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CHAPTER 231
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RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK CHAPTER 235
The world didn’t just tilt; it shattered. The warmth of Jeff’s hand in mine turned to ice. The romantic promise of the night curdled into something dark and toxic.“What?” Jeff’s voice was a low, dangerous thing I’d never heard before. He stepped slightly in front of me, a protective move that felt futile against the enormity of what was happening. “Marcus, explain. Now.”The guard, Marcus, shifted uncomfortably. “She’s invoked the family governance clause, sir. Citing reckless behavior, impaired judgment, and… a destabilizing external influence.” His eyes flickered to me again, full of an apology that was no comfort at all. “The emergency board session is convening now. Your presence is required immediately. You’re to come with me. Alone.”Jeff let out a short, harsh laugh that held no humor. “My mother is attempting a corporate coup because I have a girlfriend? That’s absurd.”“It’s not absurd if she can convince the board it’s more than that,” Marcus said quietly, his gaze steady.
RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK CHAPTER 234
The air rushed from my lungs. Eleanor Ortega. I’d seen her name in society magazines, a titan of industry in her own right, always photographed with a frosty, unapproachable elegance. Seeing her in person was like facing a perfectly carved ice sculpture.“Ms. Ortega,” I managed, my voice tighter than I wanted it to be. I didn't step aside to let her in. “Jeff… he’s supposed to be here. We have plans.”“Plans change,” she said, her tone implying that the plans of lesser beings were inherently flexible. Her sharp eyes took in my dress, the faint hope that must have been visible on my face, and she offered a smile that didn't reach her eyes. It was a look of pity, laced with condescension. “That’s a lovely dress. It’s a shame. He won’t be coming.”The cold knot in my stomach tightened into a hard, painful ball. “Is he alright?” The question was out before I could stop it, betraying my concern.“He’s perfectly fine. A last-minute merger required his full attention. These things happen whe
RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK CHAPTER 233
The scent of ozone and fear was still a ghost in my nostrils when the doorbell rang. I jumped, my heart seizing for a split second before logic reasserted itself. *It’s just the door. Not a pulse rifle. Not her.*Last night was a blur of shouting, the shriek of metal, and Jeff’s security team swarming the penthouse. He’d wanted me to stay, of course. To be protected in his gilded cage. But I needed air that didn’t smell like his expensive cologne and shattered dreams. I’d fled to my own small, sunlit bungalow, a world away from his glass tower, and spent the night staring at the ceiling, replaying his proposal on a loop.Marry me.And Prime’s cold, final judgment.Initiating asset sterilization.A shiver ran down my spine. I padded to the door, expecting a delivery guy or my neighbor asking for sugar. I was not expecting the sight that greeted me when I swung it open.Jeff.Jeff Ortega, billionaire CEO, stood on my modest porch, looking utterly out of place. He was dressed down in dar
RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK CHAPTER 232
The world erupted in a symphony of shattering glass and screaming wind. I moved on an instinct I didn't know I had, my body a blur of motion fueled by pure terror. I wasn't thinking, I was *reacting*. I launched myself across the obsidian table, not for the data chip, but for Jeff.I collided with him just as the pulse rifle whined, sending us both crashing to the floor behind the solid table. A bolt of searing blue energy ripped through the space where his head had been, scorching the wall and filling the air with the smell of ozone and burnt metal.“Get down!” I yelled, my body shielding his, my heart hammering against his chest.Beneath me, Jeff wasn’t cowering. His arms wrapped around me, tight and possessive, but his eyes were blazing with a cold fury as he looked over my shoulder at the shattered window. “Eva! Lockdown! Now!”Alarms blared through the penthouse. A series of heavy titanium shutters began grinding their way down over the gaping hole, cutting off the view of the dr
RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK CHAPTER 231
The world narrowed to the woman in the doorway. My face, but harder. Colder. Her eyes weren't the fractured mirrors mine had become; they were flat, polished obsidian, devoid of the storm raging inside me. The pulse rifle in her hands didn't waver.“Identify yourself,” the other me said, her voice a chillingly perfect copy, stripped of all the fear and static that roughened mine.Before I could form a thought, let alone a word, Jeff was moving. He placed his body between the rifle and me, his hands raised in a placating gesture, but his stance was that of a cornered animal. “Stand down,” he commanded, his voice dropping into a register I’d never heard—a tone of absolute, unassailable authority. “That’s a direct order, Prime.”Prime.The word hung in the air, heavier than the weapon aimed at us.The woman—*Prime*—didn’t lower the rifle. “The asset is compromised, Sir. The risk is unacceptable. Protocol demands—”“I am well aware of the protocol,” Jeff snapped, cutting her off. The bill
RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK CHAPTER 230
The first thing I feel is the scream.It’s still echoing in the metal chamber, a raw, dying sound. My throat is torn from it. The black-gold vines have receded, slithering back into the walls like snakes, leaving behind a pattern of burns on my skin that pulse in time with the garden’s heartbeat.Silence, thick and heavy, crashes down.Jeff is the first to move. He stumbles toward me, his face a mask of horror and confusion. “Demi? Demi, talk to me. What did she do to you?”His hands reach for my shoulders, but I flinch back. His touch feels like a brand. Everything does. The air, the light, the memory of the knife—it’s all too much.“She didn’t do anything,” I whisper, and my voice is wrong. It’s mine, but there’s a gravelly undertone to it, a memory of static. “She just… turned on the lights.”From the shadows near a sparking console, Eva pushes herself up, one hand clutching her head. Her golden eyes are dim, flickering. “Define ‘lights.’ Because from here, it looked like she downl
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