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CMWMBB 33

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VENUS

I woke up with the taste of iron at the back of my throat and a skull-splitting ache that felt like punishment rather than consequence.

For a few seconds, I let myself lie still, staring at the ceiling as the morning light filtered through the curtains in thin, pale lines. My body was heavy, limbs slow, but my mind—my mind was viciously awake. No fog. No confusion. Just the brutal clarity of memory.

Every word I’d said to Aaron last night replayed with merciless precision.

You ruin everything. I shouldn’t have married you.

I squeezed my eyes shut.

I remembered the exact moment his face changed. The way his shoulders stiffened, like he’d been bracing for impact even before I shoved him away. I remembered how quiet he’d gotten—how that silence was worse than if he’d yelled.

I hadn’t been that drunk.

That was the part that hurt the most.

I swung my legs over the side of the bed and sat upright, palms pressed flat against the mattress. The room tilted slightly—not from alcohol, but
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  • Contract Marriage With My Billionaire Boss    Chapter 37

    VENUS“Where were you?”I stopped a step short of him and let the pause stretch. Not too long, just enough to make it deliberate. Let him feel it.“Bathroom,” I said.Flat. Boring. A closed door.Aaron’s eyes narrowed. “That took longer than five minutes.”“Did you time me?” I asked mildly. The kind of tone that dares someone to make a mistake.Inside the room, George was already seated at the low table with the therapist, crayons scattered across the surface like spilled candy. The door remained open, a thin barrier between safety and fracture.Aaron shifted, angling his body so he blocked my line of sight to the hallway. His voice dropped.“You don’t disappear in places like this,” he said. “You know that.”I shrugged and made to step past him toward the doorway.He caught my arm.Not rough. Not aggressive. Just firm enough to stop me.“That’s not optional,” he added.Something sharp twisted in my chest. I looked down at his hand, then slowly back up at his face.“Let go,” I said.H

  • Contract Marriage With My Billionaire Boss    Chapter 36

    VENUSThe clinic rose before us like a block of clean intentions—glass, steel, pale stone—all polished to reassure. Sunlight bounced off the façade and into my eyes as the convoy slowed. Security fanned out, earpieces buzzing faintly, the world rearranging itself around us.George squeezed my hand as we stepped inside.“I don’t like the smell,” he whispered.“I know,” I said, smiling down at him. “Hospitals and clinics always smell like… rules.”He let out a small, nervous laugh, tension easing just a fraction. Aaron walked on George’s other side, shoulder brushing mine in the narrow entryway. He didn’t look at me. Didn’t need to. I could feel the rigid heat of him there—alert, wound tight, ready to pounce.The lobby hummed with quiet activity: soft voices, rubber soles against tile, a wall-mounted screen looping a video about coping skills. The words slid past me. I didn’t need them.Check-in complete. Names confirmed, appointments verified. Security spread out again: two men drifted

  • Contract Marriage With My Billionaire Boss    Chapter 35

    VENUSThe hallway released me into the dining area like a breath I hadn’t realized I was holding.Morning light poured in through the tall windows, pale and deceptively gentle, illuminating a scene that belonged to a life I barely recognized anymore. The long table gleamed, perfectly set. Plates arranged with careful symmetry. Silverware aligned just so. A version of normal so meticulously maintained it almost passed for real.Almost.Rosemary sat at the head of the table, angled toward Sabine, who was strapped into her high chair, a bib already smudged from a half-finished attempt at breakfast. Rosemary held a spoon midair, her expression patient but strained as she tried to coax another bite past Sabine’s stubborn lips.“Just one more, sweetheart,” she murmured. “For me.”Sabine turned her head sharply, lips pressed tight—unmistakably Sinclair. Her dark eyes flicked to me the moment I entered the room, lighting up.“Mama.”George sat farther down the table, his plate untouched. A pi

  • Contract Marriage With My Billionaire Boss    CMWMBB 34

    VENUSMy phone vibrated on the countertop.The sound was small. Ordinary.I froze, water still pouring over my shoulders, breath snagging halfway through an inhale. For one irrational second, I considered leaving it there, letting it buzz until the battery died, pretending ignorance could still protect me.But Andrea didn’t do maybes.I shut the water off and reached for the towel, wrapping it tight as I stepped out of the shower. Cold tile bit into my feet, grounding me just enough to move. In the mirror, a woman stared back. She was calm, composed and in control.She was a liar.I picked up the phone.One message lit the screen.>Can’t lie—you put on a good show. Didn’t think you had it in you.My stomach hollowed out.Not fear.Confirmation.Clarity settled in with sickening precision. Andrea hadn’t guessed. She hadn’t assumed. She knew exactly how last night had gone.Which meant one thing.I wasn’t alone.Either the house was bugged—listening devices tucked into vents, cameras hi

  • Contract Marriage With My Billionaire Boss    CMWMBB 33

    VENUSI woke up with the taste of iron at the back of my throat and a skull-splitting ache that felt like punishment rather than consequence.For a few seconds, I let myself lie still, staring at the ceiling as the morning light filtered through the curtains in thin, pale lines. My body was heavy, limbs slow, but my mind—my mind was viciously awake. No fog. No confusion. Just the brutal clarity of memory.Every word I’d said to Aaron last night replayed with merciless precision.You ruin everything. I shouldn’t have married you. I squeezed my eyes shut.I remembered the exact moment his face changed. The way his shoulders stiffened, like he’d been bracing for impact even before I shoved him away. I remembered how quiet he’d gotten—how that silence was worse than if he’d yelled.I hadn’t been that drunk.That was the part that hurt the most.I swung my legs over the side of the bed and sat upright, palms pressed flat against the mattress. The room tilted slightly—not from alcohol, but

  • Contract Marriage With My Billionaire Boss    CMWMBB 32

    AARON The second I stepped out of the bedroom, the house felt… wrong. Too quiet for the kind of hurricane that had just torn through it. The overhead lights hummed softly—annoyingly—like they could sense the pounding in my skull and wanted to contribute. The sedative haze Venus put me under hadn’t fully cleared; my head still throbbed with every movement, an echo of her words replaying like a cracked record in my mind. You ruin everything… Aaron… That one cut deeper than the bullet that nearly killed me. I closed the bedroom door gently behind me, swallowing the bitter taste in my mouth. There wasn’t time—not to think, not to process the wreckage she’d left behind in my chest. Iris was still missing. Venus was unraveling. And whatever she’d walked into tonight… it had her speaking with a voice that wasn’t hers. I moved down the hallway, my steps quiet out of instinct. The kids. I needed to be sure they were okay. Connor and Rick’s voices drifted from the living room—low, tense

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