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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Author: Emmie Sanya
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2025-11-23 20:40:41

Coraline

That week passed without incident.

It felt surreal that I could just come in, do my job and get out without having something or the other to argue about with Alessio, but that was what happened.

He mostly pretended I wasn’t even there, and everything has been going smoothly since.

When the weekend rolled by, I decided to take my book out to read in the park. I’d been holing myself up in my room for days now and I needed to go out to soak in the sun before I started being accused of bei
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    Coraline“Aww, you must really love him to look so devastated.” Georgina tutted in mock sympathy, driving the phantom knife wedged inside my heart deeper and brutally twisting it.“Maybe if you’d been in it for the money just like I was,” she kept going, “I would have been able to understand you better and you wouldn’t be in this situation in the first place.”That got my attention as quickly as the ugly words left her mouth and I finally raised my head, my swollen gaze sharpening in her direction. “What do you mean for the money?”“Oh don’t be stupid, Caroline. Do you really think I’m in love with Alessio?” she cackled. “The only thing I’m in love with about him is his money and his cock. And even the latter I can do without. Money has always been my only real motivation, know that now.”My eyes widened as the realization sank its claws into my gut. “So the baby and this engagement is to trap him?”“Please.” She cradled her bump with a triumphant glint in her eye. “It isn’t like he’s

  • The Billionaire’s Cook   CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY-FOUR

    CoralineShe was lying.She had to be. There just wasn’t any other option.But I feigned devastation for a moment nonetheless, forcing my expression to crumble like her words had completely shattered me.She walked further into the room so she was standing in front of me, the scent of her perfume suffocating and stirring the desire to throw up inside my stomach.“Dios, you look so pitiful.” She stared down her fake nose at me with a slight curl of her lips. “Do you know how long I’ve been trying to get you within my grasp?”(God.)“Why? So you can finally have a chance with my fake boyfriend?” I shot back at her.She threw back her head and laughed loudly, mockingly. The sound grated on my nerves even though I was trying hard not to let it show.“You’re dumber than I gave you credit for if that’s what you truly think,” she finally said, harsh expression back on her face. “Alessio has always been mine, even before our first night together that led to this.” She rubbed her sizable bump,

  • The Billionaire’s Cook   CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY-THREE

    CoralineI passed out again.While Marcus had attempted to tie me down, I had struggled so wildly that he eventually landed a blow to the uninjured side of my head and I ended up falling unconscious.Now I slowly opened my eyes to find myself tied to the metal chair, hands and feet bound with my chest strapped back so tightly it felt like my ribs were being crushed inwards, my lungs barely expanding to take in enough air.I was alone this time around so I didn’t bother struggling so I could save up my strength for when I needed it the most. Not that there was much I could do while I was restrained this way.Even my mouth had been taped shut so I was pretty much useless.All I could do at the moment was let my thoughts roam free, far and wide and chaotic.Questions kept popping up in my brain.Were we still in Rome or back in New York? How long have I been here for? Who was the person Marcus had been speaking to on the phone the first time I was awake? What was his exact reason for tak

  • The Billionaire’s Cook   CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY-TWO

    CoralineA moan of pain left my lips the moment I twitched into consciousness.My body strangely didn’t feel like my own. Most especially my head. It felt like it was detached and floating separately from my torso and limbs, lost in its own world of excruciating pain.I managed to pry my heavy lids open to take in my surroundings, hazy-minded and wondering what was happening.The space around me was dim. My mind was slow to catch up on other details but when it eventually did, I could feel I was sprawled on something creaky and lumpy, limbs haphazard but unmoving, my mouth so fucking dry I could probably start a fire in there.Then my sense of smell kicked in and I picked up on the mustiness of the air in this dark little space.I crinkled my brows because I was so lost. Everything felt distorted, my vision warping and rippling around me.Wasn’t I supposed to be in Rome? In Alessio’s family estate pretending to be his girlfriend?Or were we back in New York already? If so, where was t

  • The Billionaire’s Cook   CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY-ONE

    AlessioI couldn’t wait to get back to the house.Coraline was waiting for me and that was all my thoughts circled around.Even while I finished up at the airfield and went to go pick up Arturo when he landed several hours later, it was all I kept thinking about. All that mattered and kept me focused through the restless anticipation clawing beneath my skin.I needed to finally tell her the truth. That I couldn’t let her go.That when tomorrow came and we had to step out of the jet to go back to our individual lives, I wouldn’t be able to physically do it.Because the reason was obvious.I loved her. I loved her so fucking much.The realization had come to me that day on the yacht while I had watched her step out of the car in that stunning sapphire blue dress and walk towards me, looking so beautiful I just couldn’t tear my eyes away from the vision she made.My heart had surrendered right then and there, knowing without a shadow of a doubt that she was the beginning of the rest of m

  • The Billionaire’s Cook   CHAPTER ONE-HUNDRED-AND-FIFTY

    Coraline“Tu. Ho bisogno che Tu sia qui. Non posso farcela senza di lui.”(Tu. I need Tu here. I can’t do this without him.)We had thankfully arrived at the hospital without the baby making an appearance and Martina was currently being wheeled to the maternity ward.I kept toweling sweat off her forehead and speaking in whispered reassurances that everything would be fine.Now as she laid propped against the delivery bed, fingers white-knuckling the raised side rails as contraction after contraction hit, she begged to see her husband, Arturo.I had already called him countless times but it seemed he wasn’t where his phone was. So I’d had to eventually call Alessio, informing him of what was happening and hoping he’d be able to get through to Arturo himself.“Martina, look at me.” I bent so I was eye level with her. “You can do this. Just keep breathing. In. Out.”She wasn’t really listening, but she was watching me with a wild gaze. So I demonstrated for her until she began mimicking

  • The Billionaire’s Cook   CHAPTER NINETY-NINE

    Coraline“We’re here ma’am.”I raised my head and looked through the window of my Uber. We had stopped in front of a glitzy, five-star hotel.I had expected an abandoned warehouse in the middle of nowhere or a dark suspicious building with security at the door, but I guessed I had nothing to worry

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  • The Billionaire’s Cook   CHAPTER NINETY-SIX

    AlessioCoraline looked like she wanted to disappear into the ground as she stood staring at me in shock.Good. I had intended to catch her off guard—and clearly, it had worked.Ash walked up to her. “Why do you look like you’ve seen your worst nightmare?”Coraline blinked, snapping out of her daze

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  • The Billionaire’s Cook   CHAPTER NINETY-FOUR

    CoralineThe door swung open before I could raise my fist to knock again.“Hi, David.” I stretched my lips into a pleasant smile.He rolled his eyes and scoffed. “Glad to see you’re alive and well.” He turned his back and began walking deeper into his apartment but he hadn’t shut the door in my fac

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  • The Billionaire’s Cook   CHAPTER NINETY-ONE

    CoralineI swiveled my head from one man to the other, trying to come up with the best way to diffuse this situation without it blowing up in my face.Our little dramatic standoff was also already causing a few necks to turn in our direction. Curious glances from the band members and raised brows f

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