❝𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙏-𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙧𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙨, 𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙩, 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙬 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙬 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙥𝙨 𝙄 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚, 𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙩, 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙣❞
Toxic Gabriel. Stupidly in love Nathalie.
She's brilliant, ambitious, and knows she should walk away. He's cold, arrogant, and thinks he can own everything - including her.
But one reckless touch, one night in Vegas that should have stayed behind closed doors, changes everything. Their secret affair explodes into something messy, magnetic, and dangerous - a game of power, obsession, and desire that no one is meant to see. Every look lingers too long. Every touch ignites fire. Every whispered word could start a scandal that ruins them both.
They're addicted to the chaos they create together, reckless in a world that expects control.
She knows she should stop. She knows she should leave. But every time she tries, he pulls her back in - and she can't resist. Nathalie is in over her head, and the more she fights it, the harder she falls.
❝𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚
𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚❞
[!𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙏 𝙒𝘼
❝And if you think less of me for lying to him?❞ She rubbed her blue eyes, nose sniffling from the tears threatening to break.
❝I would never judge you M'Lady. I'm sure that whatever you lied about was for a good reason.❞ His gloved hand resting on her shoulder as they sat in silence, unaware that his world was on the brink of shattering into an abyss of unimaginable sorrow.
In a new era where Monarch no longer plagues the city of Paris, its' heroes must learn to adapt to their challenges of their withering partnership and locating the butterfly miraculous. Marinette, burdened by secrets, and Adrien, torn between his grief and newfound freedom, must navigate the complications of their entangled lives. As they seek comfort in each other, they remain oblivious of the challenges ahead that will test their bond and trust as partners in and out of the mask.
Unaware that their greatest challenge lies not in their enemies, but in the truths they must reveal to each other.
published: 10/16/2024
word count: 23,577 words