Chapter 42: Awakening
I spent the day preparing for Adrian’s return with the kind of meticulous attention to detail that had become second nature over the months of our marriage. Fresh flowers arranged throughout the house, his favorite scotch decanted and waiting, myself bathed and dressed in the midnight blue silk he’d...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Last Goodbye
2. Chapter 2: The Wrong Groom
3. Chapter 3: The Golden Cage
4. Chapter 4: Unsettling Attractions
5. Chapter 5: A Dangerous Truth
6. Chapter 6: The Puppet Master
7. Chapter 7: Surrender and Secrets
8. Chapter 8: Dreams and Diversions
9. Chapter 9: The Rosegate Gala
10. Chapter 10: Hidden Corridors
11. Chapter 11: Fading Clarity
12. Chapter 12: The Truth Unveiled
13. Chapter 13: The Study Confrontation
14. Chapter 14: Adrian’s Perspective
15. Chapter 15: Locked Doors
16. Chapter 16: The Breaking Point
17. Chapter 17: False Hopes
18. Chapter 18: Constant Surveillance
19. Chapter 19: Forbidden Territory
20. Chapter 20: Damage Control
21. Chapter 21: The East Wing
22. Chapter 22: Desperate Measures
23. Chapter 23: Perfect Compliance
24. Chapter 24: Perfect Obedience
25. Chapter 25: The Perfect Wife
26. Chapter 26: Society’s Darling
27. Chapter 27: The Performance
28. Chapter 28: Perfect Victory
29. Chapter 29: The Perfect Hostess
30. Chapter 30: The Debut
31. Chapter 31: Public Scrutiny
32. Chapter 32: Fractures
33. Chapter 33: The Other Woman
34. Chapter 34: Complications
35. Chapter 35: Claiming What’s Mine
36. Chapter 36: Interrupted Promises
37. Chapter 37: The Real Emergency
38. Chapter 38: Unwanted Distractions
39. Chapter 39: Empty Days
40. Chapter 40: Broken Promises
41. Chapter 41: Damage Control
42. Chapter 42: Awakening
43. Chapter 43: Confrontation
44. Chapter 44: The Injection
45. Chapter 45: Unraveling Control
46. Chapter 46: Fury and Control
47. Chapter 47: Desperate Need
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