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Chapter 52
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2026-02-19 07:00:19Clarissa’s POV
I told Maya to stop talking, but she didn’t. Or maybe she did, and I just didn’t hear it over the thoughts that I had.
“Don’t listen to what Nicho said,” Maya pleaded, her voice sharp with panic. “Clarissa, please. He doesn’t know everything.”
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Dante's POV I couldn’t stop asking myself the same question that has been running through my mind. Why did Nicho want Clarissa to hate me?It wasn’t love. I was certain of that. Nicho had never loved Clarissa and had never looked at her the way men did when they were willing to risk something real. There was something he was looking for, which meant she was valuable.I moved to my desk and opened one of the court case files I’d been putting off all evening. I told myself I needed the distraction, the normalcy of routine. But my eyes skimmed the text without understanding it. I read the same paragraph again and again, and every time my thoughts drifted back to Nicho and then to Clarissa.To the distance that had grown between us so quietly I hadn’t noticed it forming.Someone had been planting doubt in her mind. I felt it in the way she hesitated before speaking and the way she had left.It was evident that Nicho had done that. He’d wanted her unsure, suspicious primed to believe t
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Dante's POV The call ended with a soft click that sounded far too weird for my liking. I stared at my phone for a long second, my reflection faintly visible on the dark screen, before lowering my hand.Chelsea was watching me like she was afraid to blink.“What happened?” she asked. “Is she okay? Are you still leaving?”I drew in a slow breath, forcing my shoulders to relax even though my chest still felt tight. “I’m fine,” I said. “And Maya’s fine too.”Her eyes narrowed slightly. “That’s not an answer.”“It is,” I replied, softer now. “There was a connection issue. She’s safe and nothing’s wrong.”That wasn’t entirely true, but it was close enough to pass as comfort.Chelsea searched my face, clearly unconvinced. “Then why do you look like that?”“Like what?”“Like you're hiding something from me.”I turned away from her and slipped my phone into my pocket. “You’re exhausted,” I said. “You should go rest. Everything’s under control.”She didn’t move.“Chelsea,” I said, keeping my ba
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Dante's POV Chelsea stopped me at the foot of the stairs, her hand wrapping around my arm like a sudden shackle.“Where are you going?” she asked.I froze and for half a second I considered lying, but my chest was already too tight for that. The air felt thickly charged, like the moment before bad news was released.“I have to leave,” I said, pulling my jacket on. “Maya’s in trouble.”Her brows knit together slowly. “Maya?” she repeated, saying the name like it didn’t belong to any language she knew. “Who’s Maya?”I cursed under my breath. I didn’t have time for this. Every second was important and I couldn't afford to waste any more time.“She’s Clarissa’s housekeeper,” I said, sharper than I meant to. “She helps run the house.”Chelsea blinked. “Okay… but what kind of trouble are you talking about?”“That’s the thing,” I said, raking a hand through my hair. My pulse thudded loud in my ears. “I don’t know exactly. I just—” I stopped, searching for words that didn’t make me sound ins
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Dante's POVI still didn’t understand why she had left the house the way she did. One minute she was standing there, tense and unreadable after seeing Chelsea, and the next minute she was gone, walking out with a look in her eyes I hadn’t been able to catch or stop. I replayed the moment over and over, searching for the exact second I lost her. Was it jealousy? Or something I’d failed to say?“She didn’t even let me explain,” I muttered to myself.I turned down the heat and reached for the salt, my chest tightening.“Dante?”Chelsea’s voice
Contracted To The Col-Hearted Bilionaire Chapter 52
Clarissa’s POVI told Maya to stop talking, but she didn’t. Or maybe she did, and I just didn’t hear it over the thoughts that I had.“Don’t listen to what Nicho said,” Maya pleaded, her voice sharp with panic. “Clarissa, please. He doesn’t know everything.”“You don’t have to explain,” I said coldly, staring at my reflection in the mirror across the room. My face looked calm—too calm. That was always the danger sign. “I already heard enough.”She swallowed, then tried a different approach. “Clarissa, listen to me. You can’t just run with what Nicho said. You have to hear Dante out. You owe yourself that.”
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