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CHAPTER TWENTY THREE

작가: Angela Wilbert
last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-03-12 01:33:02
(Alexander POV)

My fingers were spread over the keyboard on this Wednesday afternoon,

The spreadsheets, the investment reports, the endless flow of numbers that had occupied my mind all day everything had begun to merge together.

I let out a deep calming breath, leaning back against my leather chair.

The muscles in my shoulders ached from hours of tension, and I started to loosen my tie, tugging at the knot until I could breathe a little bit easier

It didn’t help much though.

Nothing had, not for the past few days.

My mind had been a battlefield, torn between managing the company and all the personal mess I have been trying to put up with.

And the first on that list was my ex, Lila.

The mere thought of her name sent irritation round my skin.

I had just discovered not too long ago that, that girl wasn’t just watching Natalie she was in fact keeping surveillance on her, like some obsessed predator.

And as if that wasn't enough she had crossed another line, she had
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    (NATALIE POV)Evening settled few hours later.The sky was a fading lilac.Alexander’s car cruised past the security barricade while I sat beside him in silence, my palms resting stiffly on my lap.I didn’t look at him. I hadn’t really looked at him since he picked me up actually.And it actually wasn't because I was angry….no, it had gone past that. It was something heavier now. Something colder.I had spent the last few hours back at my house, lying in bed, rolling from side to side, the bedsheet squeezed up around my limbs, because I couldn’t think straight. Every time I closed my eyes, I kept hearing Damien’s voice again and again.Flashes of the scene back at the restaurant kept slapping my face….the unexpected whisper from Damien back there:“Baby... I’m sorry.”And moments after this, it had all ended up being an act.That moment was all still replaying in a loop, folding over itself like a cruel joke.I had gone to that restaurant intending to break the contract. I was su

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    (NATALIE'S POV)My mind went blank for a second or maybe more, I couldn’t feel anything. Not even the sharp, sterile chill of the air conditioning that had been bothering me since I entered.Everything froze.Just moments ago, Alexander had blurted those words, “You’ll be moving in with me.”They bounced around in my skull like broken glass, slicing into everything I thought I had resolved back home barely an hour ago.I had made up my mind.I was going to end this contract.End it tonight.Now here was I sitting, blinking at him, as he just… casually flipped the script on me like none of it mattered. Like my feelings were nothing but some irrelevant footnote in his bigger picture.“Live with him?”I swallowed hard.Like he and I under the same roof? Waking up to his face every morning?Having to deal with the sharp glances of his sister who clearly wanted me out the second I walked in?Having to smile and pretend to his parents whom I was sure must have seen the news already and

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    I looked up slowly.My eyes meeting my mother's own squarely and for a moment, everything else, including from my now fallen phone faded into the background.Mom was still standing just a few feet away, arms folded tight,Her brows were furrowed, not in anger, but in that subtle way that mothers do when they’re trying to read your soul. She was trying to reach the part of me I wasn’t saying out loud, She was searching for something in my expression.And I knew exactly what she thought she was seeing.Something around the threshold of guilt.And from her side of the picture, it probably made sense. I was looking like a mess, and to her, that was probably enough clue to fix her puzzle.I felt my chest tighten, as a new wave of frustration found its way to my throat.“No,” I said quickly, shaking my head like I could toss the very thought out of the room “It’s not” I repeated..I saw her lean forward slightly, instinctively, like she didn’t want to miss a word.And that almost made

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