SHAKY SMILES
Lena's POV
I entered, glancing about his office.
The air inside had a subtle taste of coffee, cologne, and paper—a disorienting mixture that I'd come to associate with Damien Locke himself. His office had always intimidated me, glass and steel, slick surfaces reflecting nothing but control. I'...
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Chapters
1. STRANGER FROM THE PAST
2. DAMIAN LOCKE
3. THE BILLIONAIRE'S BARGAIN
4. CAMERA AND CHAOS
5. RULES OF PRETENDING 
6. VELVET DINNERS AND MISSING KIDS
7. DON'T MAKE ME YOUR ENEMY
8. HUNGRY PRESS
9. STRANGE INVITATION
10. THE ODD REUNION
11. THE WEIGHT OF CONTROL
12. SOUL CRUSHING RESEMBLANCE
13. LETHAL TRUST
14. FALSE JOB HUNT
15. NEW OPPORTUNITIES
16. NOT PART OF THE PLAN
17. HOME SECRETARY
18. DON'T MAKE EXCUSES
19. FORMER FIANCEE
20. SURPRISE BIRTHDAY GUEST
21. MAN OF SEVERAL LAYERS
22. LIES STACKED HIGH
23. TALES OF A DEAD GIRL
24. HIDDEN TRUTHS
25. THE CREEPING FEAR OF PARANOIA
26. UNKNOWN NUMBER
27. HAUNTING NIGHTMARES
28. UNSETTLING FEELING OF PRETENCE
29. THE GLOBAL CONFERENCE
30. THE TOAST AND THE THREAT
31. THE MAN IN THE DARK
32. THE STORY WE PRETEND
33. COLD SEATED SABOTAGE
34. HOME SCHOOL
35. CONGRATULATIONS INDEED
36. "THE COST OF CONTROL"
37. "THE PERFECT ARRANGEMENT"
38. THE WEDDING INVITE
39. THE BASTARD IN A DISGUISE
40. TWO DAYS TILL DISASTER
41. THE WEDDING DAY DRAMA
42. A CRACK IN THE DARK
43. HELL'S GATE
44. I WANT YOU TO BE HAPPIER
45. THE HONEYMOON CONDO
46. PACK YOUR THINGS
47. NO ESCAPE
48. RIOT
49. AWAY FROM THE FLASH
50. THE MESS OF AN OBSESSION
51. FAUX HONEYMOONERS
52. THE GHOST OF INTIMACY
53. UNCONSCIOUS BEAUTY
54. BAD AT RESISTING
55. NEVER GET FOOLED
56. HATE TO WANT YOU
57. SHADOWS AT DUSK
58. THE HAWAIIAN DINNER
59. LACED UP HOPE
60. AFRAID OF CROSSING THE BORDER
61. HEAVY SCENT OF REGRET
62. DAMIEN'S DISDAIN
63. ONE BATTLE, ONE CELEBRATION
64. TIME WITH MIA
65. LENA'S PULSE
66. LENA'S PATH
67. WHERE WAS NOAH
68. I HATE IT HERE
69. TAKE A DAY OFF
70. CAN'T CHOOSE WHAT I WANT
71. DAD FIGURE
72. A MAN LIKE NOAH'S FATHER
73. A STRANGER I KNOW
74. RESTLESS VOID
75. THE LINE I DRAW
76. LIGHT, CAMERA, FRAME
77. A BID OF SONS
78. LOCKDOWN SECRETS
79. A CONSENT OF FURY
80. SECRETS
81. SENSE OF RELIEF
82. FAR FROM THE PLAN
83. THE BROKEN VEIL
84. SHATTERED LIES
85. THE WEIGHT OF SUSPICIONS
86. VIVIAN'S PROOF
87. NEAR DEATH, HARD TRUTH
88. THE WEIGHT OF EVERYTHING
89. MESSAGE TO THE WORLD
90. WAY TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
91. THE WHISPER OF FEAR
92. THE COST OF LOVING HER
93. FAITH IN THE POSSIBILITY
94. GIGGLES
95. FOILED PLANS
96. THE BOTTLE AND THE BLOODLINE
97. NEW BEGINNINGS
98. GREEN SNAKE IN GREEN GRASS
99. SURPRISE PARTY
100. PLANS BEGIN TO ALIGN
101. THE DEVIL THAT MAKES DREAMS COME TRUE
102. FACE THE FIRE
103. HOVERING THREATS
104. SERVED
105. TRUTH OR WAR
106. THE PROOF WE NEEDED
107. LEGAL COME BACK
108. LET THE WORLD BURN FOR YOU
109. WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS
110. SHAKY SMILES
111. STRAY LIGHTS
112. SHADOWS IN TRANSIT
113. A CRACK IN THE FRAME
114. A CRACK IN THE FRAME II
115. BONE DEEP BETRAYAL
116. SOMEONE TO BLAME
117. CHECKMATE
118. PAIN THROUGH THE WALLS
119. FISTS OF GRIEF
120. THE CRASH AFTER THE FALL
121. BANDAGES AND BRUISES
122. A WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE
123. A CAGED BIRD
124. THE WEIGHT OF ORDINARY DAYS
125. REMINDERS OF ME
126. RIOT
127. SMALL SUNLIGHTS
128. HOLD ME CLOSE
129. A PROMISE OF LIGHT
130. THE HEART BETWEEN US
131. FREEDOM CRACKS
132. FOUND HAPPINESS
133. UNDER CONTROL
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