Chapter173 They’re actually engaged now?

Chloe

Several months after the beach ceremony where we renewed our vows under the open sky, life had settled into something almost ordinary.

I pushed the front door open and stepped inside. The house smelled like baby lotion and something savory that Julian must have cooked earlier. Liora’s toys w...

Chapters

1. Chapter1 One Dollar for My Ruin

2. Chapter2 Have we met before?

3. Chapter3 I had to be his wife in every way

4. Chapter4 The Touch

5. Chapter5 You blocked me

6. Chapter6 I'd Rather Marry a Cripple

7. Chapter7 I'm scared that now you have him, you won't need me anymore

8. Chapter8 Sleep? Impossible

9. Chapter9 Walls Have Ears

10. Chapter10 She Slept Her Way In

11. Chapter11 Breaking Point

12. Chapter12 Silk

13. Chapter13 Midnight Return

14. Chapter14 Here goes nothing

15. Chapter15 Envy and Shadows (Mia)

16. Chapter16 God help me

17. Chapter17 I'm scared too

18. Chapter18 You're mine（Julian）

19. Chapter19 Sweet, but suffocating

20. Chapter20 My husband was my boss

21. Chapter21 I'm going to figure out what it is

22. Chapter22 Julian Astor is going to ruin me

23. Chapter23 That was my first mistake

24. Chapter24 Dangerous Attention

25. Chapter25 Jealousy and Control（Julian）

26. Chapter26 Who Makes You Happier?

27. Chapter27 Lunch Break

28. Chapter28 Your husband might not appreciate finding out his wife is sneaking around with some pretty boy

29. Chapter29 I literally felt like I was being broken up with

30. Chapter30 When did you get so wise?

31. Chapter31 You're preparing to leave

32. Chapter32 She loves you

33. Chapter33 You've always tried to protect everyone around you

34. Chapter34 Accepting help isn't weakness. It's wisdom.

35. Chapter35 I press call（Vivienne）

36. Chapter36 Just a story

37. Chapter37 You seem almost pleased that I'll be gone

38. Chapter38 I'm going to miss you

39. Chapter39 Teenage complicated

40. Chapter40 The true queen

41. Chapter41 Don't choose him over me.

42. Chapter42 I've told you I'm not a good man

43. Chapter43 Nowhere near enough

44. Chapter44 Your turn

45. Chapter45 Tell me everything

46. Chapter46 You're my brother!

47. Chapter47 Don't make me wait too long

48. Chapter48 I just... I wanted to give him something

49. Chapter49 What if that woman was Chloe?

50. Chapter50 She is a pawn

51. Chapter51 The razor

52. Chapter52 Thank you. For thinking of me.

53. Chapter53 Ready?

54. Chapter54 That was the only evening plan he wanted（Julian）

55. Chapter55 Every second felt like an eternity（Julian）

56. Chapter56 The bedroom fell into shadow

57. Chapter57 You'd face-plant within five minutes

58. Chapter58 You got here by being good in bed

59. Chapter59 The spell broke

60. Chapter60 Stop trying to talk me out of it

61. Chapter61 Like a pig（Mia）

62. Chapter62 Hugging my wife. Not a crime

63. Chapter63 Is this a reward?

64. Chapter64 That's assault, Chloe

65. Chapter65 Loosen up. I don't bite

66. Chapter66 Silly girl

67. Chapter67 Thinking about my legs all day?

68. Chapter68 None compare to my husband

69. Chapter69 To formally announce our marriage

70. Chapter70 It would be a reckoning

71. Chapter71 You got married and didn't even tell your own mother?

72. Chapter72 A twin sister

73. Chapter73 People don't change. They just get better at hiding what they are（Mia）

74. Chapter74 I'm losing him

75. Chapter75 No one is reliable

76. Chapter76 We're not alone anymore

77. Chapter77 So tight around me, Chloe

78. Chapter78 Love you anyway

79. Chapter79 It's too small—clearly not made for me

80. Chapter80 Ten

81. Chapter81 Our baby

82. Chapter82 Now, The Gala

83. Chapter83 The higher you climb, the harder you fall

84. Chapter84 Whatever happens, I've got you

85. Chapter85 You fucking bitch!

86. Chapter86 Only forward

87. Chapter87 My husband

88. Chapter88 Chloe, please! We're family

89. Chapter89 Perfect husbands are boring（Julian）

90. Chapter90 You've changed, Julian

91. Chapter91 I can think of better ways to start the morning

92. Chapter92 First impressions matter in our circle

93. Chapter93 See, bro? That’s how you network

94. Chapter94 Beauty means nothing if your soul is ugly

95. Chapter95 I’m actually going to get pregnant

96. Chapter96 I want to fuck you under the stars until you can’t walk straight tomorrow

97. Chapter97 I’m nowhere near done spoiling you

98. Chapter98 Last night we went seven rounds

99. Chapter99 Every single day for eighteen years, you chose her

100. Chapter100 I like taking care of you

101. Chapter101 What if she doesn't want to be found?

102. Chapter102 My marriage and my career are separate matters

103. Chapter103 Anyway, Congrats you on the marriage

104. Chapter104 Does she... does she know about me?

105. Chapter105 Don't let fear rob you of that opportunity

106. Chapter106 The lie came easily, smoothly

107. Chapter107 You're jealous

108. Chapter108 Not every expression of gratitude came without strings attached

109. Chapter109 She's lying

110. Chapter110 Away from you and your secrets and your need to control everything

111. Chapter111 About the kind of life I wanted to build

112. Chapter112 Either way, I was going to hurt her（Julian）

113. Chapter113 Anywhere but with Julian

114. Chapter114 You think I'm sleeping with her?

115. Chapter115 A well-timed explosion

116. Chapter116 One cage for another

117. Chapter117 You spent the night at another man's apartment

118. Chapter118 Just... please. Come home

119. Chapter119 Where's all this money coming from?

120. Chapter120 Was it before or after you kissed her?

121. Chapter121 Mrs. Harrison is asking for her daughter

122. Chapter122 The machines went silent

123. Chapter123 You're pregnant

124. Chapter124 Real love isn't about holding on. It's about knowing when to let go

125. Chapter125 Handsome. Now go knock 'em dead！（Ethan）

126. Chapter126 I Need To Find Her

127. Chapter127 Anger is good. Anger keeps you fighting

128. Chapter128 I'm not good enough（Kim Harper）

129. Chapter129 The lie we all maintained, the fiction that I was really part of this family（Kim）

130. Chapter130 Time for you to start paying dividends（Kim）

131. Chapter131 The West Seattle Community Center

132. Chapter132 I just need five minutes—

133. Chapter133 Just promise me you'll call if you need help

134. Chapter134 Take these fuckers down

135. Chapter135 This is such a special evening for us

136. Chapter136 This is slander!

137. Chapter137 Your family owes her

138. Chapter138 Because we're twins

139. Chapter139 Now we get to do more than just survive. We get to live

140. Chapter140 Now come here and let me kiss my wife

141. Chapter141 This one is cute

142. Chapter142 What your mother had to say before she took her last breath

143. Chapter143 Mia was just the bait

144. Chapter144 You're bluffing

145. Chapter145 You're in no position to make demands, Mr. Astor

146. Chapter146 He can always find another wife

147. Chapter147 His empire, or you

148. Chapter148 I couldn't let my mom hurt her（Julian）

149. Chapter149 Let me look at you

150. Chapter150 We're going home（Julian）

151. Chapter151 If I lose her now...（Julian）

152. Chapter152 Can we start planning the nursery?（Julian）

153. Chapter153 That's what husbands are for

154. Chapter154 To family

155. Chapter155 You can't control how this plays out. You can only control your part in it

156. Chapter156 She's not you, Chloe

157. Chapter157 You're going to be the death of me

158. Chapter158 How much I want to be inside you properly

159. Chapter159 After the first trimester, we can... explore more options

160. Chapter160 You’re so soft. So full here

161. Chapter161 Blood was dripping from his nose

162. Chapter162 I wanted to wait until after the baby—

163. Chapter163 I want to bury myself inside you until neither of us can think straight

164. Chapter164 I am not a sex toy

165. Chapter165 We’re doing this together

166. Chapter166 We’re not having another one

167. Chapter167 Let’s start again

168. Chapter168 The night was far from over