Chapter 64: The Picture
Ardal
Kadeem’s hand interlocks with mine and a familiar warmth floods over me. Five children are giggling and hollering feet away, but they fall to a dim background hum.
Amber afternoon light spills from the windows, highlighting Kadeem’s chiseled features and chocolate brown eyes. The worn leathe...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Last Chances
2. Chapter 2 Defying the Odds
3. Chapter 3 Handling a Creep
4. Chapter 4 Returning “Home”
5. Chapter 5 Faces from the Past
6. Chapter 6 Susan’s Tricks
7. Chapter 7 The Babies’ Discoveries
8. Chapter 8 Late Night Scares
9. Chapter 9 Interview with the Alpha
10. Chapter 10 An Impossible Choice
11. Chapter 11 You Win
12. Chapter 12 The Cutest Babies
13. Chapter 13 Where Did Daddy Go
14. Chapter 14 Someone’s hurt
15. Chapter 15 Fighting with Kadeem
16. Chapter 16 Seduce him Tonight
17. Chapter 17 I Want You
18. Chapter 18 Killed her for the second time
19. Chapter 19 Wedding in the Dream
20. Chapter 20 Finding his Wife
21. Chapter 21 Desperate Rescue
22. Chapter 22 A Wicked Lie&Chapter 23 A Very Exciting Day
23. Chapter 24 Blowing Off Steam
24. Chapter25 Seeing Daddy Again
25. Chapter 26 Taming the Children
26. Chapter 27 Spreading Rumors
27. Chapter 28 Family
28. Chapter 29 Discoveries
29. Chapter 30 Give and Take
30. Chapter 31 In the Alpha’s Hands
31. Chapter 32 Only For Chelsea
32. Chapter 33 Kadeem Receives the News
33. Chapter 34 - Pieces Falling Into Place
34. Chapter 35 - He Knows
35. Chapter 36 Those babies are mine
36. Chapter 37 A Secret
37. Chapter 38 Innocent Pranks
38. Chapter 39 Secrets Revealed
39. Chapter 40 No More Lies
40. Chapter 41 Alpha Takedown
41. Chapter 42 Kadeem’s Rise
42. Chapter 43 Kadeem’s Fight
43. Chapter 44 Kadeem is going to drown
44. Chapter 45 He Smells Strange
45. Chapter 46 We Want Daddy
46. Chapter 47 I Don't Drink With Stray Dogs
47. Chapter 48: Werewolves of London
48. Chapter 49: White Lie
49. Chapter 50: Searching
50. Chapter 51: Betrayal, Redux
51. Chapter 52: Blackout
52. Chapter 53: Dialysis, the Superhero
53. Chapter 54: Float Like a Butterfly
54. Chapter 55: Sting Like a Bee
55. Chapter 56: Old Things
56. Chapter 57: Phelps
57. Chapter 58: Red Hot
58. Chapter 59: Prickling Portents
59. Chapter 60: Swinging Doors
60. Chapter 61: Manufactured Thrill
61. Chapter 62: Seize the Day, Damn It
62. Chapter 63: Softly, as I Leave You
63. Chapter 64: The Picture
64. Chapter 65: The Mask
65. Chapter 66: “Bob’s Your Uncle”
66. Chapter 67 A gemstone
67. Chapter 68: Chipper
68. Chapter 69: Passion
69. Chapter 70: Fever Dream
70. Chapter 71: Second Attack
71. Chapter 72: Reappraisal
72. Chapter 73: Pack Business
73. Chapter 74: Bloodbath
74. Chapter 75: Licking Their Wounds
75. Chapter 76: Overnight Guest
76. Chapter 77: Losing Her
77. Chapter 78: Lovesick Mortals
78. Chapter 79： A huge mistake
79. Chapter 80: Delayed
80. Chapter 81:Plan Z
81. Chapter 82: The Deal
82. Chapter 83: Road Trip
83. Chapter 84: A Love Triangle
84. Chapter 85: Heartbreak Hotel
85. Chapter 86：Asshole
86. Chapter 87: The Bases are Loaded
87. Chapter 88: Home Plate
88. Chapter 89: Suspicions
89. Chapter 90: The Checkpoint
90. Chapter 91: Into the Woods
91. Chapter 92: Blackbird
92. Chapter 93: Jack’s Secret
93. Chapter 94: Warning
94. Chapter 95: The Trap
95. Chapter 96: The Moon
96. Chapter 97: Fraying Lines
97. Chapter 98: Up a Creek
98. Chapter 99: Rain
99. Chapter 100: “Too”
100. Chapter 101: The Choice
101. Chapter 102: Waking Up
102. Chapter 103: Pi (𝝅)
103. Chapter 104: Scars
104. Chapter 105: Teddy Bear Picnic
105. Chapter 106: Pizza Night
106. Chapter 107: Confessions
107. Chapter 108: Softball Summer
108. Chapter 109: A Swing and a Miss
109. Chapter 110: The DNA Results Are In And…
110. Chapter 111: Susan, the Seductress
111. Chapter 112: Puzzles
112. Chapter 113: Mateo’s Truth
113. Chapter 114: Emergency Room
114. Chapter 115: ICU
115. Chapter 116: Recovering
116. Chapter 117: The Rabbit
117. Chapter 118: Sake, to Erase
118. Chapter 119: Hidden Emotions
119. Chapter 120: The Gap Under the Door
120. Chapter 121: The Truth Will Set You Free
121. Chapter 122: Clash
122. Chapter 123: Blank Space
123. Chapter 124: Quicksand
124. Chapter 125: In the Treetop
125. Chapter 126: “The course of true love never did run smooth.”
126. Chapter 127: Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing
127. Chapter 128: Bondage
128. Chapter 129: Side Effects
129. Chapter 130: Moving Day
130. Chapter 131: Glue
131. Chapter 132: Mates
132. Chapter 133: With or Without You
133. Chapter 134: Star-Crossed
134. Chapter 135: Suspicion
135. Chapter 136: Highway Hunt
136. Chapter 137: The One with Karaoke
137. Chapter 138: The Flame
138. Chapter 139: Caught
139. Chapter 140: Interrogation, Interrupted
140. Chapter 141: A Mid-Autumn Night’s Dream
141. Chapter 142: Love is a Game
142. Chapter 143: The Rescue Team
143. Chapter 144: Knives Out
144. Chapter 145: No Way Out
145. Chapter 146: “Ten Duel Commandments”
146. Chapter 147: In the Wee Small Hours
147. Chapter 148: Reckless
148. Chapter 149: Hero
149. Chapter 150: The Fray
150. Epilogue, Part 1: The Final Rose
151. Epilogue, Part 2: Sonnet 116
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