Chapter 22 Framing and Shifting the Blame
Serena met his deep gaze. Blinked slowly. "I like you."
Derek's throat moved slightly. He said nothing. Just waited quietly for her to continue.
"You've helped me over and over again. It'd be impossible for me to feel nothing." She paused. Voice honest and direct. "But that intense kind of love y...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Just a Stand-in
2. Chapter 2 What Are You?
3. Chapter 3 The Coming-of-Age Gift from Mother
4. Chapter 4 The Lowly Substitute
5. Chapter 5 Threats Won't Work
6. Chapter 6 You're Asking For It
7. Chapter 7 Trash Has Its Rightful Place
8. Chapter 8 I Can Wait as Long as It Takes
9. Chapter 9 Fated Mate Bond
10. Chapter 10 Resolved To Accept The Alliance
11. Chapter 11 Familiar, Yet Alien Home
12. Chapter 12 I Won't Let Her Be Wronged Again
13. Chapter 13 Tracking
14. Chapter 14 Injured
15. Chapter 15 Rumors Everywhere
16. Chapter 16 Silent Vigil
17. Chapter 17 The Kiss That Never Landed
18. Chapter 18 Casual Chat
19. Chapter 19 Being Targeted
20. Chapter 20 Whining Coward, Caught Mid-Rant
21. Chapter 21 Give Her Time
22. Chapter 22 Framing and Shifting the Blame
23. Chapter 23 Is That Really Your Choice?
24. Chapter 24 Counterattack
25. Chapter 25 Anonymous Text Message
26. Chapter 26 His Public Declaration
27. Chapter 27 I Want to Mark You
28. Chapter 28 Her Unwanted Waste
29. Chapter 29 True Identity
30. Chapter 30 One Night of Passion
31. Chapter 31 The Miserable Truth
32. Chapter 32 Teasing
33. Chapter 33 Misbehavior Means Punishment
34. Chapter 34 Threatening Him with Death
35. Chapter 35 Private Captures
36. Chapter 36 Declaration
37. Chapter 37 Impossible to Leave Him
38. Chapter 38 The True Target Is Him
39. Chapter 39 Buried Together
40. Chapter 40 Ambiguous Video
41. Chapter 41 Secret Alliance
42. Chapter 42 Reparations
43. Chapter 43 Making Love in the Hospital
44. Chapter 44 The Aftermath Interrupted
45. Chapter 45 His Desire to Mark Her
46. Chapter 46 Official Status
47. Chapter 47 The One Who Knows Her
48. Chapter 48 Jealous of Her Past Tenderness
49. Chapter 49 Only Love You Alone
50. Chapter 50 Duty to Every Subject
51. Chapter 51 Robbed
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