Reader Comments Exposed The Don’s Secret Desire Chapter 05
Light flashed in Damian’s eyes.
He stepped closer and pulled me tight against him.
He kissed my forehead, voice trembling. “Cressida, I’ve been waiting for you to say that.”
I let out a soft breath.
He’s so easy to please.
With just that one sentence, he let go of all his defenses.
Did that mean we didn’t have to get divorced after all?
Reader comments flashed:
[Damian, don’t believe her. She’s lying.]
[She doesn’t love you. She’s just after your money.]
[Your Lilith is waiting right outside.]
[Don’t let her fool you.]
Damian held me for a moment, then pulled out his phone. “Falcone, you can head back. My wife and
I…”
My phone buzzed with a text from Hollis, my lab partner.
Hollis: [Cressida, I extracted some strange components from the flower I brought back from the cliff. They seem capable of suppressing the mysterious compound in Red Thorn.]
[My head’s about to explode. Get back here now! The flower’s wilting! The experiment needs you! I need your help!]
[Photo]
Excitement rushed through me.
I told Damian immediately, “Damian, I need to go to the mountain lab. I won’t be back tonight.
We’ll talk later.”
He was still on the phone with Falcone. He grabbed my hand. “Can’t you skip it today?”
if I didn’t go, the flower would wilt and the whole research would stall. Hollis had gone through tremendous effort to retrieve that flower from the cliff.
“It’s important.” I pulled my hand away. “Didn’t you say you’d support my career?”
Damian’s eyes darkened. “More important than me?”
I softened my voice. “I’m sorry. I really don’t have time to waste.”
I thought I’d make it up to him when I got back.
I’d compensate him more this time.
Until he was completely satisfied.
Instead, Damian picked up one copy of the divorce agreement and handed it to me.
He said with heavy disappointment, “Cressida, if you have to go, sign the papers first.”
In my memory, Damian had always respected me despite his ruthless reputation in New York’s
underworld.
But this time his voice turned hoarse and his eyes went cold.
Reader comments:
[Damian’s finally angry.]
[Choose one-career or Damian.]
I felt torn.
I used to think I could balance both, but I realized I couldn’t.
Neither of us was wrong. We just weren’t right for each other.
Maybe I should remove the shackles binding him and let him be with Lilith.
I picked up the pen, signed the divorce papers, and handed them back. “If you want the divorce,
then let’s do it.”
Damian froze, knuckles white as he gripped the papers.
I opened the study door and walked out fast.
Behind me, his gaze grew darker.
Reader comments:
[Wow, she actually signed.]
[Damian must be hurting. I think he still loves Cress, but she doesn’t love him.]
[It’s fine. Lilith’s here.]
[She’ll comfort him.]
[Perfect timing-she’s bringing coffee in right now.]
[Lilith didn’t want to sleep with Damian at first either.]
[But she has a special constitution. Every once in a while she desperately needs intimacy. After meeting Damian, she doesn’t have to worry anymore. They can satisfy each other perfectly.]
Lilith had a special constitution.
It suddenly reminded me of Red Thorn. I turned back, wanting to get her contact info.
As I passed a small room, I heard Lilith’s soft, breathless moans.
“Can I come to your place tonight?”
“Let me feel more… deeper…”
I froze.
Lilith made sounds that made my face burn.
It sounded like she was being kissed hard.
Reader comments:
[Damian’s kissing Lilith hard-wow, this is moving at warp speed.]
[Hot. Love it.]
[Why isn’t Cressida walking forward?]
[Scared to see what she doesn’t want to see?]
[She abandoned Damian first.]
[Now Lilith has taken Damian away from her. She deserves it.]
Yes, this was all my own choice.
Now Damian didn’t have to hold back in front of Lilith anymore.
I wanted to step forward and see for myself.
But a dull pain bloomed in my chest.
If I saw it with my own eyes, it would only hurt more.
Emotional chaos would ruin my focus in the lab.
I turned around and walked quickly down the long staircase, leaving without looking back.
***
Lab.
I transplanted the flower into a pot and added my special nutrient solution.
Hollis extracted plant factors from the fallen petal.
I continued studying Red Thorn.
I was distracted today. My mind kept wandering.
A Red Thorn thorn pricked my hand.
