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Chapter 6 THE SLIP

Word Count: 905    |    Released on: 07/07/2025

draped over her, his hand still loosely clasped around hers. It was... intimate. Not in the way strangers fake closeness for an audience - but in the quiet, *real* way two people seek each

't say a word. Because the truth was now louder than the lie. The car ride back from the hospital was quiet - not cold, just... full. Full of questions, full of tension, full of *what now?* Zara stared out the window, replaying the kiss over and over. She didn't regret it. That was the scary part. She should've. It should've felt like crossing a line they could never uncross. But instead, it felt like finally breathing after holding her breath too long. Beside her, Tari kept one hand on the wheel, the other resting lightly on his thigh. His jaw was tense, but he hadn't said a word since they left. She broke first. "So, we kissed." He exhaled, still looking straight ahead. "Yeah." "Twice, technically." "Right." "Are we going to talk about it or pretend it didn't happen?" Tari paused. "Which would you prefer?" She turned fully to him. "Don't do that." "Do what?" "Give me options like this is still a negotiation." He glanced at her, his voice lower now. "Okay. Then I'll say it straight." Zara's heart pounded. Tari continued, "I don't know what the hell we're doing. But pretending it's just a business deal is getting harder." Zara swallowed. "So what does that mean?" "It means I feel something. I don't know what to do with it. But it's real." She blinked at him, momentarily speechless. Tari added, "And if you don't feel it too... just say the word." She looked away, voice soft. "I do. That's the problem." He parked the car. The moment stretched. Then he reached across, took her hand gently. "Then maybe it's

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Contents

Chapter 1 STRANGERS AND STRUGGLES Chapter 2 THE OFFER Chapter 3 LINES AND LIES Chapter 4 BLURRED LINES Chapter 5 A DANGEROUS SPARK Chapter 6 THE SLIP Chapter 7 LINES CROSSED Chapter 8 UNMASKED Chapter 9 THE RECKONING Chapter 10 REBUILD
Chapter 11 SOMETHING REAL
Chapter 12 THE CHOICE
Chapter 13 THE DEAL
Chapter 14 LINES WE CROSS
Chapter 15 THE PIVOT
Chapter 16 UNINVITED GUESTS
Chapter 17 THE MESSAGE
Chapter 18 THE OFFER
Chapter 19 COAST TO COAST
Chapter 20 UNANNOUNCED
Chapter 21 THE LEAK
Chapter 22 CHOOSE ME, CHOOSE YOU
Chapter 23 THE STORM BACK HOME
Chapter 24 INSIDE THE FIRE
Chapter 25 THE VOTE AND THE VOW
Chapter 26 THE LINE THEY TOLD HER NOT TO CROSS
Chapter 27 THE CIRCLE THAT CRACKS
Chapter 28 WHEN THE ONE YOU TRUST TURNS
Chapter 29 HER NAME IS AMAKA
Chapter 30 THE WOMAN ACROSS THE TABLE
Chapter 31 THE ALLIANCE AND THE ACID
Chapter 32 TRUST,INTERRUPTED
Chapter 33 THE FOUND (HER) INITIATIVE
Chapter 34 TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Chapter 35 THE MESSAGE I NEVER EXPECTED
Chapter 36 PARIS ISNT A PAUSE BUTTON
Chapter 37 ENEMIES, ALLIES, AND EXES
Chapter 38 THE BILLION-DOLLAR
Chapter 39 SISTERHOOD ISNT ALWAYS SAFE
Chapter 40 THE AWARD AND THE WOUND
Chapter 41 THE CROWN THEY DIDNT EXPECT
Chapter 42 THE LINE BETWEEN POWER AND SILENCE
Chapter 43 BLOODLINES AND BACKLASH
Chapter 44 THE STORY THAT COULD SHATTER
Chapter 45 RETURN OF THE REWRITTEN GIRL
Chapter 46 THE MAN WHO DARED TO QUESTION HER FIRE
Chapter 47 THE TRUTH BENEATH HIS SILENCE
Chapter 48 THE POWER TO BURY OR BUILD
Chapter 49 THE OFFER THAT COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING
Chapter 50 WHEN THE NATION TURNED,AND SHE DIDNT FLINCH
Chapter 51 THE FIRE INSIDE THE HOUSE
Chapter 52 THE WEIGHT OF THE OATH
Chapter 53 BENEATH THE SURFACE LIES THE GAME
Chapter 54 THE LION DEN
Chapter 55 BLOODLINE BATTLES
Chapter 56 THE JUDAS IN THE ROOM
Chapter 57 SKELETONS CANT STAY BURIED
Chapter 58 THE TRIBUNAL GAMBIT
Chapter 59 QUEENS GAMBIT
Chapter 60 THE HUNT BEGINS
Chapter 61 STAND OR SCATTER
Chapter 62 BETRAYAL IN THE BLOODLINE
Chapter 63 THE WALK IN
Chapter 64 THE LAST CARD
Chapter 65 THE SNAKE WITHIN
Chapter 66 WHEN LOYALTY BREAKS
Chapter 67 UNFIT TO LEAD
Chapter 68 THE GHOST WITH MY NAME
Chapter 69 THE PRICE OF A VOICE
Chapter 70 THE STORM AFTER THE FIRE
Chapter 71 THE ONE OFFER SHE DIDNT EXPECT
Chapter 72 GHOSTS IN HER BLOODLINE
Chapter 73 WHAT POWER HIDES
Chapter 74 WHERE THE TRUTH WAS BURIED
Chapter 75 THE SAFE BENEATH THE SOIL
Chapter 76 THE LIONS DEN
Chapter 77 THE COST OF THE CROWN
Chapter 78 ENEMIES IN THE MIRROR
Chapter 79 WHEN QUEENS GO TO WAR
Chapter 80 THE CROWN OR THE HEART
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