No Second Time: The Billionaire Craves Me Forever
Bound by a contract marriage, Alethea regretted ever ending up in her boss' bed, especially when she realized he would never fuck her twice.
But what happens when she turns out to be the stranger in his bed six years ago... and suddenly, his principles no longer apply?
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Chapter 9
Right in Maxi's place. "He's here, finally," Maxi purred and approached Axel the moment he stepped into her living room.
Standing close to the door, Axel's eyes fixed on her.
"C'mon, don't just stand there. Aren't you happy to see me?" Maxi cooed, stopping a few metres from him.
"We planned to talk about the business over dinner, Maxi. Let's get on with it," Axel snapped.
"Ouch! That really hurts," she muttered in disappointment and then gestured to the dining table.
Axel simply walked to the dining area, and they both settled down.
"I think we should eat first, don't you think?" she murmured, picking up her cutlery.
But before she could take a bite, Axel's fists hit the table, making the fine china rattle.
Taken off guard, her gaze on him faltered for a second before focusing back. "I'll go straight to the point while we eat then," she finally said.
Axel's flicked leashes answered, giving her the go-ahead.
"I noticed how your Aunt is bent on ruining you, so I asked her to sell her shares to me, so you don't suffer from her wrath anymore," she began.
"As an old business partner, and something more, I've actually come back to support your company, despite having bought the shares. That's the business talk," she concluded and sipped from her wine glass.
"Don't tell me you made me come here just because of this? I think I'm done here," Axel uttered coldly and immediately sprang to his feet.
But then Maxi's next words made him stop dead in his tracks.
"Do you know your wife has a child somewhere?" she uttered calmly and smirked.
Axel let out a low chuckle and then settled back into the chair. "Well, for your information, I'm the father of that child," he stated bluntly. "You know how carefree I became after you left. I didn't know she was pregnant for me until recently, and that was part of why I married her."
"Why do I feel you just told me a lie?" Maxi seethed.
"A lie?" Axel muttered with an arched brow. "Perhaps you're finding it hard to accept the fact, since you had the opportunity to carry my child, but you chose not to," he added with a smirk.
"Watch the way you talk to me, Axel!" Maxi spat, anger simmering beneath her voice.
"You only have to accept the truth in your face," Axel smirked again.
Maxi scoffed and then rolled her eyes. "Even if somehow you managed to knock her up, don't ever forget I know everything about your nightmare secret," she threatened.
Axel remained calm, his expression unreadable as he leaned back in his chair. "I need evidence, Maxi-evidence that proves you're really aware of what happened that night. After that, I'll agree that you really know about my nightmare secret," he muttered.
With this, he stood and walked towards the door.
Maxi's face contorted in anger and frustration as she watched him leave. "This is just the beginning, Axel! I'll surely take back all that's mine!!" she yelled, standing up, before glaring hard at the untouched meal in front of her.
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Back in Axel's penthouse at exactly 11:23 PM, Alethea rolled sideways in her bed, lost in thought about what Maxi might be capable of plotting against her and her child. But then, the sounds of approaching footsteps from the hallway interrupted her thoughts. Instantly, she got out of bed and stepped out.
"You haven't slept," Axel muttered, with his eyes solely on her figure the moment she showed up in the corridor.
"Yes, I..."
"Follow me then," he said, cutting her off.
Alethea let out an inward scorn before following him into his bedroom.
The moment Axel stepped deeper into the room, his hands drifted to his shirt and began to unbutton it. Alethea's eyes subtly on his broad back, she remained silent, watching him from where she stood near the door.
But then his voice suddenly broke the stillness. "This will be your room from henceforth," he announced, still backing up.
"What?" Alethea blurted in disbelief. Before she could say anything further, Axel turned to face her with a bare chest, and her words abruptly caught in her throat.
Taking note of every one of her reactions, Axel let out a smirk and decided to approach her while still half-naked.
Stopping right in front of her, he lifted her chin and stared down into her brown eyes. "I wouldn't want you to be an addition to my problem," he whispered, his hot breath fanning her face.
"I know Maxi pretty well. She doesn't give up easily. She wouldn't stop at anything to find solid evidence against me," he added, and suddenly drew her closer to him by her waist.
Alethea's pulse quickened the moment she felt her breast press hard against his bare chest through the thin fabric of her nightie. But yet, she remained silent and didn't push him off.
"We need to start acting like a real couple now, Wifey," Axel continued in a whisper. "Especially now that I have lied to Maxi about being the father of your child," he declared.
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9.6
After getting drunk at a wedding party, Maya had spent a night with a man. She then found herself pregnant after that. She wanted to keep the child, but the man had other plans. She tried to run away but was caught. "If you want to keep the child, marry me. Well divorce after two years, and meanwhile, don't touch me-not even holding hands," the man said, backing her into a corner. She found the man utterly shameless.
"Holding hands? Dream on."
After the marriage, the man said, "I know you are scared. Let's sleep together tonight."
"I'm not scared."
"I saw you in a dream and heard you say you're scared and want to sleep with me."
"Have you no shame, Charles Darwin?"
"Shame? What is shame?"
9.1
He was a ruthless CEO who always got what he wanted until he noticed her, a homeless girl surviving outside his office building. Quietly proud, clever, and impossible to read, she became the one woman who refused to fall at his feet, forcing him to chase for the first time in his life.
As she steps into his workplace, she faces ridicule, betrayal, and a wealthy woman determined to erase her from his world. While his family pushes him toward an arranged marriage with an entitled heiress, his heart is already bound to the girl everyone underestimates.
In a world ruled by power and status, she must prove her worth through strength and integrity, while he learns that love cannot be bought, controlled, or inherited.
7.7
Married off to him to pay a debt that was never mine, my only purpose was to give him an heir.
Year after year, my foolish heart fell harder while he shattered it without mercy.
When my service ended, my debt paid, and no child to bind us, I chose freedom through divorce.
But just when I thought I was free...
I was bound to him again.
Bound by his child.
9.2
In LA's Business world, Zane Calloway, thirty, turns cartel king after his father's gruesome murder, ruling The Atlas Group with a bloody fist. He learned how betrayal could ruin even the biggest empire and was hell bent on keeping Atlas Group. However when Sienna Carter, his new assistant got in the picture, he threw caution to the wind. To become the only one controlling the cartel, he would use Sienna who was a supposedly ghost from a dead cartel as bait for his enemies. Sienna Carter made his mission become even more complicated as she ignites a dangerous sparks in him. Twenty-five year old Sienna Carter just wanted to stay alive, running away from danger had been the only thing she was capable of since her family were murdered. All she had as a semblance of her old life was the locket her dying father had given her and when a new job pops up in Los Angeles, she gambled for it, hoping for her sake that it wouldn't lead her straight to the same hell she was running from.
However, she would soon realize that the Atlas Groups was going to be more than just a survival decision but the key to everything.
8.6
Elena who grew up in the countryside was brought back to the city only to be used and abandoned by her very own family. Used in replacement for her sister and finding out the truth from years ago, will Elena seek revenge? What happens when she turns out to be different from what was expected?
Adrian Laurent, crippled and treated like a commodity by his family. Adrian swore to get revenge for everything done to him and his mother in the past. What happens when his new wife finds/finds out he is not crippled?
Will she trust him?
"Don't touch me! You lied to me, I trusted you." Elena remarked tears streaming down from her face, she had been able to handle all forms of betrayers but she would never be able to handle this.
"I didn't mean to lie Elena, you never asked me if it was a lie. I'm sorry Elena, I should have told you sooner, please forgive me.." Adrian drawled...
Elena slowly backed away from there and ran, only to be cornered by her husband once again. She forgot, he could walk now...
7.1
Celeste Hart vanished after a night with Damien Kane, leaving the world's richest man haunted by the memory of a butterfly tattoo. What he doesn't know is that she carried his greatest secret-four children whose gifts could rival empires. Years later, Celeste returns, cloaked in success and secrecy, determined to stay hidden as she takes a job in Damien's company. But the closer they grow, the harder it becomes to conceal the truth. With family betrayals lurking, children desperate to find their father, and a love too powerful to ignore, their lives are set on a collision course. And when the truth is revealed, nothing will ever be the same.