144. “I just want to protect you.”
I grip the doorknob tighter, planting my feet more firmly on the floor, like that could somehow anchor me in this moment rather than let the weight of disappointment crash down on me.
I blink slowly, heavy, trying to rid my eyes of the burn left behind by tears that never quite fell just moments ago...
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Chapters
1. 1. MISERABLE LIFE
2. 2. THE END
3. 3. Going back in time?
4. 4. The last living Sinclair
5. 5. I don’t want to be your wife
6. 6. “Charlotte is in good hands.”
7. 7. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
8. 8. Wedding night
9. 9. Lace and Denial
10. 10. “I’ll take your dress off.”
11. 11. “Make me hard, Charlotte.”
12. 12. Game of teasing
13. 13. “Feels good, doesn’t it?”
14. 14. “Just the tip?”
15. 15. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
16. 16. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
17. 17. “Are you happy?”
18. 18. “Where is your husband?”
19. 19. “Good luck with that, honey.”
20. 20. The Earl’s favorite
21. 21. “What are you doing here?”
22. 22. Morning after
23. 23. Losing appetite
24. 24. Newlywed couple
25. 25. Ordinary
26. 26. A message from Evelyn?
27. 27. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
28. 28. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
29. 29. “Don’t touch me.”
30. 30. “Afraid of burning?”
31. 31. “I heard rumors…”
32. 32. EVELYN IS HERE
33. 33. Poor, pathetic Charlotte.
34. 34. Broken marriage
35. 35. Why would he care?
36. 36. Metallic taste
37. 37. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
38. 38. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
39. 39. “Stuck with each other.”
40. 40. LORDS’ GATHERING
41. 41. The color of sin
42. 42. Game of secrets
43. 43. “Spread your legs.”
44. 44. “Don’t run, Charlotte.”
45. 45. “Beg me to make you feel good.”
46. 46. “The game is over.”
47. 47. Lord Sebastian
48. 48. “You can always use me.”
49. 49. “He never deserved you.”
50. 50. “We’re home.”
51. 51. “What does that make us?”
52. 52. “Let me make you forget.”
53. 53. “I want to taste you, Charlotte.”
54. 54. “Why do you feel so good?”
55. 55. “What a naughty wife...”
56. 56. “Call for your husband...”
57. 57. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
58. 58. […] LOOK AT ME
59. 59. “Our truce is over…”
60. 60. Burn me to ashes
61. 61. There’s no regret in me...
62. 62. Hospitals…
63. 63. “You don’t know anything.”
64. 64. Am I really being fair?
65. 65. Red light.
66. 66. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
67. 67. Knock, knock.
68. 68. Kensington Palace
69. 69. Not this time, Evelyn.
70. 70. “Who’s the liar now, Chris?”
71. 71. I’m tired
72. 72. “Does she have no shame?”
73. 73. “Poor, clueless Evelyn.”
74. 74. “I’ll see you soon, darling.”
75. 75. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
76. 76. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
77. 77. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
78. 78. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
79. 79. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
80. 80. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
81. 81. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
82. 82. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
83. 83. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
84. 84. Isn’t the first time
85. 85. He’s already lost me
86. 86. “Don’t f*cking leave me, Charlotte.”
87. 87. A sinner seeking shelter
88. 88. “Let me take care of you.”
89. 89. “I want to eat you all day.”
90. 90. Raw need
91. 91. “You’re mine.”
92. 92. “I don’t deserve you.”
93. 93. “Let me have you... all of you.”
94. 94. “You’re everything.”
95. 95. “I need you.”
96. 96. “Say you’re mine. Please.”
97. 97. But it’s not enough
98. 98. I see stars again.
99. 99. “Please, baby, don’t stop.”
100. 100. “I just need you.”
101. 101. “You need a doctor!”
102. 102. He couldn’t... right?
103. 103. Last time?
104. 104. I hate him for it.
105. 105. He’s waiting for me.
106. 106. Feels like a cage
107. 107. I’m no saint.
108. 108. Last Will
109. 109. Clause 17
110. 110. Be that woman again
111. 111. Blood is everything
112. 112. Marshall’s sons
113. 113. “You’ve changed.”
114. 114. Inexplicable things
115. 115. The secret that I carried
116. 116. Heavy, raw, and cruel truth
117. 117. Legacy lost in time
118. 118. Henry Sinclair-Houghton
119. 119. “I’ll tell you everything.”
120. 120. Tick-tock…
121. 121. An innocent boy
122. 122. "How to be forgiven."
123. 123. Houghton Family’s Breakfast — PART I
124. 124. Houghton Family’s Breakfast — PART II
125. 125. Houghton Family’s Breakfast — PART III
126. 126. Houghton Family’s Breakfast — PART IV
127. 127. “For love.”
128. 128. “I’ll give you everything, Charlotte.”
129. 129. MARSHALL H. (POV)
130. 130. EVELYN ROSE (POV)
131. 131. EVELYN ROSE (POV)
132. 132. EVELYN ROSE (POV)
133. 133. EVELYN ROSE (POV)
134. 134. EVELYN ROSE (POV)
135. 135. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
136. 136. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
137. 137. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
138. 138. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
139. 139. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
140. 140. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
141. 141. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
142. 142. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
143. 143. Porcelain
144. 144. “I just want to protect you.”
145. 145. “Love you like no one else.”
146. 146. STAINED BY TIME
147. 147. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
148. 148. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
149. 149. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
150. 150. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
151. 151. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
152. 152. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
153. 153. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
154. 154. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
155. 155. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
156. 156. Was it better that way?
157. 157. Dangerously warm.
158. 158. “Moan for me, Charlotte.” (+18)
159. 159. “All because of me, baby?” (+18)
160. 160. “I want you so bad…” (+18)
161. 161. “Give it all to me.” (+18)
162. 162. EVELYN ROSE (POV)
163. 163. Marshall’s Announcement
164. 164. Proud and untouchable
165. 165. Houghton Family Scandal
166. 166. Not his time yet
167. 167. BLOOD TIES
168. 168. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
169. 169. Tears I shed a lifetime ago
170. 170. “Why are you crying, sweetheart?”
171. 171. Beam of light
172. 172. Houghton and Sinclair’s Truth
173. 173. Cursed Child
174. 174. Everything he was
175. 175. A medical surprise…
176. 176. In a different light.
177. 177. “Why, Charlotte?”
178. 178. Since always.
179. 179. “Forget your name.” (+18)
180. 180. I’m not running… (+18)
181. 181. Wrecked and reborn (+18)
182. 182. To be claimed (+18)
183. 183. This is real (+18)
184. 184. EVELYN ROSE (POV)
185. 185. SEBASTIAN H. (POV)
186. 186. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
187. 187. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
188. 188. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
189. 189. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
190. 190. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
191. 191. EVELYN ROSE (POV)
192. 192. EVELYN ROSE (POV)
193. 193. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
194. 194. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
195. 195. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
196. 196. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
197. 197. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
198. 198. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
199. 199. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
200. 200. “For you, for them.”
201. 201. “Protect you this time.”
202. 202. “Was it a lie, Christopher?”
203. 203. “Don’t leave me.”
204. 204. I can’t believe it
205. 205. This time, we’ll be together
206. 206. Until my last breath
207. 207. CHRISTOPHER H. (POV)
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