Rebirth And Redemption: Loving The Devil Everyone Tried To Escape
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Chapter 7 When Had Lilliana Grown So Bold img
Chapter 8 She Hadn't Been Crying At All img
Chapter 9 He's Never Acted Without Reason img
Chapter 10 Good And Fearless img
Chapter 11 Prenatal Learning img
Chapter 12 Lilliana Had Turned The Tables On Her img
Chapter 13 Competition img
Chapter 14 Miss Miller May Be Coming Back Soon img
Chapter 15 If You Want Payback img
Chapter 16 Are You Scared img
Chapter 17 Being Threatened img
Chapter 18 Your Wife Has Been Taken img
Chapter 19 I Am Scared img
Chapter 20 Still Calling Him Mr. Reynolds img
Chapter 21 Will You Come With Me img
Chapter 22 Temptation img
Chapter 23 Incredible img
Chapter 24 She Looked Utterly Crushed img
Chapter 25 Could You Lie With Me Tonight img
Chapter 26 Find A Way To Earn Cash img
Chapter 27 Participating In The Antiques Exhibition img
Chapter 28 Was He Somewhere Nearby img
Chapter 29 Poseidon Was Missing img
Chapter 30 Hundred Birds img
Chapter 31 Farce img
Chapter 32 A Rare Masterpiece img
Chapter 33 My Stomach Hurts img
Chapter 34 Have You Looked Enough img
Chapter 35 Will You Stay With Me img
Chapter 36 Alina's Name Is Everywhere img
Chapter 37 For My Sake img
Chapter 38 Pretending img
Chapter 39 The Shield At Your Back img
Chapter 40 Return To School img
Chapter 41 Scandal img
Chapter 42 Someone You Care For img
Chapter 43 Selection img
Chapter 44 Expel Who img
Chapter 45 Wait For Me img
Chapter 46 Still Upset With Me img
Chapter 47 Do You Still Think I'm Scared img
Chapter 48 You're Not Satisfied img
Chapter 49 A Good Man img
Chapter 50 What Exactly Are You Planning To Do img
Chapter 51 It's Only Fair To Help Me Down img
Chapter 52 Family Banquet img
Chapter 53 Who Were You Just Asking To Kneel img
Chapter 54 Home img
Chapter 55 Antique Shop's Location img
Chapter 56 Do You Expect Me To Flatter You In Return img
Chapter 57 Campbell Family's Banquet img
Chapter 58 Alina's Plan img
Chapter 59 Room Number img
Chapter 60 Why Is It You img
Chapter 61 Catch Them In The Act img
Chapter 62 Cold Yet Caring img
Chapter 63 Everything Was Falling Perfectly Into Place img
Chapter 64 A Flawed Explanation img
Chapter 65 All Your Cards img
Chapter 66 What Happened To Warren img
Chapter 67 Unkind Visitors img
Chapter 68 Come Visit Again img
Chapter 69 Mrs. Reynolds Left With Someone img
Chapter 70 Auction img
Chapter 71 Did I Just Hear You Tell My Wife To Move img
Chapter 72 Use Of His Influence img
Chapter 73 I'll Keep Bidding Higher img
Chapter 74 The Money Is A Loan img
Chapter 75 One-Sided img
Chapter 76 You've Got Some Nerve img
Chapter 77 Take Her Back Home img
Chapter 78 It Makes Me Like You Even More img
Chapter 79 To Deliver Something To Eat img
Chapter 80 Who Are You Calling img
Chapter 81 Are You Alright img
Chapter 82 A Simple Wish img
Chapter 83 Secret Retreat img
Chapter 84 The Invitation img
Chapter 85 The Banquet img
Chapter 86 A Calculated Move img
Chapter 87 Can You Help Me img
Chapter 88 Let's Burn Together img
Chapter 89 Lilliana Was Not Poisoned img
Chapter 90 I Don't Make Empty Trades img
Chapter 91 Ancient Painting img
Chapter 92 Morning Sickness img
Chapter 93 Why Are You Getting So Close To My Wife img
Chapter 94 A Hint img
Chapter 95 Dresses Sent By Mr. Reynolds img
Chapter 96 May I See Your Invitation, Please img
Chapter 97 A Show Of Power img
Chapter 98 I'm Your Sister-In-Law img
Chapter 99 Support img
Chapter 100 She's Spoken For img
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Rebirth And Redemption: Loving The Devil Everyone Tried To Escape

Oliver Quinn
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Chapter 1 Hadn't She Already Died

"Mr. Reynolds, your grandmother insists that no matter what happens, we must ensure the children Ms. Dixon is carrying are safe."

A rough, calloused fingertip grazed Lilliana Dixon's arm, icy enough to jolt through her haze.

Her thoughts felt sluggish, tangled, but the chill made her snap back.

The children?

What on earth were they talking about?

Her mind spun as blurry fragments tumbled together.

Then a man's voice, cold as steel, cut through the fog. "What if I don't want the children?"

The words reverberated in Lilliana's skull until, with a sharp gasp, she lurched awake.

The blade in her dream seemed to slice through her, dragging her violently back to reality. Cold sweat clung to her temples as she pressed a trembling hand to her faintly rounded belly, her eyes wide with disbelief.

From above her came a low, resonant voice. "You're awake?"

Lilliana's lashes fluttered as she slowly lifted her head, staring straight into a pair of fathomless eyes.

"Well played, Ms. Dixon. You nearly fooled me into marriage."

The man's fingertip pressed against her faintly rounded belly, sliding down in a deliberate motion. His lips curved into a mocking smile. "But if the children were to disappear..."

His tone was almost casual, yet the icy threat beneath it made Lilliana's blood run cold.

She shrank back against the pillow, clutching the sheet so tightly her knuckles whitened. Confusion swirled in her gaze, but dread sank deep into her chest.

Caleb Reynolds.

The name struck like a bell. The heir to the powerful Reynolds family-the man who was supposed to be the father of her children.

What the hell was he doing here?

Hadn't she already died?

Her pulse pounded in her ears as she scanned the all-too-familiar surroundings.

The realization hit with dizzying force. She hadn't died after all.

She had returned to three years ago, when she was pregnant.

Three years ago, fate had thrown her into Caleb's arms for a single night that changed everything.

That encounter left her carrying his twins, and when Mary Reynolds-Caleb's formidable grandmother-found out about it, she immediately pressured him to bring Lilliana home and marry her. Caleb, however, mistook it all as part of a scheme and resented her ever since.

This was the second time she had met Caleb.

Lilliana couldn't decide if she was trapped in a vicious dream.

Instinctively, she wrapped an arm protectively around her belly, her whole body trembling. "You won't," she said. "Because I'm carrying your children."

Though weak, her words were resolute.

Deep down, she trusted that Caleb would never harm their babies.

Even though he always mistakenly thought she had schemed against him, he had never laid a finger on the children.

Caleb's gaze grew shadowed as he listened, each hushed word from her lips striking him with perfect clarity.

Delicate features made her look almost ethereal, yet they awakened something dark inside him.

"My children?" His eyes swept over her belly with a sneer. "What makes you think I'd give a damn?"

A shiver rippled through Lilliana as she met his cold, unyielding stare.

Caleb's reputation preceded him-merciless, unfeeling, even toward his own family.

His striking features were nearly as notorious as his chilling indifference.

He carried the reputation of a legendary playboy, wielding power like a weapon. Women flocked to his side, yet the whispers all agreed-love was never part of his vocabulary, only lust and fleeting affairs.

Worse, he was said to have been so cold-blooded he had even had his own father thrown in prison.

For someone like him, nothing was sacred.

His hand slid lower, fingers circling Lilliana's tender neck with just enough pressure to make her breath hitch.

Lilliana's complexion turned ghostly pale, dread knotting in her chest.

For a terrifying moment, she thought she would be killed once again.

Then, the shrill ring of a phone shattered the stifling silence.

Caleb pressed the green button, his expression dark and unreadable as Mary's lively voice floated through the speaker.

"Cale, don't forget to bring your future wife home so I can meet her. I heard she's carrying boy and girl twins. Our family hasn't had more than one child per generation in decades. Don't even think about doing something foolish, and never make Lilliana suffer."

That oppressive weight hanging between Caleb and Lilliana finally loosened.

A frigid calm settled over Caleb's face, his look distant, impossible to decipher.

He ended the call without a word.

After studying Lilliana for several long seconds, he finally let go of her. His palm brushed against her cheek in a strangely tender caress, though his eyes glinted with a warning.

"When those babies are born," he said softly, voice edged like a blade. "You and I will finish what we started."

            
            

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