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Chapter 122 - The Truth In The Tuck
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Claimed By The Billionaire Chapter 124 - Don't Make Me Want This
Damon I sit back in the chair by the window, my leg propped on the ledge, waiting. The glass reflects just enough of the room for me to keep half an eye on the closet door without looking like I’m watching it. Which I am. Obviously.I wasn’t supposed to take her with me today. That wasn’t the plan. The plan was to get out, clear my head, maybe stop by the office, and circle back just in time for dinner with Mum.But then, I remembered what happened with Marcus. Or rather, the news about him.The second Kingsley dropped the update, my instincts went full tilt.Someone was sending a message. Not just to Marcus, he's already out of the picture. To us. To me. To whoever’s trying to dig around in this mess, they want to be buried. I don’t know who it is, or what the hell they want, but I know one thing for sure:A’s got nothing to do with it.It’s Ava.It’s always been Ava.She’s the one who started this fire. She left the house soaked in gasoline and disappeared before the spark caught.
Claimed By The Billionaire Chapter 123 - You, Always You
Aria The sound of my phone vibrating on the nightstand pulls me out of sleep. It's not harsh—just persistent enough to yank me from whatever half-dream I’ve drifted into. I groan, dragging my arm across the bed until I find the damn thing vibrating on the nightstand. Eyes still closed, I fumble for it, patting around till my fingers wrap around it. I squint at the caller ID through one half-open eye.Daniel.Who else?My thumb swipes across before I’ve even processed what time it is."Hey," he says."Good morning," I reply, my voice still raspy with sleep. I don’t move. I just lie there, buried under the covers with the phone pressed to my left ear.I hear Damon shift beside me, but I ignore it. Not in the mood.Daniel’s voice comes through, calm and familiar. "Did I wake you? Sorry, I didn’t mean to call this early.""It’s okay," I mumble, curling further into the duvet. "How are the girls?""They’re good. Still asleep. I just… I wanted to check in. How was the trip back?""It was o
Claimed By The Billionaire Chapter 122 - The Truth In The Tuck
Aria I duck from Damon’s side and finally manage to get to the drawers. My hand slips into the middle one, fishing out the pyjamas I’d meant to grab the first time. It’s a cute set of a tank top and shorts, light enough to sleep in but still soft against my skin.As I pull it out, I can practically feel him still watching me from where he’s standing. It’s like he doesn’t know how to blink sometimes. Or maybe he just chooses not to when I’m in the room. I don’t know what it is about Damon and his sudden urges to tease the hell out of me. It’s almost like the man lives for my reactions. Every jab and smug retort that leaves his mouth is always calculated and somewhat intentional. He knows exactly how to pull at my threads until I spark. And somehow, I always do. Even with the countless agreements I’ve made with myself, not to.But the most messed-up part? I think I like it. No, scratch that, I know I like it. Not all the time, and definitely not when he’s being an unbearable prick. Bu
Claimed By The Billionaire Chapter 121 - Loose Ends, Tight Grips, And You
DamonThe room is too quiet now.She’s still sitting on the bed, arms folded, back straight, with that same expression she wears when she’s bracing for a fight. But she’s not saying anything.Not yet, at least.I’m not new to this rhythm. She waits, measures, and then strikes when she knows it’ll land.I lean back into the couch, reach for the landline, and press the number to the kitchen. One ring. Two. Then the maid picks.“Kitchen wing. How may I help you, sir?”“Dinner in the master suite. For two.”I hang up before she can chirp a ‘yes, sir’. The phone lands on the side table with a soft thud.That’s when she circles the bed to me. “Started the search yet?”Of course. Of course, she’d circle right back to that. It's been barely twelve hours since I said I’d help. It's not even a full day. I exhale and tilt my head to her. “Are you serious right now?”She nods, eyes serious, and her mouth set in that stubborn line I’ve come to recognise.“I said I’d help you barely twelve hours a
Claimed By The Billionaire Chapter 120 - Call It What It Is
Damon The car ride feels longer than it should.I’m sat by the window, elbow resting on the door, fingers tapping an absent rhythm on my knee. Aria’s beside me, but the space between us might as well be a canyon. She hasn’t said a word. Not even a glance. Not even that side-eye she’s so good at throwing when she thinks I’m being a prick.I don’t know why it gets to me. But it does. Every single time.My gaze drifts to her profile. She's still and quiet, with her eyes on the window, but not really seeing anything out there.And all I can think about is earlier. The sound of her sobbing.I’d been sitting at the edge of the bed, scrolling through my inbox, pretending like the world wasn’t tilting off balance. But the moment I heard her break? That soft, wrecked sound from the balcony? Everything else blurred out.I tried to stay put.I really did.Told myself she needed space.That giving a damn would only make things worse.That it wasn’t my place. That I was most likely the reason why
Claimed By The Billionaire Chapter 119 - More Than Leaving
AriaIt’s the soft light that wakes me first.That dim glow leaking through these gigantic curtains. The city’s still trying to sleep, but Vancouver mornings are stubborn and persistent like that.I blink slowly, my body sinking into the bed as my mind stirs, heavy and fuzzy.I don’t remember how I got here. I do remember eating. Then, sitting on the couch by my bedside with a book, I was deceiving myself with.Then it’s blank from there on.But here I am. Tucked in. Not the half-assed kind of way I’d do for myself.Properly.The sheets are pulled just right, and the pillow’s fluffed under my head. The duvet’s also draped over me like a shield.Nope. This wasn’t me.I glance sideways.Damon. He’s right at his end of our bridge of a bed.His eyes are shut, and his face is calm. But with him, you can never really tell. He could be awake. Hell, he’s probably awake.But, he could also be faking it, like he fakes everything else.Part of me wants to poke him. Test the waters, but I know we
Claimed By The Billionaire Chapter 118 - One Box At A Time
Aria I lie on my side of the bed, staring at the wall like it’s supposed to give me answers.It doesn’t.Figures.The sheets feel heavier tonight. Not cold. Just heavy. Like they’re pressing me into the mattress, daring me to move. To get up. To shake this off.But I don’t. Because this isn’t new.The weight of being stuck here with him isn’t new. Neither is the war inside my own head.And tonight? Tonight, it’s loud.Louder than it’s been in weeks.My brain keeps replaying his words from earlier.No—scratch that.Not words. Because Damon barely gives words when it matters."Nothing eventful happened with that." That’s what he said when I asked about Gina.Yeah right.What kind of half-assed, meaningless response is that?No acceptance. There is no denial, either. Just nothing.But that’s what Damon does, right? Gives you just enough to stay pissed. But never enough to stay satisfied.And yet, even with that empty response, the truth rings louder than anything he could’ve said.I’m n
Claimed By The Billionaire Chapter 117 - Cheap At Five Million
Damon She's asleep. Finally.Curled up into herself like she’s trying to make her body smaller, tucked so deep into the duvet you’d think the thing might swallow her whole if she let it.Her face is soft now, the lines that usually crease her forehead when she's awake smoothed out, lips slightly parted, strands of hair fanned across the pillow like they’ve been there forever.I watch her.I know I shouldn’t.But I do anyway.Because when she’s asleep? She’s quiet. There’s no eye-rolling. No smart comebacks. No running mouth.Just... peace.It’s a dangerous thing, the way she looks when she’s not fighting me. It makes me forget. Makes me almost reach for something that doesn’t exist between us.Something that never should.I rake a hand down my face, sinking deeper into my side of the bed, keeping my distance because it’s the only thing I know how to do.Still, my eyes keep drifting to her.Following the subtle rise and fall of her chest. The delicate way her hand tucks under her chin
Claimed By The Billionaire Chapter 116 - Almost, But Never Enough
DamonI rest my head on the cool marble of the kitchen counter, eyes shut, ears tuned to the soft sounds coming from the bathroom.The hiss of the shower. The occasional splash as she moves around.I’m not asleep.I’m just pretending to be.Pretending I’m not waiting.Because what the hell else would I be doing?‘Work?’ That voice in my head taunts me, but I push it aside.My arms are folded, my head angled just right, like if I can’t see her, maybe I can’t feel her either. Like if I shut everything down, I can block out the pull she’s become.But my body’s a traitor.Every cell is waiting for the second she steps out of that bathroom.And when I hear the door click open, the soft pad of her feet on the carpet, I still myself even more, faking a deeper stillness, pretending I’m dead to the world.‘What kinda gone boy shit are you doing, Stone?’ The voice in my head doesn’t let up, but I ignore it. The soft thud of her footsteps fills my ears next, and in no time, I feel her looming o
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