Chapters tagged stepmom

by Levantin

Chapter 126

The trek from the hallway into the kitchen felt like walking across shattered glass. My knees still trembled from holding the rigid posture on the rug, the heavy cylinder swung sluggishly between my thighs with every stride, and my lips still burned with the taste of the precedin...

by Levantin

Chapter 129

Vanessa set her champagne glass down on the coffee table with a delicate, sharp clink. Her gaze lingered on the exposed lace trim for a fraction of a second longer before drifting up toward Loona with an amused, imperious detachment. "You know what, darling?" she mused, smoothin...

by Levantin

Chapter 130

For several agonizingly long seconds, Loona did not move. She simply stood there, hands clasped loosely behind her back, looking down at me. Her gaze drifted over my trembling knees, the sweat running down my neck, and the gossamer-thin pink silk straining mercilessly over the co...

by Levantin

Chapter 131

Every fiber of my body seemed wired with live current as Loona slotted the key into the upper lock. I was wearing my grey wool trousers and a plain black cashmere sweater—proper, tidy, precisely the way my father expected to see me whenever I came to visit. Yet beneath the sturdy...

by Levantin

Chapter 132

The heavy silver tray felt cool and dense in my sweat-slicked hands as I used my elbow to ease open the double pocket doors of the salon. Inside, an almost meditative, bourgeois comfort held sway. Vanessa and Loona sat side by side on my father’s deep velvet sofa, legs drawn up,...