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Vows Of Deception Chapter 27
(Luca's POV)I couldn’t get her out of my mind.Emma.Every inch of her, every look, every touch, it lingered. Even now, as I walked through the corridors of my penthouse, the echoes of her scent seemed to follow me. The memory of her defiant gaze, her trembling hands, the way she tried to push me away—it all lingered in my mind. But more than that, the way her body had reacted to me was impossible to ignore.It pissed me off. It pissed me off that she wouldn’t just accept it. That she fought me every step of the way. It made no difference. She was mine now, whether she liked it or not.But there was something in her eyes today—something that made me think she was starting to crack.I didn’t care what she said. I knew better. She could deny it all she wanted, but the truth was, her body had already given her away. She might have hated me, but beneath that hatred, she was drawn to me in ways she couldn’t even understand.The thought of it drove me crazy. She shouldn’t want me. She shou
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(Emma’s POV)I could feel the tension in the air before I even stepped into the room. The weight of Luca’s presence pressed down on me, suffocating, heavy, like a storm that had been brewing for days. It was hard to breathe, harder still to steady myself, but I had no choice. I had come here for answers.“Emma,” Luca’s voice broke through the thick silence. His tone was controlled, his eyes a piercing shade of blue, watching me like a predator waiting to pounce. I hated how his gaze seemed to strip away every last piece of my composure.I wasn’t going to back down. Not this time.“Luca,” I said, forcing my voice to remain steady, even as my hands clenched at my sides. “I need to know the truth.”His lips twisted into a smile that held no warmth, no kindness—just that cold, calculating look I had grown all too familiar with. “You want the truth, Emma?” He stepped closer, his presence looming over me. “You’ll get it, but not on your terms.”The words stung, the reminder that he controll
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(Luca’s POV)I stood there, watching Emma as she pulled away from me, her eyes narrowed in defiance, but there was something else hidden beneath the surface. I could feel it—the way her body responded to me, even as her mind tried to fight it. She hated me. I could see it in the way she looked at me, in the way her fists clenched, in the way she turned away whenever I got too close. But I knew better than to believe the lies she told herself.She wasn’t fooling me.There was a fire in her, one that matched mine. The way her eyes flickered with something darker when I kissed her, the way she flinched when I touched her skin—it was all just a game. She was afraid of it. Afraid of me. Afraid of what I made her feel.But she didn’t have a choice. No one did.I had seen the way she looked at me when she thought I wasn’t watching. The way her gaze would linger on me, her breath hitching when I was near. She hated it, but she couldn’t deny it. She was mine now, whether she liked it or not. A
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(Emma’s POV)I woke up the next morning to an unbearable silence. The kind that made the air feel heavy, thick with tension that had been building for weeks.I had been dreading this moment, and yet, here it was. My body ached in places I didn’t know it could—aching in ways that made me hate myself, hate him, yet crave him all the same. Luca. The man who had destroyed my life, taken my agency, and left me a shell of the woman I used to be.I could still feel the heat of his touch on my skin, the roughness of his kiss burning in my memory like a brand I couldn’t erase. The way he owned me in that moment was something I could never forget, no matter how much I tried to. He knew it too.I hated him for it.I hated how easily he took control of me, how effortlessly he made me feel things I knew I shouldn’t feel.It wasn’t just the physicality, though. It was everything. His power, his dominance, the way he manipulated every situation to his advantage. He didn’t care about me—he cared abou
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Luca’s POVI watched her, silent and still, as she stood there in front of me. The defiance in her eyes was the only thing that had remained unchanged since the first time we met. Everything about her, her anger, her fear, even the way she tried to fight against me, it only served to make her more captivating.Emma hated me, I knew that much. The way she looked at me, the sharp edge to her voice—it was like a knife slicing through the space between us. But deep down, I knew the truth. I could see the way her body responded to me, the way her eyes softened when I wasn’t looking, the way she couldn’t stay away, even if she tried.It was a game, one that I knew I was destined to win. She could fight it, she could rage against it, but in the end, she’d come back. They always did. And Emma—she was no different.I had marked her, both physically and mentally, in ways she couldn’t undo. The bond between us, no matter how much she hated me, had already been forged. And it was a bond I had eve
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Emma’s POVI could still feel the ghost of Luca’s touch on my skin, the imprint of his dominance lingering in every part of me, even though I was far from him now. It was like a storm had passed through me, leaving nothing but chaos and a strange sense of longing that I refused to acknowledge. I hated him. I hated everything about what he was and what he did to me. But deep down, there was a part of me—an unwilling part—that didn’t feel as repulsed as I should have.I clenched my fists as I stood in the privacy of my room, staring at my reflection in the mirror. My body, my mind—everything seemed like it didn’t belong to me anymore. There were pieces of me, fragments of myself, that had been altered by him, and it terrified me. The last few weeks felt like a blur of rage, fear, and inexplicable desire. I couldn’t look at him without wanting to push him away and pull him closer at the same time.I ran my fingers through my hair, my mind racing. I was trapped. There was no escaping Luca
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Luca’s POVI could feel her resistance, the way she tensed beneath my touch. It was a game to her, I knew that much. She fought me with every breath, but her body... her body betrayed her every single time. The contradiction was maddening. Emma had always been a puzzle, a contradiction I had yet to fully unravel, and the more I tried to break through her defenses, the more she resisted. But I wasn’t a man who let things go easily.I watched her closely as she stood across the room from me, her back stiff, her eyes darting to the door like she was ready to flee. It was the same expression she always wore when she thought she could get away. She couldn’t. Not from me. Not from this.“You still don’t get it, do you?” I said, my voice low, deliberate. She didn’t turn to face me, but I could see the way her shoulders tensed at my words. The anger, the hatred she had for me—it didn’t bother me. It only made this more thrilling.“I don’t need your approval, Emma,” I continued, taking a slow
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Emma’s POVI stood frozen in place, my chest heaving with every breath, as Luca’s words echoed in my mind. You’re mine. You’ll never leave.His voice was like a heavy weight pressing down on me, filling my thoughts until I could barely think for myself. It wasn’t just the words he said; it was how he said them. How his lips had crushed against mine, how his touch had burned every inch of my skin. My body had betrayed me. It had responded to him in ways I couldn’t control, and I hated myself for it. I hated him, too.But the worst part? Part of me wanted it. Part of me needed it, even though I was repulsed by that thought.I had fought him every step of the way, resisted with everything in me, but it never seemed to matter. He always won. Always found a way to break through my walls, to push past my defenses. I was weak.No, I told myself firmly, I am not weak. I’m not like him.But that wasn’t true, was it?I looked at myself in the mirror, studying the flushed face staring back at me
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Emma’s POVI leaned against the counter, staring at the small, almost insignificant pregnancy test that lay there, staring back at me. It felt like the weight of the world was in that little plastic stick, its truth just hanging there, waiting for me to fully comprehend it. The reality of it was still so fresh, so surreal, that I couldn’t quite process it. I was pregnant. And Luca—my husband, my partner, my betrayer turned savior—was going to be a father. A father to the child we’d conceived out of love and conflict, joy and pain. The thought should have filled me with more fear, but it didn’t.Instead, it stirred something deeper. Something undeniably tender. It was as if this little person growing inside of me was a symbol of all that had happened and all that was yet to come.The door to the kitchen opened, and I didn’t need to turn to know it was Luca. I could feel him, his presence as palpable as ever. He had this way of walking into a room that made everything feel like it was h
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Luca's POVThe tension in the air felt heavier than it had in days, suffocating me with each passing minute. Emma had asked for time, and for once, I was going to give it to her. The selfish part of me—the one that still longed to close the gap between us and erase the pain of the past—wanted to push, to demand things move forward. But I had learned my lesson the hard way. No more rushing, no more pressing her for answers or action. She was right. She needed space, and I was going to respect that. But that didn’t make the waiting any easier.I leaned against the doorframe, watching her from across the room. She was standing by the window, her back to me, as the soft glow of the evening light bathed her in warmth. Even from this distance, I could feel the pull between us, an invisible thread that tethered me to her, no matter how much I tried to resist it.It had been days since that conversation, the one where she told me she wasn’t sure about us. Days that had felt like weeks. I hadn
Vows Of Deception Chapter 155
Emma's POVThe weight of the silence in the house was unbearable. Every step I took felt heavy, like my body was still trying to recover from the conversation with Luca. I couldn’t shake the image of him standing at the door, his hand frozen on the handle, his expression a mix of frustration and guilt. I knew he was struggling, but I wasn’t sure how much longer I could let him wear that expression on his face.I had given him the space he needed, the time he asked for, but it didn’t feel like enough. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the vulnerability in his gaze, the raw emotion he had tried so desperately to hide. He wasn’t the same man who had hurt me before; that much was clear. But was that enough for me to let him in again?My mind kept replaying everything that had happened between us. There had been so many promises, so many moments of tenderness, but I couldn’t erase the past. I couldn’t pretend that what had happened before didn’t matter. Luca had hurt me in ways I couldn’t
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Luca's POVI could still feel her presence in the room, lingering like smoke long after she had gone. Emma had walked away, but the weight of her words had settled in my chest, a heavy reminder that things could never be as simple as I wanted them to be. There was a part of me that believed we could move forward together, but she wasn’t ready. She wasn’t ready to trust me. She wasn’t ready to forget all the things I had done to her.I stood at the door for a moment, my hand still hovering over the handle, but I couldn’t bring myself to turn back. The silence between us had become a wall, thicker than ever, and I wasn’t sure how to break it down. I wasn’t used to this kind of rejection, especially from someone who had once been my everything.I didn’t know what I expected when I had told her the truth, when I had tried to show her a side of me that I thought she could trust. But I had underestimated the depth of her pain. She wasn’t just angry at me; she was scared. Scared that I would
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Emma's POVThe silence between us hung heavy, thicker than it ever had been. I had no idea what to say, no idea how to process the weight of what Luca had just told me. He wasn’t asking for forgiveness, he wasn’t asking for my love, but there was a quiet strength in his words. It was something I hadn’t expected. Maybe that was the problem: I didn’t know what to expect from him anymore. His actions, his words, had always been unpredictable—except when it came to the one thing that always stayed the same: his need to control.And now, he was asking me to let go of that control. To trust him, to give him the space to show me that he had changed. But the truth was, I didn’t know if I could. I didn’t know if I could ever stop seeing him as the man who had taken everything from me.My fingers tightened around the edge of the table, the sensation of the wood grounding me in a reality I wasn’t sure I wanted to face. Every part of me was screaming to pull away, to protect myself. To walk out o
