Chapter One: Just Talk The ballroom had emptied hours ago. Soft candlelight still flickered from the centerpieces. The band had packed up, the staff long gone, and only the faint hum of air conditioning broke the silence. The dance floor was clean again, smooth and empty under the chandeliers. Claire stood in the middle of it all, barefoot and alone, in her white rehearsal dress—the one her mother had called “tastefully s...

Chapter Six: The Crash (Rewritten) The air in the ballroom had changed. The chandeliers above still glowed soft gold, but the room felt darker somehow—warmer. Heavy. Like the space had inhaled her secrets and was holding its breath, waiting. Claire could barely move. Her thighs were slick, her breathing unsteady. Her body—trapped, trembling, traitorous—was pressed against Jaxon, still facing away from him, locked in a slo...

Before the Vows Chapter Twelve: The Obsession Claire was lost. Her lips were stretched around Jaxon’s cock, cheeks hollowing as she sucked, slow and filthy, while her fingers rubbed furiously between her own thighs. Spit dripped down her chin. The head of his cock glistened with wetness from her mouth and her spit-slicked hand. She had never felt this dirty. She had never felt this alive. Her wedding was tomorrow. And her...