Chapter 196 Provocation

Brandon's hand wandered in slow, absent arcs along the smooth line of Rachel's spine. She was warm against him, her breathing steady in the quiet, but his gaze slid past her shoulder to the open medical kit at the foot of the bed.

It was still where he had left it after tending to the faint bruise...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 Release and Revelry

2. Chapter 2 Just a Bastard

3. Chapter 3 Nothing Stays the Same

4. Chapter 4 This Time, She Stumbles

5. Chapter 5 Bring Her Back Yourself

6. Chapter 6 Mysterious Classmate

7. Chapter 7 I Must Go Back

8. Chapter 8 I Am Your Legal Wife

9. Chapter 9 I Should Have Been Here

10. Chapter 10 The Child's Surname is York

11. Chapter 11 Do I Have to Show You?

12. Chapter 12 Starting Work at the Lancaster Group

13. Chapter 13 I Suggest You Close Your Eyes

14. Chapter 14 Is Your Husband Coming to Pick You Up?

15. Chapter 15 My Husband Is Dead

16. Chapter 16 Watching Her Go, Again

17. Chapter 17 Rachel's Mystery Ride

18. Chapter 18 The Paternity Report Is In

19. Chapter 19 Rachel's Secret Identity

20. Chapter 20 Waiting for Her to Come Home

21. Chapter 21 You Are Not Arthur's Biological Father

22. Chapter 22 I Want Laura to Move Out

23. Chapter 23 See How Long You Last

24. Chapter 24 Ms. York, You're Being Disrespectful

25. Chapter 25 Rachel, It's Me

26. Chapter 26 Miss Smith, Mind Your Own Business

27. Chapter 27 She Must Get a Divorce

28. Chapter 28 Is the Man from Three Years Ago Charles?

29. Chapter 29 Signing

30. Chapter 30 I Only Need One Drop of Sebastian's Blood

31. Chapter 31 True Paternity Test Result

32. Chapter 32 Seeking Help

33. Chapter 33 Revealing the Truth

34. Chapter 34 Rescue Charles

35. Chapter 35 Laura's Madness

36. Chapter 36 How is Sebastian Here?

37. Chapter 37 - His Betrayal

38. Chapter 38 Were You the Woman That Night?

39. Chapter 39 An Apology Too Late

40. Chapter 40 Laura and Her Lover

41. Chapter 41 I Am Pregnant

42. Chapter 42 That Man

43. Chapter 43 A Dirty Mind Finds Dirt Everywhere

44. Chapter 44 You Suspect Me?

45. Chapter 45 Plan Failed

46. Chapter 46 The Accusation

47. Chapter 47 Nothing but a Joke

48. Chapter 48 Before My Very Eyes

49. Chapter 49 He Still Believes in Her

50. Chapter 50 Why Did You Push Me?

51. Chapter 51 I'll Pretend I Don't Know

52. Chapter 52 Bastard

53. Chapter 53 You Have Been Wronged

54. Chapter 54 The Superstar?

55. Chapter 55 The Lancaster Connection

56. Chapter 56 Taking in Brandon

57. Chapter 57 Nowhere to Go

58. Chapter 58 Staying for Love

59. Chapter 59: Jessica's Scandal

60. Chapter 60: Ted's Pressure

61. Chapter 61 Sending Her Home

62. Chapter 62 Cyberbullying

63. Chapter 63 Rachel, Do You Dare to Hit Me?

64. Chapter 64: Attack

65. Chapter 65 Seeing Charles Again

66. Chapter 66 Brandon is Missing

67. Chapter 67 The Death of Jessica

68. Chapter 68 I Did It

69. Chapter 69 Leave My Home

70. Chapter 70 Played by Sebastian

71. Chapter 71 Laura's Downfall

72. Chapter 72: First Come, First Served

73. Chapter 73 When Did Sebastian Have a Child?

74. Chapter 74 He Regretted

75. Chapter 75 The New Spokesperson

76. Chapter 76 Strategic Withdrawal

77. Chapter 77 The New Neighbor

78. Chapter 78 Attending the Banquet

79. Chapter 79 They Are Already Divorced

80. Chapter 80 The Father She Denied

81. Chapter 81 Stay for a Night

82. Chapter 82 His Vulnerability

83. Chapter 83 She Belonged to Another

84. Chapter 84 Auction

85. Chapter 85 He Wants Nothing

86. Chapter 86 Resignation

87. Chapter 87 The South

88. Chapter 88 Moving

89. Chapter 89 Will You Do It for Me

90. Chapter 90 Threat

91. Chapter 91 Brandon Is Our Boss

92. Chapter 92 Stay for One Night

93. Chapter 93 Original Aspiration Belongs to Brandon

94. Chapter 94 The True Savior

95. Chapter 95 Let Her Go

96. Chapter 96 Selman is My Hometown

97. Chapter 97 Kassy's Brother

98. Chapter 98 Arrival at Selman

99. Chapter 99 The Past

100. Chapter 100 Rose

101. Chapter 101 Don't Trust Easily

102. Chapter 102 Taken Away by Rose

103. Chapter 103 His Fear

104. Chapter 104 Elodie's Former Lover

105. Chapter 105 Reunion

106. Chapter 106 Bound by Her Will

107. Chapter 107 Conflict

108. Chapter 108 Escape

109. Chapter 109 Memorial Service

110. Chapter 110 Past Events

111. Chapter 111 Dangerous to Get Close

112. Chapter 112 How Could Rachel Ever Know?

113. Chapter 113 Zenith Global Enterprises

114. Chapter 114 A Scum Like You

115. Chapter 115 A Face-to-Face Confrontation

116. Chapter 116 Rejecting Sebastian's Funding

117. Chapter 117 Robbery In Broad Daylight

118. Chapter 118 Auction

119. Chapter 119 The Shocking Truth: The Auction Item Was Fake

120. Chapter 120: Weekend at the Hot Springs

121. Chapter 121 Joy's Unexpected "Gift"

122. Chapter 122 Are We Lovers?

123. Chapter 123 Unexpected Embrace

124. Chapter 124 Watch Out for Chloe

125. Chapter 125 Grudge

126. Chapter 126 Stand-in

127. Chapter 127 Unremarkable Kassy

128. Chapter 128 Meeting Charles

129. Chapter 129 Counterattack

130. Chapter 130 Charles, Do You Have a Heart

131. Chapter 131 Father

132. Chapter 132 Shifting Tides

133. Chapter 133 I Am Your Fiancée

134. Chapter 134 A Public Claim

135. Chapter 135 Helping Him Remember

136. Chapter 136 Dripping Desire

137. Chapter 137 Why Are You Two Sleeping Together Like That?

138. Chapter 138 The Only One I Can Trust Is You

139. Chapter 139 How Can You Be So Cheap?

140. Chapter 140 Lest You Become Her

141. Chapter 141 I Am Willing to Apologize to Rachel

142. Chapter 142 Rachel's Incorrigible Flirting Nature

143. Chapter 143 Shadowing Rachel

144. Chapter 144 Clark's Downfall

145. Chapter 145 Arthur is Kidnapped

146. Chapter 146 A Prison of Shadows

147. Chapter 147 Taking Back What Was Stolen

148. Chapter 148 Not Meeting Competition Standards

149. Chapter 149 The Other Way Forward

150. Chapter 150 Public Apology

151. Chapter 151 Amy

152. Chapter 152 Perhaps a Scam

153. Chapter 153 Encounter with Rose

154. Chapter 154 The Final Design Leaked

155. Chapter 155 Similar Design

156. Chapter 156 Building Her Own Brand

157. Chapter 157 Grooming Your Own Rival

158. Chapter 158 Graham's Assassination

159. Chapter 159 Shelter from the Rain

160. Chapter 160 The Tracker Beneath Her Skin

161. Chapter 161 She Already Knew Rose

162. Chapter 162 Birthday Banquet

163. Chapter 163 Jessa

164. Chapter 164 It Concerns My Fiancée

165. Chapter 165 I Failed to Respect Your Wishes

166. Chapter 166 Resign from Original Aspiration

167. Chapter 167 Reaching an Agreement

168. Chapter 168 Arthur in Trouble

169. Chapter 169 Arrogant Emily

170. Chapter 170 She Was Never Enough for Him

171. Chapter 171 She Wasn't What He Heard

172. Chapter 172 Regaining Custody

173. Chapter 173: I Made Her Apologize

174. Chapter 174 I Am Old

175. Chapter 175 Was He Really So Wrong?

176. Chapter 176 Only a Divorced Woman with a Child

177. Chapter 177 It Was Her Mistake

178. Chapter 178 Brandon Won't Stand Up for You

179. Chapter 179 My Son's Life Is Not Yours to Touch

180. Chapter 180 Formal Farewell

181. Chapter 181 Better Call the Police

182. Chapter 182 Searching for Brandon

183. Chapter 183 Found Brandon

184. Chapter 184 The Flood in Her Eyes

185. Chapter 185 Kiss

186. Chapter 186 All Night

187. Chapter 187 Can't Wait

188. Chapter 188 Lick Him

189. Chapter 189 Perfect Desire

190. Chapter 190 Return Journey

191. Chapter 191 The Partnership Continues

192. Chapter 192 Crazy for You

193. Chapter 193 The Invitation

194. Chapter 194 Eavesdropping

195. Chapter 195 Want Her

196. Chapter 196 Provocation

197. Chapter 197 Preparing for the Competition

198. Chapter 198 The Enemy You See in Me

199. Chapter 199 The Recordings I Should Have Leaked

200. Chapter 200 Richard

201. Chapter 201 Rose's Whereabouts

202. Chapter 202 Making Love with Him in the Car

203. Chapter 203 Love in the Car, Eyes Passing By

204. Chapter 204 Will Handle It Fairly

205. Chapter 205 The Test Must Fail

206. Chapter 206 Unable to Punish Her

207. Chapter 207 Alliance by Marriage

208. Chapter 208 A Lady Awaits You

209. Chapter 209 A Grand Wedding Prepared for Her

210. Chapter 210 Marrying No One but Him

211. Chapter 211 Into Another Skin

212. Chapter 212 Did Rachel Kidnap Amy?

213. Chapter 213 Leave Sebastian to Me

214. Chapter 214 Vacation or Kidnapping?

215. Chapter 216 At Sea

216. Chapter 215 Deceived

217. Chapter 217 Gift

218. Chapter 218 Unexpected Change

219. Chapter 219 So, Kidnapping Brides Is Your Hobby?

220. Chapter 220 She Walks Away

221. Chapter 221 Unforgivable Past

222. Chapter 223 Substitute

223. Chapter 222 Innocent

224. Chapter 224 Obediently Listen

225. Chapter 225 Jessa Went Crazy

226. Chapter 227 Please Save Me

227. Chapter 226 The Chances He Let Slip Away

228. Chapter 228 Do You Want to Take a Bath Together?

229. Chapter 229 Don't Wake Arthur Up

230. Chapter 230 Farewell to an Old Friend

231. Chapter 231 Unhealable Wounds

232. Chapter 232 Looking Quite Mature

233. Chapter 234 It Is Indeed Her

234. Chapter 233 New Ideas

235. Chapter 235 Saint Grace Church

236. Chapter 236 The Age Limit

237. Chapter 237 I Help You Investigate

238. Chapter 238 I Am Brandon's Woman

239. Chapter 239 Make It Up to Me

240. Chapter 240 A Threat Unseen

241. Chapter 241 Is It Paronychia

242. Chapter 243 Entering the Wrong Door

243. Chapter 242 Design

244. Chapter 244 Could It Be Claire's Surprise for Him?

245. Chapter 245 Beneath the Rising Steam

246. Chapter 246 Flirting and Provocation

247. Chapter 247 Fear of Brandon

248. Chapter 248 Wedding Invitation

249. Chapter 249 You Better Not Be Proud

250. Chapter 250 Brandon's Weakness

251. Chapter 251: I'll Give You Three Days

252. Chapter 252 The Last Help

253. Chapter 253: Come to See Me Alone

254. Chapter 254 Do You Know How Dangerous This Is

255. Chapter 255 I Am Willing to Share Your Burden

256. Chapter 256 Drinking Milk in the Study

257. Chapter 257 Forced into Brandon's Arms

258. Chapter 258 The Upheaval at Zenith Global Enterprises

259. Chapter 259 Withdraw from the Alliance

260. Chapter 260 Encountering a Car Accident

261. Chapter 261: Could He Be an Actor Hired by William?

262. Chapter 262 Visiting

263. Chapter 263 Zenith Global Enterprises Defeated

264. Chapter 264 David's Eccentricities

265. Chapter 265 Running for Office

266. Chapter 266 Private Meeting

267. Chapter 267 Preliminary Decision

268. Chapter 268 Toast

269. Chapter 269 Save Me

270. Chapter 270 Sebastian and Laura

271. Chapter 271 Thora's Departure

272. Chapter 272 Strike

273. Chapter 273 Behind-the-Scenes Manipulator

274. Chapter 274 Scapegoat

275. Chapter 275 Arthur's Preliminary Match

276. Chapter 276 Call Brandon Father

277. Chapter 277 I Want a Child

278. Chapter 278 You Still Have Her in Your Heart

279. Chapter 279 Rachel Is Framed

280. Chapter 280 Sending You Away

281. Chapter 281 Falling into the Sea

282. Chapter 282 The Police Come to Question You

283. Chapter 283 I Want the Shares of the Hawthorne Group

284. Chapter 284 Sebastian Treats You Poorly

285. Chapter 285 Tessa Is Still a Virgin

286. Chapter 286 Rely on Me

287. Chapter 287 Have You Ever Liked Me

288. Chapter 288 David's Temptation

289. Chapter 289 Zach's Escape

290. Chapter 290 Let Him Leave

291. Chapter 291 Wait for My Return

292. Chapter 292 Tomorrow Night at Ten

293. Chapter 293 I Am Not as Good as You

294. Chapter 294 Action

295. Chapter 295 I Can't Let You Go

296. Chapter 296 He Has Already Apologized

297. Chapter 297 Data Recovery

298. Chapter 298 Risk of Cheating

299. Chapter 299 The Eighth Place

300. Chapter 300 Invest in Your Project

301. Chapter 301 Capturing Zach

302. Chapter 302 Enraged David

303. Chapter 303 Going to Selman Again

304. Chapter 304 I Agree

305. Chapter 305 How Do You Have Time to Invite Me

306. Chapter 306 Assassination Attempt Failed

307. Chapter 307 Anouk

308. Chapter 308 Anouk in City A?

309. Chapter 309 Make a Deal

310. Chapter 310 Forceful Expulsion

311. Chapter 311 Tessa and Miguel's Affair

312. Chapter 312 Can Only Protect Her in This Way

313. Chapter 313 Terminate Your Plan

314. Chapter 314 The Arrival of Anouk

315. Chapter 315 Visitor

316. Chapter 316 Fell Down

317. Chapter 317 Dream

318. Chapter 318 Protecting Rachel in His Own Way

319. Chapter 319 Mission Accomplished

320. Chapter 320 Past Events

321. Chapter 321 Confession in Person

322. Chapter 322 Diamond

323. Chapter 323 Proposal

324. Chapter 324 Do You Really Love Her

325. Chapter 325 High-profile Declaration of Love

326. Chapter 326 He Doesn't Even Have Shares

327. Chapter 327 Not Allow Him to Approach Harold

328. Chapter 328 Efrain Did Not Die

329. Chapter 329 He Is Not Efrain at All

330. Chapter 330 I Love Aylam

331. Chapter 331 You Can Investigate

332. Chapter 332 We Are No Longer A Family

333. Chapter 333 I Am Still Your Wife

334. Chapter 334 Escape

335. Chapter 335 Sebastian is Dead

336. Chapter 336 She Is No Longer the Same

337. Chapter 337 Trust Company

338. Chapter 338 You Can Make Money Here

339. Chapter 339 She Is a Very, Very Good Person

340. Chapter 340 Dispute

341. Chapter 341 Out of Control

342. Chapter 342 Maybe Related to Her

343. Chapter 343 Silent Apology

344. Chapter 344 Resolving Future Troubles

345. Chapter 345 Can I Take Care of You?

346. Chapter 346 Invitation

347. Chapter 347 Charles Might Steal Rachel

348. Chapter 348 Tears Are Very Salty

349. Chapter 349 Cowgirl Position

350. Chapter 350 Exhausted

351. Chapter 351 Honeymoon

352. Chapter 352 Threat

353. Chapter 353 Different

354. Chapter 354 Pregnant, Winning the Championship

355. Chapter 355 Notarization

356. Chapter 356 Embrace New Life

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