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Forbidden Pleasures: Secrets & Scandal

Chapter 5 KNOCKING ON MY TEMPER

Word Count: 1201    |    Released on: 19/06/2025

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around my hips as I yanked the bathr

ond knock, I rolled the bed roo

rough tone from the shower and

shirt I kept in her wardrobe that she chose to wear that

t from shower. "It's

didn't nail it right on the towel line before

shirt. "I couldn't sleep. I was... wondering about school. Ho

she risked knocki

for barely thirty hours,"

straightened. Tiny warrior.

ere you were, Leona. You're in my world now. A

quivered slightly, then stead

asked as I stared n

no

room still smelled of soap and hot water. I grabbed

he name Leona Argento. New uniform, books and all schools' utensils needed. She starts Mo

lief. "You're changin

" I sn

ng on my torso. The scar on my left rib, the water-drops still crawling

brow. "You have

ad. But her brea

se leaped in her throat. The towel brushed her knuckles where she

d almost

nk you,"

. Too busy staring at the ri

ar. Leaned. "Kitten you're sure you came

chin, trying fo

ittle

parted, b

the bed, pulled her between my knees. The towel barely hung on. Her eyes tracked the drop of

u really he

nd agreed-heat pooling, towel tenting. I didn't hide it. I

. She closed them like that might erase the image. It didn

e has rules. You knock on my door th

.. maybe I wanted to s

n sa

mouth. Whisper-

stead I caught her waist, tugged her fraction closer. The warmth

d just far enough to feel bare skin. She

ol, M

ost whimpered at the loss.

e to serve a purpose, not to wander halls

nerable. "I just... I

ammered somewher

e towel. At me straining un

ving slowly?" she br

estion hit l

idea on what's

ently which made

no idea about sex. Abou

want to see it?" I asked tried to te

ond I considered letting her. H

st. She stumble

that again,

hurt, maybe anger. "I'm sorry,

yself for

ping distance. "You stay alive b

e spun, bolted to the door. Hand on kn

o ask you," she confessed, so soft I

a mischievous smile. "Don't be always curious, kitten.

et slapping marble, do

y eyes. Fi

and alone in a room that smel

, poured scotch, swallow

l out of my head

m tight. Still half hard. I

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the knock. For seeing

ord pulsed da

ed. Maybe she'd had enough fear to

scotch. Set the glass d

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n: Foster father dealt with. Al

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nching just a hair. I st

f she deserved a rewa

er hand finally doing w

yself for ever

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Forbidden Pleasures: Secrets & Scandal
Forbidden Pleasures: Secrets & Scandal
“"Some cages feel like safety... until you fall in love with your captor." Leona has spent her life escaping-from homes that felt like prisons, from scars no one sees, from a past that keeps dragging her back. At seventeen, homeless and hunted, she crashes into the life of Marco De Santos-a billionaire with ice in his eyes, secrets in his past, and a twisted need for control. He takes her in. At first, it's charity. Then, it's ownership. Marco is used to women obeying. But Leona isn't like them. She's fire in silk. She disobeys. She challenges. She learns him-in ways that terrify and undo him. What begins as protection becomes obsession. And when secrets unravel the truth about her parents, about his past, and about the dark connection binding them-everything explodes. As the world threatens to pull them apart, Leona must decide: will she stay the girl he saved, or become the woman who saves him? Because pleasure can heal... or destroy.”