Chapters (79)
- PROLOGUE
- ONE: BACK IN THE CITY
- TWO: STORMY GRAY EYES
- THREE: HIS ROSEBUD?
- FOUR: MEETING THE DEVIL AGAIN
- FIVE: ALWAYS THE WINNER
- SIX: JEALOUSY
- SEVEN: MINE
- EIGHT: A SHADOW
- NINE: MEETING THE REDHEAD
- TEN: PLAYING WITH ME?
- ELEVEN: AS THE KING ORDERS
- TWELVE: CREEP
- THIRTEEN: THE VIP ELEVATOR
- FOURTEEN: HIS SCORCHING TOUCH
- FIFTEEN: YOU’RE MINE
- SIXTEEN: TURN AROUND
- SEVENTEEN: ANONYMOUS GIFT?
- EIGHTEEN: HURTING
- NINETEEN: HE’S GONE?
- TWENTY: CONFRONTING TESS
- TWENTY-ONE: THE BOSS IS HERE
- TWENTY-TWO: THE DEVIL OF MY DREAMS
- TWENTY-THREE: ANTONIO RAYMOND?
- TWENTY-FOUR: I NEED YOU
- TWENTY-FIVE: CHEESY GARLIC SHRIMPS
- TWENTY-SIX: NOT HIS WOMAN
- TWENTY-SEVEN: WARNER?
- TWENTY-EIGHT: RED FREAKING WITCH!
- TWENTY-NINE: OMINOUS
- THIRTY: ESCAPING HIM
- THIRTY-ONE: TIME TO MAKE A DECISION
- THIRTY-TWO: JUST AS FRIENDS
- THIRTY-THREE: OBSESSED
- THIRTY-FOUR: THE DATE
- THIRTY-FIVE: TEASING MR. VALENCIAN
- THIRTY-SIX: THE PAST
- THIRTY-SEVEN: HEARTBROKEN
- THIRTY-EIGHT: SURPRISE VISIT
- THIRTY-NINE: ARRESTED?
- FORTY: TRAPPED BY HIM
- FORTY-ONE: ALWAYS THERE WITH ME
- FORTY-TWO: MEETING SIERRA
- FORTY-THREE: TWO CONDITIONS
- FORTY-FOUR: PERVERT
- FORTY-FIVE: EERIE CORRIDORS
- FORTY-SIX: A CHANCE
- FORTY-SEVEN: I LOVE YOU
- FORTY-EIGHT: THE SURPRISE OF THE VILLAIN
- FORTY-NINE: ENEMY INSIDE?
- FIFTY: CLAIMED BY THE BEAST
- FIFTY-ONE: SORE
- FIFTY-TWO: LIZA AGAIN
- FIFTY-THREE: DUNCAN DE SYLVANO
- FIFTY-FOUR: THREAT
- FIFTY-FIVE: THE DEMONS OF THE PAST
- FIFTY-SIX: FEARS
- FIFTY-SEVEN: MISSING HIM
- FIFTY-EIGHT: GOOSEBUMPS
- FIFTY-NINE: STORMY NIGHT
- SIXTY: LEAVING HIM
- SIXTY-ONE: PANIC
- SIXTY-TWO: LET’S GO HOME…
- SIXTY-THREE: MRS. VALENCIAN
- SIXTY-FOUR: THE VACATION
- SIXTY-FIVE: THE REVELATION - PART 1
- SIXTY-SIX: THE REVELATION - PART 2
- SIXTY-SEVEN: SHE’S MY HOME…
- SIXTY-EIGHT: ONE DOWN
- SIXTY-NINE: FORBIDDEN PLACE
- SEVENTY: HE DIES…
- SEVENTY-ONE: CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
- SEVENTY-TWO: THE MASTER PLAN
- SEVENTY-THREE: A JEALOUS MAN
- EPILOGUE - PART 1
- EPILOGUE - PART 2
- CAN I ASK A FAVOR?
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Confusion webbed inside me. What the hell was he doing inside an empty conference room with Sierra? She looked pretty shaken. Was he threatening her about something? Or was there something else?
TWENTY-SEVEN: WARNER?
“God, girl! You should seriously dump that ass boyfriend of yours! I thought he was a nice guy, but I didn’t know what a mommy’s boy he was!” Cassie cursed, shaking her head while Beth grabbed another tissue from the tissue box on her lap and blew her nose.
“It’s not that easy, Cass. I love him. We’ve been together for three years.” Beth sniffled, wiping her cheeks.
“Just because you guys have been together for three years, doesn’t mean you’ll take his mother’s shit. You deserve much more than this!” Cassie snapped.
After getting the early leave, I came directly to Cassie’s place. And though I didn’t find Beth in the same state I found her last night, she wasn’t any better. She was still a mess. After asking Cassie of what happened to her, she told me everything.
Beth and her boyfriend, Mason, were happy in their little world. Until his conservative Catholic mother stepped into the picture once she got to know that her one and only son was going to marry a non-Catholic girl. His mother’s displeasure with their relationship was creating problems between them. And being a mommy’s boy he was, as Cassie mentioned, he didn’t have the guts to go against his mother and stand by Beth and their love.
Now Beth feared he might as well break up with her, heeding his mother’s advice. And that’s why I found her at that bar, drunk out of her mind.
Looking down at her hands, Beth whispered, “You won’t understand. I can’t just leave everything like that. I-I can’t live without him.”
Cassie scoffed. “But it seems like he definitely can. Otherwise, he wouldn’t let you leave his apartment so easily. He didn’t even fight for you! And here you thought he’d come after you if you left him.”
“Now I’m repenting it. His mom will use this situation against us,” Beth sniffled, her lower lip trembled.
Placing my hand on hers, I squeezed gently. “Don’t worry, Beth. I know Mason. That guy really loves you. Maybe he’s confused between his mother and you right now. But I’m sure, as soon as he realizes his mistake of letting you go, he’ll come after you. I know he will.”
“Huh, I can’t second that. Not everyone is Achilles Valencian,” Cassie stated, rolling her eyes.
Though a blush burned my cheeks, I sent a glare her way. That girl never knew when to shut up.