Chapters

1- Isabella's First Day at WIS University

2- Elevator Hypnosis

3- Fries, Latin Beats & Magnetic Stares

4- Between Bites and Brown Eyes

5- Focus on college

6- Between Scissors and Secrets

7- Luxury, Locks and Locked Hearts

8- Porcelain Smiles, Broken Vows

9- A very tasty fuck

10- Coincidences

11- A day with my best friend

12- Ménage with three

13- Moistened lips

14- Your phone number

15- Dinner of great revelations

16- Limits Challenged

17- Dangerous Game

18- The luxurious dinner

19- Breaking Point

20- Under the Gaze of the Chief

21- Secrets and Provocations

22- Running from Memories

23- The Taste That Remains

24- The Uncontrollable Obsession

25- Raica

26- My friend

27- Ellen and the Vicious Circle

28- Heart racing

29- Emotions and love dilemmas

30- Dangerous Discoveries

31- Truths and Wounds

32- Fractures and Forbidden Desires

33- Wicked Temptation Unleashed

34- Coffee and Temptation

35- Strawberries and Double Meanings

36- Strawberries and Confessions

37- Confessions and Warnings

38- Unpredictable Futures and Unsettled Pasts

39- A Breath Away From Fear

40- A Night of Solace and Secrets

41- A Night of Comfort and Craving

42- Deliveries, Desires, and Denials

43- Unspoken Tensions and Brewing Desires

44- A Clash of Jealousy and Pride

45- Running from Control

46- Boundaries on the Dance Floor

47- Frustrations and Mixed Signals

48- A Whirlwind Tuesday and the Storm Within

49- The First to Break

50- No One Knocks at Midnight Without a Reason

51- Saturday Night Madness

52- Unsettled Encounters

53- No Escape from You

54- A Fever Between Us

55- You’re Mine, Isabella

56- Moments with the Enigmatic Man

57- Above It All

58- Desire on the Edge of the Sea

59- Deep inside me

60- The Morning After the Storm

61- Waves and Wounds

62- The Pain of Goodbye

63- A Dangerous Kind of Love

64- Confessions Behind Closed Doors

65- She Knows

66- Confessions Over Lunch

67- The Heat Between Us

68- Confessions, Ghosts, and Candlelight

69- One Question, One Choice

70- No Turning Back

71- Malice and Intimacy

72- In This Secret Bubble

73- The Dream and the Gunshot

74- The Younger Whitmore

75- Unwelcome Exposure

76- Unapologetic Choices

77- Whispers and Weight

78- A Caged Echo of Fear

79- When the Past Knocks

80- Too Hot to Handle

81- Shadows, Fame, and Secrets

82- Possessiveness, Bracelets, and a Whispered Thought

83- A Taste of Temptation

84- Into the Snake Pit

85- Velvet Tension and Wicked Bloodlines

86- A Toast to What Remains

87- The Cellar Message

88- No One Was Ready

89- A Brother's Ransom

90- Echoes of Terror

91- The Father’s Bargain

92- My Brother’s

93- A Heart on the Edge

94- The Weight of Betrayal

95- A Daughter’s Reckoning

96- The Price of Their Sins

97- Forty-Five Days Later

98- Packing Up the Pieces

99- Scars and Silence

100- Collateral Damage

101- Exiled Heart

102- Nothing Is Perfect

103- Exhaustion and Obligations

104- A New Day in Los Angeles

105- Corrections and Confessions

106- A new beginning

107- Flight of Confessions

108- Airborne Promises

109- Broadway Dreams and Shadowed Fears

110- A Proposal Under Broadway Lights

111- The Song After the Yes

112- Between the Keys and the Moans

113- Between Keys and Moans

114- Irresistible Obsession

115- Claimed Completely

116- Not Ready for the Spotlight

117- Too Much, Too Fast

118- Into the Lion’s Palace

119- Confronting the Dynasty

120- The Last Dance, the First Victory

121- Secrets Carved in Blood

122- The Confession That Shattered Us

123- The Ocean Witness

124- Shattered Loyalties

125- The Sin That Devoured Me

126- The Weight of Yesterday

127- When Hope Hurts

128- The Weight of a Broken Love

129- Unforgiven Past, Unhealed Wounds

130- Too Late for Forgiveness

131- The Weight of Doing What's Right

132- A Night Out of the Darkness

133- Storm Warning: The Devil You Know

134- Let Me Stay

135- Fevered Tension

136- The Point Where We Stopped

137- Where Pain Resurfaces

138- Burdened by Blood

139- Under Surveillance

140- The Cost of Distance

141- Answers That Hurt

142- Infected and Awake

143- Drunk on Truth

144- The Gravity of Blood

145- No Escape

146- Unwelcome Truths

147- A Child of Sin, A Debt of Blood

148- In His Eyes, the Truth

149- A Promise in His Eyes

150- No Time for Goodbye

151- Turbulence Ahead

152- Wrong Place, Worse Timing

153- Abyss

154- Fractured Blood

155- Too Many Whys, Not Enough Time

156- A Dangerous Silence

157- The Weight of a Father's Love

158- Dreams, Ferraris, and Fathers

159- The Weight of a Choice

160- Confessions Over Coffee

161- Unspoken Battles

162- Trapped in Silence

163- Facing the Truth

164- No Boundaries in the Parking Lot

165- Control, Consequences, and Confessions

166- An Irresistible Escape

167- Strawberries and Surrender

168- Strawberries and Secrets

169- The Door of Forgiveness

170- The Fear of Becoming a Mother

171- Eating for Two

172- A Gift and a Torment

173- Surprise After Surprise

174- The Day Everything Aligned

175- The Cake, the Lie, and the Explosion

176- Welcome to Hell

177- A Promise in the Wake of Scars

178- The Blessing

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POV Isabella:

"She’s hospitalized, Melissa."

"Oh my God, Isabella!"

I couldn’t even stop trembling as I packed my suitcase. There was no plan, no decision waiting once the zipper closed—but somehow, I was going back to Brazil. I grabbed a handful of hangers and shoved them into the little s...