Chapter 158 A necessary precaution
CHAPTER 158: A necessary precaution
Silas
I stood before the tall glass window of my office, my hands buried in my pockets, watching the city stretch out beneath me in a haze of steel and endless tall buildings towering against the pale afternoon sky, but my attention was fixed on none of it. Be...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Fix You
2. Chapter 2 The Problem
3. Chapter 3 It wasn’t a wall
4. Chapter 4 She has value, and I intend to use it
5. Chapter 5 I want you to marry me
6. Chapter 6 It's mine
7. Chapter 7 The price
8. Chapter 8 I bleed either way
9. Chapter 9 A sister's vow
10. Chapter 10 Cold feet
11. Chapter 11 Collateral
12. Chapter 12 The art of becoming
13. Chapter 13 He struck gold
14. Chapter 14 Better than expected
15. Chapter 15 Husband and wife
16. Chapter 16 Honeymoon decorations
17. Chapter 17 Burned out
18. Chapter 18 Why's everyone hung up on a honeymoon?
19. Chapter 19 A bomb and a marriage
20. Chapter 20 Did I just grab his…?
21. Chapter 21 Lily
22. Chapter 22 Bed her, get it over with
23. Chapter 23 The man in the hallway
24. Chapter 24 Cosa mia
25. Chapter 25 Fit for Mrs Rutherford
26. Chapter 26 A Lesson on Power
27. Chapter 27 Fitting in
28. Chapter 28 The Price of Silence
29. Chapter 29 The rooftop
30. Chapter 30 The Taste of Desperation
31. Chapter 31 Give him what he wants
32. Chapter 32 The Lion’s Den
33. Chapter 33 What he can do
34. Chapter 34 Ruins of the past
35. Chapter 35 Memory unlocked
36. Chapter 36 Which wife's interest?
37. Chapter 37 Espresso
38. Chapter 38 Dead ringer for Simone
39. Chapter 39 Clearing for the storm
40. Chapter 40 And the bough broke
41. Chapter 41 Pound of flesh
42. Chapter 42 Passed out
43. Chapter 43 A surprise guest
44. Chapter 44 A gilded cage
45. Chapter 45 After the storm had passed
46. Chapter 46 I intend to play God
47. Chapter 47 The Weight of the Crown
48. Chapter 48 The Price of a Lie
49. Chapter 49 If you love me…
50. Chapter 50 Bluffing
51. Chapter 51 Claudia
52. Chapter 52 A dream of desire
53. Chapter 53 At what cost?
54. Chapter 54 The price of your skin
55. Chapter 55 Silas got himself a mouse
56. Chapter 56 The one pointing the finger
57. Chapter 57 A house full of ghosts
58. Chapter 58 The Belvedere
59. Chapter 59 An invitation to the gala
60. Chapter 60 The reason why
61. Chapter 61 I'm a Rutherford afterall
62. Chapter 62 She'd be in a jumpsuit, not wearing diamonds
63. Chapter 63 Keep him happy
64. Chapter 64 The Rubicon
65. Chapter 65 Surrender
66. Chapter 66 The Vera from my dreams
67. Chapter 67 Who you belong to
68. Chapter 68 Late-night commotions
69. Chapter 69 Some of us still have dignity
70. Chapter 70 She'll take your entire life
71. Chapter 71 Pulling strings
72. Chapter 72 The sound of us
73. Chapter 73 What if...
74. Chapter 74 The heir's mother
75. Chapter 75 Bewitched
76. Chapter 76 The scent of lilies
77. Chapter 77 The taste of rejection
78. Chapter 78 Who is it?
79. Chapter 79 Who's the father?
80. Chapter 80 Fragments of La Notte
81. Chapter 81 Midnight Teal
82. Chapter 82 Vintage wine then tapwater
83. Chapter 83 The past and the present
84. Chapter 84 Men like you
85. Chapter 85 The highest bidder
86. Chapter 86 The Claim
87. Chapter 87 It was me
88. Chapter 88 Scripted by a demon
89. Chapter 89 Do not poke the bear
90. Chapter 90 Neither heat nor desire
91. Chapter 91 I've got you
92. Chapter 92 Wholly
93. Chapter 93 Tainted with her tears
94. Chapter 94 Love like that
95. Chapter 95 Cobwebs in closets
96. Chapter 96 Through the garden
97. Chapter 97 She liked him
98. Chapter 98 Claudia’s plight
99. Chapter 99 Art exhibition
100. Chapter 100 Bingo
101. Chapter 101 Damien’s rage
102. Chapter 102 History repeating
103. Chapter 103 A father's vow
104. Chapter 104 The weight of choices
105. Chapter 105 Home sweet home
106. Chapter 106 The Last Time
107. Chapter 107 A stranger
108. Chapter 108 A pathetic actor
109. Chapter 109 I aim to please
110. Chapter 110 Another predator
111. Chapter 111 Whispers in the dark
112. Chapter 112 Hot behind the wheels
113. Chapter 113 The secret he knows
114. Chapter 114 Message from whom?
115. Chapter 115 Call me Red
116. Chapter 116 Passions and Confessions
117. Chapter 117 Because of me
118. Chapter 118 The end of the deal
119. Chapter 119 The things we don't say
120. Chapter 120 Because of her
121. Chapter 121 A warehouse and beer
122. Chapter 122 Bloodstained hands
123. Chapter 123 An awakening and a difficult decision
124. Chapter 124 A difficult signature
125. Chapter 125 Some goodbyes
126. Chapter 126 Where is my baby?
127. Chapter 127 Cold coffee
128. Chapter 128 A mother's grief
129. Chapter 129 You did this
130. Chapter 130 You never forgave me
131. Chapter 131 Signed
132. Chapter 132 Best Part
133. Chapter 133 I'll be damned
134. Chapter 134 We're our own enemy, Chance
135. Chapter 135 The Morning After
136. Chapter 136 Marks on her skin, blood on the sheets
137. Chapter 137 Defiling her
138. Chapter 138 The brother I knew
139. Chapter 139 Silent tears
140. Chapter 140 One less animal off the street
141. Chapter 141 The face of the man
142. Chapter 142 You're reaching, Claudia
143. Chapter 143 A cursed loop
144. Chapter 144 My secret, Claudia
145. Chapter 145 The real reason
146. Chapter 146 Wife
147. Chapter 147 Babe
148. Chapter 148 Hypothetically us
149. Chapter 149 A grave problem
150. Chapter 150 Not the enemy
151. Chapter 151 About time
152. Chapter 152 Painfully similar
153. Chapter 153 Welcome back, Madam
154. Chapter 154 Mosquito bite
155. Chapter 155 Does your husband know?
156. Chapter 156 A difficult decision
157. Chapter 157 It's Wayde
158. Chapter 158 A necessary precaution
159. Chapter 159 Her boon my bane
160. Chapter 160 The deal is off
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