Secretly Yours Tessa Bailey Novels & Stories

You are so composed, but I bet there is fire under that professional exterior. Hailey sipped her wine, feeling the warmth spread all the way down to her belly. 'Everyone has layers, Tessa. What about you? You opened up so bravely. That’s something.' Tessa leaned closer, her knee pressing against Hailey's thigh. 'Brave or reckless? I confessed my deepest desires, and now I cannot stop imagining them. A woman's touch, soft lips on my skin.' Her voice dropped, eyes locking. 'Like yours, maybe.'

Talon's POV As Tania finished pouring her heart out to me, revealing a deeply personal secret she had been carrying, a profound realization struck me. In that moment, I understood that I too had been harboring a secret, one that I could no longer keep hidden. Overwhelmed by the weight of this revelation, I instinctively reached out and embraced her, sensing that she deserved to know the truth just as much as she had shared her own truth with me.

Bailey followed me, leaning her elbows on my counter like she was in a sitcom. “So,” she said, eyes sharp under all the bubbly. “How are you liking, Moonbrook?” “It’s… quiet,” I said. Bailey hummed. “Quiet can be good. Quiet can also be,” she lowered her voice theatrically. “A cover story.” “For what?” I asked, though I wasn’t sure I wanted to know. Bailey’s grin came back, too wide. “Secrets.” I rolled my eyes. “You’re one of those conspiracy people.”

“I can’t tell you about this matter. I don’t dare to tell you either. It’s too serious.” “Just tell me… Tell me and I'll bear all the consequences,” Bailey said again. Emily dropped her head as she sighed. “Can you promise me to keep my words as a secret?” “Okay…” Bailey promised her without hesitation. “The Stanley Batton you saw on my phone just now is Xyla’s actual husband. As for the one she’s living together right now, he’s just a stand-in for her. He’s not Xyla’s real husband.” Emily let out a long sigh once more.

After a while Maren stepped back into the shadows again and disappeared the same way she arrived, like she had never been there at all, and Bailey stood alone for a few seconds before turning and heading back. That was when I stepped out. She froze instantly, her head snapping toward me, and I saw it, the brief flicker of shock before she controlled her expression again. “Declan,” she said, her voice steadying too quickly, “you’re not supposed to be here.” “And yet here I am,” I replied, stepping closer, “what was that.” She hesitated. That hesitation told me more than anything else. “Tell me,” I pressed, lowering my voice. Bailey looked at me for a long moment, then sighed, like she had bee

Tanya told to Kayla slowly so she will understand it, telling the secret that Elaine told not to tell anyone. “…Did she say something else?” Kayla clenches her fist tightly as she asks Tanya a question, lowering her head with a guilty expression on her face. “Oh…yeah…she did” sitting at the edge of the bed, Tanya turns her head to the side with a guilty expression on her face as she responds. “…Wh-what did she say?” Kayla asks while stuttering, sweats started forming on both of her palms. “She asks me to keep this a secret so don’t tell anyone! Okay?” Tanya said to Kayla with a pleading tone in her voice.

“Thank you for coming.” Lady Bianca slid into the seat across from her, still studying her like a hawk circling prey. “Why here? Why secretly? You and your sister have been so loud in your defiance, so adamant in your lawsuits, so annoyingly righteous. What could you possibly want from me that required all this secrecy?” Tessa leaned forward, resting her hands on the table. “Because I’m interested in the offer you made me the other day. About helping me get my kids back from Ares…and framing Chloe for attempted murder.”

“If I’ve been here for days, she must have been trying to reach me.” He didn’t hesitate. He pulled out his phone and handed it to me without a word, unlocking it first and watching me closely. With trembling fingers, I typed in her number….every digit etched into my heart from years of shared secrets and late-night conversations. The phone rang once… then again… and again. Please pick up, Ashley. Finally, her voice came through. “Hello…?” “Ashley,” I whispered. There was a pause. Then her voice cracked. “Big sis?”

My summer shorts were loose to begin with, and since I had put them on just to sleep, I hadn't even bothered with a belt. One quick tug, and they slid right off. "Wow… Helen really picked out something good this time." Clarissa sounded excited now. She had moved right up behind me, close enough that I could feel her breath against my back every time she spoke. Inside, I was panicking and furious at the same time, but I didn't dare move. If she realized what was really going on, the embarrassment would be unbearable.

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