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Married To The Cruel Billionaire Chapter 57
SELENEI stood there frozen.Not because of the drink. Not because of the cold spreading through my fingers where the glass had slipped.Because the person standing in front of me was Olivia.My sister.For a second, my mind refused to catch up with my eyes. It felt like the room had gone quiet, even though the music was still playing and people were still laughing around us. My chest tightened. My pulse jumped. I stared at her like she wasn’t real.The silence stretched just long enough for her to enjoy it.Olivia tilted her head and smirked.“What?” she said lightly. “Are you that shocked to see me, or are you just… stoned?”Her eyes dropped to the damp spot on her dress, then back to my face. Amused. Unbothered.“I— I’m sorry,” I said, the words tumbling out stiff and wrong. “I didn’t mean to— someone bumped into me.”She waved it off with a soft laugh. “Relax. It’s fine.”Then she leaned in slightly, eyes narrowing just a bit.“Unless,” she added, “you’re just stunned to see me he
Married To The Cruel Billionaire Chapter 56
SELENEI stood at the top of the staircase longer than I meant to.Not because I was scared. Not exactly.I just needed one breath that belonged to me.The house below was alive. Voices layered over each other, soft music threading through it all, laughter rising and falling like waves. Light spilled upward from the chandeliers, warm and steady, touching the banister, the walls, the edges of everything. From where I stood, I could see the movement before I saw faces. People shifting, turning, leaning in to talk. Children darting between legs, their shoes tapping against the floor, their laughter careless and sharp.I let my hand rest on the rail and breathed in slowly.Then I stepped down.Each step felt deliberate. Not heavy. Just aware. The gown moved with me, red catching the light with every shift. I didn’t rush. I didn’t pause either. I let myself descend like I belonged here, like I hadn’t spent half the day convincing myself I could do this.When I reached the last step, I didn
Married To The Cruel Billionaire Chapter 55
SELENEI’d been on my feet since morning.No, that wasn’t even true. I’d been on my feet since before morning. Before the sun came up. Before the house felt awake. I moved through the mansion like it was a checklist, not a home, my mind ticking through details faster than my body wanted to keep up.Lights first.I walked the main hall twice, stopping under each fixture, adjusting brightness, asking for warmer tones near the seating areas and cooler ones near the entrance. Too harsh made people stiff. Too dim made them whisper. I wanted balance. I wanted people relaxed without realizing why.“Lower that one just a little,” I told a staff member, pointing up. “It’s too direct.”He nodded immediately and adjusted it without question.That alone surprised me.No pause. No look toward Mireille. No waiting for permission.I moved on.Drinks next.I stood by the long table where glasses were already lined up, clear and polished, reflecting the lights I’d just set. I shifted them myself, spac
Married To The Cruel Billionaire Chapter 54
**********Mireille was in the sitting room when Adrien finally found her.She wasn’t doing anything dramatic. No plotting posture. No phone pressed tight to her ear. She sat on one of the cream sofas with a folder open on her lap, reading glasses low on her nose, legs crossed neatly. The room smelled faintly of polish and flowers, the kind of careful calm that always lived around her.She looked up the moment he stepped in.“Adrien,” she said, smiling. “There you are.”She closed the folder and set it aside, already rising to her feet. Her smile was easy, practiced, warm in a way that made people forget how sharp she could be.“I was beginning to think you’d vanished again,” she added. “You’ve been hard to catch these past few days.”“Work,” Adrien said.She reached him and did what she always did first. Straightened his jacket. Smoothed his collar. Her fingers lingered for a second longer than needed.“You look thin,” she said. “Are you eating properly?”“Yes.”“And sleeping?”“Enou
Married To The Cruel Billionaire Chapter 53
SELENE“Where have you been?” I asked.The question came out sharper than I meant it to, but I didn’t take it back.Adrien looked up, surprised for half a second, then sighed. “Meetings.”“That’s vague,” I said.“It’s accurate.”I crossed my arms. “You disappeared.”“I didn’t disappear,” he said. “I was pulled.”“Same thing.”He studied my face, really looked at me this time. “You look like hell.”“Funny,” I replied. “I feel worse.”He hesitated. “Do you want to go somewhere quieter?”I nodded once.He led me back to the room I’d been assigned. My room. Not ours. That distinction sat heavy between us as the door closed behind us.I didn’t sit. I stayed standing, pacing once before stopping in front of him.“So,” I said. “Where have you been. What have you been doing. And how exactly does any of this work, because no one seems interested in explaining it to me.”He exhaled slowly and leaned against the dresser. “My parents sent me out of the city this morning. Last minute deal.”“A dea
Married To The Cruel Billionaire Chapter 52
SELENEMireille didn’t raise her voice.That was the first thing that unsettled me.She didn’t sigh or roll her eyes. She didn’t look irritated that I’d asked a question I wasn’t supposed to ask. She didn’t even look surprised. It was as if she had been waiting for that moment, for me to push just enough so she could press back without ever seeming cruel.She smiled.It was small. Careful. The kind of smile that lived only on the mouth and never reached the eyes. Almost kind, if you didn’t know better.“Adrien’s consent isn’t required,” she said again, slow and even, like she was correcting a misunderstanding. “Because this is not a private matter.”The words settled into the room.No one moved.Daniel shifted his weight near the table, the sound of his shoe faint against the floor. The woman holding the clipboard stopped flipping pages, her pen hovering like she wasn’t sure whether to keep writing or pretend none of this was happening. The mirrors along the wall reflected all of us b
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