Chapter 24 Cold Mornings, Hot Lies
Jonathan stumbled through the front door half-carried, half-dead on his feet. House dark, everyone asleep (except the one person who heard the car).
Elizabeth flew down the stairs in an oversized silk robe, hair wild from tossing in bed all night.
“Dave? What happened?”
“Relax. He just drank enough ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Prologue Bleeding In Blue
2. Chapter 2 Elizabeth's father
3. Chapter 3 The Night She Met The Mafia Heir
4. Chapter 4 Promised To The Mafia Heir
5. Chapter 5 The engagement dress
6. Chapter 6 The Price Of An Unwanted Promise
7. Chapter 7 Scars Beneath The Silk
8. Chapter 8 The truth about Elizabeth
9. Chapter 9 Blood And Loyalty
10. Chapter 10 A night at the Larson mansion
11. Chapter 11 Misunderstanding
12. Chapter 12 Consequences
13. Chapter 13 Shopping
14. Chapter 14 The Second time
15. Chapter 15 Purple night club
16. Chapter 16 No Way Out
17. Chapter 17 Elizabeth's Decision
18. Chapter 18 Countdown
19. Chapter 19 Jealousy, Scars, And First Lies
20. Chapter 20 The Bride With Secrets
21. Chapter 21 Just a Kiss
22. Chapter 22 Same Ritual, Different Poison
23. Chapter 23 Mrs. Larson
24. Chapter 24 Cold Mornings, Hot Lies
25. Chapter 25 Clothes He Paid For, Truth He Still Won't See
26. Chapter 26 His Cruel Goodbye
27. Chapter 27 The Wife He Never Really Looked At
28. Chapter 28 Memories of a sad past
29. Chapter 29 Memory of sad past II
30. Chapter 30 My Elizabeth
31. Chapter 31 The New House
32. Chapter 32 Jonathan's love
33. Chapter 33 The kidnapping of Elizateh
34. Chapter 34 The divorce petition
35. Chapter 35 The Elizabeth's father
36. Chapter 36 Elizabeth's betrayal
37. Chapter 37 The woman behind the mask
38. Chapter 38 The Jonathan’s wife
39. Chapter 39 The End of Elizabeth
40. Chapter 40 Life hanging by a thread
41. Chapter 41 James and Dallas - The first glance
42. Chapter 42 The letter
43. Chapter 43 Jonathan's heart
44. Chapter 44 The rescue of Elizabeth
45. Chapter 45 Jonathan's care
46. Chapter 46 Jonathan’s affection
47. Chapter 47 Jonathan's jealousy
48. Chapter 48 The attempt at forgiveness
49. Chapter 49 Finally, love
50. Chapter 50 When Love Demands Everything
51. Chapter 51 Shadows from the Past and Jealousy in the Present
52. Chapter 52 Now We Settle This — Just You and Me
53. Chapter 53 Lays in My Bed, Dallas in My House
54. Chapter 54 It’s Her or Nothing
55. Chapter 55 Sunday Lunch with the Devil
56. Chapter 56 One Afternoon Was Enough to Destroy Everything
57. Chapter 57 Forgiveness on the Sofa
58. Chapter 58 Lessons by Day, Commands by Night
59. Chapter 59 A Night in Brooklyn
60. Chapter 60 A Night Out and a Rescue
61. Chapter 61 Secrets of the Past and Debts of the Present
62. Chapter 62 Goodbye Again, My Love
63. Chapter 63 We’re Leaving Here Today
64. Chapter 64 A New Home for Anthony
65. Chapter 65 A Night Together
66. Chapter 66 Lays and Dallas
67. Chapter 67 Secrets Revealed and Boundaries Tested
68. Chapter 68 A Taste of Family Life
69. Chapter 69 Happily Ever After
70. Chapter 70 The Shadow of the Heir
71. Chapter 71 Office Temptations
72. Chapter 72 Possessive Love
73. Chapter 73 Family Ties and Hidden Truths
74. Chapter 74 Changes at the Club
75. Chapter 75 Power and the Past
76. Chapter 76 Revelations and Realities
77. Chapter 77 The Bitter Truth
78. Chapter 78 Unexpected Visitor
79. Chapter 79 A Cruel Setup
80. Chapter 80 The Fall of Marvin Larson
81. Chapter 81 Shattered Illusions
82. Chapter 82 Wounds Old and New
83. Chapter 83 Homecoming
84. Chapter 84 Facing the Darkness
85. Chapter 85 Reconciliation and Care
86. Chapter 86 A Mother's Worst Fear
87. Chapter 87 A Complete Family
88. Chapter 88 Desire and Restraint
89. Chapter 89 New Possibilities
90. Chapter 90 A Step Toward Freedom
91. Chapter 91 The Professor's Advances
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