Chapter 233 Julian’s POV I tore my lips away from hers and bent to her neck, dropping small kisses on them, before sucking hard on her flesh. The idea was to leave imprinting marks there. My lips finally left her neck and returned to her lips but instead of taking

Chapter 232 Catherine’s POV Julian’s tremors hadn’t stopped; they had only deepened, his muscles locking in a state of primitive terror. I didn’t waste a second. I lunged forward, wrapping my arms around him with a force that nearly knocked us both back against the shelf. I held him with

Chapter 231 CATHERINE Bringing Dante over was a plan to kill two birds with a stone. First was saving Julian. The second? You will find out soon. “Dante,” Richard said, his voice forced into a deep, welcoming rumble. “I wasn’t expecting a visit from you. I hope everything is well

Chapter 230 JULIAN’S POV My heart slammed against my chest continuously. I had no idea if I was being too loud or too quiet but right now, I was so frustrated and badly wanted to knock everything off. My knees stayed on the cold floor of the study, my fingers

Chapter 229 CATHERINE The air in Kiera’s bedroom was cold. She sat hunched over a sleek, matte-black console, her fingers dancing across a touchscreen. A heavy-duty microphone stood between us, and as she spoke, her voice was filtered through a processor that stripped away every feminine lilt, replacing it with

Chapter 228 JULIAN Walking through the hallway of the Vaughn mansion felt like stepping onto a stage where the audience was composed entirely of ghosts and landmines. I adjusted my collar, checking my reflection in the gilded mirror by the stairs. My eyes were too sharp and hungry. I forced

Chapter 227 CATHERINE’S POV My blood was past the boiling point. It was screaming. I looked at the gray, weathered stone of the auditorium wall and imagined it was Dean Miller’s face. “A despicable man like the Dean doesn’t deserve to be happy,” I whispered, my voice vibrating with a

Chapter 226 CATHERINE The silence that followed my question was heavy, vibrating with the shock racing through my system. I stared at Tessa as my heart hammered against my ribs. I couldn’t wrap my head around it. The sharp, proud, fiercely independent Tessa and Dean Miller? “No, Catherine! Gosh, stop!”

Chapter 225 Catherine’s POV “Lucy is our enemy now, Sasha. And in this school, that makes us allies. Go clean up. We have a class to attend p> “You are so kind. I can’t believe I ever thought of you as an enemy. I made your life a living hell

Chapter 224 CATHERINE The ride to school was another nightmare I couldn’t stand. Maybe… just maybe, I would let Richard know that riding along with Lucy to school wasn’t so fun for either of us. She was sitting in the back of the car with me, her face still slightly