Scarred by Your Love: A Contract Lover's Heartbreak
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Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Cold Water, Hot Shame img
Chapter 16 Chapter 16 He Held Her While She Burned img
Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Back to Where It Broke img
Chapter 18 Chapter 18 You're Not Allowed to Say No img
Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Did You Miss Me img
Chapter 20 Chapter 20 My Body, Your Playground img
Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Feeding the Body, Starving the Heart img
Chapter 22 Chapter 22 A Name She'll Never Earn img
Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Staying the Night Was Never Part of This img
Chapter 24 Chapter 24 She Remember Everything img
Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Ride Me. Here. Now. img
Chapter 26 Chapter 26 I Don't Want This Anymore img
Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Love Cursed with Silver bracelets img
Chapter 28 Chapter 28 A Deal Between Broken Hearts img
Chapter 29 Chapter 29 The Man Who Saved Me img
Chapter 30 Chapter 30 I'm Not Yours Anymore img
Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Interrupted Desires, Unspoken Truths img
Chapter 32 Chapter 32 I Won't Bear Your Child img
Chapter 33 Chapter 33 Let Me Cry in Peace img
Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Dreams Are Sweeter Than Reality img
Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Dangerous Games of Pretend Love img
Chapter 36 Chapter 36 Did You Just Slap Me img
Chapter 37 Chapter 37 He's Back-and So Is the Past img
Chapter 38 Chapter 38 I Didn't File That Report img
Chapter 39 Chapter 39 I Really Don't Remember You img
Chapter 40 Chapter 40 Memories About Her First Love img
Chapter 41 Chapter 41 A Silent Night of Possession img
Chapter 42 Chapter 42 Fake Love, Real Grandmotherly Pressure img
Chapter 43 Chapter 43 Grandma's Love Trap img
Chapter 44 Chapter 44 Caught Between Two Men img
Chapter 45 Chapter 45 Admit You Missed Me img
Chapter 46 Chapter 46 When First Love Returns img
Chapter 47 Chapter 47 The Real Snitch Revealed img
Chapter 48 Chapter 48 She Refuses His Regret img
Chapter 49 Chapter 49 Rivalry in Broad Daylight img
Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Tell Me You Love Me img
Chapter 51 Chapter 51 Secrets Unraveled: A Past She Can't Recall img
Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Double Shock: A Pregnancy Testimony img
Chapter 53 Chapter 53 A Heartbreaking Confession: He Doesn't Love Me img
Chapter 54 Chapter 54 A Dangerous Family Masquerade img
Chapter 55 Chapter 55 The Price of Defiance img
Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Glimmer of Hope in Darkness img
Chapter 57 Chapter 57 Keep the Baby, I'll Be His Father img
Chapter 58 Chapter 58 Whispers of Suspicion: A Wife's Growing Doubt img
Chapter 59 Chapter 59 The Elusive Escape: A Risky Deception img
Chapter 60 Chapter 60 A Lie on the Operating Table img
Chapter 61 Chapter 61 A Conversation Doomed from the Start img
Chapter 62 Chapter 62 The Bitter Seed of Betrayal Takes Root img
Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Freedom's Bittersweet Promise Arrives img
Chapter 64 Chapter 64 A Silent Escape into the Unknown img
Chapter 65 Chapter 65 A Fleeting Sanctuary Shatters Quickly img
Chapter 66 Chapter 66 His Ultimate Declaration of Ownership img
Chapter 67 Chapter 67 A Dangerous Secret Ends in Crisis img
Chapter 68 Chapter 68 A Desperate Hunt on Both Sides img
Chapter 69 Chapter 69 Consumed by a Jealous Obsession img
Chapter 70 Chapter 70 Imprisoned in a Windowless Nightmare img
Chapter 71 Chapter 71 Taken to a Isolated Estate img
Chapter 72 Chapter 72 You Will Never Leave This Place img
Chapter 73 Chapter 73 A Dinner of Public Humiliation img
Chapter 74 Chapter 74 A Cruel Deception to Isolate Her img
Chapter 75 Chapter 75 Forced to Submit to His Will img
Chapter 76 Chapter 76 Cruel Games in the Dark img
Chapter 77 Chapter 77 A Mother's Lesson in Survival img
Chapter 78 Chapter 78 Her Defiant Stand Against Him img
Chapter 79 Chapter 79 The Shocking Confession About the Pills img
Chapter 80 Chapter 80 The Truth About the Baby's Father img
Chapter 81 Chapter 81 He Broke In to Save Her img
Chapter 82 Chapter 82 She Escaped-But at What Cost img
Chapter 83 Chapter 83 A Safe House or Golden Cage img
Chapter 84 Chapter 84 I Don't Belong to You Anymore img
Chapter 85 Chapter 85 Declaring War in the Name of Love img
Chapter 86 Chapter 86 A Broken Girl Says Yes Again img
Chapter 87 Chapter 87 Her Secret Lover Gets Exposed img
Chapter 88 Chapter 88 Love or Legacy-He Must Choose img
Chapter 89 Chapter 89 The Fiancée Moves In img
Chapter 90 Chapter 90 The 'Perfect Wife' Arrives... With a Plan img
Chapter 91 Chapter 91 How to Kill a Baby Without a Trace img
Chapter 92 Chapter 92 The Truth She Hid for Four Years img
Chapter 93 Chapter 93 Run, or Die Trying img
Chapter 94 Chapter 94 He Took the Knife for Her img
Chapter 95 Chapter 95 Bleeding Out in Her Arms img
Chapter 96 Chapter 96 She Left Before Goodbye img
Chapter 97 Chapter 97 He Owes Her Blood and an Answer img
Chapter 98 Chapter 98 She's Not Ready, but He'll Wait img
Chapter 99 Chapter 99 One Last Kiss Before Death img
Chapter 100 Chapter 100 He Came Back From the Dead-for Her img
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Chapter 5 Chapter 5 From Gratitude and Love to Bitter Resentment

Ariella opened her mouth, wanting to apologize, trying to earn a reduction on the six-month sentence.

But pride got the best of her. Rather suffer a few more months than say one soft word to that hypocrite.

"As you wish!" she ground out the words through clenched teeth.

"You don't sound thrilled. Shouldn't you be thanking me for giving you more time to make me fall for you?" Lucian lifted her chin, locking eyes with her, his gaze piercing.

Truth was, extending the deal wasn't just about wanting more time with her body - though that was part of it. What really got under his skin was how this girl had been at his side for nearly two years, and he still couldn't catch her slipping.

No way he was gonna let that stand. As the new head of the Sterling family, he couldn't lose to a rookie like her.

Lucian lived for this kind of game. His plan? Make her hate him to the core, make her fall stupid in love, and then get all her secrets.

And in the end... crush her. Make her pay for every bit of deception.

"I used to be grateful to you..." Ariella's eyes were clear, no sign of lying.

She wanted to explain herself, but only got halfway before the look in his eyes shut her up.

"Go on. Why stop now?"

"You wanted me just to satisfy your appetite, didn't you? There's no point in talking-we both know words don't mean anything between us." Her tone was flat, even a bit dismissive.

That triggered something in him. Again.

He shoved her onto the bed, hands rough as he started yanking at her thin nightgown.

Ariella grabbed his wrist tightly, panicked. "Easy! Stop tearing my clothes-I gotta pay for those."

"Oh? You broke because I didn't give you cash?" He suddenly froze, staring at her like he'd caught her red-handed.

He'd given her a card before, set a spending limit-yet she never used it. Even the slippers, towel, toothpaste, and toothbrush she used, she paid for herself.

He'd assumed she had some pride, but now... maybe not?

Ariella looked at him like he was speaking another language. Honestly, it felt like they operated in different realities. Or maybe he was just clinically insane. Guy twisted everything she said.

Her reaction made Lucian lose his cool again. This time, with a sharp tear, her nightgown went, followed by her silk underwear.

"Can we not do this tonight? I don't want Fiona to hate me," she muttered.

"You don't get to say no!"

She bit her lip hard, refusing to give in, no matter how much it hurt.

Just hold on...

She shut her eyes tight, enduring everything in silence.

When it was over, she slowly got up to take a long shower.

But before she could, Lucian zipped up and shoved her back down on the bed.

She was naked. He looked completely put-together.

The world was never fair.

Her face was flushed from their intimacy, but there was no joy in it-only misery. It annoyed him more than he expected.

He'd meant it as punishment, but seeing her that way made something twist in him. He'd wanted her to feel good in the end. Too bad she clearly didn't care.

"Was it really that awful for you? Then why try to seduce Ryan? You know the guy only thinks with what's below the belt."

"When did I ever seduce him?" she shot back, frowning.

"I saw it! Don't play with fire. Stay the hell away from him!" His voice was low and threatening.

They had a deal: during the agreement period, even holding hands with another man was off-limits-because he had a cleanliness thing.

Yet he could mess around with his wife and still treat Ariella like this? She had boundaries too!

"Don't worry," Ariella replied coolly.

"If there's nothing else, I'm taking a shower and going to bed. You can see yourself out." As she stood, he caught her and pushed her back down again.

            
            

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