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RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK CHAPTER 237
The velvet box felt like a live wire in my hand, humming with potential and peril. I didn’t open it. I couldn’t. To see the ring, to make it real, felt like accepting a challenge I wasn't sure I was strong enough to win. Instead, I placed it carefully on my kitchen windowsill, next to the stem of jasmine. A strange, beautiful altar to a war I never asked for.The day passed in a strange, suspended animation. I was waiting. For what, I didn’t know. Another message? Another sign? The roar of a motorcycle?Silence.By late afternoon, the silence was a physical pressure. I paced my small living room, my mind racing. *He’s fighting for you. What are you doing? Hiding?* His mother’s words slithered back: *“He gets bored.”* Was that what this was? Was I already proving her right by being passive, by waiting to be rescued?No.I stopped pacing. A fierce, new energy crackled through me. He’d drawn a line in the sand. It was time I picked up a sword.I didn’t have corporate bylaws or a board of
RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE EX-HUSBAND CHASED ME BACK CHAPTER 236
Time lost all meaning. I sat on the cold floor of my bungalow, the cease-and-desist order a crisp, cruel weight in my lap. The words *“five hundred feet”* and *“shareholder value”* were branded onto the back of my eyelids. The image of Jeff’s hand, pressed against the tinted glass in a silent, agonized farewell, played on a loop in my mind.He was gone. She had won. I had cost him everything.The sun began to rise, painting my living room in weak, grey light. It felt like an insult. How could the world just continue?A soft, rhythmic sound eventually pierced the numb silence. *Tap. Tap. Tap.*It was coming from the kitchen.I pushed myself up, my body stiff and aching, and followed the sound. It was a windowpane, loose in its frame, rattling in the morning breeze. I moved to latch it, my movements robotic.And that’s when I saw it.Tucked into the corner of the window frame, outside, was a single, perfect stem of night-blooming jasmine. Its tiny white flowers were closed against the d
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
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