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Chapter 42 The Gilded Cage Begins
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Released on: 15/01/2026
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Contents
Chapter 1 The customer I wasn't supposed to meet
Chapter 2 The Price
Chapter 3 The Room Key
Chapter 4 The Price of Obedience
Chapter 5 Calibration
Chapter 6 Service for Payment
Chapter 7 Aftermath
Chapter 8 The Night
Chapter 9 The Half-Dream
Chapter 10 Dawn
Chapter 11 Calculations
Chapter 12 The Math
Chapter 13 Bruised Air
Chapter 14 Bone-Deep
Chapter 15 The Calm Before the Ruin
Chapter 16 The Long Walk Backward
Chapter 17 The Spider's Deal
Chapter 18 Breathless
Chapter 19 The Tradition of Strength
Chapter 20 The Weight of Hope
Chapter 21 The Breaking Point
Chapter 22 The Mother Who Knows Too Much
Chapter 23 Talks in the Cafeteria
Chapter 24 Harassment, deadlines, and no way out
Chapter 25 Stepping Into the Lion's Den
Chapter 26 Evelyn's Collapse, Adrian's Breaking Point
Chapter 27 The Ride Home
Chapter 28 The Proposal That Feels Like a Weapon
Chapter 29 The Man My Parents Think They Know
Chapter 30 Connecting the Dots
Chapter 31 The Kiss That Makes It Worse
Chapter 32 The Terms
Chapter 33 The Man at the Gate
Chapter 34 Controlled
Chapter 35 The Migraine
Chapter 36 The Quiet
Chapter 37 The Lift
Chapter 38 The Guest Room
Chapter 39 The Unwanted Truth
Chapter 40 The Room That Wasn't Mine
Chapter 41 The Things We Don't Say
Chapter 42 The Gilded Cage Begins
Chapter 43 The Woman on His Bed
Chapter 44 Lena
Chapter 45 The Price of Silence
Chapter 46 Adrian
Chapter 47 Aftermath
Chapter 48 The Dinner Promise
Chapter 49 The Conversation I Had to Fake
Chapter 50 Silence Has Edges
Chapter 51 Terms of Service
Chapter 52 Quiet Promises
Chapter 53 Lace and Illusions
Chapter 54 The Photos
Chapter 55 What the Glass Doesn't Burn Away
Chapter 56 The Line He Crossed
Chapter 57 Morning Without Proof
Chapter 58 A House That Knows How to Breathe
Chapter 59 The Quiet Damage
Chapter 60 Where the Light Is Too Bright
Chapter 61 The Man Who Doesn't Raise His Voice
Chapter 62 Promises the Body Makes
Chapter 63 The Aisle That Closed Around Me
Chapter 64 The unwelcome guest
Chapter 65 Chocolate
Chapter 66 The Shape of the Day
Chapter 67 Say Cheese
Chapter 68 What He Refused to Touch
Chapter 69 What He Saw
Chapter 70 The Walk That Looked Like Grace
Chapter 71 Repeat After Me
Chapter 72 The Weight of Applause
Chapter 73 Castle Package
Chapter 74 Verdict
Chapter 75 Punishment
Chapter 76 A Bond Forged Wrong
Chapter 77 The Unnamed Morning
Chapter 78 What Morning Revealed
Chapter 79 Optics
Chapter 80 Connection
Chapter 81 Exposure
Chapter 82 Evelyn's Garden
Chapter 83 Quiet Agreements
Chapter 84 The Hours We Kept
Chapter 85 The Shape of Accidents
Chapter 86 Pressure Points
Chapter 87 Airless
Chapter 88 Black Card
Chapter 89 Gala
Chapter 90 Home Time
Chapter 91 The Long Way Home
Chapter 92 Adrian
Chapter 93 The Narrowing
Chapter 94 The Encounter
Chapter 95 The Space Between Doors
Chapter 96 What He Did Not See
Chapter 97 The Version Required
Chapter 98 The Shape of Want
Chapter 99 Pressure Points
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