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Chapter 07: No Forgiveness
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THE ROSE TATTOO, The Billionaire Secret Heir Chapter 61: I Love You Andrea
ANDREA’S POVI opened my eyes to a ceiling of white panels and the steady beep of a machine close by. The air smelled of antiseptic mixed with clean sheets and something metallic that clung to the back of my throat. My body felt heavy, limbs slow to respond as if they belonged to someone else. A dull ache sat behind my eyes and my mouth tasted dry. The last clear memory was the suite floor, my knees giving way while I tried to cross the short space to the bathroom door, and then nothing but black. Now I was laying in a narrow bed with an IV taped to the back of my hand. Ryder sat in the chair beside me. He leaned forward with his elbows on his knees, staring at the empty wall opposite the bed. His shoulders stayed rigid and his hands hung loose between them. His face held a tightness I had never seen on him before, jaw locked so hard a muscle jumped near his temple, eyes fixed on nothing as if the wall held answers he could not find. The expression looked carved from stone and some
THE ROSE TATTOO, The Billionaire Secret Heir Chapter 60: Early Warnings
RYDER’S POVI woke up before the sun fully cleared the horizon and the suite still sat quiet around us. Soft gray light filtered through the heavy curtains and painted thin stripes across the carpet. Andrea lay on her side with one hand tucked under the pillow and her breathing steady and deep. The sheet had slipped to her waist and the curve of her shoulder looked peaceful in a way that made my chest tighten. I watched her for a short stretch of time, counting the slow rise and fall of her back, and then slipped out of bed without disturbing the covers more than necessary. My phone sat on the nightstand. I picked it up and opened the browser while I pulled on shorts and a shirt. The search for Elena’s video returned nothing current. Every link that had circulated the day before now showed as removed or unavailable. Some pages flashed error messages. Others simply redirected to blank screens. I scrolled through the results twice to make sure I had not missed anything. Relief mixed
THE ROSE TATTOO, The Billionaire Secret Heir Chapter 59: Uneasy Return
ANDREA’S POV I watched Ryder’s head turn toward the path behind us for the third time in under a minute. His shoulders stayed tight and his eyes stayed fixed on the empty stretch of walkway as if someone still stood there waiting. I twisted on the wall and looked in the same direction. Nothing moved except the dark water and a distant couple walking the other way.“What is going on?” I asked. “Who were you staring at?”He faced forward again and kept his voice even.“I was not staring at anybody. I just saw someone who looked a little familiar for a second.”My stomach turned because I knew that answer was incomplete. Earlier in the day I had caught a figure that looked too much like Dante and I had said nothing. Now Ryder sat beside me acting like the person he noticed carried real danger. The silence between us stretched until I could not hold the words in any longer.“We should leave this place,” I said. “I do not feel comfortable sitting here anymore. I want to get back to the re
THE ROSE TATTOO, The Billionaire Secret Heir Chapter 58: Shadows By The Water
RYDER’S POVI kept my hand locked around Andrea’s as we moved along the sidewalk and the macaron box stayed pressed against her side. Her steps had turned shorter than before and her head kept tilting just enough to check the people behind us. She never said a word about it yet the tightness in her shoulders told me something still sat wrong with her.I started watching the crowd the same way she did. Faces passed on both sides and most of them stayed ordinary. Then I caught the same man twice in the space of one block. He walked a little too close for a stranger and one hand stayed buried deep in his jacket pocket the entire time. The other hand swung free but the hidden one never moved. His path matched ours almost step for step.Andrea’s fingers squeezed mine once without looking up. I guided us closer to a shop window so I could use the reflection. The man adjusted his pace and stayed with us. My pulse climbed. In a crowded stretch like this a hidden hand could mean anything sharp
THE ROSE TATTOO, The Billionaire Secret Heir Chapter 57: Paris Streets
ANDREA’S POVWe stepped out of the resort doors into the bright Paris sunlight and the noise of the street wrapped around us at once. Ryder kept my arm linked through his as we turned left toward the river and the steady flow of people moved past us on both sides. The air carried the scent of fresh bread from a nearby bakery mixed with the faint exhaust of passing cars and the warmer smell of the sun on stone.“Where to first?” he asked as he glanced down at me. “Anywhere that is not the lobby,” I said and gave his arm a small squeeze. “I want to walk and see everything without looking over my shoulder.” He nodded and adjusted his pace to match mine as we crossed the first intersection. The sidewalk widened near the water, the view opened up to the Seine with its slow boats and the bridges stretching across in both directions. I stopped at the railing for a moment and leaned forward to watch a long tourist boat slide underneath us. Ryder stood behind me with both hands resting light
THE ROSE TATTOO, The Billionaire Secret Heir Chapter 56: Drawing The line
RYDER’S POVI stood up so fast the unfinished jeans nearly slipped from my hips as the name Elena landed like a slap. Surprise and anger collided hard in my chest because there was no reason on earth for her to be at this resort. The honeymoon location had been a complete surprise from the start. I told no one, not even the office staff, and the private jet manifests stayed sealed under my own name. How the hell did she track us here? “I had no idea she would be here,” I said, my voice tight as I fastened the jeans properly and reached for a clean shirt. “I did not tell a single person where we were going. This whole trip was meant to stay private.” Andrea’s arms stayed crossed tight over her chest and her eyes stayed hard on mine. “This is my honeymoon, Ryder Santos. I deserve to spend it without worrying about the bitch who destroyed her own marriage five years ago and now thinks she can waltz back in like nothing happened. I do not know what you are going to do about it, but I w
THE ROSE TATTOO, The Billionaire Secret Heir Chapter 03: Used
RYDER’S POVI woke to silence and an empty bed. Sunlight cut through the half-open curtains and landed on the rumpled sheets where Andrea had slept. I reached out instinctively. Cold. She had been gone for a while. I sat up slowly, my head clear despite the whiskey from last night. Every detail rem
THE ROSE TATTOO, The Billionaire Secret Heir Chapter 02: Claimed Tonight
ANDREA’S POV “Come with me,” he whispered as he led me through the throbbing crowd, his fingers locked tight with mine. The bass vibrated through my bones, but all I could focus on was the heat pouring off his tall frame and the slick ache building between my thighs. We pushed past grinding bodie
THE ROSE TATTOO, The Billionaire Secret Heir Chapter 01: Shattered Candles
ANDREA’S POV I stood in front of the mirror in the small apartment I shared with Marcus, smoothing down the emerald green dress that hugged my curves. The fabric shimmered under the warm light, and I turned slowly, checking the back one more time. Tonight marked four years with him. Four years of
THE ROSE TATTOO, The Billionaire Secret Heir Chapter 04: Two Pink Lines
ANDREA’S POVThe smell of coffee nearly killed me. One moment, I was sitting at the kitchen counter with my laptop open in front of me, pretending to answer emails while secretly staring at Marcus and Riley’s pre-wedding photos on Instagram. The next, my stomach twisted so violently that I shot out
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