Chapter 30 Mandatory Appearance
Mara POV
“There is something else." Lucien set his empty espresso cup in the sink, not looking at me. "The Cross Holdings Wives' Luncheon is tomorrow. Noon at the Lotus Garden."
I felt my spine stiffen automatically, preparing for another battle about obligations and appearances. "And?"
"And you ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Price of Desperation
2. Chapter 2 The signing
3. Chapter 3 Walking Down the Aisle
4. Chapter 4 Separate Kingdoms
5. Chapter 5 The morning After nothing
6. Chapter 6 The Silence that Followed 
7. Chapter 7 The First Battle
8. Chapter 8 Drawing lines in Marble
9. Chapter 9 Performance Act
10. Chapter 10 Sunday Sanctuary
11. Chapter 11 The Cracks Show
12. Chapter 12 Armor and Weapons
13. Chapter 13 The Serpent’s invitation
14. Chapter 14 The art of pretending
15. Chapter 15 Gold Digger
16. Chapter 16 Convincing
17. Chapter 17 The woman in the doorway
18. Chapter 18 The Inspection
19. Chapter 19 The war of roses and ruins
20. Chapter 20 The Price of Saving
21. Chapter 21 When He stayed
22. Chapter 22 The Longest Night
23. Chapter 23 The weight of sleeping trust
24. Chapter 24 Locked Doors and Revelations
25. Chapter 25 First kiss
26. Chapter 26 Back to Battle
27. Chapter 27 The Worthington Ball
28. Chapter 28 Who gets to touch you
29. Chapter 29 When power stepped
30. Chapter 30 Mandatory Appearance
31. Chapter 31 One week. One Bed. No Escape
32. Chapter 32 In Sync with the Enemy
33. Chapter 33 Spa Day Initiation
34. Chapter 34 Lessons in survival
35. Chapter 35 Cracks in the Mask
36. Chapter 36 The Beach Bonfire
37. Chapter 37 Possessive Fury
38. Chapter 38 The Morning After The Storm
39. Chapter 39 Unspoken Truces
40. Chapter 40 The Final Day
41. Chapter 41 Instinct Over Logic
42. Chapter 42 The Flight Home
43. Chapter 43 Between Fantasy and Reality
44. Chapter 44 Falling For A Lie
45. Chapter 45 Exposed
46. Chapter 46 Betrayed
47. Chapter 47 Rehearsal
48. Chapter 48 Photoshoot
49. Chapter 49 The Interview
50. Chapter 50 After The Performance
51. Chapter 51 The Touch That Changed Everything
52. Chapter 52 The Study Fight
53. Chapter 53 The Kiss That Wasn’t Fake
54. Chapter 54 Intimacy He Called Stress Relief
55. Chapter 55 Cold Sheets
56. Chapter 56 Retreat and Regroup
57. Chapter 57 Between Contracts and Confessions
58. Chapter 58 A Mistake I Ran From
59. Chapter 59 Fear, Disguised As Logic
60. Chapter 60 Right Before Everything Changed
61. Chapter 61 Love Said Out Loud
62. Chapter 62 A Thousand Small Ways
63. Chapter 63 Making Him Earn It
64. Chapter 64 One Bed In The Lion’s Den
65. Chapter 65 Proof Not Promises
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