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Chapter 31: Contractually Yours
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2026-04-11 09:24:32
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Contractually Yours Chapter 110: Contractually Yours
Author's POV The private sitting room near Madam Frost’s chambers had always felt different from the rest of the estate somehow. Softer. Warmer. The large windows allowed pale afternoon light to spill gently across the cream-colored furniture while shelves of old books and framed photographs filled the walls with traces of a life that existed long before the heaviness currently living inside the mansion. By the time Jem entered quietly, Madam Frost was already seated near the fireplace beneath a light blanket draped across her lap, a cup of untouched tea resting beside her.The moment she saw him, a small tired smile touched her face.“There you are,” she said softly. “Come sit with me for a moment.”Jem immediately moved toward her without hesitation.“You should be resting,” he said carefully after sitting down beside her.Madam Frost gave a faint amused breath. “At my age, everyone keeps telling me that as though resting has ever solved anything.”Despite himself, Jem smiled slig
Contractually Yours Chapter 109: Contractually Yours
Author's POVThe following morning, Dante’s office felt colder than usual, the kind of quiet that settled heavily over a room where decisions were about to be made and nothing discussed inside it would leave unchanged afterward.Everything about the room felt colder somehow.The long black conference table had already been prepared before Dante arrived, several folders spread neatly across its surface beside a laptop displaying encrypted financial records and transaction routes that had been carefully reconstructed over the past forty-eight hours. Shark stood near the far side of the room alongside two senior security members from Dante’s private operations team, both men silent and alert in the way people became when they understood that whatever meeting they had been called into was not routine anymore.When Dante finally entered the office, the room itself seemed to straighten around him instinctively. He looked composed as always, dressed entirely in black again, though the exha
Contractually Yours Chapter 108
Author's POV Jem felt his stomach tighten instantly.Dante continued before Jem could interrupt.“The bond does not remain stable indefinitely once it fully recognizes its match,” he explained carefully. “That’s why the marriage ceremony matters. It isn’t symbolic. It completes the process permanently.”Jem stayed silent, listening carefully now.Dante exhaled softly before continuing.“If the bond remains incomplete for too long… the damage accelerates as the fortieth birthday approaches.”Jem frowned slightly. “Accelerates how?”Dante’s expression hardened faintly, like even he disliked speaking the words aloud.“My heart condition worsens,” he admitted calmly. “The episodes become more frequent. The blackouts. The chest pain. Loss of consciousness.” He paused briefly before adding more quietly, “Eventually the body stops tolerating the strain altogether.”Jem stared at him now without moving.Dante continued anyway.“In the final months leading to the birthday, the curse becomes s
Contractually Yours Chapter 107: Contractually Yours
Author's POV The quietness inside the estate did not feel peaceful that afternoon.It felt watchful.Like the entire mansion had become too aware of itself after everything Samson had quietly left behind in the garden earlier that morning.Jem was still sitting outside when the distant sound of footsteps finally echoed from inside the mansion again, followed shortly by the soft opening of the back doors leading toward the garden terrace. He looked up instinctively.It was Dante.He had removed his suit jacket at some point during the meeting upstairs, the sleeves of his black shirt folded slightly past his wrists now, exposing the faint veins along his forearms. Yet despite the calmer appearance, exhaustion still clung to him in ways that had become increasingly difficult to hide lately. There was tension around his eyes again, the kind that never fully disappeared anymore no matter how controlled his expression remained.The second Dante stepped outside fully, his gaze found Jem im
Contractually Yours Chapter 106: Contractually Yours
Author's POV The words did not land loudly, but they landed deeply. Jem felt them immediately, like a quiet impact beneath the surface of his thoughts. He blinked once, slowly, as if trying to understand whether he had heard correctly. “Costs something?” Jem repeated, his voice now noticeably tighter. “What are you saying exactly?” Samson gave a faint, almost sympathetic smile, the kind that could easily be mistaken for reassurance if one did not look too closely. Then he leaned slightly forward, resting his elbows on his knees as if to make the moment feel more intimate, more personal.“I’m saying,” Samson replied gently, “that being close to him is never just about loyalty or friendship or whatever label people try to put on it. There are consequences to being near someone like Dante. Not always immediate. Not always visible. But they come.” He glanced at Jem then, briefly, his eyes calm but sharp in a way that suggested he was carefully measuring every reaction. “And most peopl
Contractually Yours Chapter 105: Contractually Yours
Author's POV Morning came quietly at the estate, not with urgency but with a slow, heavy calm that seemed to settle over every corner of the grounds. Jem was already in the garden when the light began to spread, sitting on the edge of a stone bench as though he had not moved there consciously but had simply drifted into place sometime after dawn. Dante had left earlier for a meeting inside the mansion, his absence already forming that familiar quiet pressure in the space around Jem, the kind that made time feel longer than it actually was. Jem’s hands were loosely clasped together, resting between his knees, his gaze fixed on the grass ahead without truly seeing it, as though his thoughts were somewhere far beyond the estate itself. He had only just begun to settle into the silence when footsteps approached across the gravel path, slow and unhurried, breaking through the calm with deliberate ease.Samson appeared in Jem’s peripheral vision before Jem even fully turned his head.
Contractually Yours Chapter 21: Contractually Yours
Dante's POV Once Jem was stabilized for the time being, I didn't wait—I immediately ordered that he be transferred to Aurelius Advanced Medical Centre—the same hospital where his mom was currently receiving treatment.I didn’t fully trust this facility, but at the very least, they had done a good
Contractually Yours Chapter 20: Contractually Yours
Dante's POV A strangled breath escaped me as my entire body tensed.The pain wasn’t normal—it wasn’t something I could control or push through. It felt like something was drilling straight into my head, deep and relentless, like my brain was being torn apart from the inside.“Ah—” I gasped, my han
Contractually Yours Chapter 11: Contractually Yours
Jem's POV Dante didn’t respond. He just continued to stare at me… as if he was waiting for me to say something else.Then he scoffed lightly and slid his phone onto the table beside him.“Hurt your mom?” he repeated with a soft laugh. “Come on… I have a mother too. Why would I hurt yours?”He paus
Contractually Yours Chapter 6: Contractually Yours
Jem's POV September 7th finally arrived—the event day—the D-day everyone has been going crazy over.I woke up knowing today mattered more than any other shift I’d ever worked.The pay alone was shocking.I couldn’t imagine how many months of night shifts it would take to earn this much. I promise
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