Getting back at my ex with his billionaire stepbrother

Zara didn’t sleep that night. She couldn’t sleep. She kept tossing and turning in her bed, tangled in her sheets like her thoughts unsettled, sharp, and relentless. Her pillow was damp not from rain but from a river of silent tears. The stranger’s coat still clung to her like it belonged there, like it understood the heartbreak it was wrapped around. The scent of it, a quiet mix of expensive masculine cologne and rain, lingered like a presence, oddly comforting although unfamiliar. She wasn’t sure why she hasn't taken off the coat. Maybe it was the weight of it the physical manifestation of her emotional burden. Maybe because it was the only thing that felt real at the moment in her world that had already turned upside down.Her father wasn’t home. He had traveled to visit her sick aunt, his only living sibling. The timing felt like a cruel joke to Zara. A twist of fate that left her feeling abandoned and alone she was a daddy’s girl. Her dad was her backbone, her cheer leader and h

Leo had been away for just one year.One year.A business trip he couldn't avoid deals to finalize, contracts to sign. He had left reluctantly, heart heavy. The moment he stepped out of the airport, something felt off. The air was too sharp. The city too loud. His phone buzzed nonstop, and when he checked, it was Fred’s messages back to back:“Call me as soon as you land.”“Leo, you need to see this.”“I’m sorry, man.”Then a video link.He didn’t want to click it. But he did.And there it was clear as day Zara in Jayden’s arms, her face buried in his chest as he kissed her temple..For a second, Leo couldn’t breathe.It felt like the ground had started shifting under his feet, like someone had punched the wind out of his lungs.He stormed straight to the Bennett mansion, heart pounding, jaw clenched.And there she was. On the lawn. Jayden’s arm around her, like it was the most natural thing in the world. Jayden smirked the moment he saw him.Jayden.Jayden, the notorious playboy.