Chapter 15 5 Just then the buzzer rings and Nico gets up, moving to the door, murmuring something about pizza. And when he comes back into the apartment ten minutes later with his arms full of groceries and indeed a hot pizza balanced on his hand, I am relieved to see that the tension between … Read more
Chapter 14XD83%) 13:10+5“Christian!” I shout again, pulling the door shut behind me. He spins at the end of the hall by the elevator, worry all over his face as I hurry towards him.“Iris!” he says, putting a hand around my waist and tugging me close protectively, look around for whatever is attacking, “what’s wrong!?”“What the … Read more
Chapter 13Christian breaks our gaze first, clenching his jaw and glancing down at his phone. “I have work to do,” he murmurs, pushing off the counter and brushing past me, already dialing and lifting his phone to his ear as he walks through the door to his room.“Come on, Bambi,” Frankie says after a long … Read more
Chapter 12D83%13:09“Christian,” I say, pressing my hands to my chest and willing him to see the truth in every ounce of me, “I swear to you, I have no idea what you’re talking about. I am not intentionally keeping something back – if there’s something I’m missing? I don’t know what it is.”“Think hard, Iris,” … Read more
Chapter 11Frankie and Nico move quickly around the kitchen, assessing the supplies as I just stand here, looking down at my feet, trying to put the pieces of my reality back together.Apparently, I stand there for a long time, because before I know it Frankie’s pressing a hot mug of coffee into my hand. “Cream … Read more
Chapter 10D84% 13:090+5I don’t get much sleep after that, though I do finish my whole sandwich, hungrier than I thought I’d be. But when I push the empty plate away I stare at the ceiling in the dark for a long time, feeling disheartened.Honestly, what has my life become?I’m a little glad, really, that Christian … Read more
Chapter 9$084% 13:09+5I study Christian as I undo the clasp at my back, pulling my bikini top away and tossing it on the bed. Go d, I think, studying Christian as his back is turned, he got tall, and so broad.I bend my knees, dipping down to undo the clasps of my shoes as I … Read more
Chapter 8米家团84%@ 13:08+5II twist a little under Christian’s gaze at he stares at me, wordless, G od – the intensity of it. I mean, I had just tried to make a little joke, but theway he’s looking at me?I mean, what on earth is he thinking?“Master is clear, boss,” Nico says, striding out of the … Read more
Chapter 7084% 13:08+5“Whoa!” Christian says, catching Iris before she can fall to the ground. He holds her steady, letting her find her feet. She looks up at him apologetically with those wide blue eyes, a perfect pink blush spreading over her cheekbones.Go d da mn it, why did she have to grow up to be … Read more
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