Chapter 75 Six Years Ago
Maria hadn't planned on staying past the first winter.
That was the truth of it, the thing she never said out loud to anyone in the house because there was no one left to say it to. She'd taken the job at the Hawthorne estate as a stopgap, six months of steady pay while she sorted out something mor...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 VIP Three
2. Chapter 2 Dancing For Danger
3. Chapter 3 Escape
4. Chapter 4 The Hawthorne Estate
5. Chapter 5 The First Temptation.
6. Chapter 6 Surrender 
7. Chapter 7 Fucked Silly
8. Chapter 8 Morning After
9. Chapter 9 A tense breakfast.
10. Chapter 10 Temptation.
11. Chapter 11 Intrusive Fantasies.
12. Chapter 12 Father and Son's Gambit.
13. Chapter 13 The Rooftop Listener.
14. Chapter 14 Lunch with a twist.
15. Chapter 15 The Ex.
16. Chapter 16 Confrontation.
17. Chapter 17 Warning.
18. Chapter 18 The Guest in Black.
19. Chapter 19 The unwanted welcome.
20. Chapter 20 Ghosts from the past.
21. Chapter 21 Reflection.
22. Chapter 22 The Line Drawn
23. Chapter 23 Vanessa's Arrival.
24. Chapter 24 Flirting with Fire
25. Chapter 25 Heat and Lies.
26. Chapter 26 Fractured Alliances
27. Chapter 27 The Decision.
28. Chapter 28 Calculated Submission.
29. Chapter 29 Sweet Poison.
30. Chapter 30 The Cut-Out Face
31. Chapter 31 The Weight of Secrets
32. Chapter 32 CRACKS IN THE ARMOR
33. Chapter 33 LOCKED DOORS
34. Chapter 34 THE NOTE
35. Chapter 35 TRUST NO ONE
36. Chapter 36 WHAT VANESSA SAW
37. Chapter 37 REX'S PROMISE
38. Chapter 38 BREAKING POINT
39. Chapter 39 LOSING CONTROL
40. Chapter 40 MORNING AND WHAT IT MEANS
41. Chapter 41 VICTOR’S FURY
42. Chapter 42 THE EAST GARDEN WALL
43. Chapter 43 VANESSA PLANTS DOUBT.
44. Chapter 44 REX SEES THROUGH VANESSA
45. Chapter 45 MARIA'S SMALL WARS
46. Chapter 46 VICTOR'S GIFTS AND THEIR PRICE
47. Chapter 47 THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN VICTOR AND VANESSA
48. Chapter 48 WHAT REX FOUND
49. Chapter 49 KIRA'S STORY
50. Chapter 50 VICTOR'S BEDROOM, WEAPONISED
51. Chapter 51 CHAPTER 51: THE EMAIL
52. Chapter 52 Victor's Absence And Vanessa's Move.
53. Chapter 53 THE CHOICE
54. Chapter 54 BLACKSTONE'S OFFICE: THE TRUTH BEGINS
55. Chapter 55 THE ENVELOPE
56. Chapter 56 THE PERFORMANCE
57. Chapter 57 THE GARDEN WALL... NIGHT
58. Chapter 58 THE ALLIANCE SOLIDIFIES
59. Chapter 59 VANESSA'S DEMAND
60. Chapter 60 REX’s PLAN
61. Chapter 61 THE NIGHT OF THE DEAL
62. Chapter 62 VANESSA'S COUNTERMOVE
63. Chapter 63 THE QUESTIONS
64. Chapter 64 Press Release
65. Chapter 65 STUCK IN-BETWEEN .
66. Chapter 66 MISSING
67. Chapter 67 DAWN
68. Chapter 68 Trapped
69. Chapter 69 THE BLIND SPOT
70. Chapter 70 THE CORRIDOR
71. Chapter 71 The Wrong Conclusion
72. Chapter 72 Crossed Wires
73. Chapter 73 What Victor Said
74. Chapter 74 Maria's Silence
75. Chapter 75 Six Years Ago
76. Chapter 76 Leverage
77. Chapter 77 A Second Ally
78. Chapter 78 The Garden, Finally
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