เข้าสู่ระบบNoah Bennett“Are you seriously going to marry that arrogant billionaire again?”I nearly choked on my coffee.“Sophie!”My younger sister stood in front of me with her hands on her hips.“What?”“Can you stop shouting?”She rolled her eyes.“Then answer my question.”I sighed and placed my cup on the table.It had been three months since Damien was injured while rescuing me from Richard’s men.Three months since I finally confessed my feelings.And three months since my life changed completely.Richard was in prison awaiting trial.Dad was recovering.Sophie had returned to school.And Damien?Well, Damien was still the most annoying billionaire in New York.Except now, he was my boyfriend.Yes.Boyfriend.Not husband.We had completed our divorce because I wanted a fresh start.A relationship without contracts.Without money.And without secrets.Damien had respected my decision.For once, he hadn’t argued.And somehow, that made me love him even more.“Noah!”I blinked.Sophie was
Noah Bennett“Let me go, you bastards!”I struggled against the two men dragging me into an abandoned warehouse.One of them tightened his grip on my arm.“Stop fighting, pretty boy.”“Don’t call me that!”He laughed.“Your billionaire husband must have a hard time controlling you.”I kicked his leg.He cursed and almost released me.But the second man grabbed my shirt and pushed me forward.“Try that again, and you’ll regret it.”My heart pounded.I was terrified.One minute, I had been walking home from the grocery store.The next, a black van had stopped beside me.Someone grabbed me.Something covered my mouth.And everything went dark.Now I was trapped inside a warehouse with strangers who clearly wanted to hurt me.They pushed me into a room.I stumbled.The door slammed shut.Then a familiar voice spoke.“Hello, Noah.”I froze.Standing beside the window was Richard Ashford.Damien’s cousin.The man who had tried to murder him eight years ago.“You!” I shouted.Richard smiled.
Damien Ashford“Damien Ashford, I want a divorce.”Those words broke something inside me.I stood in the garden, staring at the wedding ring Noah had left on the table.My husband was leaving me.The man I had spent eight years searching for no longer wanted to be near me.And the worst part?I couldn’t blame him.“Noah, please.”He stopped walking but didn’t turn around.“Please what, Damien?”My throat tightened.“Let me explain.”He laughed bitterly.“Explain what? That you knew my family was desperate? That you knew my father was dying?”I lowered my head.“Yes.”He finally turned.Tears rolled down his cheeks.“Then why didn’t you help us without making me marry you?”I opened my mouth.Nothing came out.Because there was no good answer.I could have paid his family’s debts.I could have approached him honestly.But I had been selfish.I wanted him close.And I had used his desperation to make that happen.“I’m sorry,” I whispered.Noah shook his head.“Sorry doesn’t change what
Noah Bennett“My father sold my silence?”I stared at the message on my phone.My hands were trembling.Beside me, Damien was already calling his security team.“Marcus, send men to the hospital immediately. Nobody goes near Noah’s family.”I grabbed his arm.“Damien!”He turned.“What?”“Stop ordering people around and explain what’s happening!”His expression softened.“Noah, I’m trying to protect you.”“I’m tired of hearing that!”My voice cracked.“Everyone keeps telling me they’re protecting me, but nobody tells me the truth!”Damien went silent.I held up my phone.“Did my father really take money from Richard?”He hesitated.“We found a payment, but we don’t know what it was for.”My stomach twisted.“No.”“Noah—”“My dad would never betray me.”“I hope you’re right.”I stepped backward.“I want to see him.”Damien nodded.“I’ll take you.”Thirty minutes later, we arrived at the hospital.Sophie rushed toward me.“Noah!”I hugged her tightly.“Are you okay?”She nodded.“Why ar
Damien Ashford“I’m falling in love with my husband.”The words escaped my mouth before I could stop them.Marcus went silent on the phone.“Sir, did you just say you’re in love?”I closed my eyes.“Forget I said anything.”“With Noah?”“Marcus.”“Your twenty-two-year-old contractual husband?”“Do you want to lose your job?”He immediately stopped talking.I sighed and walked toward my office window.It was almost midnight.Noah had gone upstairs after our disastrous evening at the charity gala.I could still feel his lips against mine.That kiss had been everything I wanted.And everything I feared.Because the moment I kissed Noah, I realized something.I didn’t want our marriage to end after one year.I wanted him forever.“Sir,” Marcus said carefully. “You need to tell him the truth.”My chest tightened.“I know.”“Before someone else does.”I looked toward the door.Eight years.I had spent eight years searching for Noah Bennett.And now that I had finally found him, I was terrif
Noah Bennett“There was another man at the accident.”Damien froze.His eyes widened, and his face turned pale.“What did you say?”I gripped the photograph in my trembling hands.“I remember someone standing beside a black car. He was watching us.”Damien stepped closer.“Did you see his face?”I shook my head.“No. Everything is blurry.”“Try to remember, Noah.”“I’m trying!”My voice cracked.Suddenly, my head began hurting.I pressed my fingers against my temples.Damien immediately held my shoulders.“Okay. That’s enough.”“But—”“You don’t have to remember everything tonight.”I looked at him.“Why didn’t you tell me we knew each other?”His expression became painful.“Because the accident wasn’t an accident.”My stomach dropped.“What?”“Someone tried to kill me eight years ago.”I stared at him.“Kill you?”He nodded.“My brakes were deliberately damaged.”Cold fear spread through my body.“And you think the man I saw was involved?”“Possibly.”I stepped away.This was too muc







