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2025-08-16 04:07:23
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THE BILLIONAIRE'S RELUCTANT BRIDE CH.215
EVANGELINEYears had passed since the day Gael and I remarried by the sea, yet some mornings still felt like small miracles. Not the loud kind, not the kind that split the sky open or made the world stop turning. The kind that lived in quiet domestic details: sunlight spreading across the bedroom floor, coffee drifting faintly from downstairs, the distant shouting of our sons in the garden, and the man standing in front of the mirror with his brows drawn together as if the fate of an entire empire depended on the buttons of his sleeve.Gael Dettling, my husband, my heart, the man who had survived death and returned to me, was currently losing a private war with his cuff.I watched him from the edge of the bed with one hand resting over my round belly, trying not to smile too obviously. He wore a dark suit that fit his broad shoulders too well for my peace of mind, his hair slightly damp from the shower and pushed back carelessly in the way that always made him look both elegant and im
THE BILLIONAIRE'S RELUCTANT BRIDE CH.214
EVANGELINEA Few Years Later“What do you think about this one? Or this? Wait, there’s this too.”Cordelia kept lifting one tiny dress after another in front of me, her eyes shining as if she had discovered treasure instead of baby clothes.A long sigh escaped me while I stood there, staring at all those small dresses she had been showing me for the past half hour.“What do you think, Cordelia? Should we take the whole store?”She looked at me with complete seriousness.That alone made my eyes widen.Was she really considering it?“Cordelia, the baby hasn’t even been born yet. Calm down.” I rubbed my rounded belly with one hand, trying not to laugh at how wildly her excitement was spilling out of her.“I can’t,” she admitted, bouncing slightly on her feet. “My enthusiasm got the better of me.”Before I could object, she grabbed my hand and pulled me farther into the store, continuing our morning shopping session as though we were preparing for the arrival of a princess whose wardrobe
THE BILLIONAIRE'S RELUCTANT BRIDE CH.213
EVANGELINEThe night before the wedding, Gael told me there was one place we needed to visit.He didn’t explain where.He only held my hand in the car while the city lights passed by the windows, and somehow, before we even arrived, my heart already knew.When the car stopped near the cemetery, my breath caught.Gael didn’t rush me. He turned off the engine, then sat quietly beside me, his thumb moving over the back of my hand in slow, patient strokes. He gave me time to gather myself, time to stare through the windshield at the quiet path ahead, time to decide whether I was ready to face a child whose life had shaped mine before I ever knew her name.“I don’t know what I’m supposed to say to her,” I whispered.His gaze softened. “You don’t have to prepare perfect words.”I turned toward him, and the heaviness in my chest made my voice smaller. “What if I cry?”“Then cry.” His hand rose to my cheek. “She’ll understand.”The simplicity of his answer broke through something inside me.F
THE BILLIONAIRE'S RELUCTANT BRIDE CH.212
EVANGELINEBy the time a month and a half had passed, Dr. Madon allowed Gael to leave the hospital under strict conditions: medications, follow-up appointments, diet rules, rest schedules, and warnings Gael listened to with the serious expression of a man planning to obey only half of them.I listened to every instruction instead, memorizing each one because I had battled the same condition and survived it.Gael noticed, of course.“You look like you’re preparing to become my jailer.”“I am.”His brows rose. “At least you’re honest.”“I’ll be a beautiful jailer.”“The most beautiful,” he agreed immediately, then leaned closer and lowered his voice. “Can I bribe you?”“With what?”“A lifetime of good behavior.”I looked at him with exaggerated suspicion. “That doesn’t sound like you.”He smiled, tired but alive, and the sight was enough to make my heart ache with gratitude.“Then how about a wedding?”My breath stopped.He reached into the pocket of his coat and pulled out a small ring
THE BILLIONAIRE'S RELUCTANT BRIDE CH.211
EVANGELINERecovery wasn’t beautiful in the way stories sometimes make it seem.It was painful.Slow.Exhausting.For the first week after Gael woke, he remained in intensive care. He slept more than he spoke, and when he did open his eyes, the effort alone seemed to drain him. Still, every time he saw me beside him, some faint softness returned to his face, as if my presence had become part of his medicine.The doctors gradually reduced the support around him.One tube disappeared.Then another.Each small change felt like a victory.I learned to celebrate things I once would have ignored: his temperature staying normal through the night, his breathing becoming steadier, the first time he drank water without help, the first time he complained that the hospital pillow was “personally insulting.”That complaint made Cordelia cry.Then she scolded him for making her cry.Then Morris cried because everyone else was crying.Gael looked at us all with exhausted disbelief and muttered, “Thi
THE BILLIONAIRE'S RELUCTANT BRIDE CH.210
EVANGELINEThey didn’t let me see Gael right away.Dr. Madon explained that he had to be moved to intensive care first, that they needed to monitor him closely, that machines would support his body while it fought its way back.I understood the words.Understanding didn’t make waiting easier.I stood outside the ICU with my arms wrapped around myself, feeling as if the cold from the past days had returned to my bones. Cordelia sat nearby with her head lowered, Morris paced in short, restless lines, and Gael’s parents remained together in a silence that carried too much regret to name.When they finally allowed me inside after the necessary precautions, I thought I was prepared.I wasn’t.Gael lay on the bed, pale and still, surrounded by machines that breathed and beeped and measured every fragile sign of life. Tubes and wires surrounded him, and the sight struck me so hard that I stopped at the doorway, unable to move.This was Gael.The man who had always seemed impossible to defeat
THE BILLIONAIRE'S RELUCTANT BRIDE CH.55
EVANGELINEThree days passed in tense, suffocating silence. Again, Gael barely acknowledged my existence, speaking to me only when absolutely necessary and treating me like an unwelcome stranger. The cold shoulder treatment was almost worse than his anger - at least when he was furious, I knew wher
Last Updated : 2026-03-23THE BILLIONAIRE'S RELUCTANT BRIDE CH.51
EVANGELINE I stayed exactly where Gael left me, palms braced on the wall, body still trembling from the violation of his touch. My knees felt weak, my breath uneven, and my skin burned with the memory of where he’d been. A hot tear slid down my cheek before I could stop it. Then another. Soon t
Last Updated : 2026-03-23THE BILLIONAIRE'S RELUCTANT BRIDE CH.43
EVANGELINE"If I could have everyone’s attention for a moment." My voice rang out across the room, betraying nothing of the storm inside me. "There’s something you all need to hear."The dining room fell silent.Seraphina's face change, showing fear and confusion.I looked around the mahogany table
Last Updated : 2026-03-22THE BILLIONAIRE'S RELUCTANT BRIDE CH.49
EVANGELINE Shock paralyzed me completely at Gael's sudden assault. For several heartbeats, I stood frozen like a statue, my mind unable to process the violent shift in his behavior. Time seemed suspended in that terrifying moment of disbelief. Then reality crashed back with brutal force when his
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