Chapter 86 End of the Line

"Lunchtime again," Sheila mused, as the kitchen hummed with a rhythm of its own. Her cheeks glowed rosy in response to the stove's heat as she pivoted towards Sandra, cradling a tray laden with steaming dishes.

"Sandra, take this to Evan's—" she began, but was suddenly cut off by two eager voices.

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Chapters

1. Chapter 1 Aidan Moretti

2. Chapter 2 Beauty Sleep

3. Chapter 3 The Offer

4. Chapter 4 Hopefully, No Regrets

5. Chapter 5 Round After Round

6. Chapter 6 Riding Wild

7. Chapter 7 She wasn’t Cinderella

8. Chapter 8 The Room at the End of the Hall

9. Chapter 9 No Big Deal, Until It Is

10. Chapter 10 Under His Gaze

11. Chapter 11 Under The Bed

12. Chapter 12 The Wrappers Don’t Lie

13. Chapter 13 Into The Unknown

14. Chapter 14 Cleaners or Prisoners?

15. Chapter 15 The Warning

16. Chapter 16 The Hot Tub Challenge

17. Chapter 17 Cleaning Frenzy

18. Chapter 18 Day One. Sorta.

19. Chapter 19 Ethan’s Favorite Brandy

20. Chapter 20 Sincerity and Obedience

21. Chapter 21 A Demonstration of Submission

22. Chapter 22 The Laundry Room

23. Chapter 23 Risk and Release

24. Chapter 24 Awkward Morning Service

25. Chapter 25 You Wouldn’t Dare

26. Chapter 26 Terms and Birth Control

27. Chapter 27 Options and Warnings

28. Chapter 28 Cheerio and Oreo

29. Chapter 29 I Dare You

30. Chapter 30 Amelia Kate Foster

31. Chapter 31 Pigtails and Power Plays

32. Chapter 32 Unprofessional Millie

33. Chapter 33 Breakfast Theories

34. Chapter 34 Evan’s View

35. Chapter 35 Evan’s Naughty Little Thought

36. Chapter 36 Milk and Cookies

37. Chapter 37 Unspoken Definitions

38. Chapter 38 In the Quiet of Guarded Nights

39. Chapter 39 The Almost Kiss

40. Chapter 40 The Guest and the Game

41. Chapter 41 Breakfast and Breakdown

42. Chapter 42 A Mini Spectacle

43. Chapter 43 Not A Request

44. Chapter 44 The Nicest Brother

45. Chapter 45 Quick Room Visit

46. Chapter 46 Into the Lion’s Den

47. Chapter 47 A Lesson on Walking

48. Chapter 48 Secrets, Schedules, and Seduction

49. Chapter 49 The Two Dons

50. Chapter 50 Confessions in Corners

51. Chapter 51 For a Safe Return

52. Chapter 52 Whoopsie-Daisy

53. Chapter 53 A Lesson on Slow Dancing

54. Chapter 54 Stripped and Seen

55. Chapter 55 A Shower Moment

56. Chapter 56 Skinny Dipping

57. Chapter 57 The Kiss That Shouldn’t Happen

58. Chapter 58 Strong Coffee and a Missing Aflie

59. Chapter 59 A Risk Worth Lying For

60. Chapter 60 Crossing the Gate

61. Chapter 61 A Dare and a Disobedience

62. Chapter 62 Very Dangerous People

63. Chapter 63 Definitely Not a Sister

64. Chapter 64 You Shouldn't Have Heard That

65. Chapter 65 Marionne Hearst

66. Chapter 66 Not Dumb, Just Done

67. Chapter 67 Cheers to Heartbreak

68. Chapter 68 My Daddy Talked to Your Daddy

69. Chapter 69 The Offering

70. Chapter 70 You’re Lucky Ethan Likes You

71. Chapter 71 Just A Contract

72. Chapter 72 This Isn’t About Love

73. Chapter 73 Marionne Makes Her Move

74. Chapter 74 New Secret Boyfriend

75. Chapter 75 This Wasn’t Protocol

76. Chapter 76 Evan’s Consequence

77. Chapter 77 This Is the Moretti Way

78. Chapter 78 What Would Millie Do?

79. Chapter 79 The Door Was Never Open

80. Chapter 80 Wide Awake

81. Chapter 81 Three Weeks Left

82. Chapter 82 Aidan’s Job

83. Chapter 83 She’s Just a Job

84. Chapter 84 Clara’s Consequence

85. Chapter 85 Ethan’s Verdict

86. Chapter 86 End of the Line

87. Chapter 87 Evan’s Secret, Aidan’s Mistake

88. Chapter 88 Personal Business

89. Chapter 89 Hot Against The Wall

90. Chapter 90 Wet and Cornered

91. Chapter 91 What's Your Problem, Andrea?

92. Chapter 92 The Problem With Andrea

93. Chapter 93 Too Close, Too Late

94. Chapter 94 Boulogne-Billancourt

95. Chapter 95 From Father to His Son

96. Chapter 96 A Man in the House!

97. Chapter 97 Safe Room

98. Chapter 98 Caught Between Brothers

99. Chapter 99 Show It, Prove It

100. Chapter 100 So Much for Caring

101. Chapter 101 Dare to Shake Things Up

102. Chapter 102 The Marionne Meltdown

103. Chapter 103 A Well-Deserved Foot Massage

104. Chapter 104 More Than Just a Massage

105. Chapter 105 A Hard Lesson

106. Chapter 106 Caught in the Crossfire

107. Chapter 107 The Calm After Marionne

108. Chapter 108 The Kiss, the Touch, the Pause

109. Chapter 109 Taking Things Slow

110. Chapter 110 A Jealous Madman

111. Chapter 111 Aidan’s Breaking Point

112. Chapter 112 Long Day's Work and Bruises

113. Chapter 113 Evan’s Little Surprise

114. Chapter 114 Goodbye, Millie Berry

115. Chapter 115 Be A Fckng Man

116. Chapter 116 No Help, No Escape

117. Chapter 117 Evan’s Little Trick

118. Chapter 118 Aidan’s Death Warrant

119. Chapter 119 The Escape Plan

120. Chapter 120 By Hook or By Crook

121. Chapter 121 Ethan Sets the Trap

122. Chapter 122 An Hour Late

123. Chapter 123 They Came for Clara

124. Chapter 124 A Fair Warning

125. Chapter 125 Beg For It

126. Chapter 126 He Owns Her Now

127. Chapter 127 The Order

128. Chapter 128 Evan Wakes Up in a Trap

129. Chapter 129 Proof of Clara

130. Chapter 130 Changing the Course

131. Chapter 131 Twisting Ethan’s Weak Spot

132. Chapter 132 A Taste of What Could Be

133. Chapter 133 One Girl, Three Brothers

134. Chapter 134 Millie Takes All Three Morettis

135. Chapter 135 Owned in a Dream

136. Chapter 136 The Detour

137. Chapter 137 Back in Atlanta

138. Chapter 138 The Art Room

139. Chapter 139 Bargaining Power

140. Chapter 140 Lucy Grace

141. Chapter 141 He Made Her Come

142. Chapter 142 His Darkest Chapter

143. Chapter 143 The Ghost of Aidan's Past

144. Chapter 144 The Love Confession

145. Chapter 145 Welcome to Borgias Island

146. Chapter 146 Under Surveillance

147. Chapter 147 Two Important Calls

148. Chapter 148 Evan Makes a Deal

149. Chapter 149 A Very Broken Man

150. Chapter 150 The Call from Evan

151. Chapter 151 The Welcoming

152. Chapter 152 The Red Ball Begins

153. Chapter 153 The Witnessing

154. Chapter 154 Denied Release

155. Chapter 155 The Pink Pill

156. Chapter 156 The Party

157. Chapter 157 The Walk

158. Chapter 158 Aidan Watches Helplessly

159. Chapter 159 The Show

160. Chapter 160 Forced to Watch

161. Chapter 161 The Torment

162. Chapter 162 No Feelings, Just This

163. Chapter 163 The Anguish

164. Chapter 164 Aidan’s New Punishment

165. Chapter 165 Aftermath and Appearances

166. Chapter 166 Thrown Into the Deep End

167. Chapter 167 The Culmination

168. Chapter 168 Crossing the Line

169. Chapter 169 The Morning After

170. Chapter 170 Time to Leave

171. Chapter 171 Membership Termination

172. Chapter 172 Point-Blank

173. Chapter 173 The Test and the Escape

174. Chapter 174 Pitch Black

175. Chapter 175 A Willingness to Share

176. Chapter 176 Fallout and Ultimatums

177. Chapter 177 Problem After Problem

178. Chapter 178 Confrontations and Ultimatums

179. Chapter 179 Be Gone Soon

180. Chapter 180 Fractures in the Family

181. Chapter 181 Cedar Ridge Estate

182. Chapter 182 The Siege Begins

183. Chapter 183 Lockdown

184. Chapter 184 Evan Takes Command

185. Chapter 185 Calm After the Storm

186. Chapter 186 Settling and Clearing

187. Chapter 187 Aftermath and Guilt

188. Chapter 188 Late Lunch Diner

189. Chapter 189 A Moment of Normal

190. Chapter 190 Questions and Some Answers

191. Chapter 191 Didn’t Shoot to Kill

192. Chapter 192 Alive and Awake

193. Chapter 193 Don Hugo Delivers Judgment

194. Chapter 194 The Biggest Mistake

195. Chapter 195 Too Broken to Love

196. Chapter 196 Trapped / Teasing

197. Chapter 197 The Game of Tease

198. Chapter 198 Same Sky, Different Place

199. Chapter 199 Where It Hurts

200. Chapter 200 Roger Mills

201. Chapter 201 A Good Night Sleep

202. Chapter 202 The Night After the Nightmare

203. Chapter 203 Evan, Evan, Evan

204. Chapter 204 Looking for Evan

205. Chapter 205 Emily

206. Chapter 206 The Salt Goes Missing

207. Chapter 207 Home Invasion

208. Chapter 208 The Interrogation and Execution

209. Chapter 209 Clean-Up and Consequences

210. Chapter 210 In the car

211. Chapter 211 After the Kill, Before the Hotel

212. Chapter 212 Ordinary Morning

213. Chapter 213 Surprise Attack

214. Chapter 214 As Amelia Kate Foster

215. Chapter 215 Filling Her Absence

216. Chapter 216 On The Run

217. Chapter 217 No More, No Less

218. Chapter 218 Deals and Desires

219. Chapter 219 Bangin’ In the Club

220. Chapter 220 The Bathroom Quickie

221. Chapter 221 Run, Drive, Survive

222. Chapter 222 The Getaway That Didn't Make It

223. Chapter 223 The Dry Dare

224. Chapter 224 No Turning Back

225. Chapter 225 In The Storage Shed

226. Chapter 226 Early Morning Dessert

227. Chapter 227 Hitch-Hiking

228. Chapter 228 Father and Son

229. Chapter 229 A Very Angry Man

230. Chapter 230 Raw and Unfiltered

231. Chapter 231 After the Night

232. Chapter 232 The Call

233. Chapter 233 Safe Haven and Old Flames

234. Chapter 234 Dinner Interrupted

235. Chapter 235 Sanctuary and Deals

236. Chapter 236 Tangled Bonds

237. Chapter 237 Last Moments

238. Chapter 238 Before He Leaves

239. Chapter 239 Shadows of the Past

240. Chapter 240 Where Are the Tapes?

241. Chapter 241 Uneasy Quiet

242. Chapter 242 Fractured Ties

243. Chapter 243 Tangled Lies

244. Chapter 244 Breaking Bonds

245. Chapter 245 Old Wounds

246. Chapter 246 Welcome Home

247. Chapter 247 Afterglow and Ultimatums

248. Chapter 248 Reckoning

249. Chapter 249 The Fall of Gustavo

250. Chapter 250 Fallout

251. Chapter 251 Bargains and Bloods

252. Chapter 252 His Sweet Rose

253. Chapter 253 The End of Hugo

254. Chapter 254 The Confrontation at the Abandoned House

255. Chapter 255 No Loose Ends

256. Chapter 256 Quiet Respite

257. Chapter 257 Coming Home

258. Chapter 258 Clara’s Hospitalization

259. Chapter 259 2 Months Later

260. Chapter 260 Summoned

261. Chapter 261 4 Months Later

262. Chapter 262 The Truth About Evan

263. Chapter 263 Unspoken Currents

264. Chapter 264 Millie Walks Away

265. Chapter 265 Choices

266. Chapter 266 Threads of Healing

267. Chapter 267 1 Year Later

268. Chapter 268 The Confession

269. Chapter 269 The Recording

270. Chapter 270 Can’t Hold Back

271. Chapter 271 Homecoming

272. Chapter 272 The Apology and the Blessing

273. Chapter 273 6 Years Later

274. Chapter 274 The Party and the Pause

275. Chapter 275 Stolen Moments

276. Chapter 276 Before the Ceremony

277. Chapter 277 Unexpected Reunion

278. Chapter 278 Julian’s Fifth Birthday

279. Chapter 279 Beginnings and Endings

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