Chapter 38 Bonus Withheld
Amelia's POV:
The boardroom felt impossibly large as I stood before Carter Group's executive team. My hands were steady as I clicked to the first slide, but my heart was racing beneath my carefully pressed blazer.
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 First Dance
2. Chapter 2 A Perfect Deal
3. Chapter 3 Family Wound
4. Chapter 4 The Wedding Day
5. Chapter 5 Jealousy
6. Chapter 6 First Love
7. Chapter 7 Foolish Emotions
8. Chapter 8 New House
9. Chapter 9 Guardian Angel
10. Chapter 10 Candid Photos
11. Chapter 11 Confrontation
12. Chapter 12 Best Friend
13. Chapter 13 Apology
14. Chapter 14 The Condescending Couple
15. Chapter 15 Problem Solved
16. Chapter 16 A Slight Flush
17. Chapter 17 Someone He Truly Loved
18. Chapter 18 Diana's Hatred
19. Chapter 19 Nosy Uncle Joseph
20. Chapter 20 He's Not My Friend
21. Chapter 21 Greedy Amelia
22. Chapter 22 A Facade to Lure Rich Men
23. Chapter 23 The First Day
24. Chapter 24 Furious Luke
25. Chapter 25 Confrontation at the Kindergarten
26. Chapter 26 I Misunderstood Her
27. Chapter 27 Why Doesn't the Boy Have His Surname?
28. Chapter 28 The Hotel Incident Five Years Ago
29. Chapter 29 I'll Be Right There with You
30. Chapter 30 New Job
31. Chapter 31 Alumni Reunion
32. Chapter 32 Sit Back and Watch the Show
33. Chapter 33 The Truth behind the Hotel Incident (1)
34. Chapter 34 The Truth behind the Hotel Incident (2)
35. Chapter 35 Revenge
36. Chapter 36 A Painful Deception
37. Chapter 37 Using me to Forget him
38. Chapter 38 Bonus Withheld
39. Chapter 39 Test Day
40. Chapter 40 Karma is a Bitch
41. Chapter 41 Broken Promises
42. Chapter 42 Escape to Childhood
43. Chapter 43 Mom Gets Really Scared of High Places
44. Chapter 44 I'm Unemployed
45. Chapter 45 Are you Offering to Support me, Amelia?
46. Chapter 46 I've Been Too Accommodating
47. Chapter 47 The Family Visit
48. Chapter 48 Power Play
49. Chapter 49 Stand up for Emma
50. Chapter 50 Playing Pretend
51. Chapter 51 Shameless and Condescending Wife
52. Chapter 52 Luke's Apology
53. Chapter 53 A Setup
54. Chapter 54 The Setup Unravels
55. Chapter 55 Power Shift
56. Chapter 56 Holding Hands in Public
57. Chapter 57 Taking on His Whole Family to Protect you
58. Chapter 58 A Sweet Celebration
59. Chapter 59 Start a Business
60. Chapter 60 Unhappy Lucas
61. Chapter 61 Do you Like me?
62. Chapter 62 Do I Like her?
63. Chapter 63 Bully the Bully
64. Chapter 64 Unexpected Encounter with Adam
65. Chapter 65 Contract Over
66. Chapter 66 Sweet Amber
67. Chapter 67 I'm Not Divorcing her
68. Chapter 68 Home-Cooked Healing
69. Chapter 69 Perfect Partners
70. Chapter 70 Sweet Success
71. Chapter 71 Is he Really Luke's Son?
72. Chapter 72 I'll Destroy him
73. Chapter 73 Dealing with a Difficult Customer
74. Chapter 74 Display of Affection
75. Chapter 75 Kidnapping
76. Chapter 76 He Really Adores you
77. Chapter 77 I Can't Only Love Myself
78. Chapter 78 Blood Money
79. Chapter 79 Internet Drama
80. Chapter 80 Lose Everything
81. Chapter 81 Why Would you Like Someone Like me?
82. Chapter 82 Heartfelt Confession
83. Chapter 83 Maybe we can Try
84. Chapter 84 So Damn Cute
85. Chapter 85 An Unexpected Kiss
86. Chapter 86 We'll Face it Together
87. Chapter 87 Shy Amelia
88. Chapter 88 Hurt Feelings
89. Chapter 89 Bath Time
90. Chapter 90 Intimate Waters
91. Chapter 91 Surrender to His Tenderness
92. Chapter 92 First Night
93. Chapter 93 The Day After
94. Chapter 94 Are you Interested in Acting?
95. Chapter 95 Spoiled
96. Chapter 96 Scammer?
97. Chapter 97 Give it a Try
98. Chapter 98 Screen Test
99. Chapter 99 Resign
100. Chapter 100 Video Sex
101. Chapter 101 Backstage Battles
102. Chapter 102 First Scene
103. Chapter 103 She's Doing it on Purpose
104. Chapter 104 A Lesson
105. Chapter 105 Secrets in the Woods
106. Chapter 106 Tomorrow Will be Eventful
107. Chapter 107 Pack Your Shit and Get off My Set
108. Chapter 108 Surprise Visit
109. Chapter 109 First Time on a Wire Harness
110. Chapter 110 Brief Reunion
111. Chapter 111 Father-Son Bonding
112. Chapter 112 Acting Lessons
113. Chapter 113 The Knight's Challenge
114. Chapter 114 The Sweet Taste of Compromise
115. Chapter 115 I'd be a Mess
116. Chapter 116 Luke's Gentle Care
117. Chapter 117 Matthew Escaped
118. Chapter 118 I Have More Important Matters to Attend to
119. Chapter 119 On the Couch
120. Chapter 120 Holiday Preparation
121. Chapter 121 Poor Child
122. Chapter 122 New Year's Kiss
123. Chapter 123 You Blocked My Shot and Ruined Everything!
124. Chapter 124 Jessica Messed up
125. Chapter 125 Amelia Got Yelled at
126. Chapter 126 First Genuine Friend in This New World
127. Chapter 127 She Looked... Murderous
128. Chapter 128 I've Been Blacklisted
129. Chapter 129 Abuse
130. Chapter 130 Keep an Eye on them
131. Chapter 131 They Love Amelia
132. Chapter 132 Fans Eat That Stuff up
133. Chapter 133 No Point in Denying My History
134. Chapter 134 First Lead Role
135. Chapter 135 To be a Formidable Businesswoman
136. Chapter 136 Negotiation Skills
137. Chapter 137 People Love Comeback Stories
138. Chapter 138 The Social Media Storm
139. Chapter 139 It Nearly Cost me Everything
140. Chapter 140 The Wrap Party
141. Chapter 141 I Want His Dirty Laundry All over the Internet
142. Chapter 142 Someone's Feeling Sassy
143. Chapter 143 We Could Have a Baby Together
144. Chapter 144 I Want to Get her away from them
145. Chapter 145 Saving her is Saving Myself
146. Chapter 146 Help. Basement. Please.
147. Chapter 147 Stay with me
148. Chapter 148 It's Okay to Cry
149. Chapter 149 We Want to Adopt you
150. Chapter 150 I Hate you
151. Chapter 151 The Beach Getaway
152. Chapter 152 Luke's Tragic Family History
153. Chapter 153 You've Never Thought about Getting Revenge?
154. Chapter 154 Fire
155. Chapter 155 Nightmare
156. Chapter 156 Is it Done?
157. Chapter 156 A Reality Show
158. Chapter 158 Luke's Devoted Fangirls
159. Chapter 159 I Really Want That Doll
160. Chapter 160 I Mean I Really Miss you
161. Chapter 161 Presents
162. Chapter 162 The Leather Belt
163. Chapter 163 The Line-cutter
164. Chapter 164 Luke's Way of Education
165. Chapter 165 Sharp Sophia
166. Chapter 166 Collapsed on Set
167. Chapter 167 Collapsed on Set
168. Chapter 168 I Love you
169. Chapter 169 Lucas's Hidden Talent
170. Chapter 170 A Vasectomy
171. Chapter 171 Sophia's Birthday Party
172. Chapter 172 Dirt Is the New Designer
173. Chapter 173 The Bed Collapsed
174. Chapter 174 Blowjob
175. Chapter 175 The First Fan
176. Chapter 176 The Best Birthday Gift
177. Chapter 177 Build a Sandcastle
178. Chapter 178 Another Unexpected Fan Encounter
179. Chapter 179 The Interview
180. Chapter 180 Amelia's Slaying Moment
181. Chapter 181 Anniversary
182. Chapter 182 Punishment
183. Chapter 183 A Malicious Act by a Competitor
184. Chapter 184 Diana's Visit
185. Chapter 185 Relaxing Spa
186. Chapter 186 Everyone Has a Weakness—Even you
187. Chapter 187 Recognition
188. Chapter 188 Dinner Chaos
189. Chapter 189 Poor Amelia
190. Chapter 190 Katherine Visited Amelia in the Hospital
191. Chapter 191 Revenge
192. Chapter 192 A Deadly Riot
193. Chapter 193 Starry Night
194. Chapter 194 Intimacy in Evening Gown
195. Chapter 195 A Hostile Rival in the Gala
196. Chapter 196 The Wine Ambush
197. Chapter 197 I Can't—
198. Chapter 198 Am I Broken?
199. Chapter 199 Your Feelings are Yours
200. Chapter 200 The Comedy Showdown
201. Chapter 201 Monica's Crush
202. Chapter 202 Fake
203. Chapter 203 Stalker
204. Chapter 204 Dirty Secret
205. Chapter 205 Hired Monica as a Choreographer
206. Chapter 206 He's Clearly Delusional
207. Chapter 207 Vulnerability
208. Chapter 208 Cooking Up Drama
209. Chapter 209 Monica Finally Strikes Back
210. Chapter 210 Breaking Free
211. Chapter 211 Monica's Talent Recognized
212. Chapter 212 Teach that Bastard a Lesson
213. Chapter 213 Justice Served
214. Chapter 214 Little "Surprise"
215. Chapter 215 Victor in Jail
216. Chapter 216 What was I Thinking?
217. Chapter 217 Very interesting
218. Chapter 218 They're Offering the Role to Cassidy
219. Chapter 219 Luke's Art Competition
220. Chapter 220 Picking Strawberries
221. Chapter 221 Steamy Scenes in the Script
222. Chapter 222 Endearing
223. Chapter 223 Poor Talented Cassidy
224. Chapter 224 No Need for a Double
225. Chapter 225 The Missing Costume
226. Chapter 226 Just Colleagues
227. Chapter 227 Start Live
228. Chapter 228 Tears After Triumph
229. Chapter 229 You're Safe
230. Chapter 230 Gifted Girl
231. Chapter 231 To Be a Mean Girl
232. Chapter 232 Make New Friends
233. Chapter 233 Health Report
234. Chapter 234 Gamblers
235. Chapter 235 Sophia was Terrified
236. Chapter 236 Pinky Promise
237. Chapter 237 Kitten
238. Chapter 238 Volunteer at the Animal Rescue Center
239. Chapter 239 Snowball Adopted
240. Chapter 240 Steamy Trap
241. Chapter 241 The Scars from Monica's Youth
242. Chapter 242 A Little CP Buzz
243. Chapter 243 Childish Man
244. Chapter 244 Nominated
245. Chapter 245 Plans for the Weekend
246. Chapter 246 Zap You Good
247. Chapter 247 The Tearful Interview Route
248. Chapter 248 Distraction
249. Chapter 249 The Brain-Melting Torture of Long Monologues
250. Chapter 250 Where Were You
251. Chapter 251 No More Hiding
252. Chapter 252 Hollywood's Queen and Her Secret Billionaire Husband
253. Chapter 253 Countryside Escape
254. Chapter 254 Aces High
255. Chapter 255 Alarm Bells Ringing
256. Chapter 256 Dangerous Ride
257. Chapter 257 The Bait Plan
258. Chapter 258 Knock His Tooth out
259. Chapter 259 Mark Left the Show
260. Chapter 260 Getting a Divorce
261. Chapter 261 Rich People's Love
262. Chapter 262 That's Not an Option
263. Chapter 263 Cheating
264. Chapter 264 Have a Child with you
265. Chapter 265 Love isn't Divided
266. Chapter 266 Adapting
267. Chapter 267 Why did you Kill My Dad?
268. Chapter 268 Nobody Gets to Hurt Amelia
269. Chapter 269 Blackmail
270. Chapter 270 Like a Pampered Cat
271. Chapter 271 "Handle Matters"
272. Chapter 272 I'm Not Good Enough
273. Chapter 273 Let go properly
274. Chapter 274 You Drive me Wild
275. Chapter 275 Place Order
276. Chapter 276 Embracing the Wealthy Lifestyle
277. Chapter 277 I'm Happily Married to Amelia
278. Chapter 278 Nausea
279. Chapter 279 Dangerous Curiosity
280. Chapter 280 I Want Your Husband
281. Chapter 281 Give me Another Child
282. Chapter 282 Back Home
283. Chapter 283 The End
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