The Art of Pretending
Ava
The next morning, sunlight spilled into the room through sheer curtains, casting long shadows that seemed to stretch across the divide between our rooms. I hadn’t slept—my mind raced, replaying every venomous word Orion had spat and every cold glare exchanged.
The soft murmur of Venice waking...
Chapters
1. The Mourning Bride
2. Destined to be a Miller
3. My Wedding Night
4. Widowed Again
5. My Cold First Kiss
6. "Ready to Meet Your Wife?"
7. His Wife and His Girlfriend
8. Let's Make Babies!
9. Dark Promises
10. His Game of Control
11. Crossroad of Power
12. Caught in His Web
13. Under His Gaze
14. A War of Wills
15. Bitter Warnings
16. A Glitch in the Will
17. The Warning Call
18. Heart of The Storm
19. Chloe's Game
20. A Dangerous Deal
21. Beneath Her Mask
22. Her Charm
23. Colliding Paths
24. A Shadow of Desire
25. Beneath Ava's Calm
26. Threads of Deception
27. Tick-Tock, Ava
28. Come to Bed With Me
29. The Madness We Made
30. The Game Has Changed
31. "I Have a Wedding to plan"
32. "Marry me, Ava"
33. The Games We Play
34. Lines in the Sand
35. Shattered Ego
36. Whispers in the Dark
37. Twisted Devotion
38. The Power Trap
39. Orion's Move
40. "Savor the Fear"
41. Protecting Holly
42. Turning the Tables
43. Strings to Pull
44. Soft Lies
45. One Crack at a Time
46. Chasing Control
47. Facing the Millers
48. Ava Miller
49. Accepting His Ring
50. "Gotcha"
51. Checkmate in White
52. Games at the Altar
53. The Master Bedroom
54. Tangled Tides
55. A Game I'm Losing
56. Between the Lines
57. Innocence in the Shadows
58. A Sister's Strength
59. Honeymoon in Hell
60. The Art of Pretending
61. Sex in Venice
62. Echoes of Regret
63. Fleeting Moments
64. Silent Storms
65. Fractured Vows
66. Poisoned
67. Unseen Hands
68. Between Guilt and Desire
69. Shattered Illusions
70. Clash of Fury
71. The Marriage Clause
72. A Twist in the Game
73. Pieces of the Puzzle
74. When the Past Knocks
75. The Line Between Us
76. Till Death Do Us Part
77. Leverage of Secrets
78. Bruised
79. "Try Me"
80. The Intruder
81. "Ava or Chloe?"
82. The Evidence She Forgot
83. Her Perfect Alibi
84. A Silent Plea
85. Let Him Watch
86. This Isn't Over
87. In the Wake of a Nightmare
88. The Wrong Choice
89. His Possession
90. The West Wing
91. The Echo of Her Eyes
92. Bound by Desire
93. When Leaving Isn't an Option
94. Shackles of Love
95. Locked In
96. The Quiet Fury
97. The Perfect Trio
98. Temporary Bandages
99. A Claim in Blood
100. Between Love and Rage
101. The Weight of Desire
102. Orion's Mystery
103. "Mine to Protect"
104. Tension and Desire
105. Under His Spell
106. Chloe's Next Move
107. Caught in the Act
108. Complications
109. The Lie
110. His Silence
111. Running from Him
112. The Chase
113. Saved by a Stranger
114. Unveiling Secrets
115. Shadows of the Past
116. A Father's Treachery
117. The Guilt
118. A Bullet For You
119. The Weight of Choices
120. A Moment Too Late
121. Choices That Burn
122. Torn
123. The Absence That Cut Deep
124. The Path Forward
125. The Aftermath
126. Bound Together
127. No Space For You
128. Caught Between Chaos
129. Caught In-between
130. Love, Lies, Betrayal
131. For Ava’s Sake
132. Obsession in Ashes
133. No Love Without War
134. The Enemy of my Enemy
135. An Unexpected Twist
136. Choosing Mason
137. Love and Loyalty
138. The Fight for Ava’s Heart
139. Walls Between Us
140. Who is After My Wife?
141. Pawns
142. Destroying Ava
143. A Stranger’s Kiss
144. Sex With a Stranger
145. Ava’s Scandal
146. Their Lies
147. The Cufflinks
148. Mason The Fixer
149. In The Storm
150. Old Friend
151. Love In Crisis
152. One Night Stand With my Husband
153. Let’s Show Her
154. Renewed Vows
155. Behind the Headlines
156. Orion’s Redemption
157. Chloe’s Manipulation
158. Tick-Tock, Chloe
159. Bluff or Break
160. Taming the Chaos
161. The Calm After the Storm
162. Pieces of a Perfect Plan
163. Allies or Pawns
164. A Fragile Balance
165. The Silent Threat
166. The Masked Intruder
167. The First Move
168. Power Plays and Betrayals
169. Between Two Shadows
170. Mason’s Betrayal
171. A Bitter Rescue
172. Chloe’s Last Stand
173. Fragments of Us
174. Bonus Chapter
175. Announcement!!!!
176. Prologue
177. The Anatomy of Obsession
178. What I Found
179. Mason Is A Whore?!
180. The Ghost I Chased
181. I’ll Draw Him Back
182. Reunited
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