Marked by Desire: Stealing My Mother's Man

Black

fection in my mother's eyes, but deep inside, there was so

ace her. Even if we had been apart for a while, she was still m

Isolde. I mis

with admiration. She wore an exquisite nightgow

dden change in your wardrob

macked my shoul

ate. If Vlad saw me outside dresse

sn't a weak woman, and she was much older than him. But was Vlad Montg

weak, I was not. I fea

ld I fea

rn to be

one fearing me, not

us, I

o arrive here at ten

my head

r. I'm sorry-I didn

matters is that yo

se, sweetheart. Vlad doesn't usually s

ooked at me unsettled me a little. But I

Mother. I'm twenty

ld exasperation

troduce you to him properly, but our conversation was brief. It's late, a

ou wish. I

but here I was, in the mansion of the man who would soon be my mother's husband. For now, I had

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he P

de her-undeniably, devastatingly handsome beyond imagination. He s

ht, he had been handsome, but the cold, brooding look on his face had prevented me

er than my dress. D

r. From now on, Vlad Montgomer

His eyes never left mine, and I... I didn't lo

d stirred chaos in my heart, and spoke in a deep, husky voice

y, little one-or sho

ng at his hand befo

I'm not your daught

dged me ligh

to refuse to greet s

I shook his hand briefly. Hi

o

y swooning over her man, she'd

s alluring voice l

alright

hand still held mine. I quickly withdrew it, my fi

tepping closer to him

uce you properly to my fu

my features with his gaze. I smiled faintly

good looks. Adjusting my dress at my waist, I m

on with Vlad, her hand wrapped around his arm. But he..

looking

deal? Is he

stealing glances at him. He was so handsome, so charismatic, so refined. I couldn't te

stealing glances at him. He was so handsome, so charismatic, so refined. I couldn't te

I had brought from London, as I always did. Vlad, on the other hand, presented her with an extravagan

tired, go to your room and g

ht, le

ntion to them. My mind was

old

y name, snapping m

coming. Goodn

ling slightly. It hadn't dawned on me that I had d

drunk,

head, hal

m just... sh

me susp

r cheeks are burning red. Come