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Chapter sixteen

Auteur: Alexson
last update Date de publication: 2026-04-03 15:35:48

Adrian POV

The warehouse district was quiet at this hour.

Adrian stood in the middle of what used to be a converted art space exposed brick, high ceilings, tall windows that looked out over the river. Seraphina had loved this building. Said it had character.

He stood with his hands in his coat pockets and looked at the last place she'd been seen before she disappeared before his investigators had hit a wall so clean and deliberate it had his siblings' fingerprin
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    She was beautiful in the specific way of women who had been told so their entire lives and had organized their personalities around it. Long legs crossed at the ankle, wine glass balanced in one hand, dark hair falling perfectly over one shoulder. She looked up from her phone with the unhurried ease of someone in their own space which, Elara realized, she probably considered this to be.She looked at Elara.Then at Jonas.Then back at Elara.And the assessment that moved across her face was so swift and so thorough and so nakedly dismissive that Elara felt it like a change in air pressure."You must be the girl," she said."Vivienne." Jonas's voice came out carefully. "I didn't know you'd be here.""Adrian gave me a key years ago." Vivienne uncrossed her ankles and recrossed them the other way, the movement slow and deliberate. Her eyes hadn't left Elara. "He's my stepbrother. I go where I like." A small smile. "You must be the rushed courthouse arrangement. I heard about it this aft

  • Billionaire Second Choice    Chapter twenty four

    His voice came out slightly strained at the edges.Elara stopped.She turned slowly and looked at him at this man she'd married this morning who had a fiancée four doors away and who was standing in a hospital corridor telling Jonas where to take her like she was a package to be delivered. Like she was an arrangement. A contract. A convenience.That's all this is, she reminded herself.That's all you agreed to.It didn't make it feel any better."I'll decide where I go," she said quietly."You're staying at the penthouse," he said. "It was part of the arrangement. You need to be—""I need to rest," she said. "After today I think I've earned the right to decide where I do that.""Elara—""Good night, Adrian."She turned and walked toward the elevator.Jonas fell into step beside her without a word. He pressed the button. The doors opened immediately — small mercies — and they stepped in.In the last second before the doors closed she saw Adrian still standing in the corridor watching

  • Billionaire Second Choice    Chapter twenty three

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  • Billionaire Second Choice    Chapter twenty two

    Adrian moved first. "Why are you here," Adrian said. "Elara," Jonas said simply. Something shifted in Adrian's expression. "What happened. Is she—" "She's okay." Jonas kept his voice even. "Dehydration. Stress. The baby is fine." He held Adrian's gaze. "She called me because she was alone on a street corner after you left her at the courthouse." The words landed and Jonas watched Adrian receive them watched the slight tightening at his jaw, the almost imperceptible shift that meant something had connected that he wished hadn't. "I had to leave," Adrian said. "I know." "There was a call—" "I know, Adrian." Jonas looked at him steadily. "I'm not fighting with you. I'm just telling you what happened." "your brother," he said quietly. "Derrick got to her." Adrian's jaw tightened fully this time. He looked down the corridor and something moved behind his eyes cold an

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    Elara POV She hadn't meant to call Jonas.Her fingers had moved before her brain muscle memory, maybe, or just the desperate need to hear a voice that didn't want something from her. His phone rang twice before he picked up, and the moment she heard his voice she almost hung up."Elara?""Hi." She

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