Then Staking My Claim Is Only Natural
Chloe's POV
What he lost yesterday wasn't a hearing. It was the rhythm. And today he'd asked to see me, not to amend an exhibit, but to find out how much I still had in hand.
I flipped his draft to page seven.
"This clause doesn't work."
"Which one?" Holt asked.
"The conditions for drawing on t...
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Chapters
1. Six Weeks Pregnan
2. More Trouble Than Expected
3. The Other Woman He Tried to Make Me
4. Adrian. Won't You Kiss your fiancée?
5. Your Patron Not Here To Babysit You Tonight?
6. Mr. Adrian. What Exactly Does That Mean?
7. Your Patron Not Here To Babysit You Tonight?
8. Chloe, I'm Not Letting This Go
9. I Just Needed A Pair Of Eyes
10. That'll Do
11. Is He Looking At Me?
12. Come Here
13. Where's Your Intern?
14. Perhaps I Did Not Even Qualify As A Diversion
15. He Didn't Say Anything, Just Watched Me Quietly As I Performed
16. Where Are We Going?
17. I Wanted To Crawl Into A Hole
18. I Wore Red in Front of My Ex
19. Dress However You Like — But Who's Paying for Yours?
20. A Good Match — That's All a Woman's Worth"
21. The Touch I Was Bracing For Never Came
22. Nothing But a Plaything
23. This Woman Was Genuinely Different
24. I Had Overplayed My Hand
25. You Were Never Even in the Running
26. He Was Actually, Almost, A Little Bit Adorable.
27. All His Exes
28. Enjoy Your Moment in the Sun While It Lasts
29. Who Do You Think You Are?" — A Receptionist Who Slept Her Way to the Top
30. I Want Her Finished Before the Day Is Out
31. Because I Don't Want To Leave
32. Not Ready to Let Go
33. Her Child Is Mine
34. I Meant a Comma
35. He's Trying To Play Matchmaker
36. Would You Like Me To Reach Out To Chloe?
37. Fine. Let Him Play Cold
38. You Were the One Who Ghosted Me First
39. The Runaway Horse
40. Whoever Falls First Loses
41. He's Jealous
42. Afraid I'm Going to Do Something?
43. Call Me Auntie
44. Did I Get Yours?
45. You Think He's Your Ticket to the Top?
46. You don't need any of that. You're beautiful just as you are
47. I Wasn't Watching the Screen
48. I'm Already Married
49. My Wife Doesn't Need to Explain Herself
50. Those Eyes Were Out for Blood
51. Storm Behind Grey-Blue Eyes
52. Did You Really Think a Resignation Would Set You Free?
53. Once prey steps onto my ground, it doesn't walk back out
54. Did You Really Think I Had Time to Play Along with Your Little Charade?
55. I Was Nothing But Air
56. I Couldn't Even Say Sorry
57. Mud
58. They Wanted Me to Break. I Refused
59. You're Not Here to Report. You're Here to Collect
60. I'm Not Alone Anymore
61. The Child Was Real. This Child Was Real
62. You're Going To Go Find Him Yourself?
63. You Suspect Me?
64. Who Leaked Them?
65. Then Judge Me by My Results
66. If I Back Away Now, They'll Take My Silence As An Admission
67. I'm Happy To Answer
68. I Have No Obligation To Answer Such A Biased Question
69. How Do You Plan To Handle It?
70. What Is It You're Really Trying To Do
71. Don't Panic
72. Don't Panic
73. You Don't Need A Reason To Be Here
74. I Know It Was Me That Night
75. You Never Asked
76. I Never Meant to Tie Him Down With a Baby
77. You Two Are Born Enemies
78. But He Forgot I'm A Lawyer
79. Don't Be This Good to Me. I'll Get the Wrong Idea
80. She's a Lawyer, Not Your Case
81. Next Door Isn't Far Enough
82. Not Talking About It Doesn't Mean There's Nothing
83. The Woman on the Phone
84. That Material Was Never Meant to Destroy Me—It Was Meant to Drag Him In
85. I Don't Have to Respond to Unsigned Pieces of Paper
86. That's Why I Never Pinned My Hopes on This Meeting
87. He Simply Sent What You Hid To Where It Belonged
88. It has nothing to do with you. I did it willingly
89. Close the net
90. That's called keeping a witness alive
91. From the Moment You Ended Up Lying Here
92. Next Time It Won't Be as Simple as a Car Crash
93. Old Times Are Still Worth Remembering
94. I'm Introducing My Family
95. She Will Be The Lady Of The Family
96. Whether I Choose To Marry In Is My Decision
97. This Bastard Shouldn't Come Into This World
98. Your Child Won't Be Safe Tonight
99. Because You've Never Said You Like Me
100. From Drugged To Pregnant
101. Worrying About Him And Contacting Him AreTwo DifferentThings
102. I'm Leaving, Don't Look For Me
103. I Can't Protect You
104. Late, but Not Too Late
105. Reasons Go in the Notice. Causes Don't
106. When She Said She'd Protect It, She Meant Herself
107. She Thought She Was Protecting Everything. All She Did Was Buy William Time
108. That's an Order
109. He Can't Sign a Surgical Consent Form
110. Three More to Go
111. She Likes You
112. A Name Lasts a Lifetime
113. Someone Got to Her First
114. So I'm Drinking It
115. Thank You
116. He Didn't Have PR Pull It
117. The Only Woman I've Ever Loved
118. The Assessment Wasn't Complete Before
119. You Come First Too
120. Baby Go to Sleep, Daddy Has a Meeting
121. A Formal Introduction
122. Only Then Did I Have a Home
123. She Learned Mama First
124. Very Clearly
125. Let Him Finish Doing It on Purpose
126. I Was In No Rush To Take It
127. Then Staking My Claim Is Only Natural
128. This Wasn't Thrown Together on the Spot
129. You Didn't Praise Me
130. It's *Your Company's* Office
131. Will It Hurt A Lot?
132. You Picked the Wrong Time — and the Wrong Man
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