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Chapter 47: What Refuses To Leave
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Accidentally Married To My Billionaire Boss Chapter 47: What Refuses To Leave
Ariana’s POV The second I opened the door, I knew this wasn’t going to be calm visit.David stood there like a storm that had already decided to break. His jaw was tight, eyes sharp with something ugly and familiar. Anger, yes but underneath it, entitlement. Like I still belonged to him simply because I once had.“How did you find me?” I asked again, my voice flat, colder than I felt.He laughed, short and humorless. “You really think you can just disappear? You think you’re that untouchable now?”I didn’t answer. My hand stayed wrapped around the door handle, knuckles white. Every part of me wanted to shut it, lock it, pretend he wasn’t standing in Alex’s hallway poisoning the air.David’s gaze flicked past me, taking in the apartment. The high ceilings. The quiet wealth that hummed beneath everything.“So this is where you ran off to,” he said, lips curling. “Must be nice.”I felt it then, that familiar tightening in my chest. The instinct to defend myself. To explain. To justif
Accidentally Married To My Billionaire Boss Chapter 46: What the Body Knows
Ariana’s POVThe next day passed like it didn’t belong to me. It was noise without meaning.I woke up late, sunlight already crawling across the floor of Alex’s apartment, bright and invasive. For a moment, I didn’t remember where I was. Then the ceiling came into focus and the weight of the previous night settled into my chest all at once.The dinner, Alex mother’s eyes. Victoria’s smile that felt like a blade wrapped in silk.I sat up, dragging a hand down my face. My body felt off. I wasn’t sick. It just felt wrong, like something had shifted slightly out of place while I wasn’t paying attention.Alex was gone. A note sat on the counter, written in that sharp, controlled handwriting of his.Meeting ran long. Take the day. Do whatever you need. Call me.I told myself I was grateful for it.I showered, letting the water scald my skin, trying to rinse away the feeling that I was being watched even in silence. When I got dressed, I chose something simple, if was a jean, soft sweater
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Eleanor’s POVI waited until the doors closed behind them.The sound echoed longer than it should have with Alex’s footsteps retreating down the marble hall, the faint rustle of fabric as that girl followed him. Ariana. The name tasted wrong in my mouth. Only when the house settled back into its familiar, obedient silence did I exhale.Victoria didn’t move. She remained seated at the table, with wineglass untouched now, fingers resting lightly at the stem like she might snap it if she squeezed too hard.“Well,” she said at last. “That was… bold.”I turned slowly, meeting her gaze. “It was a performance.”Her lips curved, sharp and knowing. “Is that what you call it?”“Yes,” I said coolly. “Alex likes theatrics when he feels cornered. He always has.”Victoria rose, smoothing her ivory dress, heels clicking softly against the stone floor as she circled the table. “You looked surprised.”“I wasn’t,” I replied. “I was annoyed.”There was a difference. Surprise implied loss of control. I
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