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CHAPTER 172

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The morning after our Paris interlude, the first notes of a Swiss autumn greeted me through the airplane window—copper leaves drifting past in the sunrise. I rested my head against Jeff’s shoulder as we zipped through customs, our bodies still echoing the warmth of that candlelit night. In my heart, I carried the memory of that dance on the cobblestones—the way the world had fallen away, leaving only us.

But real life always crept back.

***

Our joint arrival at the global office in New York was, as usual, dramatic. The building felt cavernous after the intimate streets of Paris, as though we’d stepped into someone else’s world. We walked in side by side, hands tightly clasped— a signal that although there were battles ahead, we were ready to stand together.

“Good to have you both back,” Ava said, rushing toward us in the lobby. She looked energized but concerned. “We need to talk—Voss’s legal team just filed for a gag order, and there’s renewed donor scrutiny. They want statements by
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  • RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK   CHAPTER 182

    The safehouse in Malta smelled like salt and antiseptic. Jeff’s wound had reopened during extraction, staining the bandages a dark, ugly red. He lay on the narrow bed, jaw clenched against the pain as I pressed fresh gauze to his side."Stop fussing," he muttered, but his hand found mine, fingers threading through my bloodstained ones."You idiot," I whispered. "You should have stayed in Tunis."His thumb brushed my knuckles. "And miss all the fun?"I didn’t laugh. Couldn’t. Not when the drive in my pocket felt like a live grenade. Not when every time I closed my eyes, I saw my father’s skull shatter.Jeff’s grip tightened. "Demi."I shook my head, focusing on rewrapping his bandages. If I spoke now, I’d shatter.He didn’t let me pull away. With a pained grunt, he sat up, ignoring my protest, and cupped my face. His palm was warm, rough with calluses."Look at me."I did.His blue eyes were steady, the way they always were in the middle of a storm. "We’ll burn it all down. Every last

  • RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK   CHAPTER 182

    The clone's scream echoed off concrete walls as strobe lights erupted through the darkness.I dropped into a combat crouch, rifle sweeping the blackness—until a boot connected with my ribs. The impact sent me skidding across the interrogation room floor. My NVGs shattered against the wall.Naz's voice cut through the chaos: "Ambush! They knew we—"Gunfire drowned her out.The clone—the other me—thrashed against her restraints. "They're coming!" Blood dripped from her split lip. "The real trap is in sublevel five!"I lunged for her restraints. "Who are you?"Her fingers locked around my wrist with terrifying strength. "I'm what happens when you fail."The door exploded inward.White smoke. Strobing muzzle flashes.I rolled left as bullets chewed through the chair where I'd just been standing. The clone took two rounds to the chest before her restraints snapped. She collapsed like a marionette with cut strings.Naz dragged me behind an overturned exam table. "We need to move!"I grabbed

  • RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK   CHAPTER 181

    The crunch of gravel behind me sent my finger to the trigger before my brain caught up. I whirled, pistol raised—"Easy, Perez." Naz stepped into the moonlight, hands raised. Blood streaked her tactical vest. "Aisha's contained. Jeff's secure at a blacksite clinic."I didn't lower the gun. "You followed me.""You left a blood trail even a rookie could track." Her eyes flicked to Julian's body, then back to me. "We need to move. That video was—""A trap. Obviously." My voice sounded hollow. The phone weighed like a brick in my other hand. "How long have you known?"Naz hesitated a second too long.The shot grazed her shoulder before she could answer. She staggered into a column with a curse. "What the fuck, Demi!""You knew my father was alive." I advanced, gun steady despite the tremor in my breath. "All this time. While we hunted Julian. While Jeff bled out. You knew."Pain twisted her features—not just from the wound. "I found out three days ago. The same files that exposed Julian's

  • RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK   CHAPTER 180

    Blood. Too much blood.Jeff’s weight sagged against me as we crashed through the lemon groves, his breath coming in ragged bursts against my neck. The coppery scent filled my nostrils, mixing with the salt air from the cliffs below."Almost there," I lied, adjusting my grip around his waist. His tuxedo jacket was soaked through, the fabric sticky against my palm.He coughed—a wet, guttural sound that made my stomach clench. "Should've... taken the shot...""Don’t you fucking dare." My voice cracked. Ahead, a crumbling stone shed emerged from the darkness—Naz’s rendezvous point.The door burst open before we reached it. Naz stood silhouetted against the glow of a dozen screens, her usually immaculate braids falling loose around her face. "Jesus Christ—""Pressure. Now." I lowered Jeff onto the makeshift med cot, my hands trembling as I ripped his shirt open. The bullet had torn through his left side, just below the vest line. Dark blood pulsed with each shallow breath.Naz slapped a tr

  • RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK   CHAPTER 179

    Naz’s safe house smelled like stale coffee and gunpowder. The blue glow of her laptop screen painted sharp angles across her face as she pulled up satellite images of Sicily.“Julian’s not hiding,” she said, zooming in on a sprawling estate near Palermo. “He’s hosting a private auction. Buyers from six continents. All here for one thing.”I leaned over her shoulder. “The drive.”Jeff’s knuckles whitened around his coffee cup. “He’s selling Consortium access.”“Worse.” Naz tapped a key. A list of names flashed on screen—oil magnates, arms dealers, a deposed dictator. “He’s selling legitimacy. Your name, your protocols, your global aid routes. Just repackaged for weapons trafficking and blood diamonds.”The room tilted. I gripped the table. All those years of work, all those borders we’d crossed to get aid where it was needed—reduced to a fucking menu for war profiteers.Jeff’s hand found the small of my back. Steadying. “When?”“Tomorrow night.” Naz hesitated. “There’s more. He’s got a

  • RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK   CHAPTER 178

    The stolen motorcycle screamed through the Atlas Mountains, Jeff’s body a solid wall against my back. The drive to Casablanca would take six hours if we pushed it. Six hours before we could ditch the bike, before we could breathe.Julian had the drive. But he didn’t know we’d made copies.The wind tore at my clothes as I leaned into a turn, the tires skimming the edge of a cliff. Jeff’s arms tightened around my waist.“Still got eyes on our tail?” His voice was a vibration against my spine, transmitted through the comm unit pressed between us.I flicked a glance at the side mirror. Two black SUVs, holding steady half a kilometer back.“Yeah,” I muttered. “They’re herding us.”Julian’s men weren’t trying to overtake us. They were waiting—for us to tire, to make a mistake.Jeff’s breath was hot on my neck. “Next bend—go off-road.”I didn’t hesitate. When the curve came, I wrenched the handlebars left. The bike lurched onto a goat path, stones spraying as we carved through the scrubland.

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