Chapter 173 Part II: A Past To Forget
Narrator’s POV
~Several years ago: 11.11.02 (yy.mm.dd)~
Broken, confused, depressed, and so far away from home, having been tossed out of the only home he’s ever known, eighteen-year-old Joel Thorne walked ahead on the deserted road, earphones plugged in, and backpack strapped to his shoul...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Choosing Myself: Run
2. Chapter 2 Busted
3. Chapter 3 Mesmerizingly Dangerous
4. Chapter 4 Still Under His Spell
5. Chapter 5 Two Rings
6. Chapter 6 “You’re The First Woman”
7. Chapter 7 Fiancé Vs Boyfriend
8. Chapter 8 Tug Of War
9. Chapter 9 The Penthouse: Piercings & Wine
10. Chapter 10 You Go First. I’ll Go Second
11. Chapter 11 Uncommon Connection
12. Chapter 12 A Devil Like Me?
13. Chapter 13 Give Me Your Phone
14. Chapter 14 Syncing
15. Chapter 15 Wings To Fly
16. Chapter 16 The Color Of Summer 2025
17. Chapter 17 After Tonight
18. Chapter 18 Keeping My Eyes On Him
19. Chapter 19 Setting His Table
20. Chapter 20 Looking At Me Together
21. Chapter 21 Tobacco and Pleasure
22. Chapter 22 Setting Boundaries
23. Chapter 23 My Feelings
24. Chapter 24 Pull Yourself Together
25. Chapter 25 Disapprovals at Vertigo
26. Chapter 26 The Line Between Us
27. Chapter 27 Thorne Electronics
28. Chapter 28 Unwanted Vs Reassurance
29. Chapter 29 A Compromising Situation
30. Chapter 30 Is He In Love?
31. Chapter 31 The Difference I Make
32. Chapter 32 My Asset
33. Chapter 33 Add To Cart
34. Chapter 34 What We Feel For Each Other
35. Chapter 35 Soph & Alex + No. 24
36. Chapter 36 Brentford vs Chelsea: Who Goes First?
37. Chapter 37 Sofa and Skin
38. Chapter 38 Affirmations and A Change
39. Chapter 39 A Confusing Aftermath
40. Chapter 40 Feeding My Fantasy
41. Chapter 41 Open Acceptance
42. Chapter 42 Fittings
43. Chapter 43 Need To Hear Him
44. Chapter 44 The Voice in My Ears
45. Chapter 45 Obstacles
46. Chapter 46 Shy On Set
47. Chapter 47 Lights, Camera, Chemistry
48. Chapter 48 Dream Proposal: It’s Official!
49. Chapter 49 Sheer and See-through
50. Chapter 50 A Triangle of Feelings
51. Chapter 51 The First Man
52. Chapter 52 No Sane Man
53. Chapter 53 The Baggage I Like
54. Chapter 54 In His Bathtub
55. Chapter 55 Swaying
56. Chapter 56 What Do I Do?
57. Chapter 57 Honesty
58. Chapter 58 My Day
59. Chapter 59 Accepted Into The Thorne Family
60. Chapter 60 Happily Engaged
61. Chapter 61 A Need To Leave
62. Chapter 62 Inside The Duffel Bag
63. Chapter 63 We Love A Supportive Man
64. Chapter 64 Just You And Me
65. Chapter 65 Would You Stay?
66. Chapter 66 What Happened In The Dark
67. Chapter 67 A Mess
68. Chapter 68 Silence
69. Chapter 69 What Else Did You Do, Sophia?
70. Chapter 70 None of Your Business
71. Chapter 71 Patterns and Puzzles
72. Chapter 72 One Out of Three
73. Chapter 73 Candace’s Story
74. Chapter 74 Still Holding Out
75. Chapter 75 Did I Miss Him?
76. Chapter 76 The CEO of The Year and I
77. Chapter 77 A Wrong Private Reunion
78. Chapter 78 Words From a Grown Woman
79. Chapter 79 What I Said
80. Chapter 80 A Princess and a Sicko
81. Chapter 81 Until the Day We Say, ‘I Do’
82. Chapter 82 Famous and Controlled
83. Chapter 83 For The First Time
84. Chapter 84 “I’m Your Source”
85. Chapter 85 Sophia’s Heartbreak
86. Chapter 86 That Single Sentence
87. Chapter 87 Inside Scott’s Office
88. Chapter 88 What Would Sophia Do?
89. Chapter 89 To Get His Attention
90. Chapter 90 Spark Into Flame?
91. Chapter 91 Inside Sexy Sophia’s Head
92. Chapter 92 Mr. Sophia
93. Chapter 93 Silence Over Digging Deeper
94. Chapter 94 The Innocent Girl
95. Chapter 95 Behind The partition
96. Chapter 96 So Badly
97. Chapter 97 Strong Attraction and Pleasure…
98. Chapter 98 The Man Named Joel
99. Chapter 99 Run, Alexander, Run
100. Chapter 100 Welcome Home
101. Chapter 101 Bothering His Fiancée
102. Chapter 102 Pious, Sacred, Holy, and Rebellious
103. Chapter 103 He’s Good For Me
104. Chapter 104 Calling Off The Deal
105. Chapter 105 Bitter-sweet
106. Chapter 106 The Guy From London
107. Chapter 107 Caught in The Mirror
108. Chapter 108 Fighting For Him
109. Chapter 109 Until I Have What I Want
110. Chapter 110 Push and Pull Wantonly
111. Chapter 111 Evil and Selfish
112. Chapter 112 A Father’s Request
113. Chapter 113 Reasons To Cry
114. Chapter 114 You Have to be Enough
115. Chapter 115 Hot Alex; Sexy Sophia
116. Chapter 116 Guarding What’s Mine, Or…?
117. Chapter 117 Something Ethereal; Something Ugly
118. Chapter 118 Telepathy
119. Chapter 119 Truth, Dare, or Drink
120. Chapter 120 A Scale of Ten to Hundred
121. Chapter 121 If I Stand So Close To Her
122. Chapter 122 Three Losers
123. Chapter 123 The Deal and The Drunk Flirt
124. Chapter 124 What She Wants From Me
125. Chapter 125 The Crack To The Unbreakable Shell
126. Chapter 126 Light Up The Sky
127. Chapter 127 Finding Sophia’s Eyes
128. Chapter 128 While She Was Wasted
129. Chapter 129 Crumbling Alexander
130. Chapter 130 1,080 Feet
131. Chapter 131 Something Happened
132. Chapter 132 Mastermind
133. Chapter 133 No More Surface-Level
134. Chapter 134 Distracted and Finding A Solution
135. Chapter 135 I’m Leaving
136. Chapter 136 The Short Drive
137. Chapter 137 With All My Heart
138. Chapter 138 Got Too Close To Her
139. Chapter 139 Timeless Masterpieces
140. Chapter 140 New Beginnings: The Man Behind The Suit
141. Chapter 141 Twenty-four on the 24th
142. Chapter 142 Inside My Pink Cullinan
143. Chapter 143 Tutti-Frutti
144. Chapter 144 My Magnificent Life
145. Chapter 145 In Public
146. Chapter 146 Silver and Gold
147. Chapter 147 The Best Thing To Happen To Me
148. Chapter 148 Rose Red
149. Chapter 149 Only Stars Like Her
150. Chapter 150 Things We Did Before Dinner
151. Chapter 151 The Birthday Girl Gets What She Wants
152. Chapter 152 Her Greatness
153. Chapter 153 Sacred: Rose and Thorns
154. Chapter 154 A Man On a Mission
155. Chapter 155 Battle of The Wealthiest
156. Chapter 156 The Highest Bidder
157. Chapter 157 I Want a Life With You
158. Chapter 158 Not A Remedy
159. Chapter 159 Me, My Girls, and Love Bites
160. Chapter 160 Twelve Years Ago; Twelve Years Later
161. Chapter 161 It’s Over
162. Chapter 162 The Girl With a Fragile Heart
163. Chapter 163 Against The Wall
164. Chapter 164 Honorably Us
165. Chapter 165 “I’m Getting Married To Her.”
166. Chapter 166 Down The Aisle
167. Chapter 167 A Vow of Seventy-four Days
168. Chapter 168 Cheers To Sophia and Alex!
169. Chapter 169 In The Center of The Hall
170. Chapter 170 A New Addiction
171. Chapter 171 His Plans For Me
172. Chapter 172 Only You
173. Chapter 173 Part II: A Past To Forget
174. Chapter 174 The Owner’s Seat
175. Chapter 175 “Daddy”
176. Chapter 176 Dream Destination
177. Chapter 177 It’s Okay
178. Chapter 178 I’m Right In Front Of You
179. Chapter 179 In The Spotlight
180. Chapter 180 Filling The Gaping Void
181. Chapter 181 A Moving Itinerary
182. Chapter 182 Really Intimate
183. Chapter 183 The Maze With No Way Out
184. Chapter 184 The Prey, The Predator, and The Victim
185. Chapter 185 The Photographer
186. Chapter 186 We’re So Alike
187. Chapter 187 Staring Into The Gray Sky
188. Chapter 188 Dickson Thorne and the Naming Ceremony
189. Chapter 189 Honeymoon Pleasure
190. Chapter 190 The Spacious High-Tech Building
191. Chapter 191 Ride With Me
192. Chapter 192 We’ve Got No Exes
193. Chapter 193 Intimate Conversations With Aunt Mel
194. Chapter 194 It Would Eventually Turn Out Great
195. Chapter 195 His Surprising Fantasy
196. Chapter 196 Heart To Heart With Dimitri
197. Chapter 197 Zero Protection; Zero Inhibition; Pure Passion
198. Chapter 198 Until The End of Me
199. Chapter 199 Alexander’s Beautiful Woman
200. Chapter 200 Handsomely
201. Chapter 201 Chelsea Has Got To Win!
202. Chapter 202 Win Or Lose
203. Chapter 203 From Every Angle
204. Chapter 204 The 1st Round and A Recent Memory
205. Chapter 205 If I Could Go Back In Time
206. Chapter 206 Hospital Feelings
207. Chapter 207 Power Over My Mind
208. Chapter 208 A Terribly Unsettling Question
209. Chapter 209 What You Kept From Me
210. Chapter 210 Panic
211. Chapter 211 Going To The Hospital
212. Chapter 212 At The Doctor’s
213. Chapter 213 Is She Going To Be Okay?
214. Chapter 214 I’m Still Everything
215. Chapter 215 Wanting Different Things
216. Chapter 216 I Miss My Wife
217. Chapter 217 Burning Up
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