New Body, Old Obsession… Complete Decadence
Josephine Averly brought her daughter, Julie, to the hospital for a consultation, only to discover the attending doctor was the ex-boyfriend she hadn't seen in years.
Seven years had passed, and she had reinvented herself completely—her name, her life, even her body. Gone was her once-chubby frame.
He didn't recognize her. How could he? He had no idea she had secretly given birth to his child.
Julie clutched her hand. "Mommy, why are you crying?"
Josephine couldn't answer. All she wanted was to turn and flee.
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In her youth, Josephine had fallen for the university’s golden boy—and, against all odds, won his heart.
The entire Beller University had buzzed with scandal: Julian Faulkner, the untouchable heartthrob known for his icy elegance, was secretly dating. And his mysterious girlfriend? A shy, awkward girl with curves.
Josephine became the target of endless ridicule, scorned by her peers.
She still remembered his voice, cold and rough, as he said to his friends, "It's just a fling. I'm leaving the country soon anyway."
And just like that, her bittersweet love had ended in heartbreak.
Now, fate had brought them back together, shattering the peaceful life she had worked so hard to build.
She tried everything to draw a clear line between their worlds. Somehow, that line ended in his bed.
He used every trick—pressure, bribes, fake illnesses, tantrums, outright shamelessness—to chase off any man who dared come near her.
"Julian, do you even realize I have a boyfriend now?"
In the back of his sleek Maybach, his hands locked around her waist as he kissed her with desperate hunger.
"Then let me be your lover," he rasped. "I'm richer than him. Younger. And I can make you feel so much better."
Seven years ago, he pulled her into a secret romance.
Seven years later, he begged to be her dirty secret.
She told him he was sick in the head.
He simply replied, "I really am sick."