Chapter 257 Cycles: Where Does It End?

Penelope’s POV (Psycho)

“Atone?” I utter, stacking my hands beneath my chin, my elbows pinned to my desk. “Do you mean… repent?”

He nods, pinching the bridge of his nose, shutting his eyes, and lowering his head. He curses all of a sudden, uncrosses his legs, and bends over, dropping his fa...

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

218. Chapter 218 Who is Chained?

219. Chapter 219 Sophia’s Big Sister

220. Chapter 220 Hot, Smitten, and Fears

221. Chapter 221 You Drive Me Crazy

222. Chapter 222 No Pressure; Not Gentle

223. Chapter 223 One Of Those Boyfriends

224. Chapter 224 Damaged ‘Stalker’

225. Chapter 225 Happy Together

226. Chapter 226 Always Meant To Be Yours

227. Chapter 227 The Weak Woman and Her Best Friend

228. Chapter 228 In Her Element

229. Chapter 229 Inscriptions Of Affection

230. Chapter 230 London: Last Moments I

231. Chapter 231 London: Last Moments II

232. Chapter 232 Welcome Home, Roomie!

233. Chapter 233 Queen and King of Hearts

234. Chapter 234 His Fire Burns Me

235. Chapter 235 Dark and Painful

236. Chapter 236 I’m The Only One

237. Chapter 237 Crazy About Each Other

238. Chapter 238 Forced To Keep Up

239. Chapter 239 Who Owns His Heart, Body, and Soul?

240. Chapter 240 The Wait For a Single Glance

241. Chapter 241 Done Giving a Fu–

242. Chapter 242 VIP Underground

243. Chapter 243 Cocktail Sophia

244. Chapter 244 Being Alone

245. Chapter 245 Feral Torture

246. Chapter 246 How Did It Get This Good?

247. Chapter 247 An Artist

248. Chapter 248 Goldmine

249. Chapter 249 Prenup, Marriage, Contract, and Divorce

250. Chapter 250 Reputation

251. Chapter 251 Wanting Nothing Between Us

252. Chapter 252 Even Much Worse