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CHAPTER 1 UNBELIEVABLE DEAL
CHAPTER 2: BEST FRIEND IN TROUBLE
CHAPTER 3: A CRY FOR HELP
CHAPTER 4: NO OTHER CHOICE
CHAPTER 5: THE TROUBLES BEGIN
CHAPTER 6: AT THE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER 7: DEVASTATING NEWS
CHAPTER 8: AN ANNOYING ELLEN
CHAPTER 9: AWAKE BUT CRIPPLED
CHAPTER 10: PARTY GONE WRONG
CHAPTER 11: A HARD T GOOD MORNING SIR.
CHAPTER 12: THE FAMILY COMPANY
CHAPTER 13: A COSTLY MISTAKE
CHAPTER 14: STEALING HIS BIRTHRIGHT
CHAPTER 15: RANTS AND ACCUSATIONS
CHAPTER 16: SIBLINGS' SPAT AND AN UGLY PAST
CHAPTER 17: NEW TROUBLE
CHAPTER 18: FOREVER IS THE DEAL, ALSO A PRISON
CHAPTER 19: SEX IN THE OFFICE
CHAPTER 20: MORE ARGUMENT, ELLEN'S FOLLY
CHAPTER 21: CRAZY DECISIONS, CRAZIER STEPSISTER
CHAPTER 22: EX-BOYFRIEND IS A PSYCHO
CHAPTER 23: HER EX'S OBSESSION
CHAPTER 24: A SMART LIAR, AN ANGRY HUSBAND
CHAPTER 25: STRESSED, SEEKING BOTTLE COMFORT
CHAPTER 26: SYMPATHY
CHAPTER 27: A RARE SIDE OF BLAKE BERTRAM
CHAPTER 28: PASSION BOILS LIKE A WITCH’S BREW
CHAPTER 29: DESIRES UNLOCKED
CHAPTER 30: PROGRESS AT LAST
CHAPTER 31: A NEW PLAN TO KEEP HIM CRIPPLED
CHAPTER 32: AN ADVICE FROM THE ENEMY
CHAPTER 33: POISONED FOOD?
CHAPTER 34: INTO THE ABYSS OF DESPAIR
CHAPTER 35: SHE'S PREGNANT
CHAPTER 36: ASKED TO ABORT
CHAPTER 37: HER PREGNANCY WILL RUIN THE PLAN
CHAPTER 38: BERTRAM CORPORATION HAS A NEW OWNER
CHAPTER 39: MORNING SICKNESS AND ELLE'S TROUBLE
CHAPTER 40: UNHEEDED WARNING
CHAPTER 41: DRUG DEALER IS NOW CEO
CHAPTER 42: A FIGHT IS BREWING
CHAPTER 43: SHE FIGHTS BACK
CHAPTER 44: HER MAID'S PANIC AND REGRET
CHAPTER 45: A MOMENT OF WEAKNESS
CHAPTER 46: DOCTOR'S ADVICE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
CHAPTER 47: KIDNAPPED ON THE WAY FROM THE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER 48: IN LION'S DEN
CHAPTER 49: SHE BLAMES EVERYONE BUT HERSELF
CHAPTER 50: A DAY OUT, NEW TROUBLE
CHAPTER 51: A NEW, EVIL PELLEN
CHAPTER 52: ESCAPE PLAN FAILED
CHAPTER 53: AN ANGRY CARLOS
CHAPTER 54: A NEW CHARACTER
CHAPTER 55: KISS OR MISS
CHAPTER 56: HER NAME IS ALONDRA
CHAPTER 57: SUDDENLY A GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER 58: ALONDRA IS BACK FOR HER MAN
CHAPTER 59: HIS MOTHER IS BACK
CHAPTER 60: LAID OUT PLANS
CHAPTER 61: A SLICE OF TRUTH
CHAPTER 62: A BIT ABOUT CARLOS
CHAPTER 63: A MOTHER'S TEARS
CHAPTER 64: LIES AND MORE LELLEN
CHAPTER 65: DAD IS CALLING
CHAPTER 66: THE TRUTH? SHE THINKS NOT!
CHAPTER 67: DIVORCE PAPERS
CHAPTER 68: INVOLVING THE POLICE
CHAPTER 69: SURPRISING NEWS
CHAPTER 70: INSTANT CONNECTION
CHAPTER 71: LEAVING THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER 72: AN AMBUSH
CHAPTER 73: KIDNAPPED BY THE GOOD SAMARITAN
CHAPTER 74: BLAKE IS GETTING BETTER
CHAPTER 75: DADDY IS IN TOWN, ELLEN'S WORRIED
CHAPTER 76: TRYING FOR A WAY OUT
CHAPTER 77: FINALLY SHE ESCAPES
CHAPTER 78: SAVED BY THE KIND DOCTOR AND HIS WIFE
CHAPTER 79: EMOTIONS
CHAPTER 80: DREAMS AND WISHES
CHAPTER 81: FLYNN IS DEAD
CHAPTER 82: MEETING WITH HER DAD
CHAPTER 83: BLAKE NOW KNOWS ABOUT CARLOS AND RIANA
CHAPTER 84: ELLEN IN A COMPLICATED SITUATION
CHAPTER 85: BLAKE MEETS HIS DAUGHTER
CHAPTER 86: SHE NEEDS A NEW PLAN
CHAPTER 87: YEARNINGS
CHAPTER 88: A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE
CHAPTER 89: TROUBLE FOR THE TANNINGS
CHAPTER 90: A JOB DONE WRONG, THE PRICE TO PAY
CHAPTER 91: NOT WHAT SHE EXPECTED
CHAPTER 92: A DEAD END
CHAPTER 93: THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG
CHAPTER 94: BROKEN TRUST
CHAPTER 95: THE WIFE AND THE EX
CHAPTER 96: AN UNEVEN PLAYING GROUND
CHAPTER 97: IT ONLY GETS WORSE
CHAPTER 98: ELLEN'S THREATS, BLAKE'S WARNING
CHAPTER 99: AN INTRUDING ALONDRA
CHAPTER 100: NOT A TANNING NOR A BERTRAM
CHAPTER 101: A FIGHT FOR DOMINANCE
CHAPTER 102: JEALOUSY?
CHAPTER 103: A VISIT TO THE GARTHS
CHAPTER 104: DESPERATE AND SHAMELESS
CHAPTER 105: TROUBLESOME ALONDRA
CHAPTER 106: SHE WAS RECORDED, RIANA IN TROUBLE
CHAPTER 107: RIANA IS ARRESTED
CHAPTER 108: ELLEN VERSUS ALONDRA
CHAPTER 109: RELEASED FROM CELL
CHAPTER 110: SHE WANTS THE DIVORCE!
CHAPTER 111: FAINTED AND BLEEDING
CHAPTER 112: REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS, A WORRIED BLAKE
CHAPTER 113: REGRETS AND APOLOGIES
CHAPTER 114: HER LITTLE PAYBACK
CHAPTER 115: OLD HABITS DIE…NEVER, A CALL FROM THE DEAD
CHAPTER 116: A PLAN TO RECLAIM PAST LOVE
CHAPTER 117: ELLEN IS KIDNAPPED
CHAPTER 118: PASSION AND SEDUCTION
CHAPTER 119: THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD…PERHAPS?
CHAPTER 120: NOT BACKING DOWN
CHAPTER 121: IN DEEP TROUBLE
CHAPTER 122: A SECRET BEHIND HER PAIN
CHAPTER 123: SHOCKING REVELATION FROM THE PAST
CHAPTER 124: TORTURE
CHAPTER 125: PHINA IS MISSING?
CHAPTER 126: BACK TO WORK
CHAPTER 127: PLAN IN MOTION
CHAPTER 128: SHE'S JEALOUS
CHAPTER 129: PERFECTLY EXECUTED
CHAPTER 130: LOST IN THE BIG CITY
CHAPTER 131: MORNING AFTER
CHAPTER 132: STIRRING TROUBLE
CHAPTER 133: EXPOSED
CHAPTER 134: AN AMBUSH, SAVED FROM PRISON BY HER EX
CHAPTER 135: SHE MEETS PHINA
CHAPTER 136: THE NEW HER
CHAPTER 137: GETTING HER WAY
CHAPTER 138: POOR MAYA
CHAPTER 139: THAT WAS UNEXPECTED
CHAPTER 140: OUT WITH THE NEW, IN WITH THE OLD
CHAPTER 141: FIRST ROUND OF REVENGE
CHAPTER 142: A SIX YEAR OLD'S DILEMMA
CHAPTER 143: HARD FEELINGS
CHAPTER 144: SHOT LESSONS
CHAPTER 145: NEITHER PASSION NOR PLEASURE
CHAPTER 146: ONE CRIME AFTER ANOTHER
CHAPTER 147: SAVING HER LIFE
CHAPTER 148: USING THE BETRAYER
CHAPTER 149: THE SECRET SIDE OF BLAKE
CHAPTER 150: KEEPING FATHER AND DAUGHTER APART
CHAPTER 151: SHE FINALLY TELLS
CHAPTER 152: KNOWING ALONDRA'S PLAN, A RAGING CARLOS
CHAPTER 153: POOR, NAÏVE LUCIELLE
CHAPTER 154: SHE'S AWAKE
CHAPTER 155: HER SIDE OF THE STORY
CHAPTER 156: ALMOST CAUGHT
CHAPTER 157: A SHOCKING REVEAL FOR DIANE
CHAPTER 158: KNOWING THE TRUTH, TAKING IT TO THE GRAVE
CHAPTER 159: HER FATHER'S CHILDHOOD BEST FRIEND
CHAPTER 160: THE PAST IS NOT DEAD
CHAPTER 161: MAYA'S VERSION OF THE STORY
CHAPTER 162: MARRYING ALONDRA?
CHAPTER 163: HER VERY PERFECT PLAN
CHAPTER 164: CHANGE IN PLANS
CHAPTER 165: LURING AND BAITING
CHAPTER 166: A BROKEN CARLOS
CHAPTER 167: …IN ALONDRA'S OWN COIN
CHAPTER 168: PAYING ELLEN HER DUES
CHAPTER 169: A SORRY SIGHT
CHAPTER 170: THE WORST FATHER EVER
CHAPTER 171: HER LAST AND FINAL PLAN
CHAPTER 172: A LOST CAUSE
CHAPTER 173: AFTER CHAOS…
CHAPTER 174: MAKING UP
CHAPTER 175: TRUTHS AND GRATITUDE
CHAPTER 176: A WELL-DESERVED HAPPILY-EVER-AFTER
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CHAPTER 55: KISS OR MISS
I pressed my mouth inwardly. It was not intentional, more of an unconscious action. I didn't want to kiss him. Not for any reason.
He pulled back, his expression was normal unless one was very keen to notice the stiffening of his jaw and the steely stare he passed me.
Fear overwhelmed me.
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