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5 Chapters
Chapter 6 Ava's Faithful Husband img
Chapter 7 C*m In Her Throat img
Chapter 8 The Night I Devoured Her Soul img
Chapter 9 The Night I Claimed Every Inch img
Chapter 10 We're On Air img
Chapter 11 A Quick One on the Plane img
Chapter 12 I Taught His Wife to Beg img
Chapter 13 I Came Back for What's Mine img
Chapter 14 The Devil Never Knocks img
Chapter 15 The Price of Silence img
Chapter 16 Baby Girl, Let Me Ruin You img
Chapter 17 No Mercy, No Escape img
Chapter 18 Suspended On His C*ck img
Chapter 19 The Night Was Over.... The Punishment Wasn't img
Chapter 20 Ride Him Till He Breaks img
Chapter 21 The Board Is Set img
Chapter 22 Cara's Little Performance img
Chapter 23 Fucking With Ambition img
Chapter 24 Always a Price img
Chapter 25 The Night She Broke Me img
Chapter 26 I Owned Her, She Owned Me img
Chapter 27 Get In The Pool img
Chapter 28 You Can't Run From Me img
Chapter 29 Drowned in You img
Chapter 30 The Bait img
Chapter 31 All In, Balls Out; Welcome to Club Orion img
Chapter 32 Two Dicks, One Hole img
Chapter 33 No Mercy, No Limits img
Chapter 34 Double Stuffed img
Chapter 35 One Kiss Too Far img
Chapter 36 You Don't Get To End This img
Chapter 37 Last Night in Paris img
Chapter 38 I Let Them Ruin Me img
Chapter 39 Filled and Ruined img
Chapter 40 Used From Both Ends img
Chapter 41 Paid to Be Ruined img
Chapter 42 He Never Listens img
Chapter 43 Trapped Forever img
Chapter 44 The Smile That Lied img
Chapter 45 I'm Sorry Too img
Chapter 46 Just Getting Started img
Chapter 47 Down My Throat img
Chapter 48 Helpless img
Chapter 49 Owned img
Chapter 50 One Last Time img
Chapter 51 Running Back img
Chapter 52 Morning Lies img
Chapter 53 A Present from Julian to me img
Chapter 54 To More Money img
Chapter 55 The Photos img
Chapter 56 The Fall img
Chapter 57 Shattered Secrets img
Chapter 58 Old Wounds img
Chapter 59 Punishment Served img
Chapter 60 Deeper Punishment img
Chapter 61 Breaking Point img
Chapter 62 Confrontation img
Chapter 63 Smoke in Her Veins img
Chapter 64 Tangled Thoughts img
Chapter 65 Lost in Him img
Chapter 66 Burning Him Away img
Chapter 67 Checkmate img
Chapter 68 Bad Bitch img
Chapter 69 On My Knees img
Chapter 70 My Loss img
Chapter 71 Close to her img
Chapter 72 Only If img
Chapter 73 Buried in her img
Chapter 74 What I Really Want img
Chapter 75 Hate Me Harder img
Chapter 76 I Had Him img
Chapter 77 Morning Game img
Chapter 78 Leverage img
Chapter 79 Auction of Trust img
Chapter 80 Leverage and loathing img
Chapter 81 Rage and Restraint img
Chapter 82 Poisoned Smiles img
Chapter 83 Out of control img
Chapter 84 Gala Lights img
Chapter 85 Cracks in the Gold img
Chapter 86 The Auction img
Chapter 87 Hammer Down img
Chapter 88 Cornered img
Chapter 89 Silence img
Chapter 90 Heat img
Chapter 91 After img
Chapter 92 Loose Ends img
Chapter 93 Drunk Truth img
Chapter 94 Night Games; Intro. img
Chapter 95 Night Games; VIP Play img
Chapter 96 Night Games; Paid in Full img
Chapter 97 Night Games: Raw and Deep img
Chapter 98 Night Games; Final Ecstacy img
Chapter 99 Puzzle Pieces img
Chapter 100 Heating Point img
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Chapter 5 The Price of One Night

Ava's POV

He laughed.

I wasn't some fake little laugh, but the the cruel kind that I wasn't ready for.

Julian just threw his head back and let it the laughter out, deep. The sound of his vicious laugh hit me in the chest, wrapped around my throat, and squeezed until I forgot how to breathe.

My legs gave out. I grabbed the arm of the leather chair just to stay on my feet. My nails dug in so hard that I felt the stitches pop under my fingers.

He wiped a tear from the corner of his eye, still grinning, and took another slow sip of whiskey. The sunlight caught the glass and threw little broken pieces of gold across his sharp cheekbones.

"My love," he said, voice warm and lazy, like we were old friends sharing a joke, "I knew the second you walked into that club."

My heart stopped. It actually stopped the moment. Why would he refer me as his love? I just met him. My heart started pounding so loud that I could hear it in my ears.

All the blood left my face. The room tilted sideways. I opened my mouth... closed it... opened it again. The only thing that came out was nothing but a cracked whisper. "You... you knew?"

He lifted the glass toward me like he was toasting me, eyes radiating brutality. "Of course I knew. Ava Vance. Leon's perfect little doll with the perfect ring and... you know- " He paused, glaring at my body. "Those sad, hungry eyes. You think I wouldn't know my best buddy's wife?"

My stomach flipped so hard I almost threw up right there.

Everything from last night slammed back into me. I knew something was off but I didn't pay attention that night. I couldn't.

Julian set the glass down. The soft clink sounded like a gun going off. He leaned back against his desk, arms folded, and jacket pulling tight over those shoulders that had held me against a wall only hours ago.

"You really thought I wouldn't recognize Leon's wife when she walked straight up to me in those killer heels and that tiny dress?" His tongue touched his lip, slow. "Come on, sweetheart. I saw those wedding photos. You looked insane in white. Almost as good as you looked in nothing."

Heat rushed to my face, and shame burning so hot I couldn't tell if I wanted to cry or scream. My hands shook at my sides.

"Why?" It ripped out of me, rough and broken. "Why the hell did you touch me if you knew?"

He shrugged like it was nothing. "You came to me, remember? Pushed that perfect body against mine, looked up with those big needy eyes, and asked, real sweet to be wrecked." His smile got sharper. "I'm not the guy who says no to a girl who's begging. Especially when she's my best friend's wife."

He was still smiling, loving every second of watching me fall apart.

I took a shaky step back. My heel caught the rug. I almost went down hard but caught myself on a chair, nails scratching the leather.

"I'm leaving," I said, voice cracking all over the place.

I turned, fingers fumbling for the door handle.

His voice followed me, smooth as silk, poisonous as hell.

"Page Six would eat this up," he said, casual, like he was reading the weather. "'Billionaire heiress Ava Vance caught in secret sex club.' Ohh! I can see it now. Those pretty bruises I left on your neck, the ones you tried to cover with makeup this morning. So damn artistic."

My hand froze on the handle. Ice poured through my veins.

I turned around slow.

He hadn't moved. Still leaning there, glass dangling from his fingers, and sunlight making him look like the devil on vacation.

"What do you want?" My voice came out tiny and broken.

He pushed off the desk and walked toward me, slow, every step loud in the quiet room. The air got thick with cedar, smoke, and the smell of last night still on his skin as it is on mine. My back hit the door. Nowhere else left to run.

He stopped so close that I could feel his heat, radiating off his body. I had to tilt my head back to look at him. His eyes were pure black, shining with winning.

"I'm giving you a choice," he said, low and dangerous. "Three courses. You show up to every single one to complete these courses. No excuses."

I blinked, panic and confusion crashing together in my head. "What the hell does that even mean? What the hell are you saying?"

He leaned in, lips brushing my ear, breath hot and slow. Goosebumps ran down my arms like fire.

"You're gonna pay for cheating, Ava," he whispered. "You're gonna be my personal little toy until I say we're done."

The words exploded in my head.

I jerked back, slammed against the door. "You're crazy."

He straightened, his smile getting wider. "Maybe. But you're the one who crawled into my bed. Begged me to choke you, and make you scream. Oh, and I have it all on video. Nice and clear. The sound is just perfect."

My stomach turned. I slapped a hand over my mouth so I wouldn't be sick.

"Leon will definitely kill you," I hissed through my fingers.

Julian didn't even blink. "Leon will kill you first, princess. You cheated on him. I'm just the guy you picked to do it with." He tilted his head, showing fake sympathy. "How do you think he'll feel watching his wife come so hard she cries? Hearing you beg a stranger to ruin you?"

I couldn't breathe. The walls closed in on me.

He stepped closer, caging me with one arm beside my head. His smell filled my lungs, cedar, whiskey, sex, and me.

"You say one word," he murmured, voice soft but hard as steel, "and I will be the end of you. I'll send everything. Photos. Videos. Audio. You sounded so pretty while begging, Ava. 'Please, harder. Don't stop.' Ring any bells?"

Tears burned. I blinked fast, but they fell anyway, hot down my cheeks.

"Or," he went on, thumb brushing my lip, smearing my lipstick, "you be a good girl. Keep quiet. Open those legs when I say. Your marriage stays safe. Your perfect life stays perfect. Leon never knows. It's a win-win."

I stared at him. Tears kept coming.

He smiled like the war was already over.

I grabbed my bag off the floor, hands shaking so bad I almost dropped it again.

"Go to hell!!" I spat, voice raw and ugly.

I yanked the door open and stumbled into the hallway. The air out here felt cold and thin. My heels echoed too loud on the marble as I ran for the elevator.

His voice floated after me, lazy and amused.

"See you tomorrow, Mrs. Vance."

The doors closed on my reflection: pale, shaking, mascara running, and lipstick wrecked.

And then it hit me, hard, like a wave crashing over my head.

If I'd just said yes when Bella who begged me to tag along to Paris with her...

If I'd stayed home like a good wife...

If I'd never walked into that damn club...

I pressed my fist to my mouth and bit down until I tasted blood.

God!!

If I'd just gone to Paris...

None of this would've happened.

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