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CHAPTER FIFTY FOUR (ELARA'S POV)

Author: Abby Gale
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-24 21:57:56

The soft rustle of silk was the only thing she could hear through the quiet of Killian’s hallway as Elara stepped into the corridor. Her bare feet padded over the marble, her hair falling in soft waves down her back, and the neckline of her deep burgundy dress dipped just enough to command attention but still whisper elegance.

Tonight, she wasn’t playing victim.

She was going to be the instigator.

Killian had been pacing the living room, phone to his ear, shirt sleeves rolled up, and that familiar scowl furrowing his brow. A man busy making moves, plotting Ivy’s ruin, shielding his own ambitions.

He didn’t hear her approach until she spoke.

“Are you always this intense when you’re working, Mr. Hayes?”

Killian turned. His mouth parted slightly, and for a second, she caught it, the flicker in his eyes. Like hunger. Like lust.

“Elara.” He blinked, ending the call mid-sentence without apology. “You… look different.”

She gave a soft shrug. “Comfortable dresses don’t have to mean sweatpants
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  • Shattered vows: Revenge of an ex bride   CHAPTER SIXTY SIX

    KILLIAN'S povWe barely made it halfway up the stairs before the rage boiling in my veins demanded more. I slammed her back against the wall at the landing, the impact jarring a gasp from her lips. My mouth descended on her neck, sucking hard, teeth scraping skin as I marked her, leaving red Marks that would bloom into bruises by morning. "You're mine," I snarled into her flesh, my hands shoving up her shirt, fingers rough as they pinched her nipples through her bra. She arched into me, moaning, her body betraying how much she craved this brutality. She cried out, a mix of pain and pleasure, her hips bucking against my hand. I yanked her jeans down her thighs, kicking them aside along with her panties, leaving her lower half bare and exposed on the stairs. My own shirt came off in a rip, buttons scattering, and I pressed my bare chest against her, skin on skin, heat building.But the stairs weren't enough. I scooped her up again, her legs locking around me, and stormed into the bedro

  • Shattered vows: Revenge of an ex bride   CHAPTER SIXTY FIVE

    KILLIAN'S povShe showed up at my door at eight in the morning looking like she'd barely slept.I knew the feeling. I'd spent the entire night pacing my bedroom, alternating between wanting to drive back to her place and demand answers and wanting to throw something through a window. By the time dawn broke, I'd settled on a cold shower and three cups of black coffee that did nothing to calm the storm raging inside me.Now she was here, standing in my foyer in jeans and a simple black sweater, her hair pulled back in a ponytail, and all I could think about was Aiden Crawford walking out of her building last night."We need to talk," she said."Agreed." I stepped back to let her in, then closed the door harder than necessary. "What the hell was Aiden doing at your place last night?"She blinked, surprise flashing across her face before it hardened into something defensive. "You were watching me?""I came to apologize. To fix what I broke yesterday instead I got to watch your ex boyfrien

  • Shattered vows: Revenge of an ex bride   CHAPTER SIXTY FOUR

    Elara's pov The knock on my door came at eleven thirty at night. I'd been sitting in the dark for the past hour, nursing a glass of wine and replaying the fight with Killian in my head. The way he'd looked at me when I walked out. The raw desperation in his voice when he said he wanted me. The dent in the wall I'd heard him punch as I waited for the elevator. I wasn't expecting anyone. Lila would have texted first and Killian, well, after this afternoon I wasn't sure where we stood. Part of me had been hoping he'd show up anyway. That he'd come here and we'd finish what we started, hash out all the things we'd been too afraid to say. But when I opened the door, it wasn't Killian standing there. It was Aiden. "What are you doing here?" I didn't move from the doorway, didn't invite him in. He looked terrible. His usually perfect hair was messed up like he'd been running his hands through it, his tie was loose, and there were shadows under his eyes I'd never seen before. He

  • Shattered vows: Revenge of an ex bride   CHAPTER SIXTY THREE

    KILLIAN'S pov"Like I do," I said roughly. "Like you're the only thing in the room that matters. Like he'd burn the world down if it meant keeping you safe. Like he's in love with you."Elara's breath caught. "He's not—""Yes, he is. And what kills me is that I can't even blame him because I know exactly how he feels." I reached up, cupping her face in my hands. "I know what it's like to watch you walk into danger and not be able to stop you. I know what it's like to want you so badly it physically hurts. I know what it's like to be terrified of losing you to someone else.""You're not going to lose me.""Then stop running to him every time something happens. Stop keeping secrets. Stop making me feel like I'm on the outside of your life when I've given you everything."She pulled away, putting distance between us. "You haven't given me everything, Killian. You've been holding back just as much as I have. Don't act like you're the only one taking risks here.""What's that supposed to m

  • Shattered vows: Revenge of an ex bride   CHAPTER SIXTY TWO

    KILLIAN'S povI knew something was wrong the moment Preston Grey walked into my office.It wasn't the fact that he showed up unannounced, though that alone was enough to set my teeth on edge. It was the way Elara's whole body language changed when she saw him. The way she straightened in her chair, the way her eyes lit up with relief, the way she smiled at him like he was her goddamn savior.Like I wasn't sitting right here."Preston," she said, standing. "I wasn't expecting you.""I found something," he said, his eyes flicking to me for barely a second before returning to her. "We need to talk."We. Like I wasn't part of this. Like I wasn't the one who'd been helping her from the beginning, who'd put everything on the line for her, who'd just sat through that board meeting and watched her face down Ivy with a confidence that made me want to drag her into my lap and never let go.Her eyes flickered to me briefly then went back to Preston."Whatever you need to say, you can say it in f

  • Shattered vows: Revenge of an ex bride   CHAPTER SIXTY ONE

    IVY'S POVI knew she was going to be trouble the moment she walked through those boardroom doors again.Ever since Elara returned to the city I couldn't help but applaud her for the drastic change she has made in herself.Elara looked different from the broken girl who'd fled this city five years ago. She wore power like a second skin now, wrapped in a cream colored suit that probably cost more than most people's monthly rent. Her hair was pulled back in a sleek bun that showed off the sharp lines of her face, and those dark eyes swept the room like she owned it.Like she owned my company.Killian Hayes walked beside her, his hand resting possessively on her lower back. The sight made my stomach twist with something I refused to name. He'd been mine once. Sort of. And I'd used him and discarded him because that's what you did with men who got too close.But seeing him with her, seeing the way he looked at her like she was the only person in the room, made me want to claw her eyes out.

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