He Chose His Mistress: The Pregnant Luna's Escape

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The Hayes Pack wine was potent, a dark vintage brewed with moon-berries that was n

ss, intoxicated not just by the alcohol, but by the pro

s-a lavish cage of silk and velvet-the air hung thic

my swollen ankles, trying to massage a

or bur

loosely around his neck like a noose, and his eye

st the doorframe to keep from toppling over. "Did you see

vely wanting to put distance between us, but

flesh as he hauled me into a clumsy, suffocating em

y hair, his lips wet against my e

in the crook of my neck, inhaling deeply, as

." he groaned. "

d to tilt on its axis. My blo

iliarity that now felt like a violation. "I hate waiting," he whispered, his voice thick wi

trembling so hard it barely left

azy, two pools of fog. He looked at my face, but h

oofy, lopsided grin spreading

name tasting like ash in my

neer curled his lip, transforming his

pedigree. She has the money. She looks a bit like you, you know?

hacking sound that gr

We'll take the kid. It has Hayes blood. It'll be a strong

sible hands had wrapped around my throat, squ

o steal my child and nam

ed him

me!" I

ell heavily onto the bed. He didn't get up. He just groaned, rolled over, and

felt before. The sorrow evaporated. The heartbreak calcified. All that

this room. I couldn't breathe the same

house was silent, sleeping off its excesses. I needed

? Are yo

e was unconscious, his mental barri

nscious answered, a

my head, sickeningly sweet. *Did y

ched you for years, Serena. In the Southern territories. I waited for you. When you ran a

wall, sliding down

r. A su

ed her for years. And when he

ispered to the empty corr

It was the icy clarity of the ex

tears from my face with a s

My legs were

ly stirring, her eyes opening with a flash of silve

but I knew where the spare key was hidden-unde

up the phone. I dialed a numbe

en the lawyer answered, h

3 AM. Is every

eed you to freeze the assets. All of them. The construction funds fo

el's operations. He won't be abl

ching my lips. "I want the papers

es

s. But keep them sealed. I'm no