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Chapter 4 Pretense

Word Count: 905    |    Released on: 15/09/2025

ng on the bathroom floor with her back pressed to the

her head up with effort, every muscle stiff and uncooperative. A

ruth into her heart-Julian didn't care for her. Clinging to him

aby, then she would

erself to stand. She staggered out of the bathroo

y had long understood the strained bond b

her mouth, and with each swallow, a bit of

tian Price, the butler, entered with

Powell commissioned for his grandfather's birthday. Will

iage contract demanded she and Julian appear inseparable and they visi

night, she couldn't imagine stand

ith trembling fingers, saying, "Will you be going w

she forced herself to call him. The ph

n Rita's bed, too ex

her frozen in place. She forced her lips into a fai

calm expression hinting that he

a face drained by a sleepless night, shadows etched beneath her eyes. She painte

gates. The window lowered, and one detail struck her instantly-J

hands curled tight, diggin

ight with Rita, even taking the time to

oke through her t

lip before she responded,

cold and cutting. "Do you really want Gra

With no choice, she opened the d

side the car, neither w

twist. His clothes, his uncharacteristic c

r. Her chest heaved, an

startled, but before he could ask anything, Yvonne s

e, giving him the very treatmen

without a single word

gates, she unfastened her seatbelt before it fully b

ound hers. Irritation sharpened his voice. "Enough of this. Do you

nt until only a brittle smile remained. "Relax. I

ng line. After a tense pause, he murmure

ent yearning for him blurred her eyes with unshed tears, but she

oice steady, she added, "Cut ties with her. If we're going to act like an inseparable

it made her sound. Still, some stubborn corner of

unreasonable demand. He gave a sharp,

ommanding, drifted from inside the mansio

r, which was wheeled by Jor

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Contents

Chapter 1 Pregnancy Chapter 2 Being Deceived Chapter 3 His Choice Chapter 4 Pretense Chapter 5 Morning Sickness Chapter 6 Confirmation Chapter 7 Flee
Chapter 8 Suffocating Ache
Chapter 9 Message
Chapter 10 Blocked
Chapter 11 Divorce Agreement
Chapter 12 Found Someone Else
Chapter 13 Suffocating Possessiveness
Chapter 14 Twisted Satisfaction
Chapter 15 Kiss
Chapter 16 End It
Chapter 17 Puppy
Chapter 18 Vitamin C !
Chapter 19 Provocation
Chapter 20 Leave
Chapter 21 Left Behind
Chapter 22 Give Up
Chapter 23 Interview
Chapter 24 Passed
Chapter 25 Intruder
Chapter 26 A Reason
Chapter 27 Two Conditions
Chapter 28 Fever
Chapter 29 Deserved
Chapter 30 Have You Really Fallen For Spencer
Chapter 31 Confusion
Chapter 32 First Day
Chapter 33 Pleasing
Chapter 34 Sudden Shift
Chapter 35 Just Another Worker
Chapter 36 I Missed You
Chapter 37 Answers
Chapter 38 Stay Overnight
Chapter 39 Warmth
Chapter 40 A Director's Assistant
Chapter 41 Pretending
Chapter 42 Seeming Opportunity
Chapter 43 Spiteful Demands
Chapter 44 Confrontation In the Costume Room
Chapter 45 Secret Visit
Chapter 46 Rescue
Chapter 47 Mastermind
Chapter 48 I Knew You Couldn't Keep Yvonne Safe!
Chapter 49 An Act
Chapter 50 Confrontation Between Two Men
Chapter 51 I'll Get To The Bottom Of This
Chapter 52 His Invitation
Chapter 53 Send Her Abroad
Chapter 54 Their History
Chapter 55 Hollow Promises
Chapter 56 Feed Her
Chapter 57 Suspicion
Chapter 58 Fallen For Me
Chapter 59 Fantasies
Chapter 60 Would You Believe Me
Chapter 61 Sudden Confession
Chapter 62 Visit Alone
Chapter 63 First Time
Chapter 64 Keep Up
Chapter 65 Stay-at-home Husband
Chapter 66 Sparks Of Love
Chapter 67 Necessary Kiss
Chapter 68 Test Results For The Medication
Chapter 69 Save Rita
Chapter 70 Stay
Chapter 71 Went Back
Chapter 72 Improvement
Chapter 73 Scald Ointment
Chapter 74 His Lies
Chapter 75 Home-wrecker
Chapter 76 A Naive And Easily Deceived Fool
Chapter 77 Hold Back
Chapter 78 Quit
Chapter 79 Budget
Chapter 80 Refusing To Give In
Chapter 81 Exclusive Elevator
Chapter 82 New Office
Chapter 83 Explanation
Chapter 84 A Taunt
Chapter 85 Flattery
Chapter 86 Personal Savings
Chapter 87 Transaction Notifications
Chapter 88 Rubbish Bin
Chapter 89 Misunderstanding
Chapter 90 We Will Never Have Our Own Children
Chapter 91 Join Her
Chapter 92 Vince Greville
Chapter 93 No Appointments
Chapter 94 Not A Good Guy
Chapter 95 Grand Party
Chapter 96 Imagination Collapsed
Chapter 97 Lambs
Chapter 98 Threat
Chapter 99 Blacklisted
Chapter 100 Tenderness
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