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CHAPTER 13- THE CHOICE
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2026-09-12 21:38:57
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THE BILLIONAIRE'S TEMPORARY WIFE CHAPTER 13- THE CHOICE
I read the message again.MEET US ALONE IF YOU WANT YOUR MOTHER TO LIVE.My fingers tightened around the phone.I knew it was a trap. Adrian had already said it, and every sensible part of my mind agreed with him. But the word "mother" was enough to silence every sensible thought I had."I have to go."Adrian's expression hardened immediately."No.""She's my mother.""And you're my wife."The words came out so naturally that I almost forgot our marriage had started with a contract.I looked at him."That contract doesn't give you the right to control me.""I'm not trying to control you.""It feels like you are."He stepped closer, lowering his voice."I'm trying to keep you alive.""And I'm trying to keep my mother alive."Neither of us moved.The security team stood several feet away, pretending not to hear us. Adrian glanced toward them before returning his attention to me."They specifically told you not to bring me.""Yes.""Which means they know I'm protecting you."I frowned."
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Adrian stared at the photograph for so long that the silence began to frighten me.The lights in the warehouse flickered above us, casting shadows across his face. His hand was still wrapped around mine, but his grip had changed. It was tighter now, almost instinctive, as though he had forgotten that he was holding me."Adrian."He didn't answer.I stepped closer and looked at the photograph again. My father and Adrian's father stood side by side, both younger than they had been in the pictures I had seen before. Between them was the third man, his face violently scratched out."Who is he?"Adrian finally looked at me.His expression was unlike anything I had seen from him before.Fear.Not uncertainty.Not anger.Fear."My uncle."The words settled heavily between us.I looked back at the photograph."Your uncle?"Adrian nodded slowly."Richard Blackwood."The name meant nothing to me, but Adrian's reaction told me that it should have."Why would someone scratch his face out?""I don
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