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The Billionaire I Couldn't Resist A Record That Shouldn't Exist
Chapter 37Damien's POVBy eight the next morning, I had read the same three pages four times without absorbing a single word.It wasn't the acquisition report sitting open on my desk, nor the updated figures Marcus had sent over before midnight. I had dealt with more complicated business problems on less sleep than this, and ordinarily, I would have found the challenge almost enjoyable.But my mind kept returning to one date.October 14, 2005.And one name.Vanessa Hale.I leaned back in my chair and looked through the glass walls of my office at the city beyond them. Cars moved along the streets below, people hurried into buildings, and the world carried on with the irritating confidence of a place where everyone believed they understood their own lives.Meanwhile, I was beginning to suspect that half the history of my family had been built on information deliberately kept from me.My mother's death had always been a subject my father handled with the same careful silence. I had lea
The Billionaire I Couldn't Resist The Things She Remembered
CHAPTER 36Ariana’s POVVanessa was still tracking me with her eyes when I walked back into the living room.Not in a way that would make it easy to call her out, of course. She was sitting comfortably on our sofa, one leg crossed over the other, listening to Lily complain about her clinical rotations. Every now and then, she let out a soft, musical laugh or dropped a casual comment that had Lily giggling even harder.She looked completely at home.Which was terrifying, considering that less than five minutes ago, she had asked me a question she had zero business asking.Does she still live in Westbridge?The words kept echoing in my ears, alongside Damien's strict command: Do not mention Westbridge or the ledger to her.I slipped my hands into my cardigan pockets and forced my shoulders to drop, rejoining their circle."Look who finally decided to grace us with her presence!" Lily declared, glancing up from her coffee. "I was just telling Vanessa about the surgical consultant who nea
The Billionaire I Couldn't Resist The Man Outside
CHAPTER 35Ariana’s POVFor a few terrifying seconds, I couldn't move.My eyes remained locked on Vanessa.She was still holding her coffee mug, her expression so perfectly unbothered that it made me question my own sanity. Did she mean to slip that out? Or did I just imagine the venom beneath her words?Maybe she hadn't noticed my reaction. Maybe she had, and was savoring every drop of my panic.I slipped my phone back into my pocket, the screen still buzzing against my thigh."I need to get some air," I said, my voice sounding raspy even to my own ears.Lily looked up from her phone, her forehead creasing. "Already? You haven't even finished your coffee.""Yeah. Just... just for a minute."Vanessa’s gaze tracked me as I stood up, her dark eyes following every movement. "I can come with you if you'd like," she offered softly.The offer was polite. Painfully, terrifyingly polite.I forced a tight, brittle smile. "Actually, I think I just need a second to—"Ding-dong.The doorbell chim
The Billionaire I Couldn't Resist The Woman At The Door
CHAPTER 34Ariana’s POVI stayed behind the shut door of my bedroom until the sharp chime of the doorbell cut through the quiet.Once.Then twice.I closed my eyes, letting my forehead rest against the cold wood. She’s here.Knowing Vanessa Hale was standing on the other side of our apartment door made the nightmare feel infinitely more real than any anonymous text message ever could. A shadowy text message was easy to dismiss as a malicious prank. A living, breathing person stepping into my sanctuary was a execution of intent.I forced myself away from the door and walked over to the bathroom mirror.The reflection staring back at me was terrible. Dark violet smudges bruised the tender skin beneath my eyes, my hair was a messy tangle, and a rigid, fragile tension held my jaw. No amount of forced composure was going to hide the fact that I hadn't slept a full night in weeks.I splashed freezing water over my face and pressed a small towel to my cheeks, taking a long, shuddering breath
The Billionaire I Couldn't Resist The Question I Couldn't Answer 2
CHAPTER 33Damien’s POVI stared at Ariana's message long after the screen dimmed.Do you know Vanessa Hale?Four simple words.Yet they read like a verdict.I looked at the Manila folder resting on my desk, then back at my phone. There were several ways I could play this.Yes. Too stark.Of course I know her. She’s been in my circle for years. Too dismissive.Or I could deflect—turn it back on her and demand to know why she was suddenly asking about Vanessa in the first place.That was the safest play.My thumbs moved across the glass.Damien: Why are you asking?The double checkmarks turned blue almost instantly. Delivered. Read.No response.I waited.Thirty seconds. A minute. Two.I leaned back in my leather chair, my eyes glued to the dark interface. Something had shifted. Ariana didn't throw out names like Vanessa Hale on a casual whim. Not now. Not with everything unraveling around us.My mind raced through the breadcrumbs: The anonymous texts. The warnings. The archive photo f
The Billionaire I Couldn't Resist The Woman I Wasn't Supposed to Know
CHAPTER 32Ariana’s POVI didn't sleep.Not properly, anyway.Every time I closed my eyes, the same two messages burned behind my eyelids.Do not come home to the house tonight, Ariana.And then, from an unknown number:But you still don't know who Vanessa is.I spent most of the night staring at the dark lines of my ceiling, trying to convince myself that I was inventing patterns out of thin air. Paranoia making connections where none existed.Vanessa was just a name. A common one. There were probably thousands of women named Vanessa in the city alone.And yet, the instant I’d read those text messages, my mind had latched onto a single face.Vanessa Hale.I rolled onto my side and grabbed my phone.No new messages from Mum.No response from the unknown caller.Nothing from Damien, either.I hated myself for noticing that last part.After everything that had unraveled—after discovering my mother had been tied to his family long before I was even a thought—Damien Kingston should have b
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