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Shadows Of Deception

Chapter 2 Ivy's POV

Word Count: 1476    |    Released on: 25/01/2025

oor, I could feel the tension hanging thic

but it was the kind of silence that screamed of unsp

bag down before he was on me

was a low growl, the kind that sent a shiver down

his. "What was I thinking? I was doing my jo

e lives," I shot back, the words

ust stand

eep your head down and stay out of trouble. Not to get involve

y throat, but I swallowed it down, r

, the anger in my chest burning

girl, hiding from God knows what, and you showed

nt. But then he was back, the

fferent, and

flooded back, vivid and sharp. "You broke into that house, Caleb. You

ace, the cold grip of Caleb's hand around my arm as he pulled me away. My heart pounded in my chest, the fear I felt b

hed, his eyes nar

have you forgotten what that

ng feeling of his hands on me, the smell of sweat and fear. I hadn't forg

g just slightly before I steadied it. "But that doesn't

hand. "You were a mess. Alone. Vulnerable. And now look at you safe,

itter on my tongue, the t

around as your obedient wife, when we bot

nd twitching at his side. For a moment, I thought he might act

y," he warned, his vo

uld think to stop them. "I won't. I'm tired of this, C

snarled, his voice rising, the anger boiling over

l than I intended. They echoed through the room, bouncing off the

broken through to him. But then his face twisted into a mask of cold fury, and he to

idea how good

e trembling with bar

urself. You're done at that hospital. No more work, n

. I stared at him, my mind reeling, trying to process what he'd just sai

ed, his voice like ice

one thing that kept me sane, that gave me a sense of purpose in this twis

out at him, to do somethin

dy trembling with rage and fear, my mind

he one thing that made my life bearable. But as I looked

lders slumped, and I could see the satisfaction in his smirk, the way his lips curle

sound cut through the air, drawing both of our attention. He pulled the phone out

shoulders released, he was avoiding my gaze enti

d answered the call, his voice dropping int

ir. Und

I could see the way Caleb's posture stiffened, the way his hand t

s quick and jerky, like a man on the edg

ver this mysterious boss of his called, lik

ended the cal

turned back to me, his fa

something cold, detached, like he'd

that made the hairs on th

and devoid of the anger that

et dr

off guard by the

tand, What? Whe

dead-eyed look that made my skin crawl. The silence str

ur new

nfusion swirling in

ce barely above a whisper. "

his presence looming

heavy with an unspoken meani

s boss. The man I'd never met, never seen, never even heard of outside of Caleb's cryptic mention

with me?" I asked, lifting

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1 Chapter 1 Ivy's POV2 Chapter 2 Ivy's POV3 Chapter 3 Adrian's POV4 Chapter 4 Adrian's POV5 Chapter 5 Ivy's POV6 Chapter 6 Ivy's POV7 Chapter 7 Adrian's POV8 Chapter 8 Adrian's POV9 Chapter 9 Maxwell's POV10 Chapter 10 Maxwell's POV11 Chapter 11 Maxwell's POV12 Chapter 12 Ivy's POV13 Chapter 13 Ivy's POV14 Chapter 14 Ivy's POV15 Chapter 15 Ivy's POV16 Chapter 16 Ivy's POV17 Chapter 17 Adrian's POV18 Chapter 18 Adrian's POV19 Chapter 19 Adrian's POV20 Chapter 20 Adrian's POV21 Chapter 21 Adrian's POV22 Chapter 22 Ivy's POV23 Chapter 23 Ivy's POV24 Chapter 24 Maxwell's POV25 Chapter 25 Adrian's POV26 Chapter 26 Ivy's POV27 Chapter 27 Ivy's POV28 Chapter 28 Ivy's POV29 Chapter 29 Ivy's POV30 Chapter 30 Ivy's POV31 Chapter 31 Ivy's POV32 Chapter 32 Ivy's POV33 Chapter 33 Ivy's POV34 Chapter 34 Adrian's POV35 Chapter 35 Adrian's36 Chapter 36 Ivy's POV37 Chapter 37 Ivy's POV38 Chapter 38 Maxwell's POV39 Chapter 39 Maxwell's POV40 Chapter 40 Ivy's POV41 Chapter 41 Ivy's POV42 Chapter 42 Ivy's POV43 Chapter 43 Third POV44 Chapter 44 Ivy's POS45 Chapter 45 Third POV46 Chapter 46 Third POV47 Chapter 47 Ivy's POV48 Chapter 48 Adrian's POV49 Chapter 49 Adrian's POV50 Chapter 50 Maxwell's POV51 Chapter 51 Maxwell's POV52 Chapter 52 Third POV53 Chapter 53 Ivy's POV54 Chapter 54 Ivy's POV55 Chapter 55 Ivy's POV56 Chapter 56 Maxwell's POV57 Chapter 57 Ivy's POV58 Chapter 58 Ivy's POV59 Chapter 59 Dr Collins POV60 Chapter 60 Dr Collins POV61 Chapter 61 Third POV62 Chapter 62 Ivy's POV63 Chapter 63 Ivy's POV64 Chapter 64 Ivy's POV65 Chapter 65 Ivy's POV66 Chapter 66 Maxwell's POV67 Chapter 67 Dr Collins POV68 Chapter 68 Maxwell's POV69 Chapter 69 Ivy's POV70 Chapter 70 Ivy's POV71 Chapter 71 Dr Collins POV72 Chapter 72 Ivy's POV73 Chapter 73 Ivy's POV74 Chapter 74 Dr Collins POV75 Chapter 75 Maxwell's POV76 Chapter 76 Ivy's POV77 Chapter 77 Dr Collins POV78 Chapter 78 Maxwell's POV79 Chapter 79 Ivy's POV80 Chapter 80 Dr Collins POV81 Chapter 81 Adrian's POV82 Chapter 82 Ivy's POV83 Chapter 83 Maxwell's POV84 Chapter 84 Ivy's POV85 Chapter 85 Dr Collins POV86 Chapter 86 Maxwell's POV87 Chapter 87 Ivy's POV88 Chapter 88 Adrian's POV89 Chapter 89 Dr Collins POV90 Chapter 90 Maxwell's POV91 Chapter 91 Ivy's POV92 Chapter 92 Dr Collins POV93 Chapter 93 Adrian's POV94 Chapter 94 Maxwell's POV95 Chapter 95 Ivy's POV96 Chapter 96 Adrian's POV97 Chapter 97 Maxwell's POV98 Chapter 98 Ivy's POV99 Chapter 99 Ivy's POV100 Chapter 100 Ivy's POV