189: The Price of Blood
Third POV
Cook County Jail smelled of bleach, despair, and old metal.
Mark Skyland, twenty-two years old, once heir to half of Chicago’s skyline, sat chained to a steel table in a windowless room, orange jumpsuit hanging loose on his frame.
The bruises from the arrest were already yellowing, but ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter one: How I Met Joshua
2. Chapter two: Such a hot guy
3. Chapter three: A night of extreme madness
4. Chapter four: This uncontrollable desire for Joshua
5. Chapter five: Satisfy my desire, boy
6. Chapter six: He's hot, but not good enough
7. Chapter seven: A proposal from heaven
8. Chapter eight: I want to se him so much
9. Chapter nine: Josh's past
10. 10: He called me
11. Eleven
12. Twelve
13. Thirteen: What I really want
14. Fourteen: My Sugar Daddy
15. Fifteen: Like a couple
16. Sixteen: He wants to introduce me his son
17. Seventeen: He wants exclusivity
18. Eighteen: Definitely not in love
19. Nineteen: My plan
20. Twenty: The desperate guy
21. Twenty One: The dessert
22. Twenty Two: Such a pro rider
23. Twenty Three: Two bodies, two souls
24. Twenty Four: No more contracts
25. Twenty Five: Contract signed! Let us do some party then
26. Twenty Six: Things loosing control
27. Twenty seven: The unexpected visit
28. Twenty eight: Action and reaction
29. Twenty nine: Who owns you?
30. Thirty: Take care of me, Daddy
31. Thirty one: It was always you
32. Thirty two: Obsessed with her
33. Thirty three: The desperate act of loving
34. Thirty four: Don't dare to say you love me
35. Thirty five: The stupid vigil
36. Thirty six: We are fine
37. Thirty Seven: I’ll say I do
38. Thirty eight: Jealous
39. Thirty nine: Daddy or father
40. Forty: A new union
41. 41. A great disappointment
42. Forty two: Joshua Carter, the horrible man that you are
43. Forty three: I have to prevent this
44. Forty four: Stay always by my side
45. Forty five: The obsessed one
46. Forty six: Forgiveness
47. Forty seven: The tension
48. Forty eight: The revelation
49. Forty nine: The dispute
50. Fifty: Don't make vain promises
51. Fifty one: I won't let you that easy
52. Fifty two: The truth thrown at me in a cruel way
53. Fifty three: I need to protect her
54. Fifty four: Everything Collapsing
55. Fifty five: Between The Devil And The Deep Sea
56. Fifty six: Mallory's Attack
57. Fifty seven: Please, Leave Me Alone...
58. Fifty eight: The News Shocked Me
59. Fifty nine: It's Over
60. Sixty: Despair
61. Sixty one: Starting over with my head held high
62. Sixty two: Disappointment
63. Sixty three: Disagreements
64. Sixty four: A hometown trip
65. Sixty five: The Unforgivable Mariano
66. Sixty six: A Painful Passion
67. Sixty seven: What Love Makes Us Do
68. Sixty eight: Are you eating out of my hands, love?
69. Sixty nine: He Clearly Hates me Now
70. Seventy: My Birthday Gift
71. Seventy one: I Want Her, I Need Her
72. Seventy two: My Cruel Boss
73. Seventy three: My Tempting Boss
74. Seventy four
75. Seventy five
76. Seventy six
77. Seventy eight
78. Seventy eight
79. Seventy nine
80. Eighty
81. Eighty one
82. Eighty two
83. Eighty three
84. Eighty four
85. Eighty five
86. Eighty six
87. Eighty seven
88. Eighty eight
89. Eighty nine
90. Ninety
91. Ninety one
92. Ninety two
93. Ninety three
94. Ninety four
95. Ninety five
96. Ninety six
97. 97. I am his safe haven
98. 98. Sice when have we been abstinent
99. 99. I irritated my daddy so much that now he wants to punish me
100. 100. He helps me relax even when he's not here
101. 101. A special night for the couple in love
102. 102. Everything I have to live for, I will live by your side
103. 103. Joshua did a strip for me
104. 104. Crazy and disturbed
105. 105. He wants to fuck my hard work
106. 106. Crazy sex
107. 107. How to deal with an annoying rival
108. 108. Dilemma
109. 109. The attraction of the night
110. 110. The gift between comrades
111. 111. Four in one
112. 112. The millionaire's fight for pussy
113. 113. Protective and generous
114. 114. Shall we meet my parents?
115. How about we sit down and talk?
116. An embarrassing dinner
117. I would like to help him, but he won't let me
118. A awkward but funny situation
119. 80's class
120. 120: Don't wake up your parents
121. You're the only woman I want
122. Some unlucky in-laws
123. 123: I didn't like her eyes color
124. 124: Shut up and suck
125. 125: Who owns you? Tell me
126. I'm the fucking owner
127. 127: Don't touch my noodles
128. 128: They know Joshua
129. It's girls party
130. Chapter 130: Gossip Over Plastic Flowers
131. Chapter 131: Wedding Plans and Salty Snacks
132. Chapter 132: Dresses and Dirty Looks
133. 134. Catfights and Couture
134. 134. New York Looks Better
135. 135. Spoiled and Loved
136. 136. She makes me forget all my problems
137. 137. Riding Him to New York
138. 138. Blood on the Line
139. 139. Black Card Dreams
140. 140. Shadows of Rivals
141. 141. Family Ties and New York Dreams
142. 142. Jet Set to Dress Dreams
143. 143. Breakfast Glow and Dress Hunt
144. 144: Venus Ties and Wedding Dreams
145. 145. Old Ties, New Love
146. 146. Tea, Tales, and Wedding Plans
147. 147. Bros, Booze, and a Bride-to-Be
148. 148. Shop, Laugh, and a Little Spice
149. 149. Love, Laughter, and Late-Night Talks
150. 150. Josh's friends
151. 151. The leading ladies
152. 152. It's Beckie’s night
153. 153. You is all I want
154. 154. A nervous fiancée
155. 155. Fire and Fury
156. 156. Ashes of Choices
157. 157. Dressed in Dreams and Friendship
158. 158. Simple Spaces, Big Love
159. 159. Cassie Millans
160. 160. The Last Night Single
161. 161. One Last Ride
162. 162. The Night Everything Broke
163. 163. The Fallout and the Fight
164. 164. Midnight Serenade
165. 165: Just Breathe
166. 166: Waiting Room
167. 167: By the Lake and in the Fire
168. 168: Ghosts of the 90s
169. 169: New Conspiracy
170. 170: The Ones Who Stay
171. 171: The Ultimatum
172. 172: I Do, Forever
173. 173: The Last Dance
174. 174: Wedding Night
175. 175: Old Friends, Older Wounds
176. 176: Mine, Only Mine
177. 177: The ultimatum
178. 178: Goodbye Chicago, Hello Forever
179. 179: The First Surrender
180. 180: No Regrets, No Cameras
181. 181: Only Us
182. 182: Good Girl
183. 184: The Name I Already Knew
184. 185: At least, let's pretend
185. 186: Forever Starts with Fire
186. 187: Sun-Kissed Memories
187. 188: Salt Water and Second Chances
188. 189: The Price of Blood
189. 190: When Did You Know?
190. 191: I Always Loved You
191. 192: Homecoming
192. 193: Fractured Lines
193. 194: The Weight of Forgiveness
194. 195: Five Candles and Counting
195. 196. The Day My Perfect Marriage Ended
196. 197. Mark's a Damn Cheater
197. 198. How dare you kiss me with the same lips you kiss her with?
198. 199. My husband's fiancee
199. 200. I am surrounded by traitors
200. 201. It's Time To Say Goodbye
201. 202. Too Late
202. 203. Racing Against Time
203. 204. A New Beginning, Old Wounds
204. 205. Shadows of Guilt
205. 206: The Cost of Obsession
206. 207: Echoes of the Past
207. 208: Shades of a Broken Vow
208. 209. No, you will not get me back
209. 210. Like a Predator
210. 211. A fake marriage
211. 212. Become Anonymous
212. 213. Like A Punch In The Stomach
213. 214. The Venom of Vengeance
214. 215. A Shattered Dream
215. 216: She's Mine, I'll Never Give Her Up
216. 217: Handling The Situation Like A Pro Player
217. 218. Doing The Right Thing
218. 219. All For You
219. 220. 25. Trapped
220. 221. I Will Never Come Back To You
221. 223. Unexpected Help
222. 224. Who Can I Trust?
223. 225. The Taste of Defeat
224. 226. Hope
225. 227. The Never Ending Obsession
226. 228. Difficult to Recover
227. 229. The Fears of the Past
228. 230. I Know Who I Am And I'm Not Afraid
229. 231. Meeting Shawn Hayes
230. 232: Obsessed With You
231. 133: The Enchanting Shawn Hayes
232. 134: Sprinkles and Gossip With Baby Daughter
233. 135: Friends
234. 136: I Find You Finally
235. 137: Your Last Wish
236. 138: I'll Catch You Soon
237. 139: A Greater Meaning
238. 140: Someone To Trust
239. 141: Someone Special
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