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Chapters (79)
  1. PROLOGUE
  2. ONE: BACK IN THE CITY
  3. TWO: STORMY GRAY EYES
  4. THREE: HIS ROSEBUD?
  5. FOUR: MEETING THE DEVIL AGAIN
  6. FIVE: ALWAYS THE WINNER
  7. SIX: JEALOUSY
  8. SEVEN: MINE
  9. EIGHT: A SHADOW
  10. NINE: MEETING THE REDHEAD
  11. TEN: PLAYING WITH ME?
  12. ELEVEN: AS THE KING ORDERS
  13. TWELVE: CREEP
  14. THIRTEEN: THE VIP ELEVATOR
  15. FOURTEEN: HIS SCORCHING TOUCH
  16. FIFTEEN: YOU’RE MINE
  17. SIXTEEN: TURN AROUND
  18. SEVENTEEN: ANONYMOUS GIFT?
  19. EIGHTEEN: HURTING
  20. NINETEEN: HE’S GONE?
  21. TWENTY: CONFRONTING TESS
  22. TWENTY-ONE: THE BOSS IS HERE
  23. TWENTY-TWO: THE DEVIL OF MY DREAMS
  24. TWENTY-THREE: ANTONIO RAYMOND?
  25. TWENTY-FOUR: I NEED YOU
  26. TWENTY-FIVE: CHEESY GARLIC SHRIMPS
  27. TWENTY-SIX: NOT HIS WOMAN
  28. TWENTY-SEVEN: WARNER?
  29. TWENTY-EIGHT: RED FREAKING WITCH!
  30. TWENTY-NINE: OMINOUS
  31. THIRTY: ESCAPING HIM
  32. THIRTY-ONE: TIME TO MAKE A DECISION
  33. THIRTY-TWO: JUST AS FRIENDS
  34. THIRTY-THREE: OBSESSED
  35. THIRTY-FOUR: THE DATE
  36. THIRTY-FIVE: TEASING MR. VALENCIAN
  37. THIRTY-SIX: THE PAST
  38. THIRTY-SEVEN: HEARTBROKEN
  39. THIRTY-EIGHT: SURPRISE VISIT
  40. THIRTY-NINE: ARRESTED?
  41. FORTY: TRAPPED BY HIM
  42. FORTY-ONE: ALWAYS THERE WITH ME
  43. FORTY-TWO: MEETING SIERRA
  44. FORTY-THREE: TWO CONDITIONS
  45. FORTY-FOUR: PERVERT
  46. FORTY-FIVE: EERIE CORRIDORS
  47. FORTY-SIX: A CHANCE
  48. FORTY-SEVEN: I LOVE YOU
  49. FORTY-EIGHT: THE SURPRISE OF THE VILLAIN
  50. FORTY-NINE: ENEMY INSIDE?
  51. FIFTY: CLAIMED BY THE BEAST
  52. FIFTY-ONE: SORE
  53. FIFTY-TWO: LIZA AGAIN
  54. FIFTY-THREE: DUNCAN DE SYLVANO
  55. FIFTY-FOUR: THREAT
  56. FIFTY-FIVE: THE DEMONS OF THE PAST
  57. FIFTY-SIX: FEARS
  58. FIFTY-SEVEN: MISSING HIM
  59. FIFTY-EIGHT: GOOSEBUMPS
  60. FIFTY-NINE: STORMY NIGHT
  61. SIXTY: LEAVING HIM
  62. SIXTY-ONE: PANIC
  63. SIXTY-TWO: LET’S GO HOME…
  64. SIXTY-THREE: MRS. VALENCIAN
  65. SIXTY-FOUR: THE VACATION
  66. SIXTY-FIVE: THE REVELATION - PART 1
  67. SIXTY-SIX: THE REVELATION - PART 2
  68. SIXTY-SEVEN: SHE’S MY HOME…
  69. SIXTY-EIGHT: ONE DOWN
  70. SIXTY-NINE: FORBIDDEN PLACE
  71. SEVENTY: HE DIES…
  72. SEVENTY-ONE: CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
  73. SEVENTY-TWO: THE MASTER PLAN
  74. SEVENTY-THREE: A JEALOUS MAN
  75. EPILOGUE - PART 1
  76. EPILOGUE - PART 2
  77. CAN I ASK A FAVOR?
  78. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  79. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

With that, he sent another warning look to Warner before getting into his car and driving away.

THIRTY-NINE: ARRESTED?

“What’s wrong with him? I don’t know how this insane man can impress you that much?” Warner asked, baffled.

Sending him a look, I walked back to my bed and plopped down on it.

“What’s going on here, Em? Will you tell me now?” he queried again. “Did you two already break up?”

“We were never together for the breakup you’re talking about.”

“Then?” Raising his brow, he probed me to explain further.

Sighing, I told him everything. And he listened, taking a seat beside me.

But I kept some parts from him. Ace’s past. Especially his being a drug addict back then. It felt wrong to disclose his extremely personal and sore past to Warner. Instead, I told him after Ace’s father’s death, he went into depression and pushed me away from him, taking my sister’s help.

Taking everything in, he just watched me for a moment.

“If he wanted you away from him, why is he after you now?”

“Because now he thinks he can take me back into his life,” I replied through gritted teeth. When he was lost in drugs, he thought it was better if I was away from him. And now that he was stable again, he wanted me back. I wasn’t a freaking toy he could toss around. It was my life to decide, not his.

He took my decision away from me. The decision if I wanted to stand beside him even after knowing his secret or not.

A sharp pain shot through my chest. How could he do this to me?

“No matter his reasons, Em, he shouldn’t have done it. Breaking your heart like that. How could he be so inconsiderate towards the girl he claimed to care for so much?” Discontent flashed across his eyes as he shook his head.

I averted my gaze as a tear slipped down my cheek.

Wiping the tear away, he grabbed my hands. “If a person causes you that much pain, let them go. Your tears are too precious to be shed for a person who doesn’t care if you’re hurt or not.” When I didn’t answer, he tucked a strayed lock behind my ear. “No matter how long you guys have known each other or have feelings for each other, no one can love you more than I do, Em. I would never hurt you like that.” His voice came out soft.

Snatching my hands from his hold, I put some distance between us. “Warner, please. I think we already talked about this.”

Hearing him eliciting his feelings for me made me uncomfortable.

Hurt flashed across his eyes, but he masked it soon as he sent me a look of apology. “I’m sorry. I couldn’t just stop myself.”