Chapter 523 Between Family Ties
Ariana's POV:
On Christmas Eve, most of the staff at the Jablonsky Mansion had been sent home by Stefan to celebrate with their families. Only a couple of them stayed behind—those with no particular commitments. Ms. Chapman was one of them.
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Chapter 1 He Returns Chapter 2 The Heart Flutters Still Chapter 3 A Twisted Love Chapter 4 A Question of Worth Chapter 5 A Longtime Love Chapter 6 Her Exclusivity Chapter 7 It's Breathtaking Chapter 8 Skeleton in the Closet Chapter 9 The Mental Block appChapter 10 To Go Together appChapter 11 Her Humiliation appChapter 12 An Unnecessary Move appChapter 13 To His Room appChapter 14 Special in Some Way appChapter 15 An Old Love Letter appChapter 16 The Baby Wasn't His appChapter 17 You Better Not Do Anything appChapter 18 Missed Calls from Him appChapter 19 Can't Reject Him appChapter 20 Looking for Him appChapter 21 Are You Done Fooling Around? appChapter 22 Goodbye, Stefan appChapter 23 Back to the Start appChapter 24 Biological Father appChapter 25 All My Fault appChapter 26 No Hope appChapter 27 Humans Are Evil appChapter 28 I Bet You’ll Die appChapter 29 Taking Orders from a Woman appChapter 30 What Do You Think of Me? appChapter 31 Never So Desperate to See Him appChapter 32 Don't Let Her Know I Did It appChapter 33 Not So Secretive appChapter 34 Seeing Stefan Again appChapter 35 Cutting Off His Favorite Long Hair appChapter 36 I Bet You Can't Leave appChapter 37 How Long Have You Planned to Leave? appChapter 38 Never Be Able to Pay Back appChapter 39 One Last Time, Will You Come? appChapter 40 No Reason appChapter 41 A Pervert appChapter 42 He Did It on Purpose appChapter 43 Are You a Hamster? appChapter 44 Rich and Willful appChapter 45 Related by Marriage appChapter 46 I Don’t Like Sleeping with Men appChapter 47 Did I Ruin Your Fun? appChapter 48 I'm Afraid appChapter 49 Reduce Heat appChapter 50 You're Bold appChapter 51 The Pervasive Loneliness appChapter 52 Blind Date appChapter 53 Pursue You Again appChapter 54 No Need to Degrade Myself appChapter 55 His Threat appChapter 56 Forcefully Taken Away appChapter 57 You'll Regret It appChapter 58 Something More appChapter 59 Not That Big appChapter 60 His Partner appChapter 61 The Dream Was Over appChapter 62 The Ambition of Men appChapter 63 Heartbeat appChapter 64 Not on His Bed appChapter 65 That Is Not Going to Work! appChapter 66 Stay With Me Tonight appChapter 67 A Glimpse of Kindness appChapter 68 Fetch Me Some Trousers appChapter 69 Like The Wind appChapter 70 Illusion appChapter 71 The Loneliness With Nowhere To Hide appChapter 72 Because You Were Crying appChapter 73 Take It Or Leave It appChapter 74 He Had Long Figured Me Out appChapter 75 Ugly Beyond Belief appChapter 76 The Brainless One appChapter 77 His Phone Wallpaper Is Me appChapter 78 No Intention to Marry appChapter 79 Men Always Fall for This Trick appChapter 80 Running Into Trouble appChapter 81 I'm Here to Pick Up My Girlfriend appChapter 82 The Jablonsky Family Members Are Not To Be Bullied By Anyone appChapter 83 Missing A Bed Warmer appChapter 84 What Do You Still Want from Me? appChapter 85 Being My Girlfriend Is Exhausting appChapter 86 I Was in His Bed appChapter 87 Some Things Cannot Be Changed appChapter 88 Let's Head Home appChapter 89 Are You Worried? appChapter 90 His Ex-girlfriend appChapter 91 Homeless appChapter 92 Why Aren't You Coming Home? appChapter 93 A Woman's Intuition appChapter 94 I Can't appChapter 95 Are You Crying? appChapter 96 Deal With It appChapter 97 It Didn't Mean Anything appChapter 98 Gift From Stefan appChapter 99 Why Didn't You Tell Me? appChapter 100 Behave Yourself appChapter 101 Grabbing Her Hair appChapter 102 Sending Me the Lingerie appChapter 103 Cancelling the Order appChapter 104 Are You Out of Your Mind? appChapter 105 Pregnancy Test Report appChapter 106 Something That's Doomed to Fail appChapter 107 Should I Carry You? appChapter 108 You Have Two Choices appChapter 109 Habitual Compliance appChapter 110 Caught by Stefan During a Date appChapter 111 Why Aren't You Wearing It? appChapter 112 You Arrived Late appChapter 113 A Profound Shift appChapter 114 No Signs of Hostility or Irritation appChapter 115 Sparks Imagination appChapter 116 I Am Your Boyfriend appChapter 117 A New Layer of Emotion appChapter 118 You May Try It If You Dare appChapter 119 An Unwelcome Presence appChapter 120 Sharing a Bed With Him appChapter 121 Did He Really Come Back? appChapter 122 Move To My Room appChapter 123 Are You Hiding From Me? appChapter 124 Finding No Relief At Such A Time appChapter 125 Don't Mess With Me appChapter 126 All According To You appChapter 127 Her Driving Skills Are Bad appChapter 128 Break-Up Call appChapter 129 Annoyance appChapter 130 You Deserve It appChapter 131 I Prefer Being Your Man appChapter 132 Do Not Push Me Away appChapter 133 You Know Way Too Much appChapter 134 How Have I Been Oppressing You? appChapter 135 They Have a Dog appChapter 136 There Was Nothing Good appChapter 137 She Is My Girlfriend appChapter 138 A Shower Together appChapter 139 Not Short on Time appChapter 140 Take It Easy appChapter 141 The Deal Ended appChapter 142 She Was the Younger Sister appChapter 143 Warning appChapter 144 This Is Where She Lives appChapter 145 What Is It That You Hope For? appChapter 146 Isn't That Just Crazy? appChapter 147 I'm Responsible appChapter 148 A Terrifying Encounter appChapter 149 Lingering Words appChapter 150 A Night of Surrender appChapter 151 Strings Attached appChapter 152 No Way Back appChapter 153 Pursuit in the Shadows appChapter 154 His Only Weakness appChapter 155 The Abyss appChapter 156 Reconciliation appChapter 157 Targeting the Prize appChapter 158 Refusing to Give In appChapter 159 He's Back, but at What Cost? appChapter 160 A Meeting with Ghosts of the Past appChapter 161 Little Acts of Mischief appChapter 162 Fell Into His Trap appChapter 163 Alynna Is Getting Married appChapter 164 No Need To Hide Everything From Me appChapter 165 Attending The Wedding appChapter 166 Ian's Former Girlfriend appChapter 167 Absurdity appChapter 168 Father and Son Confrontation appChapter 169 Concern appChapter 170 Can't Afford to Play Such a Joke appChapter 171 That's Just Shameless appChapter 172 The Thrilling Experience appChapter 173 I'm Afraid She Might Mind appChapter 174 You Should Take Care Of Yourself appChapter 175 I'm Just An Outsider appChapter 176 Quick Solution appChapter 177 No Family Talk, Just Business appChapter 178 Her Courage Is Given By Him appChapter 179 Fever appChapter 180 I Will Never Let You Go appChapter 181 You Will Give Me a Child appChapter 182 Throw Them Away appChapter 183 Bankruptcy appChapter 184 Ruining the Mood appChapter 185 A Side I Had Never Seen appChapter 186 A Retreat appChapter 187 You're Still a Virgin, Aren't You? appChapter 188 A Generous Man appChapter 189 No Longer Some Shameful Secret appChapter 190 I Love You Too appChapter 191 The Calm Before the Storm appChapter 192 His Embrace Is Warm appChapter 193 Who Sent You? appChapter 194 Happy Birthday appChapter 195 Awakening appChapter 196 Sleeping Uncomfortably appChapter 197 Growing Up And Becoming Distant appChapter 198 Not Annoying Anymore appChapter 199 Overly Concerned appChapter 200 I Will Hold Back Next Time appChapter 201 Go to the Office With Him appChapter 202 Why Did You Let Go Of My Hand appChapter 203 Another Step Into His World appChapter 204 I'll Take Care Of You appChapter 205 Surrender to the Moment appChapter 206 Farewell appChapter 207 Mrs McKenzie Arrived appChapter 208 Let's Just Let Each Other Go appChapter 209 If Only My Heart Had Room for Another Man appChapter 210 My Son's Birth Mother, Deserves Everything I Give appChapter 211 Let's Get Married appChapter 212 Dawn in the Darkness appChapter 213 Pregnant appChapter 214 Are You Avoiding Me? appChapter 215 Confession appChapter 216 It's Fine appChapter 217 Not For Now appChapter 218 Let Her appChapter 219 Announcement appChapter 220 First Date appChapter 221 Just Keep Quiet appChapter 222 Just Don't Disappear appChapter 223 Think About It appChapter 224 That's Just Stupid appChapter 225 Hanging Up appChapter 226 Can't Sleep appChapter 227 Short-sighted appChapter 228 Spoiled appChapter 229 Craven appChapter 230 Jealous appChapter 231 It Wasn't Me appChapter 232 Don't Push Me appChapter 233 Shameless appChapter 234 No Thank You appChapter 235 Spare Me Tonight appChapter 236 The Ugly Duckling appChapter 237 Fatal appChapter 238 Looks Matter appChapter 239 Going Mad appChapter 240 Bite Me appChapter 241 It Takes Two appChapter 242 Doesn't Like It appChapter 243 The Real Him appChapter 244 For His Wife appChapter 245 Can't Take Back appChapter 246 Not So Long appChapter 247 A Woman's Jealousy appChapter 248 Weird, Weird appChapter 249 Shaky Hands appChapter 250 With Desire appChapter 251 Do Not Forget Yourself appChapter 252 Thinking Of You appChapter 253 What Problem Do I Have? appChapter 254 Make You Fall In Love With Me Again appChapter 255 Should I Hang Up? appChapter 256 An Encounter With Figaro appChapter 257 Call Me Honey appChapter 258 His New Love appChapter 259 The Damage Is Imbalanced appChapter 260 The Light and Sweetness appChapter 261 Give It to Him appChapter 262 What Does He Want? appChapter 263 Everything You Gave Me appChapter 264 You Still Like Me appChapter 265 Admitting He Was Wrong appChapter 266 Do Not Piss Me Off appChapter 267 I Shouldn't Have Treated You So Well appChapter 268 Exposing Preferences appChapter 269 Changing the Contact Name to 'Husband' appChapter 270 Why Don't You Try It Out Yourself? appChapter 271 A Dangerous Obsession appChapter 272 Whispers at the Sartre Gala appChapter 273 Bloodlines and Betrayal appChapter 274 You Are Unworthy appChapter 275 He Is My Biological Son appChapter 276 I Am Confident in My Genes appChapter 277 An Astonishing Discovery appChapter 278 A Heart in Turmoil appChapter 279 The Forsaken Bouquet appChapter 280 A Final Awakening appChapter 281 The End of a Dream appChapter 282 Am I Not Even Worthy? appChapter 283 She Doesn't Believe Him appChapter 284 Breakup Compensation appChapter 285 Massive Breakup Compensation appChapter 286 I Gave Him a Like appChapter 287 I'm Worth Less Than 2,700? appChapter 288 People Come and Go appChapter 289 You Can't Survive Without Me appChapter 290 Trapped In The Shelby Estate appChapter 291 The Weight Of Influence appChapter 292 Why Should I Back Down? appChapter 293 I Won't Listen to You Anymore appChapter 294 New Year's Together appChapter 295 Haven't You Had Enough Fun? appChapter 296 Love Comes Knocking appChapter 297 Just My Luck appChapter 298 More Than Just Acquaintances appChapter 299 A Breakup Means Nothing appChapter 300 Spurned Love appChapter 301 Just Bear With It appChapter 302 An Apology appChapter 303 You're Mine And Mine Only appChapter 304 Will I Harm You? appChapter 305 Well Played appChapter 306 Back at the Jablonsky Residence appChapter 307 Can You Really Leave? appChapter 308 Don't Leave appChapter 309 An Overnight Stay appChapter 310 Shameless appChapter 311 Like a Discarded Toy appChapter 312 A Warning From Nowhere appChapter 313 Am I Crazy In Your Eyes? appChapter 314 Gone Mad appChapter 315 His Unexpected Presence appChapter 316 Unrequited Love Is Tiring appChapter 317 Seeking For Stefan's Help appChapter 318 You Can Rely On Me appChapter 319 Ruining the Mood appChapter 320 Her Feelings appChapter 321 Guilt Trip appChapter 322 A Trip appChapter 323 Room Change appChapter 324 Plans appChapter 325 Fire At Lukas appChapter 326 Back to Grimsdale appChapter 327 Is This Fair? appChapter 328 Trap appChapter 329 Won't Stand For It appChapter 330 Who? appChapter 331 Who Attacks First Is the Loser appChapter 332 Bullied Ariana appChapter 333 Revenge appChapter 334 Peace and Quiet appChapter 335 Trouble Follows Him appChapter 336 Petty Guy appChapter 337 Some Formality appChapter 338 Split appChapter 339 Before Freedom Ends appChapter 340 The Boy Next Door appChapter 341 What Am I to You? appChapter 342 Boyfriend Trouble appChapter 343 Give Me a Chance to Pursue You appChapter 344 An Unusual Background appChapter 345 Pregnant Again appChapter 346 I Want to Marry Her appChapter 347 Quinton's Real Identity appChapter 348 Do Not Mention Her in Front of Me appChapter 349 Digging For Answers appChapter 350 He Found Out appChapter 351 Checkup Together appChapter 352 My Child appChapter 353 How Proud appChapter 354 Done It Before appChapter 355 I Dare You appChapter 356 Ruckus appChapter 357 Lukas Will Handle It appChapter 358 Take After Him appChapter 359 Who's the Father? appChapter 360 Ask the Question appChapter 361 James Comes appChapter 362 Carrot and a Stick appChapter 363 Final Goodbye appChapter 364 Everyone Has It Hard appChapter 365 The Fetus Moves appChapter 366 Breakup appChapter 367 Is It That Hard? appChapter 368 How Cruel appChapter 369 With Me, Then appChapter 370 Never Be Clear appChapter 371 Security appChapter 372 Novelty appChapter 373 Deception appChapter 374 I Can Marry You appChapter 375 Setting Her Up Again appChapter 376 Eruption appChapter 377 Sorrow appChapter 378 Blessing appChapter 379 Another Argument appChapter 380 Lies appChapter 381 Seduction appChapter 382 No Ties appChapter 383 Ineffective Communication appChapter 384 Remember That appChapter 385 He Doesn't Care appChapter 386 The Photo appChapter 387 A Crash appChapter 388 Very Petty appChapter 389 We'll Talk After appChapter 390 Happy, Are You? appChapter 391 Work Together appChapter 392 I Love My Wife appChapter 393 True Or False appChapter 394 I'm Mrs Jablonsky appChapter 395 Change My Mind appChapter 396 Put Your Back Into It appChapter 397 No Time Tonight appChapter 398 Only Me appChapter 399 Mesmerize Him appChapter 400 He Will Marry Me appChapter 401 He's The Prince, But I'm Not A Princess appChapter 402 Uncomfortable appChapter 403 Try It appChapter 404 Why Not Sleep Here? appChapter 405 Are You Pushing Me? appChapter 406 Do You Still Love Me? appChapter 407 I Will Try To Make You Fall In Love With Me appChapter 408 Just Make Do appChapter 409 An Encounter At The Bar appChapter 410 Seduction appChapter 411 I'm Her First Man! appChapter 412 Get a Divorce, and I Will Marry You appChapter 413 You Are a Lunatic appChapter 414 Have Some Self-Control appChapter 415 As Long As the IQ Comes from Me appChapter 416 Let's Get a Divorce appChapter 417 The End Is Not the Beginning appChapter 418 The Favored Are Fearless appChapter 419 Marriage Without Escape appChapter 420 Touching Me is Tempting Me appChapter 421 The Mystery of Identity (1) appChapter 422 The Mystery Of Identity (2) appChapter 423 She Is Innocent appChapter 424 More Than Just a Certificate appChapter 425 From This Moment Forward appChapter 426 You're Not That Good appChapter 427 Why Not appChapter 428 You Don't Know Him appChapter 429 Wanting appChapter 430 Jenny's Here appChapter 431 In Love appChapter 432 Pure Enough appChapter 433 Defending Him appChapter 434 Garnering His Support appChapter 435 Come With Me appChapter 436 Wait For Me appChapter 437 You Weren't Mine Back Then appChapter 438 James' Package appChapter 439 The Truth appChapter 440 By Her Side appChapter 441 The Mother appChapter 442 It's A Girl appChapter 443 They Will Pay appChapter 444 She's Just Born appChapter 445 Until You Calm Down appChapter 446 Ugly appChapter 447 Need More Water appChapter 448 See the Child appChapter 449 Are All Men Like This? appChapter 450 Then Don't Look appChapter 451 Hold It In appChapter 452 Happy appChapter 453 Fury appChapter 454 No Spill appChapter 455 Reliable Father appChapter 456 Do You Hate Her appChapter 457 Immersion appChapter 458 One Is Enough appChapter 459 Pretty appChapter 460 Shameless appChapter 461 You Think That's All? appChapter 462 Telling Everyone appChapter 463 Magic appChapter 464 Not Illegal appChapter 465 Call Me Honey appChapter 466 How Familiar appChapter 467 Do You Hate Me appChapter 468 He's the Victim appChapter 469 Argument appChapter 470 Relent appChapter 471 Something's Wrong With Him appChapter 472 Gathering appChapter 473 Childish appChapter 474 Agreement appChapter 475 I Trust You appChapter 476 Present appChapter 477 Special Date appChapter 478 Love You appChapter 479 Unromantic appChapter 480 Will You appChapter 481 Balled Up appChapter 482 Chance Encounter appChapter 483 He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not appChapter 484 You Got Guts appChapter 485 Intimate appChapter 486 Passionate Guy appChapter 487 No Violence appChapter 488 Be Honest appChapter 489 Believe It Or Not appChapter 490 Miss Me? appChapter 491 A Hassle appChapter 492 To His Company appChapter 493 Weird Woman appChapter 494 His Secret appChapter 495 I'm Sorry appChapter 496 Comeback appChapter 497 I Need You appChapter 498 Like Stefan appChapter 499 Thank You, Mrs Jablonsky appChapter 500 He Died appChapter 501 Temptation Before Breakfast appChapter 502 Unexpected Encounters appChapter 503 The Mother of All Secrets appChapter 504 When the Past Comes Knocking appChapter 505 Trouble in a Tuxedo appChapter 506 Double Standards appChapter 507 This Man Is Exhausted appChapter 508 Did You Think I Wanted To Be Away For So Long? appChapter 509 A Daughter Is The Most Important appChapter 510 You Never Said You Cared appChapter 511 Acute Pneumonia appChapter 512 An Infuriating Outcome appChapter 513 I Do Not Want Your Money appChapter 514 Why Are You Calling Your Husband? appChapter 515 Wasting Time on a Dead Man appChapter 516 He Was Never Mine appChapter 517 The Carving appChapter 518 It's All Up to You appChapter 519 Ariana Draws the Line appChapter 520 Crashing Stefan's Meeting appChapter 521 What Gave You Away? appChapter 522 The Echoes of Last Night's Desire appChapter 523 Between Family Ties appChapter 524 Why Would I Marry You? appChapter 525 Hiding His Secret Girlfriend appChapter 526 Accidental Incident appChapter 527 Backed By Power appChapter 528 She's Not Like You appChapter 529 Should We Have Another One? appChapter 530 Sleepless appChapter 531 Standing Up For Ariana appChapter 532 What Rotten Luck, Knowing You appChapter 533 Kiss Me appChapter 534 Are You Coming Home for Lunch? appChapter 535 Look At Me appChapter 536 You Don't Have to Hold Back Around Me appChapter 537 I Didn't See It That Way appChapter 538 So You Know Everything? appChapter 539 Closer to His Heart appChapter 540 Hated Her From the Start appChapter 541 Sorry I Couldn't Make It Feel Complete appChapter 542 Pressing Too Hard appChapter 543 I Actually Really Like You appChapter 544 He's Different With You appChapter 545 Yes, I Do appChapter 546 Too Proud to Say It appChapter 547 Can't Compete, Don't Compete appChapter 548 A Night at the Hotel appChapter 549 The Disappearance of Stefan appChapter 550 I Just Don't Understand appChapter 551 I Never Truly Reached His Heart appChapter 552 Let Down appChapter 553 Can We Ever Go Back? appChapter 554 I'm Not Sick appChapter 555 You Smell Amazing appChapter 556 I'm in Perfect Health, Thank You appChapter 557 Seeing Alynna Again appChapter 558 I Didn't Want to Fight with Him appChapter 559 Stefan Was Acting Strange appChapter 560 Yes and No appChapter 561 Stop Invading My Life appChapter 562 I Could Never Forgive Her appChapter 563 All Just to See You appChapter 564 Goodnight appChapter 565 Are You Just Faking It? appChapter 566 I Want to Go Home appChapter 567 Stefan Finally Showed Up appChapter 568 My Wrist Hurt appChapter 569 Thank You, Honey appChapter 570 Am I Really Not Good Enough? appChapter 571 None of Your Business appChapter 572 One Last Time appChapter 573 A Guilty Conscience appChapter 574 He Finally Said It appChapter 575 A Love That Endured app
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