Chapter 164 Painful

Rowan

The bedroom door slams hard enough to shake the hallway walls.

Then the lock clicks.

For a few seconds, nobody says anything.

Theo is still standing near the kitchen island staring down the hallway like he just watched his entire future collapse in real time. Devin slowly rubs a hand...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 The Desk

2. Chapter 2 Above My Desk

3. Chapter 3 Interruption

4. Chapter 4 No Calls

5. Chapter 5 Damage Control

6. Chapter 6 Lunch

7. Chapter 7 The Station

8. Chapter 8 Indispensable

9. Chapter 9 Surveillance

10. Chapter 10 Not Optional

11. Chapter 11 After Hours

12. Chapter 12 Person of Interest

13. Chapter 13 Possession

14. Chapter 14 Under Protection

15. Chapter 15 Moving Forward

16. Chapter 16 Survival Mode

17. Chapter 17 Access Revoked

18. Chapter 18 Terms and Conditions

19. Chapter 19 Gatekeeping

20. Chapter 20 Availability

21. Chapter 21 Power Shift

22. Chapter 22 The Cost of Care

23. Chapter 23 Unanswered Questions

24. Chapter 24 New Me

25. Chapter 25 Without Asking

26. Chapter 26 The Last Favor

27. Chapter 27 Next of Kin

28. Chapter 28 Pending Counsel

29. Chapter 29 Chain of Possession

30. Chapter 30 Never Ending

31. Chapter 31 Chaos

32. Chapter 32 Force of Will

33. Chapter 33 Questions with Thorns

34. Chapter 34 Comfort Food

35. Chapter 35 Control Issues

36. Chapter 36 The Place I Survived

37. Chapter 37 Lunch

38. Chapter 38 Asset Protection

39. Chapter 39 No Softness

40. Chapter 40 Surprise?

41. Chapter 41 Safe

42. Chapter 42 The Watcher

43. Chapter 43 Stepping In

44. Chapter 44 Shift in the Air

45. Chapter 45 Off the Record

46. Chapter 46 The Long Game

47. Chapter 47 She Chose

48. Chapter 48 I Handled it

49. Chapter 49 Media Inquiries

50. Chapter 50 Consent

51. Chapter 51 Silence

52. Chapter 52 Intrusive

53. Chapter 53 Incident or Accident?

54. Chapter 54 Scared

55. Chapter 55 Going to War

56. Chapter 56 Power Play

57. Chapter 57 Change in the Air

58. Chapter 58 Controlled

59. Chapter 59 The Past

60. Chapter 60 Want verses Need

61. Chapter 61 Processing

62. Chapter 62 The Quiet Between Sirens

63. Chapter 63 Decisions

64. Chapter 64 I don't care what it costs

65. Chapter 65 Defense

66. Chapter 66 Pressure

67. Chapter 67 Distractions

68. Chapter 68 Destiny

69. Chapter 69 Honesty

70. Chapter 70 Something New

71. Chapter 71 No more discussing

72. Chapter 72 Under My Guard

73. Chapter 73 Warning

74. Chapter 74 Flirting

75. Chapter 75 Questions

76. Chapter 76 Today will be hard

77. Chapter 77 Controlled Environment

78. Chapter 78 On the Record

79. Chapter 79 Arrangements

80. Chapter 80 Next Of Kin

81. Chapter 81 Laid Claim

82. Chapter 82 Protection

83. Chapter 83 Grief

84. Chapter 84 Absolute

85. Chapter 85 If I Could Kill Them For You

86. Chapter 86 Dressed to Control

87. Chapter 87 Unaccounted For

88. Chapter 88 Fault Lines

89. Chapter 89 Politics

90. Chapter 90 The Rival Arrives

91. Chapter 91 Warning of Financial Backing

92. Chapter 92 Broadcast

93. Chapter 93 Can't Breathe

94. Chapter 94 Press

95. Chapter 95 Breaking

96. Chapter 96 Legal

97. Chapter 97 The War Before the Battle

98. Chapter 98 Distant

99. Chapter 99 Paints A Different Picture

100. Chapter 100 I meant it

101. Chapter 101 Surprise

102. Chapter 102 Contract

103. Chapter 103 You Can't Hide From Me

104. Chapter 104 Chasing the Edge

105. Chapter 105 Yes

106. Chapter 106 Blackmail

107. Chapter 107 Digging

108. Chapter 108 Evidence Once More

109. Chapter 109 Need to Know

110. Chapter 110 Still Moving

111. Chapter 111 Triple Threat

112. Chapter 112 Incomplete

113. Chapter 113 Compromised

114. Chapter 114 Always Money

115. Chapter 115 Say It Again

116. Chapter 116 Calling the Shots Once More

117. Chapter 117 Half Measures

118. Chapter 118 Worth it?

119. Chapter 119 Stop Pretending

120. Chapter 120 What you Deserve

121. Chapter 121 Neccessary

122. Chapter 122 We're doing this

123. Chapter 123 Something Borrowed

124. Chapter 124 Boundaries

125. Chapter 125 Not Standard

126. Chapter 126 Promises are to be Kept

127. Chapter 127 Tenderness with a side of Cold

128. Chapter 128 Different World

129. Chapter 129 There it is

130. Chapter 130 Focus on What's Important

131. Chapter 131 NOT TODAY

132. Chapter 132 Confidence & Reassurance

133. Chapter 133 Bad Timing

134. Chapter 134 Another Body

135. Chapter 135 Statements

136. Chapter 136 Becoming Her

137. Chapter 137 Unlawful Field Trip

138. Chapter 138 No More

139. Chapter 139 Something Again

140. Chapter 140 Terms

141. Chapter 141 Surprise Surprise

142. Chapter 142 More than enough

143. Chapter 143 Chain of Evidence

144. Chapter 144 He Owes me

145. Chapter 145 She's Mine

146. Chapter 146 Coffee

147. Chapter 147 Mayor who?

148. Chapter 148 Step in the right direction

149. Chapter 149 Taking the first step

150. Chapter 150 Backlash 1

151. Chapter 151 Fear

152. Chapter 152 Hot Take

153. Chapter 153 Patterns

154. Chapter 154 Dangerous

155. Chapter 155 Beyond

156. Chapter 156 War Room

157. Chapter 157 The Machine

158. Chapter 158 Knew Too Much

159. Chapter 159 Do something about it

160. Chapter 160 Publicly

161. Chapter 161 Switzerland

162. Chapter 162 Damage Control

163. Chapter 163 Emotionally Done

164. Chapter 164 Painful

165. Chapter 165 Questions are needed

166. Chapter 166 Proud

167. Chapter 167 She has everything

168. Chapter 168 Avery Once More

169. Chapter 169 New Information

170. Chapter 170 Crash

171. Chapter 171 Revealing the truth

172. Chapter 172 CEO MODE

173. Chapter 173 NSFW

174. Chapter 174 I've Got You

175. Chapter 175 Barely

176. Chapter 176 Avery's Past

177. Chapter 177 Better understanding why

178. Chapter 178 Lockdown

179. Chapter 179 Iconic

180. Chapter 180 Couldn't do it anymore

181. Chapter 181 Another week

182. Chapter 182 My Entire World

183. Chapter 183 Justice

184. Chapter 184 Child

185. Chapter 185 Control Issues

186. Chapter 186 We're Doing This

187. Chapter 187 Storm is coming

188. Chapter 188 Hiring

189. Chapter 189 Difficult or just plain nope!

190. Chapter 190 Exposed

191. Chapter 191 Names

192. Chapter 192 warrents

193. Chapter 193 Improvement?

194. Chapter 194 Mayor Mayor

195. Chapter 195 Pressure

196. Chapter 196 Why him?

197. Chapter 197 Colors

198. Chapter 198 Scared????

199. Chapter 199 My Ass

200. Chapter 200 Emergency

201. Chapter 201 Panic

202. Chapter 202 Appointments

203. Chapter 203 Vacation?

204. Chapter 204 No Work

205. Chapter 205 Flight

206. Chapter 206 Camille's Names

207. Chapter 207 Limo

208. Chapter 208 Tracking

209. Chapter 209 Miss ya

210. Chapter 210 Freaking out

211. Chapter 211 Run for Mexico

212. Chapter 212 Four Months

213. Chapter 213 Family

214. Chapter 214 Better than life

215. Chapter 215 Gambling

216. Chapter 216 Weak

217. Chapter 217 Conspiracy for Murder

218. Chapter 218 Something I love

219. Chapter 219 Rebuilding

220. Chapter 220 One More Threat

221. Chapter 221 Keeping other's safe

222. Chapter 222 Baby Progress

223. Chapter 223 Yours

224. Chapter 224 Gender Reveal Part 1

225. Chapter 225 Gender Reveal Part 2

226. Chapter 226 Avery once more - OMG

227. Chapter 227 A Chance

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