All Chapters of My secret lover: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

12 - Apollo CastielloYou meet thousands of people, and none of them touch you, and then you meet one person, and your life changes. Forever.- Love and Other Drugs.Okay, insomnia has become my best friend. Once again, I had been awake, and it was frightening me. Another night awake and...Mia.All my thoughts revolved around her, and I couldn’t help it; I needed to talk and hear her daring observations in my favor. And she replied... And I had never felt so powerful in my life.My father was the first to notice those reactions in me. I had spent the day restless, staring at my phone, and now and then, he had caught me smiling. And as the night approached, the nervousness became evident.“Are you going to tell me her name?” my father asked as I came out of the shower. He was walking down the hallway when he decided to stop in front of my room.“Who is she?” I remained serious and opened the wardrobe.The night was cold.“I’ve known you since before you were born.” He crossed his arms

14 - Apollo Castiello Don’t stop. Kiss me. - Fifty Shades DarkerIt was obvious that my idea of keeping my distance from Mia had gone down the drain. Every time I tried to put a barrier between us, it crumbled like sand slipping through my fingers. And the same was true for her. The resistance Mia showed, that effort to keep away, seemed as fragile as mine. And here we were again, alone inside the car, with the road stretching out before us, taking us to one of the most isolated spots in the city.I drove in silence, absorbing the tension between us that hung in the air. With every mile traveled, I felt the weight of unspoken words, of restrained emotions. It was almost palpable, as if it could explode at any moment. Mia, on the other hand, seemed calmer than I expected. Her gaze, fixed on the window, reflected a mix of curiosity and suspicion.“So, you’re not going to teach me how to drive,” she said, finally breaking the silence, her voice laden with a lightness I knew was disguis

16 - Apollo CastielloThere are few things sadder in this life than watching someone leave after they’ve just walked away, and seeing the distance between your bodies expand until there's nothing left... but empty space and silence.- Someone Like YouI had been feeling perplexed for the last few days, as if I were trapped in an emotional maze I couldn't understand. Every thought about Mia felt like a distant echo, reverberating in my mind, revealing layers of feelings I didn't know existed. I remained surprised by the revelations of everything I felt, something I was also fleeing from, as if the fog of confusion was dissipating, but revealing a truth I wasn't ready to face. And I was weak enough to fall back into this confusion of feelings, but deep down, I had no regrets.Mia arrived like a cool breeze on a stuffy day, bringing the lightness that was missing from my life. She seemed capable of dissolving the last pains lodged in my chest, the burdens I carried: the loss of my mother,

18 - Mia Lauren HudsonHe saved me in every way a woman can be saved.- TitanicApollo guided me through the garden of his house until he opened a door to our right. He left a space for me to pass first, and he followed. Everything was dark, and I couldn't see anything until Apollo turned on the lights. It wasn't a fluorescent light, but a lamp that cast an orange hue over the room, almost like candlelight. I dared to take a step forward and look around; it seemed to be Apollo's room.The walls were made of small reddish brick blocks, and several movie posters—what I assumed were his favorites—hung on the walls. I looked at each one and paid attention to a specific picture. It was my mother and Apollo's father, in a not-so-well-known photo from their first movie together. I felt Apollo move closer to me, and he smiled, looking at the picture too.I observed my mother's youthful face, her blue eyes and blonde, wavy hair in all her youthful beauty. She wouldn't have changed much if she

20 - Apollo CastielloHow will this end? How stories end when love is denied: with tears and a journey.Shakespeare in LoveI was in disbelief, completely untrusting of everything my life had become in less than 24 hours. And it was all because of one person, always the same reason, and I no longer knew what to think. Especially at that moment, especially when she wasn't with me. Because then I became an irrational being. Mia helped me be a better person, to think better, to breathe better. Without her, everything was too heavy, too arduous.And how did all this have to do with revenge? I was completely confused, scared, and deep down, I was hurt. And totally out of control.I pressed the accelerator hard, the engine roaring like my own despair. I needed to catch up with her. She couldn’t just leave like that, not after the last night we spent together. Not after surrendering to me, after I tasted her, felt her skin against mine. For God's sake, I couldn't walk away from that. I could