The Devil's obsession with the Heiress
Chapter 79: The Rhythm Of The Wicked
- Chapter 185: Bend [M]
- Chapter 184: Past The Threshold
- Chapter 183: Torturing The Husband-to-Be
- Chapter 182: Lured Into The Web
- Chapter 181: The Vanishing Stranger
- Chapter 180: Historia
- Chapter 179: Ice Popsicles And Intrusive Thoughts
- Chapter 178: A Sanctuary Of Stone And Glass
- Chapter 177: Aria
- Chapter 176: Playing With Fire
- Chapter 175: The Game We Play
- Chapter 174: Bonus - : Disarmed By A Mortal
- Chapter 173: Blank
- Chapter 172: A Tailored Half-Truth
- Chapter 171: We Talk Like This
- Chapter 170: The Difference Between Real And Replica
- Chapter 169: Beneath The Armor
- Chapter 168: A Safe Haven In The Dark
- Chapter 167: A Selfish Devotion
- Chapter 166: His Little Rose
- Chapter 165: Tears Of Blood
- Chapter 164: Tremors
- Chapter 163: The Price Of Obsession
- Chapter 162: A Dormant Force
- Chapter 161: A Substitute Heiress
- Chapter 160: Mad Man
- Chapter 159: The Click Of The Lock
- Chapter 158: Not Her
- Chapter 157: The Forbidden Potion
- Chapter 156: Fear
- Chapter 155: Uneasy
- Chapter 154: Perfectly Fine
- Chapter 153: The Crack In The Mask
- Chapter 152: The Woman In Black
- Chapter 151: Through The Window
- Chapter 150: Ten Minutes
- Chapter 149: Interruption
- Chapter 148: The Unconditional Yes
- Chapter 147: A Slow, Sinful Waltz
- Chapter 146: Possibilities
- Chapter 145: You Are Mine Now
- Chapter 144: The Cracking Facade
- Chapter 143: Delicious
- Chapter 142: Velvet and Fire
- Chapter 141: Devils, Demons, And Death Threats
- Chapter 140: Drowning In Guilt
- Chapter 139: You’ll Lose, Baby
- Chapter 138: Undeniable Changes
- Chapter 137: When The Light Bleeds Red
- Chapter 136: Let Me Through
- Chapter 135: A Promise Too Late
- Chapter 134: Charming Existences And Flying Daggers
- Chapter 133: Remember Me?
- Chapter 132: Shattered Silence
- Chapter 131: Unfamiliar Presence
- Chapter 130: Seven Times Over
- Chapter 129: Worship On The Marble
- Chapter 128: Worse For Both
- Chapter 127: Warm Steam And Icy Eyes
- Chapter 126: No Mercy For The Wicked
- Chapter 125: A Lesson In Terror
- Chapter 124: The Bone
- Chapter 123: A Slumber Party
- Chapter 122: They Brought This Upon Themselves
- Chapter 121: Unsupervised Adults
- Chapter 120: Beneath The Silver Moon
- Chapter 119: Don’t Be Scared
- Chapter 118: The Watcher On West Avenue
- Chapter 117: Not Good Enough
- Chapter 116: Even If It Kills Me
- Chapter 115: The Thorns Of The Rose
- Chapter 114: Show Me, Gavriel
- Chapter 113: A Beautiful Madness
- Chapter 112: Breakfast On The Battlefield
- Chapter 111: The Pacified Beast
- Chapter 110: Diana
- Chapter 109: Frost Upon The Heart
- Chapter 108: A Nagging Suspicion
- Chapter 107: The Lonely Master
- Chapter 106: Reconstructing The Walls
- Chapter 105: Not Yet
- Chapter 104: Why Would You Do That?
- Chapter 103: Something That Will Bloom
- Chapter 102: To Look Beyond The Flaws
- Chapter 101: Meeting The In-Laws
- Chapter 100: Evidence On The Lips
- Chapter 99: Anything
- Chapter 98: A Soul As Dark As A Demon
- Chapter 97: The Choice Of Burns
- Chapter 96: Things She Needs To Know
- Chapter 95: A State Of Ecstasy
- Chapter 94: A Simple Drop
- Chapter 93: I’m Thirsty
- Chapter 92: Press Conference - III
- Chapter 91: Press Conference - II
- Chapter 90: Press Conference - I
- Chapter 89: Marking Territory
- Chapter 88: The Live Broadcast
- Chapter 87: The Untouchable
- Chapter 86: A Beautiful Beast
- Chapter 85: A Monster
- Chapter 84: What Could He Possibly Gain?
- Chapter 83: Bonus - : The Knight In Dark Armor
- Chapter 82: The Twenty Minute Lie
- Chapter 81: A Scandal In Astoria
- Chapter 80: Madness In The Icy Blue
- Chapter 79: The Rhythm Of The Wicked
- Chapter 78: Sixty Seconds Only
- Chapter 77: The Restless Beast In The Cage
- Chapter 76: A Truce
- Chapter 75: The Audacity Of Concern
- Chapter 74: Between Choice And Consequence
- Chapter 73: Bonus - : A Night of Restless Thoughts
- Chapter 72: One Day Only
- Chapter 71: What It Means
- Chapter 70: The Devil’s Terms
- Chapter 69: In The Predator’s Lair
- Chapter 68: Chasing The Storm
- Chapter 67: What Happened On The Night Of Full Moon
- Chapter 66: Missing Steps
- Chapter 65: Ticking Clocks
- Chapter 64: The She-Devil’s Gambit
- Chapter 63: Crossing The Threshold
- Chapter 62: The Unreadable Soul
- Chapter 61: The Anomaly
- Chapter 60: The Man From The Dreams
- Chapter 59: The Devil’s Half-Truth
- Chapter 58: A Week-Long Promise
- Chapter 57: A Familiar Heaven
- Chapter 56: The Thrill Of The Chase
- Chapter 55: To Drown In Her Scent
- Chapter 54: The Name That Broke The Dark
- Chapter 53: The Ripple In The Dark
- Chapter 52: Bonus - : Affinity To The Full Moon
- Chapter 51: An Unexpected Partnership
- Chapter 50: Blood In The Water
- Chapter 49: Tumultuous Horizons
- Chapter 48: A Ripe Harvest
- Chapter 47: A Force To Be Reckoned With
- Chapter 46: A Villain In Making
- Chapter 45: A Peculiar Human
- Chapter 44: The Scent Of Roses And Salt
- Chapter 43: The Shadow In The Silence
- Chapter 42: The Unseen And The Unfortunate
- Chapter 41: Scattered Crumbs Of Truth
- Chapter 40: The Path Of The Storm
- Chapter 39: Saved By The Glare
- Chapter 38: The Devil On The Dance Floor
- Chapter 37: Gavriel Valentine
- Chapter 36: Belly Of The Ocean
- Chapter 35: A Violation Of Nature
- Chapter 34: Moonlight And Mandates
- Chapter 33: Not Known To Go Easy
- Chapter 32: Facts And Fantasies
- Chapter 31: Ready for Another Dive?
- Chapter 30: Something The Dead Fears
- Chapter 29: Just Who Are You, Little Rose?
- Chapter 28: The Scandal Radar
- Chapter 27: Bonus - : Blame It On The Heels
- Chapter 26: Traitorous Gaze
- Chapter 25: The Gasoline Spark
- Chapter 24: The Devil In Bespoke
- Chapter 23: Knock At The Door
- Chapter 22: The Ghost of A Headline
- Chapter 21: Midnight In Karden
- Chapter 20: The Torn Veil
- Chapter 19: The Unhinged Itinerary
- Chapter 18: Leave It To Jade
- Chapter 17: Lady From The Third Floor
- Chapter 16: Ghost In The Penthouse
- Chapter 15: Victorian Heights
- Chapter 14: The One Percent Chance
- Chapter 13: Just Like A Rose
- Chapter 12: The Acting CEO
- Chapter 11: A Pious Deception
- Chapter 10: The Goddess Of Van Empire
- Chapter 9: Six Months Only
- Chapter 8: A Pale Reflection
- Chapter 7: Roses And Raspberries
- Chapter 6: One Month
- Chapter 5: No Clowns, Just Ghosts
- Chapter 4: Effect Of Eighty Percent Macallan
- Chapter 3: Static On The Line
- Chapter 2: The She-Devil Of Astoria
- Chapter 1: Excerpt
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"Then let’s seal the promise, shall we?" he whispered in a voice so sinful it nearly stole the remaining strength from her legs.
The instant those words reached her ears, Aliana’s gaze unconsciously drifted from his eyes down to his lips.
Neither of them knew who leaned in first.
One moment, they were trapped in each other’s gaze, drowning in the unbearable tension wrapping around them like a living thing, and the next, their lips finally met.
The second their warmth met, every ounce of restraint snapped like glass.
An electric current tore through both of their bodies so unexpectedly that their lips pulled back abruptly the very next second.
Shock spread across both of their faces as they continued staring at one another in stunned silence.
And this time, it was not only Aliana who was left breathless.... even Gavriel was breathing heavily.
But all too quickly, the tension between them came back with terrifying force, consuming them whole.
Gavriel was the first to snap.
One of his hands tangled deep into the softness of her hair while the other gripped the curve of her waist possessively, yanking her flush against the hard planes of his body.
With enough force to steal the breath from her lungs as he captured her lips again in a kiss filled with raw hunger.
The intensity of it completely overwhelmed Aliana.
It felt as though every inch of her body had been thrown into flames, burning hotter and hotter with every passing second until she could no longer tell whether it was fear, desire, or madness consuming her from within.
A broken breath escaped her as her hands instinctively slid around his corded neck, clinging onto him while she parted her lips against his, no longer merely responding but kissing him back with the same reckless intensity.
She felt every single sensation he ignited within her.
His hot mouth captured her upper lip first, sucking on it hard enough to make her knees weaken before releasing it, only to immediately capture her lower lip and torment it with the same unbearable intensity. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
A soft, shaky gasp escaped her lips, yet Gavriel showed no mercy as he continued to devour her like a man starved.
His tongue slowly brushed against the seam of her lips, teasing and demanding all at once, and Aliana willingly granted him access. The moment he slipped inside, he tasted her deeply, thoroughly, as though he wanted to memorise every inch of her mouth, pulling a deep, helpless moan straight from her throat.
Meanwhile Aliana’s hands seemed to move on their own as they slid upwards and buried themselves into the softness of his hair. Her fingers weaving through the dark strands almost desperately.
Just as she felt him bite down sharply on her lower lip before tugging on it, her fingers instinctively tightened in his hair, pulling it hard.
Her action elicited a deep, sexy rumble vibrating from Gavriel’s chest, sounding almost like a growl of approval, like he was far too pleased by her reaction.
Her chest heaved as she was dangerously short of breath, yet she seemed to love being caught in a rhythm that matched the gorgeous devil in her arms.
She felt him suddenly push her against the hard wall, the impact drawing a soft gasp from her lips.
The hand tangled in her hair tightened around the strands before tugging at them hard enough to force her head back just enough to make her part her lips wider for him. And Gavriel took full advantage of it, kissing her deeper, harder, and faster, like a man completely consumed by his hunger for her.
A series of soft moans continued to spill from Aliana’s lips as the hand wrapped around her waist slowly slid lower, travelling along the curve of her ass before gripping it tightly enough to make her shudder in delight.
But Gavriel did not stop there.
His hand drifted lower before digging into her thigh, pulling one of her legs up until it wrapped around his tapered waist as he pressed himself into her, leaving no space between them.
Aliana’s own hands, which had been tangled in Gavriel’s hair all this while, slowly drifted lower and lower, her fingertips brushing over the hard muscles beneath his robe.
The moment her touch travelled across him, she felt the muscles beneath her palm tighten sharply, sending goosebumps rising across Gavriel’s skin from the sheer thrill and excitement of discovering this wild, uninhibited side of the woman before him.
But he also realised that she needed to breathe, so he reluctantly tore his lips away from hers, even though every part of him clearly wanted to continue.
The moment he pulled back, Aliana’s head immediately dropped forward onto his shoulder as she struggled to pull air back into her lungs, her entire body trembling faintly from everything he had just made her feel.
Her hands remained pressed against the bare skin of his chest that peeked out from beneath his loosely tied robe. The rapid pounding of his heartbeat beneath her palms only made her own pulse spiral further out of control.
Watching her slump weakly against him, Gavriel slowly released her thigh before wrapping his arm tightly around her back, holding her against him as though he had no intention of letting her go anytime soon. His other hand reluctantly released the softness of her hair but it continued to rest on her back.
Neither of them spoke for what felt like an eternity.
The sound of their harsh, uneven breathing filled the heavy silence between them, yet neither seemed bothered by it.
Because whatever had just happened between them had been far from a normal kiss. It had been so wild, consuming, and dangerously intoxicating that both of them silently realised the same terrifying thing at once.
Neither of them had ever experienced anything like it before.
But as they continued to remain tangled in each other’s arms like that, Gavriel realised one thing.
He had been right all along.
He had known from the very beginning that this woman was dangerous in every possible sense. Dangerously addictive to the point where he knew, with terrifying certainty, that the moment he got even the slightest taste of her, he would never be able to let her go again.
That single possessive thought darkened his gaze as his hand slowly rose to cup her jaw. Gently, he lifted her face towards him, only to be greeted by the completely unravelled sight of her.
Her eyelids were heavy and glossy, tiny teardrops still clinging delicately to the corners of her eyes. Her glistening lips remained parted and swollen from his relentless ministrations, while a deep, beautiful flush continued burning across her cheeks.
The sight alone nearly drove him mad.
His thumb slowly dragged across her swollen lower lip, making her breathing hitch softly before his deep, velvety voice finally shattered the silence between them.
"You are mine now, Aliana.... Mine alone." His gaze darkened further as he leaned closer. "And no one is ever allowed to touch what belongs to me... do you understand?"
- Chapter 185: Bend [M]
- Chapter 184: Past The Threshold
- Chapter 183: Torturing The Husband-to-Be
- Chapter 182: Lured Into The Web
- Chapter 181: The Vanishing Stranger
- Chapter 180: Historia
- Chapter 179: Ice Popsicles And Intrusive Thoughts
- Chapter 178: A Sanctuary Of Stone And Glass
- Chapter 177: Aria
- Chapter 176: Playing With Fire
- Chapter 175: The Game We Play
- Chapter 174: Bonus - : Disarmed By A Mortal
- Chapter 173: Blank
- Chapter 172: A Tailored Half-Truth
- Chapter 171: We Talk Like This
- Chapter 170: The Difference Between Real And Replica
- Chapter 169: Beneath The Armor
- Chapter 168: A Safe Haven In The Dark
- Chapter 167: A Selfish Devotion
- Chapter 166: His Little Rose
- Chapter 165: Tears Of Blood
- Chapter 164: Tremors
- Chapter 163: The Price Of Obsession
- Chapter 162: A Dormant Force
- Chapter 161: A Substitute Heiress
- Chapter 160: Mad Man
- Chapter 159: The Click Of The Lock
- Chapter 158: Not Her
- Chapter 157: The Forbidden Potion
- Chapter 156: Fear
- Chapter 155: Uneasy
- Chapter 154: Perfectly Fine
- Chapter 153: The Crack In The Mask
- Chapter 152: The Woman In Black
- Chapter 151: Through The Window
- Chapter 150: Ten Minutes
- Chapter 149: Interruption
- Chapter 148: The Unconditional Yes
- Chapter 147: A Slow, Sinful Waltz
- Chapter 146: Possibilities
- Chapter 145: You Are Mine Now
- Chapter 144: The Cracking Facade
- Chapter 143: Delicious
- Chapter 142: Velvet and Fire
- Chapter 141: Devils, Demons, And Death Threats
- Chapter 140: Drowning In Guilt
- Chapter 139: You’ll Lose, Baby
- Chapter 138: Undeniable Changes
- Chapter 137: When The Light Bleeds Red
- Chapter 136: Let Me Through
- Chapter 135: A Promise Too Late
- Chapter 134: Charming Existences And Flying Daggers
- Chapter 133: Remember Me?
- Chapter 132: Shattered Silence
- Chapter 131: Unfamiliar Presence
- Chapter 130: Seven Times Over
- Chapter 129: Worship On The Marble
- Chapter 128: Worse For Both
- Chapter 127: Warm Steam And Icy Eyes
- Chapter 126: No Mercy For The Wicked
- Chapter 125: A Lesson In Terror
- Chapter 124: The Bone
- Chapter 123: A Slumber Party
- Chapter 122: They Brought This Upon Themselves
- Chapter 121: Unsupervised Adults
- Chapter 120: Beneath The Silver Moon
- Chapter 119: Don’t Be Scared
- Chapter 118: The Watcher On West Avenue
- Chapter 117: Not Good Enough
- Chapter 116: Even If It Kills Me
- Chapter 115: The Thorns Of The Rose
- Chapter 114: Show Me, Gavriel
- Chapter 113: A Beautiful Madness
- Chapter 112: Breakfast On The Battlefield
- Chapter 111: The Pacified Beast
- Chapter 110: Diana
- Chapter 109: Frost Upon The Heart
- Chapter 108: A Nagging Suspicion
- Chapter 107: The Lonely Master
- Chapter 106: Reconstructing The Walls
- Chapter 105: Not Yet
- Chapter 104: Why Would You Do That?
- Chapter 103: Something That Will Bloom
- Chapter 102: To Look Beyond The Flaws
- Chapter 101: Meeting The In-Laws
- Chapter 100: Evidence On The Lips
- Chapter 99: Anything
- Chapter 98: A Soul As Dark As A Demon
- Chapter 97: The Choice Of Burns
- Chapter 96: Things She Needs To Know
- Chapter 95: A State Of Ecstasy
- Chapter 94: A Simple Drop
- Chapter 93: I’m Thirsty
- Chapter 92: Press Conference - III
- Chapter 91: Press Conference - II
- Chapter 90: Press Conference - I
- Chapter 89: Marking Territory
- Chapter 88: The Live Broadcast
- Chapter 87: The Untouchable
- Chapter 86: A Beautiful Beast
- Chapter 85: A Monster
- Chapter 84: What Could He Possibly Gain?
- Chapter 83: Bonus - : The Knight In Dark Armor
- Chapter 82: The Twenty Minute Lie
- Chapter 81: A Scandal In Astoria
- Chapter 80: Madness In The Icy Blue
- Chapter 79: The Rhythm Of The Wicked
- Chapter 78: Sixty Seconds Only
- Chapter 77: The Restless Beast In The Cage
- Chapter 76: A Truce
- Chapter 75: The Audacity Of Concern
- Chapter 74: Between Choice And Consequence
- Chapter 73: Bonus - : A Night of Restless Thoughts
- Chapter 72: One Day Only
- Chapter 71: What It Means
- Chapter 70: The Devil’s Terms
- Chapter 69: In The Predator’s Lair
- Chapter 68: Chasing The Storm
- Chapter 67: What Happened On The Night Of Full Moon
- Chapter 66: Missing Steps
- Chapter 65: Ticking Clocks
- Chapter 64: The She-Devil’s Gambit
- Chapter 63: Crossing The Threshold
- Chapter 62: The Unreadable Soul
- Chapter 61: The Anomaly
- Chapter 60: The Man From The Dreams
- Chapter 59: The Devil’s Half-Truth
- Chapter 58: A Week-Long Promise
- Chapter 57: A Familiar Heaven
- Chapter 56: The Thrill Of The Chase
- Chapter 55: To Drown In Her Scent
- Chapter 54: The Name That Broke The Dark
- Chapter 53: The Ripple In The Dark
- Chapter 52: Bonus - : Affinity To The Full Moon
- Chapter 51: An Unexpected Partnership
- Chapter 50: Blood In The Water
- Chapter 49: Tumultuous Horizons
- Chapter 48: A Ripe Harvest
- Chapter 47: A Force To Be Reckoned With
- Chapter 46: A Villain In Making
- Chapter 45: A Peculiar Human
- Chapter 44: The Scent Of Roses And Salt
- Chapter 43: The Shadow In The Silence
- Chapter 42: The Unseen And The Unfortunate
- Chapter 41: Scattered Crumbs Of Truth
- Chapter 40: The Path Of The Storm
- Chapter 39: Saved By The Glare
- Chapter 38: The Devil On The Dance Floor
- Chapter 37: Gavriel Valentine
- Chapter 36: Belly Of The Ocean
- Chapter 35: A Violation Of Nature
- Chapter 34: Moonlight And Mandates
- Chapter 33: Not Known To Go Easy
- Chapter 32: Facts And Fantasies
- Chapter 31: Ready for Another Dive?
- Chapter 30: Something The Dead Fears
- Chapter 29: Just Who Are You, Little Rose?
- Chapter 28: The Scandal Radar
- Chapter 27: Bonus - : Blame It On The Heels
- Chapter 26: Traitorous Gaze
- Chapter 25: The Gasoline Spark
- Chapter 24: The Devil In Bespoke
- Chapter 23: Knock At The Door
- Chapter 22: The Ghost of A Headline
- Chapter 21: Midnight In Karden
- Chapter 20: The Torn Veil
- Chapter 19: The Unhinged Itinerary
- Chapter 18: Leave It To Jade
- Chapter 17: Lady From The Third Floor
- Chapter 16: Ghost In The Penthouse
- Chapter 15: Victorian Heights
- Chapter 14: The One Percent Chance
- Chapter 13: Just Like A Rose
- Chapter 12: The Acting CEO
- Chapter 11: A Pious Deception
- Chapter 10: The Goddess Of Van Empire
- Chapter 9: Six Months Only
- Chapter 8: A Pale Reflection
- Chapter 7: Roses And Raspberries
- Chapter 6: One Month
- Chapter 5: No Clowns, Just Ghosts
- Chapter 4: Effect Of Eighty Percent Macallan
- Chapter 3: Static On The Line
- Chapter 2: The She-Devil Of Astoria
- Chapter 1: Excerpt
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