Chapter
Chapters
Chapter 1: One Year
Chapter 2: The Confrontation
Chapter 3: Obedience
Chapter 4: Afternoon Nap
Chapter 5: Art of Seduction
Chapter 6: The Red Dress
Chapter 7: Old Friends
Chapter 8: Past & Present
Chapter 9: Lovers
Chapter 10: Bed Sharing
Chapter 11: Spring
Chapter 12: Like Armor
Chapter 13: Falling
Chapter 14: Innocence
Chapter 15: Guilt
Chapter 16: Puzzle Pieces
Chapter 17: The Celebration
Chapter 18: The Bonfire
Chapter 19: The Real Deal
Chapter 20: Regrets
Chapter 21: Accusations
Chapter 22: Tactics
Chapter 23: The Kiss
Chapter 24: The Culprit
Chapter 25: Daydreams
Chapter 26: The Parents
Chapter 27: Borderline
Chapter 28: Normal Couples
Chapter 29: Play Pretend
Chapter 30: The Happy Couple
Chapter 31: Twenty Questions
Chapter 32: The Date
Chapter 33: Spreading Stains
Chapter 34: The Invitation
Chapter 35: Jet Black
Chapter 36: Chaperone
Chapter 37: The Oxford Way
Chapter 38: Wild Woman
Chapter 39: New Perspectives
Chapter 40: Princess
Chapter 41: A Gift
Chapter 42: Mortified
Chapter 43: A Night Out
Chapter 44: First Time for Everything
Chapter 45: Another Woman
Chapter 46: Lips on Lips
Chapter 47: Chaos
Chapter 48: Fainting Spell
Chapter 49: Flowers
Chapter 50: Motherly Love
Chapter 51: King’s Gambit
Chapter 52: Running To You
Chapter 53: Careless Shift
Chapter 54: Moonlight
Chapter 55: The Mark
Chapter 56: Mark, Get Set, Go
Chapter 57: Naked Feelings
Chapter 58: The Necklace
Chapter 59: Collapsing
Chapter 60: Cherry Blossoms
Chapter 61: The Fall
Chapter 62: The Truth
Chapter 63: Cruelty
Chapter 64: Frustration
Chapter 65: The Music Box
Chapter 66: Broken
Chapter 67: The Tables Turn
Chapter 68: Petty Squabbles
Chapter 69: Like Mother, Like Daughter
Chapter 70: A Free Drink
Chapter 71: Taken
Chapter 72: Searching for You
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Chapter 26: The Parents
Ella
The following morning, I woke to the sound of water running. I cracked one eye open first, then the other, and realized that Alexander was no longer sleeping beside me.
Yesterday’s memories, still too fresh for comfort, washed over me. The kiss, the bitterness, the awful things we’d said to...