Storm Watch C. J. Box

Alexis has always had to watch out for herself. She was left by her parents in the middle of nowhere because of a fight and never came back, leaving her an orphan.

The night I got back from my work trip, the drugstore called—said my rewards card got declined that afternoon. I needed to reload it. Adrian was in the kitchen, laser-focused on dinner. I asked what he'd bought. He grinned, pulled out a box of supplements. "Been working late. Heart's been acting up, so I grabbed some support vitamins." I didn't say anything. He sighed, dug out a bank card. "I know you're all about money. Used your rewards card by accident. I'll pay you back ten times. Deal?" Normally, I'd take it. This time, I didn't. I just looked at him. "Let's get a divorce."

Some lessons are learned too late. Watch me give my step-brother, my fated mate, the taste of something bitter than his own medicine.

"I know your reputation quite well, Mr. Storm. You're cold, calculating, and a merciless man. Everyone fears you. Well, everyone except me." I tilt my head, intrigued at her answer. At the defiance brimming in the depths of her hazel eyes. "You're almost correct, Ms. Han. Everyone fears me, including you, even if you say otherwise." She bit down on her bottom lips, eyes trained on mine, but her fingers were shaking. I take a step forward. Then another. And another, until I have her backed up against a wall, her head shifted to the side, giving me a good view of her spotless, delicate neck. "W-what are you doing?" "Punishing you." "You're sick." "Wait till I'm done, mio cara. I'm sure that review will change for the worst." — Twenty-two-year-old Reneigh Han has been working for the Storm Enterprises since she got out of grad school. She cherishes her position, but when fate backs her into a corner and forces her to steal from the enterprises, she tries to take the secret to the grave. Elijah Storm is as ruthless as they come. A much feared Mafia Don and leader of the Storm Mafia. No one steals from him and goes scot free. When he finds out Reneigh's secret, he's determined to give her a second chance to prove her loyalty to him. Reneigh would be his for six months. A devious arrangement, yes, but Elijah Storm always gets what he wants. And he wants Reneigh. As his.

"เป็นบ้าหรือไง จู่ๆ ก็มาแก้ผ้าให้ผู้ชายดู!" "เอ้า! ลุงไม่ได้จับหนูมาเพราะอยากทำแบบนี้เหรอ? แก้แค้นไง ลุงบอกว่าหนูทำลุงเสียอนาคต ลุงก็ทำให้หนูเสียอนาคตด้วยสิถึงจะสาสม" "เธอมันประสาท!! ใส่เสื้อผ้าเดี๋ยวนี้!!!"

"อย่าเข้ามานะคะคุณพี่หมอ!! ใหญ่ขนาดนั้น ถ้าเข้ามาชมพู่ตายแน่ๆ" "จะเรียกคุณหมอหรือพี่หมอ เอาซักอย่าง" "โธ่ มันใช่เวลามาพูดเรื่องนี้หรือคะ" "สรุปคุณหมอ หรือพี่หมอ" "ดะ...เดี๋ยว..." "เร็วสิ" "พี่หมอก็ได้ค่ะ อ๊ะ! พี่หมอใส่อะไรเข้ามาคะ ชมพู่เจ็บนะ!" "ชู่ว~ แค่นี้วเท่านั้น เด็กดี"

"ฉันไม่ต้องการเด็กเพิ่ม ที่มีอยู่ก็เพียงพอแล้ว..." พรึ่บ! ชุดเกาะอกสีดำที่เคยอยู่บนตัวร่วงลงไปกองกับพื้นทันทีที่ได้ยินคำปฏิเสธ ในตอนนี้บนกายขาวผ่องเหลือเพียงแค่แพนตี้ตัวจิ๋ว และสติกเกอร์ปิดเม็ดบัวสีหวานเท่านั้น "ไม่ต้องการจริงๆ หรือคะเสี่ย?" "แก้ผ้าให้ดูขนาดนี้ จะให้ฉันตอบว่าอะไรล่ะ?" พิธานขยับกายเล็กน้อยเพื่อระบายความอึดอัดจากส่วนกลางลำตัวที่เริ่มขยับขยาย "มาสิ... ลองทำให้ฉันพอใจดู เผื่อว่าฉันจะเปลี่ยนใจ รับเลี้ยงเธออีกคน"

รวมเรื่องสั้นหลากหลายแนวที่เต็มไปด้วยความเผ็ดร้อน ความรัก ความใคร่ เหมาะสำหรับผู็อ่านเฉพาะกลุ่ม

I've been married to the prince of the underworld for ten years and have endured countless life-or-death situations by his side. My hands, once trained to play the piano, are covered in calluses from holding guns and stained with blood. But at 28, my husband ends up falling for a young woman from the slums. She's as delicate and pure as a chamomile. She's his well-kept little secret—until I run into them at the woman's prenatal appointment one day. I storm up to him, demanding an explanation, only for him to nonchalantly hand me divorce papers. "Sonia is a devout follower of the church and can't have a child before marriage. I must make an honest woman out of her. Sign these, and you'll get 40% of the company's shares." I refuse to do as told, so he corners me. In the end, he has my crippled younger brother tied up and forced under a hydraulic compression machine. "Sign the papers, Maeve, or watch your brother become a human mince pie. The choice is yours." I fall on my knees and beg him to stop. As the machine turns on, my hands fly to my aching lower belly, and I scream as I lose consciousness. When I wake up again, I'm back in the hospital, in the same spot where I ran into my husband and his mistress at her prenatal appointment. This time, I don't confront him. Overnight, I make arrangements with a sanatorium abroad, get divorced, and run away from home. Yet the moment I truly disappear, my husband loses his mind.

Trigger/ Content warning This book contains high sexual content for adults (18+) only. Proceed if you need your toes curled up in pleasure. **** “You know, I wanted you to watch me fuck my hoes… but there’s been a change of plan, Jax. I’ll watch.” “Watch what?” “You.” **** Jaxen DeLuca has just come face-to-face with the devil incarnate—a man deadlier than poison, feared like a curse and obeyed like a god. Everyone bends. Everyone worships the ground he walks on. Everyone… except Jax. But this is what she learns… Monsters like Charles don’t fall in love. They claim, They ruin, and they destroy anything that dares not kneel.