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Chapter 50: Broken Promises, Burning Hearts
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Owned by Billionaire Chapter 77: Shattered Glass
The silence that followed was torture.Elena was frozen in the center of the vast foyer of the penthouse, her high heels clicking on the marble as she retreated. Her eyes were brimming with tears, her face wet and shattered."Say that again," she breathed, her voice barely above a whisper.Killian's eyes were hazy, stormy. "Victor wasn't with someone," he said. "There is someone else. Someone more intimate than we think."Her breast constricted as she struggled to understand. All of it—all these years, all this anger and lying—there was more? More cheating, more lying?"Who?" she shouted. "Who helped him?"Killian wasn't moving fast. He was moving slowly, opening a whiskey. His pace was too slow, too measured, as though he was having a hard time holding himself in check."Your brother," he finally said, his deep voice emerging in a low murmur. "Dante."Elena moved backward and punched. "No," she breathed. "Not possible. He's dead.""He's not," Killian said softly. "He's alive. And he'
Owned by Billionaire Chapter 76: In the Heart of the Enemy
The wind screamed as the speedboat sliced through the black water, a suds of foam trailing behind it. Elena clung to the railing of the boat, her rigid, spray-hardened fingers chilled against the metal. The private island was just visible in the distance—a dark shape looming in the foreground, its serrated cliffs and dark-green jungle splashes of light only where the thin ribbon of a moon made its passage above it.She had insisted on going alone.Killian had complained, naturally. So had Julia, Roman, and all the rest of the players in the game. But Elena knew her brother. If there was even a chance of reaching Dante—of pulling him back from the shadows—she had to attempt it in person, and she had to attempt it alone.The boat slowed as it passed into the strait inlet. Killian's contact had arranged a short course that took them in through the outer woods unseen. Elena jumped off the side of the boat and into the shallow water, boots splashing in the surf as she grabbed the small sat
Owned by Billionaire Chapter 75: The Storm We Created
Elena paced in the charred corridor outside Killian's office, her pulse racing. Outside the glass, the tempest raged. Rain buffeted the panes with maddened ferocity, and thunder boomed like a war cry above. She was stiff as a taut bowstring from crown to heel. She'd come to summon Killian to account for it all—everything she'd discovered about Victor, about Dante, and on matters Killian had shrouded in robes of power and lies.But at his door now, she stayed.Her hand hovered above the doorknob. Turn it, and everything would be changed forever. Again.She never reached the knocking point.The door creaked open, and he stood there—Killian Graves in a black T-shirt, sleeves rolled up high, dark eyes burning with fire and fatigue. He gazed at her for a moment. Then, silently, he moved aside."Come on inside," he urged softly.She went past him, rain-drenched and still seething. The door swung shut, and quiet was a barbed wire fencing them apart."You've been keeping me at arm's length,"
Owned by Billionaire Chapter 74: The Price of Secrets
Storm rain continued unabated the entire night through. It pounded against Killian's penthouse glass walls relentlessly, pounded out an insistent rhythm—nature mimicking the hurricane which abducted Elena. She stood opposite the windowpane with arms huddled over her head, fists drawn up in a small X on top of her head. Her head whirled round and round, a jigsaw puzzle of shattered memory and blinding shock. The more that filtered out, the deeper only the obsession grew. And worse—worst of all—it was causing her to doubt every single thing she ever thought she knew about Killian Graves.Silently behind her, the sound of footsteps. She didn't need to turn to know it was him."You're not speaking," Killian whispered softly, his voice a hum of humming velvet that surrounded her. "That's typically the precursor to screaming at me or fleeing."She didn't move. "I've seen the file, Killian. The whole report of what occurred that night my father was killed. The photographs. The money transfe
Owned by Billionaire Chapter 73 – Rebuilding What Was Broken
The boardroom soap opera had finally been lifted, but Sophia's threat circle still resonated in Elena's mind. Even as they rode the elevator down from the Graves Enterprises top floor, there was a strange silence between them. Not tense—but somber. Reflective. They had just emerged victorious from a war, but the wounds were fresh.Killian stood at her side, his spine rigid, his eyes locked on the descending elevator doors. His face didn't reveal much, but Elena knew—he was tired. Not really physically, maybe, but drained of emotion. For weeks, he'd battled on several fronts: defending his firm, defending Elena, dealing with betrayal by people he'd trusted. Now that Sophia had been eliminated—at least for the time being—there was room to breathe again.But breathing didn't come easily."I still feel like she's watching us," Elena whispered, breaking the silence.Killian's eyes cut to hers. "She probably is. People like Sophia don't just disappear. She'll try again, eventually.""So wha
Owned by Billionaire Chapter 72 – The Breaking Point
The sun poured in through the penthouse high windows, sending slices of gold onto the marble floor. No warmth softened Elena's heart. Today.She perched at the end of the couch, back rigid, staring at the folder Sophia dropped. The proof was on the coffee table: voice messages, screenshots, photographs in front of her building. They all huddled around her with the single evil purpose: to bring down Killian and ruin the tiny relationship that was still intact.Killian strode the length of the living room behind her, phone against his ear, his expression grim."Get Jeremy to have the legal team work on it immediately. Get all the bugs tracked, inspect every device. And discover who installed those goddamn cameras in my office."His was a rough, commanding voice, but Elena could see the storm raging under. He was angry—and scared. She couldn't fault him. Their world was spinning out of control.He slammed the receiver down into its cradle, the silence between them still."She's trying to
Owned by Billionaire Chapter 71 – Shattered Loyalties
Silence in Killian's penthouse was strangling.Elena leaned against floor-to-ceiling windows, eyes on city lights burning like hot stars. The tempest raging outside her mirrored the tempest inside her that had destroyed her from the inside out. Her fists were clenched at her hip, white knuckles, and Killian was at her back, ramrod straight, his eyes dark with rage and desperation."You should have told me," he growled, voice rough, husky.She swung slowly, swallowing the huge lump in her throat. "I couldn't. Not until I was sure.""You were sure enough to sneak behind my back and slip over to Victor DeLuca's?" Sadness crept into his voice, gruffer than she'd anticipated.Her eyes narrowed. "I did what I had to do to get some answers. You weren't going to give them to me.""I was trying to save you!" he snarled, closer to her now. "You think I had you in the dark because you weren't worth trusting? I had you in the dark because I didn't want you drawn in any further into this ghetto!
Owned by Billionaire Chapter 70: The Envelope of Truth
Elena sat at the end of Killian's black leather sofa, her own chest pounding as she glared at the plain, blank envelope in her hand. It had shown up an hour before—that is, been left on her doorstep by a hoodie-headed kid who'd left it and vanished before Killian's bodyguards could apprehend him.No message. No name. Just her brother's promise."Is it a trap?" she asked, her arms folded tightly over the flap. The contents were denser than paper—it was dense with judgment.Killian stood a few feet back, arms folded, jaw clenched. "Perhaps. That's why I already scanned for any tracking agents or poison."She raised an eyebrow. "Poison? Seriously?"He grinned wryly. "With Victor involved, you can't be too careful."But Elena did not open it. Not yet.Her fingers shook, not because of what was inside, but because of what it could break open. If this letter held the evidence Dante claimed it did—evidence of Victor's guilt—it could ruin everything. It could reveal what had been done to her
Owned by Billionaire Chapter 69: Tangled Loyalties
There was friction between them as Elena sat in Killian's penthouse, her arms crossed over her, looking at the gargantuan windows that sprawled out into the New York cityscape. There were lights on the city shining out in the distance, but she could feel only the heaviness of the truth crushing her over her chest."You knew," she finished finally, her voice cold and lethal. "You knew Dante was alive, and you never told me a word about it."Killian took slow breaths behind her. "I didn't know for certain, Elena. I speculated. There is a difference."She stood on her tiptoes, her face twisted with anger and hurt. "A difference? You could have followed the dead into the grave if you decided. But you never uttered a word. Why?"Killian advanced on her, his face stone-cold, the icy steel of his reserve surrounding his words. "Because I was not going to have you chasing ghosts unless I had a reason. And now I do."Her heart clung to those last words. "Evidence? Where is he?"Killian's ex
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