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    • Chapter 16: Bridget Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 16: Bridget WAS IT POSSIBLE TO DIE OF HUMILIATION? Forty-eight hours ago, I would’ve said no, but as I ate breakfast across the table from Rhys, I found myself firmly in the yes camp. I would either explode from how red my face was or melt into a puddle of mortification, whichever came first. “More bacon?” He pushed the plate in my direction. I shook my head, unable to meet his eye. I woke up that morning with a pounding headache, throbbing heat between my legs, and a horrifically clear…
    • Chapter 15: Rhys Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 15: Rhys HEARING THE WORD FUCK LEAVE BRIDGET’S MOUTH IN THAT POSH, PROPER voice of hers… It took every ounce of self-control I had not to do what I’d said I would do. What she’d asked me to do. But even though I wanted nothing more than to throw caution to the wind and say fuck it, I’d give her exactly what we both craved, I didn’t. Bridget was still drunk. Maybe not as drunk as she’d been half an hour ago, but intoxicated enough to have compromised judgment. I had no clue if this was…
    • Chapter 14: Rhys Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 14: Rhys had been battling an unrelenting storm of emotions for weeks, each day heavier than the last. Since Bridget announced her plan to move back to Eldorra, an invisible wall had built itself between them, growing stronger with every passing moment. He had always known their time together was temporary, but facing the reality of their impending separation sharpened every feeling into something raw and almost unbearable. As a professional, Rhys reminded himself he was still on duty, assigned to…
    • Chapter 13: Bridget Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 13: Bridget THE NEXT FEW WEEKS WERE MISERABLE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE I WAS SICK and healing from my injuries, but because the lull in my public schedule gave me plenty of time to freak out about Nikolai’s abdication. I was going to be queen. Maybe not tomorrow or a month from now, but one day, and one day was far too soon. I lifted my wineglass to my lips and stared up at the night sky. It was three weeks to the day since my conversation with Nikolai. My concussion had healed, and I’d long since…
    • Chapter 12: Rhys Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 12: Rhys began with a gut feeling that something was wrong long before he stepped into the palace's grand reception hall. The low, urgent tones of Prince Nikolai’s voice sent a jolt of unease straight down Rhys's spine, sharpening every one of his instincts into high alert. Though he couldn't make out the exact words, the tension rippling from the small gathered group—Nikolai, Elin, and Viggo—was thick enough to cut through. Rhys, who knew the routines and faces of the palace by heart,…
    • Chapter 11: Bridget Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 11: Bridget found herself slipping between emotional extremes as she tried to process everything happening around her. Rhys’s presence on the flight offered a brief distraction from her spiraling worries, allowing her a rare moment of rest, but when the plane touched down, reality crashed back in full force. The anxiety over her grandfather’s health had gnawed at her so fiercely that every second stuck in traffic toward the hospital felt like agony. Panic gripped her, fueling terrifying…
    • Chapter 10: Rhys Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 10: Rhys BRIDGET WANTED TO LEAVE FOR ELDORRA RIGHT AWAY, BUT I FORCED her to get some sleep first. We’d had a long day, and while I operated fine on minimal shuteye, Bridget got…cranky. She insisted she didn’t, but she did. I would know. I was often the one on the receiving end of her crankiness. Besides, there wasn’t much we could do about the situation at eleven at night. While she slept or tried to sleep, I packed the necessities, booked a plane using her usual charter company’s…
    • Chapter 9: Bridget Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 9: Bridget realized something had shifted the night of her graduation. Whether it was the bond forged through shared vulnerability or the moment Rhys trusted her enough to reveal part of his painful past, the animosity that once defined their relationship had morphed into something more complicated. It wasn’t a simple crush; it felt deeper, tangled with curiosity and a kind of fascination that gnawed at the edges of her resolve. Busy days and endless social events filled her time in New York,…
    • Chapter 8: Bridget/Rhys Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 8: Bridget/Rhys started with chaos that neither of them could have predicted. One moment, Bridget had been standing, and the next, she was flattened against the grass, shielded by Rhys’s solid body as gunfire shattered the peaceful night. Instinct took over, but fear gripped her chest like a vice, refusing to let go as screams echoed all around. Rhys’s calm orders to run and hide steadied her trembling limbs enough to move, even though the entire world seemed to blur. From the moment she saw…
    • Chapter 6: Bridget Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin Chapter 6: Bridget TRIAL MONTH ONE “You’re joking.” I pulled the black vest out of the package, letting it dangle from my fingers like a dirty piece of laundry. Rhys sipped his coffee and didn’t look up from his newspaper. “I don’t joke about safety.” “This is a bulletproof vest.” “I’m aware. I bought it.” Inhale. Exhale. “Mr. Larsen, please explain why I need a bulletproof vest. Where am I supposed to wear it, class? My next volunteer shift?” “To protect you against bullets,…
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