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Weaponized Love: The Irresistible Devil Claimed Me
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5 Chapters
Chapter 9 Wesley Was In The Same Club img
Chapter 10 Sylvia's Coming As Well img
Chapter 11 Stealing The Spotlight img
Chapter 12 You Probably Went On Plenty Of Dates img
Chapter 13 A Quiet Edge Of Hostility img
Chapter 14 Are You Out Of Your Mind img
Chapter 15 Why Did You Get Tangled Up With Me In The First Place img
Chapter 16 Please Me img
Chapter 17 Caught In The Act img
Chapter 18 Longed To Push Open That Door img
Chapter 19 Just How Close Was She To Being Exposed img
Chapter 20 Why Not Just Camp Out Under Wesley's Bed img
Chapter 21 Bound To Be More Exciting img
Chapter 22 You Don't Respect Me At All img
Chapter 23 Or Is She Upset With Sylvia For Someone Else's Sake img
Chapter 24 That Looks Like Wesley's Car img
Chapter 25 Aren't We Supposed To Get A Room img
Chapter 26 Gentle Yet Immersed In Desire img
Chapter 27 Why So Shy img
Chapter 28 Abby's Sudden Arrival img
Chapter 29 Were You Eating With Someone img
Chapter 30 Bad Blood With Sylvia img
Chapter 31 Abby's Grudge Against Kyla img
Chapter 32 What Do You Feel For Kevin img
Chapter 33 Did You Take The Key I Left On The Table img
Chapter 34 Insult img
Chapter 35 Jordyn's Accusations img
Chapter 36 I Did Nothing Three Years Ago img
Chapter 37 Warnings img
Chapter 38 Was That Really So Unforgivable img
Chapter 39 A Proper Young Lady img
Chapter 40 Eva's Bullying And Torture img
Chapter 41 Eva Set Her Up img
Chapter 42 Please Help Me img
Chapter 43 She Had Lost Her Virginity img
Chapter 44 Rumors img
Chapter 45 Roselyn Becomes Unreadable img
Chapter 46 I Want You img
Chapter 47 Sylvia Tries To Make Kevin Stay img
Chapter 48 What Did She Take Him For img
Chapter 49 Who Are You img
Chapter 50 Guess He Is Not Completely Cold-Hearted img
Chapter 51 Her Place img
Chapter 52 Why Have You Never Come To See Me img
Chapter 53 Trying To Show She Cares img
Chapter 54 Joining Warren Group img
Chapter 55 Catching Sylvia And Kevin Kissing img
Chapter 56 Gossip At The Restroom img
Chapter 57 Shoved Into The Basin img
Chapter 58 That Was Exactly What She Had Been Hoping For img
Chapter 59 I'll Keep Myself In Check img
Chapter 60 A Dinner Together img
Chapter 61 Pathetic img
Chapter 62 You Must Feel Lucky img
Chapter 63 That Woman Must Matter To Him img
Chapter 64 Keep Your Distance From Wesley img
Chapter 65 Running Into Jett img
Chapter 66 Say It Here img
Chapter 67 Just Let Me Go img
Chapter 68 Should I Invite Him Over img
Chapter 69 Kevin Heard Her Soft Moan img
Chapter 70 Whatever We Once Had Ends Here img
Chapter 71 Then What Were They img
Chapter 72 Kevin's Suspicion img
Chapter 73 Are You Seeing Anyone img
Chapter 74 Willing To Drop By His Mistress's Place With Fiona img
Chapter 75 Beth's Protection img
Chapter 76 Paying Double For The Emerald Necklace img
Chapter 77 Several Promising Young Men For You To Meet img
Chapter 78 How Could You Speak To Me Like That img
Chapter 79 Her Defiance img
Chapter 80 Roselyn Would Meet Sylvia's Cousin img
Chapter 81 Saw Her As A Threat img
Chapter 82 You Missed A Spot img
Chapter 83 Her Nonsensical Dream img
Chapter 84 I Should Start Seeing Someone img
Chapter 85 Arrogant Bitch img
Chapter 86 The Emerald Necklace Is Lost img
Chapter 87 Flowers From Tyler img
Chapter 88 Are You Messing With Me On Purpose img
Chapter 89 Blackline Lounge img
Chapter 90 Forcing Her To Drink img
Chapter 91 What Part Of That Wasn't True img
Chapter 92 Drugged img
Chapter 93 What Did I Ever Do To Deserve This img
Chapter 94 He Wanted Tyler Flayed Alive img
Chapter 95 Bad Man img
Chapter 96 Hanging Upside Down At The Harbor img
Chapter 97 Thank You For Saving Me img
Chapter 98 What If What I Want Is For You To Stay By My Side img
Chapter 99 Doesn't That Seem A Little Unfair To Me img
Chapter 100 Body Discovered Outside Warren Group Headquarters img
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Chapter 5 Nobody Wants Her Back

Roselyn's fingers shook as she pivoted, spotting Kevin striding toward her, and her muscles locked up in a split second. With his shadow drawing closer, she blurted out, a little too fast, "I'm on the phone with Abby."

Abby Elliott-her closest friend-became an instant shield. Left with no other option, Roselyn leaned into the lie.

From the other end of the line came the sharp click of a lighter snapping open. Wesley took a slow drag and then let out a low laugh, his voice curling with deliberate provocation. "You don't usually sound like that with just anyone," he noted casually. "Maybe next time, you can talk to me that way. I'd really enjoy it."

Every word was laced with amusement and a trace of mischief.

Roselyn's nerves were stretched thin, every breath shallow and controlled. Only then did she grasp how rattled she truly was-Kevin stood just a few steps away, while Wesley's murmured words slipped closer to the line with every second. She couldn't afford even the smallest chance of Kevin overhearing Wesley.

With a tight grip, she pressed the phone to her ear, holding it as if it might betray her with a single sound. Lowering her voice, she said into the phone quickly, "It's too late for tonight. We'll see each other tomorrow."

"Fine," Wesley answered easily, his tone almost indulgent.

Relief washed through her as she ended the call without hesitation and turned back toward Kevin, forcing her expression into something calm. "Abby already knows I'm back," she said casually. "She asked me to grab a bite with her-but it's late. I'd rather head to your grandmother's place and spend some time with her instead."

Kevin noticed the subtle change in Roselyn's demeanor. His eyes stayed on her a beat longer than usual, searching her face, yet he chose not to press her with questions. "Then I'll drive you to her place myself," he offered in a low tone.

"That won't be necessary. I'll have the driver take me," Roselyn remarked, her smile smooth and carefully controlled.

She was keenly aware of how things looked and where the lines had to be drawn. Getting too close to Kevin was no longer an option she allowed herself to consider. What they once had was gone, and there was no path back to it.

In the end, under Roselyn's insistence, a driver working for the Warren family was arranged to take her to Beth's place.

As Roselyn settled into the back seat, neither Stefan nor Jordyn stepped outside to see her off. Their absence spoke volumes-any pretense of courtesy had been abandoned, and their displeasure over her decision to remain in Radena was no longer hidden.

Before the car rolled forward, Kevin spoke from the curb, his voice steady. "Make time to come by and have dinner with my parents again whenever you can."

With practiced composure, Roselyn dipped her chin and replied, "Alright."

Once the engine hummed to life and the vehicle rolled forward, the mansion slipped farther into the background, Kevin's tall silhouette shrinking until it blurred into the lights.

Roselyn turned her head away at last, a quiet heaviness pooling behind her eyes.

...

Tucked away on the southern outskirts of the city, Beth's place sat far from the clamor and glare of downtown.

When Roselyn finally arrived, the clock had just edged past eight in the evening.

For a visit, the timing was neither early nor intrusive-simply appropriate.

Crossing the threshold, Roselyn scanned the expansive living room-only to find it empty, with no sign of Beth anywhere in sight.

A servant promptly wheeled her suitcase upstairs to be unpacked, while the estate's housekeeper, Aubrey Sutton, rushed over, clasped Roselyn's hand, and spoke with unmistakable warmth. "Roselyn, you're finally home."

Emotion surged unexpectedly, leaving Roselyn's eyes rimmed with red as she struggled to steady her voice. "I'm planning to stay in Radena for a while this time."

Beth had taken Roselyn in from a children's home when she was only eight, and from that day on, this house had been where Roselyn grew up, watched over by Aubrey's steady presence.

More than anyone else, it had been Aubrey who quietly filled the role of parent in Roselyn's life.

Separated for three long years, the affection and longing between them resurfaced the moment they met again.

At Roselyn's mention of staying in Radena, Aubrey looked as though she wanted to ask more but then glanced around instinctively, concern flickering across her face before she swallowed the questions back.

Choosing silence instead, Aubrey squeezed Roselyn's hand gently and said with a soft smile, "It's good that you're home."

After exchanging a few more words, Roselyn glanced toward the stairs and asked, "Where's Beth?"

At once, Aubrey's smile stiffened, a flicker of unease crossing her face. "She's... already turned in for the night."

A brief stillness settled over Roselyn, and the faint curve of her smile slowly drained away.

For fifteen years, Roselyn had lived under Beth's roof, growing up by her side. Even during the three years Roselyn had spent in Zoinbury, they had stayed in touch-calls, FaceTime, long conversations that stretched late into the night. Beth's routine was etched into Roselyn's memory. Barely past eight o'clock, the house still wrapped in evening quiet-there was no way Beth would have gone to bed this early.

The truth settled silently but firmly in Roselyn's chest. Beth simply didn't want to see her. Even Beth didn't want her back-certainly not wanting her to stay in Radena.

A short, self-mocking laugh slipped from Roselyn's throat, thin and hollow. Once she uncovered the answers she'd come for, she would leave Radena behind-no lingering, no burden, no reason for anyone to be troubled by her presence again.

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