This Lady Is Trying to Kill Me - Chapter 175 - : Humiliated? (2)

He’s her stepbrother, her sin and her biggest mistake waiting to happen.Catherine Brown thought moving in with her mother’s new husband couldn’t be harder until she met the cold, arrogant and sinfully attractive Julian Vaughn, her stepbrother.He hates her, teases her and gets under her skin everyday. He’s everything she should stay away from, off-limits and untouchable.But when his anger turns into something darker and hungrier, when he looks at her like he wants to ruin her innocence, Catherine realizes danger has a new name.And no matter how hard she tries, she can’t stop wanting the one man she’s not supposed to have.When hate turns to desire, who’s really in control?EXCERPT✨“You’ve never had sex before?” Julian asked, disbelief flickering in his eyes.Catherine hesitated, then nodded, staring at the floor instead of him.He bit his lower lip, trying to rein in the thoughts crowding his mind. Goodness, she was too innocent for her own good.“So all you did with your previous boyfriends were just kisses and smooches?”She immediately stood, her cheeks flushed. “There are no boyfriends,” she blurted. “I’ve never even been kissed. Please don’t laugh at me.”Laugh? Hell no. Julian wasn’t laughing. He was fighting the urge to pull her close. Knowing she’d never been touched only made his hunger worse.She didn’t realize he’d moved until his breath brushed her ear, his voice dropping low and dangerous.“Catherine, just say the word and I’ll show you what it means to be touched by a man.”Her heart stuttered in her chest and he could hear every beat.

At the age of fourteen, he inherited a dilapidated country from the older generation.

With his personal ability, in just a few years, this country has directly transformed from such a situation to a country that attracts attention.

How will he gradually become the master of the entire world? What are the secrets of the pirate world?

Not warm-blooded, dark-bellied, slightly cold-blooded.

I was reincarnated into the world of a novel I’d only read the free chapters.

Thankfully, the blood flowing in the body of the person I’d possessed was blue.

“The prominence of our family comes from the blessing bestowed upon us by the royal family throughout the generations.”

Maybe this is the price to pay for that. But I got a father who seems overly loyal to the Emperor. And because of that, I was forced to become a Civil Servant.

While everyone else enjoys romance, I’m just spending my days as a Civil Servant.

Peter Orion lived for books, until the day he died clutching one. But death wasn’t the end. When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer an ordinary reader. He was reborn into his favorite light novel, Darkness of a Hero.Not as the destined hero.Not as the fearsome villain.But as an extra, the youngest son of a ruined Baron family, a side character fated to die early and be forgotten.But Peter isn’t willing to die a second time.Gifted with the mysterious Dimensional Library, a boundless archive of lost knowledge and forbidden tomes, Peter gains the power to reclaim what his family has lost and carve out his own destiny.[The Dimensional Library is active]A new volume appears on the First Shelf.Title: “Basic Mana Flow”Condition: [Unread]But the Library wasn't just a tool he could use to get stronger, it was a dangerous structure, and the deeper he gets, the more changes he sees inside the library and in the world.follow as he uses knowledge and skill to deal with issues in his world and beyond. will he master the library, or will his search for knowledge end up consuming him.Discord: https://discord.gg/hMVtZ3da