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The Billionaire's Binding Proposal ~ 214
Chapter 214~Kesley~For now, I am crashing at Taraji’s place. It’s beside Fred's apartment, but right now, it feels safer than any mansion. I’ve been trying my best to stay out of the way, especially when Fred is around. I like Fred, but I know how the world works. He’s Niklaus’s right-hand man. I am sure he knows I am here, and it’s only a matter of time before he tells Niklaus everything.I do hope he doesn't come.My phone has been buzzing constantly. Niklaus has been calling and texting, but I can’t bring myself to pick up. Every time I see his name on the screen, my heart painfully aches. I’m not ready. I don't have the words to say anything or make a decision. So, I just let it ring.Today, though, I had to put my feelings aside. Today was for Kim. I stopped at a small shop near the hospital to buy flowers. I chose a bright bouquet because Kim deserves all the color in the world after being stuck in a hospital bed for so long. When I walked into her room, I saw her standing
The Billionaire's Binding Proposal ~ 213
Chapter 213~Kesley~Taraji was beyond angry. She was vibrating with a kind of silent, white-hot rage that I hadn’t seen since the day we met. Usually, she was the one talking me off a ledge, but right now, she wouldn't even look at me.“Taraji, please, just listen to me for one second,” I said, reaching for her arm as she grabbed her keys.She didn't listen. She didn't even pause. She just marched toward the door, her heels clicking against the floor so harshly. The way she threw herself into the driver’s seat of her car told me everything I needed to know. She was going to her parents’ house, and she was going to burn it all down.“Taraji!” I scrambled into the passenger seat just as she slammed the car into reverse. “You’re upset. Let’s just breathe.”She didn’t breathe. She drove like a madwoman, driving through traffic with a reckless speed that had me gripping the door handle until my knuckles turned white. Her jaw was set so tight I thought her teeth might crack.We pulled up
The Billionaire's Binding Proposal ~ 212
Chapter 212~Niklaus~I had left the mansion before I said something I could not take back.That was the only reason I had walked out when I did. Not because I was done fighting. Not because I had accepted anything that happened in that room. But because I had looked at my grandfather's face and felt something rise in my chest that I did not trust to come out in words, and I had made the decision to leave before it did.Now I was in my apartment.Not the house. The apartment I had kept before everything with Kesley started. The glass in my hand was my third. Or fourth. I had stopped counting after the second. I was sitting on the floor with my back against the sofa because I had started there and not moved.My father had called four times.I had not picked up once.Grandfather had not called.I could not decide which of those two facts bothered me more.My phone lit up on the floor beside me. Father again. I looked at it until the screen went dark. Then I picked up the glass."Sir."
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Chapter 211~Taraji~I had just dropped my bag on the sofa when my phone buzzed.Kesley.Are you home?I kicked off my shoes and typed back immediately. Yess. What's up?No response.Did she want me to do something for her? I mean she was in Bali.I waited. I kept checking the screen. Nothing. I put the phone down and went to change out of my work clothes, and by the time I came back out and looked at the screen again there was still nothing from her.Then my doorbell rang.I opened it and Kesley was standing there in the hallway with her handbag on her shoulder and her eyes red and her face looked as if she had been holding herself together but now she couldn't anymore. She broke down. I was surprised. How come she was here?She opened her mouth and nothing came out."Come in, come in.” I said, stepping back.She came in and sat on the sofa and I sat beside her and I did not ask anything. I just waited. I had known Kesley long enough to know that she would get there in her own time
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Chapter 210~Rebecca~I was in the middle of my second glass of wine when my phone rang.I looked at the screen. My informant. I set the glass down and picked up."Talk to me," I said."It has happened," she said. She sounded excited. "Grandfather called them back from the honeymoon. They came in this afternoon. He had the photographs. All of them."What was this? I didn't even have to lift a finger. I guess I had planted seed of doubt in his mind the last time I pulled something up.I sat up straighter. "And?""And it went exactly as you would expect. Your father was there too. Both of them. The girl was shown everything. The contract especially that you were not able to get. All of it laid out on the table."I smiled widely. I just listened. “Carry on.”"Father told her he was disappointed. That he had thought she was different." A pause. "Grandfather gave her a cheque. Told her to take her family and go. Said he never wanted to see her near the family again."I closed my eyes in j
The Billionaire's Binding Proposal ~ 209
Chapter 209~Kesley~I returned the cheque.I want to make that clear before anything else. I slid it back across the table toward grandfather with both hands, face up, and I did not say a single word while I did it. I just pushed it back and straightened up and looked at him.But I am getting ahead of myself.Few minutes agoLet me start from the beginning of the worst hour of my life.When Niklaus picked up that document and I saw the colour leave his face, something in my mind told me it was over before anyone said a word. I knew we were done for. The pictures that looks like it had been gotten from footages. Father spread the rest of the photographs across the table like he was laying out evidence. Which, I suppose, was exactly what he was doing.I stood there and looked at them. The document. Our signatures. My face went hot, I felt embarrassed and ashamed of myself. Everything I had done. Every careful step, every acting, the dinner and gala and family lunch and wedding. All
The Billionaire's Binding Proposal ~ 21
Chapter 21 ~ Kesley ~I woke up feeling like death.My eyes were puffy and swollen from crying myself to sleep. My head was pounding from too much wine. My heart felt like someone had taken a sledgehammer to it.I stared at my ceiling, replaying last night over and over.Amanda's perfect smile. Da
Last Updated : 2026-03-19The Billionaire's Binding Proposal ~ 18
Chapter 18~ Niklaus ~I stood on the sidewalk, watching Taraji disappear around the corner for the second time in one night.What the hell just happened?One moment she was running away from me, comparing me to a meerkat of all things. The next she was throwing herself into my arms, pressing again
Last Updated : 2026-03-19The Billionaire's Binding Proposal ~ 16
Chapter 16 ~ Niklaus ~I watched Taraji's face carefully, trying to understand what was happening. This didn't make sense. None of it made sense.First of all, I wasn't pursuing her because of her family's textile business. The thought was almost laughable. Yes, the Gilberts had money and connect
Last Updated : 2026-03-18The Billionaire's Binding Proposal ~ 13
Chapter 13~ Kesley ~Wednesday came too fast.Way too fast.I'd barely survived my first day at SpecterTech. Tuesday had been orientation — endless paperwork, badge photos, IT setup, and a tour of the building that I barely paid attention to because I was too busy trying not to run into Niklaus.I
Last Updated : 2026-03-18
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