Chapter
Chapters
Prolog
Chapter One – The Threshold
Chapter Two – Handsome Stranger
Chapter Three – Through the Cracks
Chapter Four – Careful What You Wish For
Chapter Five – The Offer
Chapter Six – The Price of a Choice
Chapter Seven – Granting A Last Chance
Chapter Eight – Finally Mine
Chapter Nine – The Bed She Shouldn’t Be In
Chapter Ten – Living a Nightmare
Chapter Eleven — The Shirt and The Chains
Chapter Twelve – The Lie She’ll Love
Chapter Thirteen – Mafia, Maid, and a Migraine
Chapter Fourteen – The Golden Cage
Chapter Fifteen – You truly want this?
Chapter Sixteen – In Safe-keeping
Chapter Seventeen - The Weight of Restraint
Chapter Eighteen – Reminders
Chapter Nineteen – A Tour in Tension
Chapter Twenty – The Forbidden Wing
Chapter Twenty-one – A Whisper in the Dark
Chapter Twenty-two – An Awkward Breakfast
Chapter Twenty-three – Your life isn’t your own anymore
Chapter Twenty-four – Boyfriend Material
Chapter Twenty-five – The Space Between Us
Chapter Twenty-six – The Mentee
Chapter Twenty-seven – Protective Detail
Chapter Twenty-eight – Playing Pretend
Chapter Twenty-nine – Back to School
Chapter Thirty – What the hell happened?
Chapter Thirty-one – The Role of a Lifetime
Chapter Thirty-two – Making the most of it
Chapter Thirty-three – The schedule
Chapter Thirty-four – The Mug Incident
Chapter Thirty-five – Losing Control 🌶️
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Chapter Twenty-three – Your life isn’t your own anymore
MALIA
I sat on one of the sofas, setting up my new phone. My body ached—every shift reminded me of what had happened at the factory. Of how reckless I’d been.
I hated this feeling. Weakness.
But what I hated more... was not knowing.
Across the room, curled like a damn portrait into the reading ...