The Liberated will take action soon, so we need to branch out. I’ll go to the Dragon Palace to find the third book, whereas you need to take a flight to find the fourth book.” “Hmm. Do you have any updates on the fifth book?” Tyr inquired. “It is said that the fifth book is the most mysterious of the five,” Jim answered after a brief pause.

I said. “Holy shit! You went for an apology and still got fucked!” bella said. “What?” I asked. “I can't still wrap my head around you been with all five of them, it's crazy,” she said again. “Oh, stop speaking like my grandma, let her live her life however she wants” Jan said, doubling over in laughter. “How you seriously judging me?” I asked. “Girl, everyone is taking. I don't want to talk too much but I think five is really a lot,” bella said.

His chest is heaving against mine and right then, he pulls back just enough to cup my face in his hands. I just stare at him. So now, after all these years, he finally has the guts to tell me he loves me. This man is the same man who looked at me coldly and told me to abort my pregnancy. This man is the same man who chose Vanessa over me. Again and again and again. Five years ago, I was a fool. But five years later, I am no longer a fool. His sweet words mean nothing. “I want to go home,” I tell him, looking away from his face.

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No part of this novel may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author. This is the fifth book of the Temptation Series. All the books under this series can be read as standalone books. This series deals with a series of passionate love stories of the Donnelly brothers and their friends, with spin-offs, all having captivating plotlines to keep you interested till the end. Summary

My capabilities were the most reassuring and reliable resources I could own. That was the lesson I learned from Leonard's five-year deception. And now, I would hold onto that lesson, Dad's expectations, and my own life as I paved my own radiant future. I would never look back. I stood on the top floor of the Anderson Group building as I looked down at the bustling streets of Rochmond below me. The sunlight shone on me, warm and brilliant. My bright future lay ahead of me.

New friends. New circle. New life. … Two years later, I snapped my laptop shut as I sat in the first-class cabin of an international flight. A flight attendant approached me. "Do you need a blanket, Mr. Swanson?" she asked, smiling. "No, thank you." I was flying from Sonara to Portia to attend an international industry summit. Many things had changed over the previous two years. I was promoted from project manager to director of the Angelona region in my company. My salary tripled, and I led a team of 30 people.