The Billionaire's Forgotten Vows
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Chapter 6 Closer Than She Wants img
Chapter 7 Lines Begin to Blur img
Chapter 8 A Dangerous Game img
Chapter 9 The Perfect Lie img
Chapter 10 The Public Display img
Chapter 11 Caught in the Spotlight img
Chapter 12 A Kiss That Changed Everything img
Chapter 13 Cracks in the Armor img
Chapter 14 The Announcement img
Chapter 15 Playing with Fire img
Chapter 16 The Counterattack img
Chapter 17 The Trap Tightens img
Chapter 18 The Deal That Changes Everything img
Chapter 19 Signed, Sealed... Not Delivered img
Chapter 20 The Trap Has Been Set img
Chapter 21 A Wedding She Never Chose img
Chapter 22 Bound by a Lie img
Chapter 23 Dress Fittings & Dangerous Games img
Chapter 24 The Dinner from Hell img
Chapter 25 Crossing the Line img
Chapter 26 The Party, The Threat, and The Secret img
Chapter 27 The Choice That Changes Everything img
Chapter 28 The Damage is Done img
Chapter 29 The Silence Before the Storm img
Chapter 30 Between the Lies and the Exit img
Chapter 31 When Clocks Start Ticking Louder img
Chapter 32 The Exit img
Chapter 33 The Collapse img
Chapter 34 When Silence Screams Louder img
Chapter 35 The Depths He Never Thought He'd See img
Chapter 36 The Woman Who Stayed vs The One Who Left img
Chapter 37 The Pressure of Expectations img
Chapter 38 Nowhere She Can Hear Him img
Chapter 39 The Unwelcome Future img
Chapter 40 The Spotlight Never Blinks img
Chapter 41 The Truth He Should've Spoken Sooner img
Chapter 42 The Push That Broke the Silence img
Chapter 43 The Final Push img
Chapter 44 Rewritten in Public Ink img
Chapter 45 The Quiet She Asked For img
Chapter 46 The Walls She Refused to Tear Down img
Chapter 47 Thread by Thread, She Rebuilt Herself img
Chapter 48 The Woman Who Rose From Ashes img
Chapter 49 A Name That Refused to Stay Hidden img
Chapter 50 The Signature That Shattered Him img
Chapter 51 She Wouldn't Be Found Unless She Wanted To Be img
Chapter 52 The Stranger Who Knew Too Much img
Chapter 53 The Shadow in Satin img
Chapter 54 Someone Else at Her Side img
Chapter 55 The Chessboard She Now Controlled img
Chapter 56 Let Her Go img
Chapter 57 The Quiet That Screamed img
Chapter 58 Becoming Without Her img
Chapter 59 The Name He Couldn't Ignore img
Chapter 60 The Guest Who Still Haunts Her img
Chapter 61 When Even Hope Stayed Silent img
Chapter 62 A House No Longer Haunted img
Chapter 63 The Quiet Battle No One Saw img
Chapter 64 The Silence That Seemed to Say It All img
Chapter 65 Different Roads, Same Sky img
Chapter 66 The Room Where Everything Stopped img
Chapter 67 The Fire Beneath the Silence img
Chapter 68 The Message That Might Break Them Both img
Chapter 69 The Calm Before Her Storm img
Chapter 70 The City Where It Might End or Begin Again img
Chapter 71 The Answer He Wasn't Ready For img
Chapter 72 The Cost of Choosing Yourself img
Chapter 73 The Room Where It All Fell Quiet img
Chapter 74 The One Thing He Couldn't Buy Back img
Chapter 75 She Doesn't Flinch Anymore img
Chapter 76 The Sound of Silence Hitting Back img
Chapter 77 The War Between Letting Go and Holding On img
Chapter 78 Becoming the Man He Should've Been img
Chapter 79 The Women Who Won't Let Go img
Chapter 80 Alliances Built on Spite img
Chapter 81 The Strings He Never Pulled img
Chapter 82 The End of Obedience img
Chapter 83 When Redemption Has No Witness img
Chapter 84 The Woman He Never Saw img
Chapter 85 Almost Time img
Chapter 86 The Knowing Without Words img
Chapter 87 The Letter He'll Never Send img
Chapter 88 Her Name Is Peace img
Chapter 89 Skin-to-Skin and Soul-to-Soul img
Chapter 90 The Door That Closed Without Sound img
Chapter 91 A Life With No Backspace img
Chapter 92 Then the World Knocked img
Chapter 93 Silk and Starlight img
Chapter 94 First Class, Front Row, First Light img
Chapter 95 Before the Curtain Lifts img
Chapter 96 When She Walked and He Watched img
Chapter 97 Brick by Brick img
Chapter 98 Forgiveness Without Guarantees img
Chapter 99 What Memory Refuses to Let Go img
Chapter 100 The Letter He Finally Sent img
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Chapter 5 A Deal with the Devil

Melissa regretted it the second the words left her mouth "A vacation? With David? What had possessed her to say that?" she thought

David leaned back against the couch watching her with that insufferable smirk "So, where should we go?"

She exhaled sharply "You do realize I didn't actually mean that, right?"

Smiling deeply "You seemed pretty convincing"

Melissa clenched her jaw "I was shutting Helena up, and that was all"

David nodded slowly and thoughtfully "And yet, now my grandmother expects us to take this little trip. So unless you plan on breaking the illusion, we're going"

Melissa's frowned that she had played herself right into his hands "Fine" she said tightly "A weekend that's it" she added.

David tapped his fingers against the armrest "A week."

Her head snapped up "No. Three days." She responded sharply

He cocked an eyebrow "Five"

Melissa crossed her arms "Four"

David, amused exhaled through his nose "Done"

Melissa rolled her eyes "You act like this is a negotiation" she said

"It is" David retorted.

She hated how effortlessly he got under her skin but before she could come up with a sharp retort his phone buzzed. He glanced at it and then stood up "I have a meeting, I'll have my assistant send you a list of destinations"

She frowned "You mean I actually have to plan this?"

He gave her a look "If you want to pick, yes. Otherwise, I'll choose" he said.

Melissa groaned "You're enjoying this, aren't you?"

David didn't answer but just shot her one last knowing glance before leaving.

Melissa collapsed onto the couch the very second David was gone, rubbing her temples. What "what have I done?" she questioned herself.

"Did I just hear that correctly?" Brinley strolled in with her arms crossed and eyebrows raised "Tell me I'm hallucinating" she said. "You and David? A romantic getaway?" she questioned

Melissa sighed "Brinley, don't start please."

Brinley dropped onto the couch beside her "Oh, I'm definitely starting. What is wrong with you?"

"I panicked, okay?" Melissa snapped "Helena was being smug, and I... I just said it."

Brinley whistled low "And now you're stuck, you know right?"

"Pretty much" Melissa responded.

Brinley leaned back "Well, at least make it worth your time; get some spa treatments, milk that billionaire lifestyle"

Melissa shot her a look "You're not helping."

Brinley grinned "I'm just saying, if you're going to be forced into a fake honeymoon, you might as well get some perks."

Melissa buried her face in her hands "I hate everything"

Brinley patted her shoulder "Nah, you just hate that part of you still likes him"

Melissa's heart clenched but she forced herself to scoff "oh! Please"

Brinley gave her a knowing look but didn't push "Alright, alright. I'll drop it. But you better send me updates; I want drama and plenty cocktails."

                         

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