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Chapter 9: WELCOME TO MEADOWBROOK.

Author: SHINING
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-12-07 05:42:38

DANTE:

Before I could pull myself back together, she’d already shifted to her side of the cabin, leaving a charged emptiness where she’d been. Cinnamon blinked too fast, a quick flash of hurt crossing her face before she smoothed it into a faint, polite smile.

I was an idiot.

She’d calmed me down from a full panic spiral, and I repaid her by snapping like she’d crossed a line.

“Thank you,” I muttered.

“There’s no need to thank me.” Her voice was cold now, stripped of every trace of softness. “B
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  • STUCK WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTMAS    Chapter 112: RUNNING ME TO THE GROUND.

    DANTE.The front door felt heavier than usual. Or perhaps it was just me. As I stepped into the house, the first thing that struck me was the silence. Not a peaceful quiet, but troublesome and uncomfortable. The hallway lights were on, yet the atmosphere felt off, empty."Cinnamon." My voice echoed against the walls, but returned to me alone.I moved deeper inside, loosening my tie with two fingers and glancing left and right as if she might suddenly appear from one of the doorways. "Cinnamon?"Nothing.The kitchen was tidy; all the dining chairs were pushed in. A single glass sat on the counter, half-filled with water.I checked the living room, then the study, calling her name up the staircase while gripping the banister and leaning forward, waiting. The house simply breathed back at me.I reached into my pocket and pulled out my phone; the screen nearly stopped my heart. A hundred missed calls from Cinnamon.My thumb hovered over the screen.One call—okay. Two—perhaps urgent.But t

  • STUCK WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTMAS    Chapter 111: HOPEFUL DECISION.

    CINNAMON.If I get my hands on Dove's ex-husband, I swear I'll skin him alive. God, please help me. Help my family. I just want to enjoy my marriage and family. Haven't I lost enough already? Why is all this happening? What did she need such a large sum of money for?A knock at the door made me hold my breath completely. "Cinnamon?" Dante's mom called calmly from the other side of the door, her tone curious. "Are you alright in there?"I pressed my fist harder against my lips and counted to three. "Yes!" My voice came out bright, almost cheerful, and I hated myself for how easily it slipped out. "I'm so sorry; I think something I ate isn’t sitting well with me. Don't worry about me; go ahead with the kids. I might need to take the morning off."There was a pause. "Oh." Disappointment laced her quick response. "Alright, take the day of work if you need it. I'm taking the kids to school.""Thank you, Mom." My voice cracked slightly on that last word, and I swallowed hard. "I'll be okay.

  • STUCK WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTMAS    Chapter 110: MONEY. MONEY.

    CINNAMONSleep had caught me off guard. One moment I was sitting on the edge of the couch, tense as a board, staring at the front door with my heart racing. The next, my alarm blared in my ear, and I woke up sideways, disoriented, with drool drying in the corner of my mouth and my neck protesting from the awkward position I had twisted myself into.I nearly sprang up from the couch in confusion, causing the room to tilt around me. I pressed my palm flat against the cushion and blinked until the walls stopped spinning. My phone. I grabbed it with both hands, my fingers trembling even before I unlocked the screen.No messages from Dante. No messages from Dove. The clock showed 6:14 AM, and the silence in the house felt suffocating, tightening around my chest.I pushed my hair back from my face and sat there for a moment, just breathing and trying to collect myself, desperately seeking to calm my restless mind. Because once I stood up, the day would begin. And once it began, I had to pre

  • STUCK WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTMAS    Chapter 109: WRONG DEN.

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  • STUCK WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTMAS    Charity 108: DISASTER FOR DINNER.

    DANTE.The chef and I had spent the better part of the afternoon in that kitchen, and it showed. The table had lamb ribs glistening under the chandelier, roasted vegetables fanned out, warm bread. Cinnamon was radiant in burnt orange, cutting Oliver's meat into smaller pieces while he babbled about something that had happened at school. Mom sat at the head happy seeing the full table. She laughed at something Dove said, and for a moment she looked ten years younger. Dove wiped Thessa's mouth with the corner of a napkin and the little girl scrunched her face, probably thinking she was too old for that."There's something beautiful about this," I said, cutting into my lamb. "All of us, right here."Mom set her fork down just to place her hand over her chest. "I almost forgot," she said quietly, more to herself than anyone. "I almost forgot what it felt like to just live." She laughed softly and picked her fork back up, shaking her head like she was embarrassed by the admission.The foo

  • STUCK WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTMAS    Chapter 62: NIGHTLIFE.

    CINNAMONDOVE turned to me completely and I noticed that she was glowing with joy. Her face was rounder than Dante’s, softer, but they shared the same eyes. Same smile. They could be mistaken for twins up close."I'm amazing," she said. "Truly. And it makes me so happy for you and Dante. I used to

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  • STUCK WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTMAS    Chapter 59: OFF MY CHEST.

    DANTEKeeping this secret was killing me.I'd almost broken twice today, once when Cinnamon looked at me over breakfast with that soft, unguarded smile that made my chest ache, and again when she'd curled into my side on the couch, warm and trusting and completely mine.So instead of confessing ear

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  • STUCK WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTMAS    Chapter 55: THE OTHER SIDE OF HIM.

    CINNAMON A woman stood there in a black uniform, white blouse, black vest, hair pulled back in a sleek bun. But it wasn't her I was staring at.It was the trolley.Green roses. Hundreds of them. Arranged in a massive display that must have taken hours to put together. Not the typical red or pink o

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  • STUCK WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE FOR CHRISTMAS    Chapter 53: EXERCISING THE THROAT.

    CINNAMONHe stood shirtless in the cabin's warm light, and I couldn't stop staring.There was a freaking tattoo of my face, inked slightly left, centered over his heart. Not some generic artistic interpretation, my actual face. The artist had captured the slope of my nose, the curve of my lips, eve

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