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Chapter Thirty Nine

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Ethan’s pov

I sat in the restaurant, fork in the air, watching the steam from my food rise. My mind was blank. The soft lighting in the restaurant made everything seem simpler than it was. My father sat across from me with Claudia by his side. She had that smile on her face I hated, like we share a secret. Funny how I hadn’t given her a second thought since I got back with Alex……hopefully she had come to her senses and gotten over the weird attraction she has for me. Her hand moved close to mine on the table, her fingers tracing the wood, when I looked towards her she winked at me……..shit.

Dad's suit fit him perfectly, like power as always. We had left the hospital a while ago and he suggested going to the restaurant to talk more. I was still numb from processing the decision I had to make so I just followed him to the restaurant where Claudia was already waiting for us wearing a very provocative red dress with the sweetest smile on her face. I looked at both of them sitting there…….w
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  • The Billionaire’s Forbidden Desire(One contract. One rule)   Chapter Thirty Nine

    Ethan’s povI sat in the restaurant, fork in the air, watching the steam from my food rise. My mind was blank. The soft lighting in the restaurant made everything seem simpler than it was. My father sat across from me with Claudia by his side. She had that smile on her face I hated, like we share a secret. Funny how I hadn’t given her a second thought since I got back with Alex……hopefully she had come to her senses and gotten over the weird attraction she has for me. Her hand moved close to mine on the table, her fingers tracing the wood, when I looked towards her she winked at me……..shit.Dad's suit fit him perfectly, like power as always. We had left the hospital a while ago and he suggested going to the restaurant to talk more. I was still numb from processing the decision I had to make so I just followed him to the restaurant where Claudia was already waiting for us wearing a very provocative red dress with the sweetest smile on her face. I looked at both of them sitting there…….w

  • The Billionaire’s Forbidden Desire(One contract. One rule)   Chapter Thirty Eight

    Ethan’s pov“You're back with Alexander, aren’t you?” My father growled. “You picked him again, after everything I told you he did. You went back to our enemy”.I squeezed the phone tight, my hands were getting sweaty. “Alex isn't my enemy”.“Of course he is”, he shot back. “He ruins people. He takes people and things, twists them until they're empty. He tried to take my business, your legacy. Any enemy of mine is yours and you are a fool if you think otherwise”. I wanted to hang up and not hear his poison, but I stayed put. My legacy? Yeah right, that was funny coming from him. “What Legacy? The same legacy you abandoned your family for? It’s your legacy Dad, not mine. You haven't been around for years, you can't just show up and tell me what to do or who to trust. You left us, now you're gonna point fingers at the one person who actually helped?”He laughed, a cold, empty sound. “Helped? You call what you’re doing with him helping? You disappoint me Ethan. I know weakness when I s

  • The Billionaire’s Forbidden Desire(One contract. One rule)   Chapter Thirty Seven

    Ethan’s povI woke up to silence. The spot next to me was cold and empty. I reached out, but Alex wasn't there. It was like he had been gone for hours, he probably left in the middle of the night knowing how much he detests sleeping in the same bed with me. I just lay there, looking up, thinking about last night. I remembered how he looked when he opened the door, for a moment I saw something in his eyes….something I have never seen before. I was so surprised when he felled on me, his head on my shoulder, his breathing so uneven. For a moment, the Alex I knew, the tough billionaire had opened up and showed me a part of him I haven’t seen before. Now he was probably closed off again, like it never happened. I got out of bed. The sun was up high and shining through the glass windows. I went to the dining table for breakfast, a servant…….Jason was laying out some eggs and bacon on the table. I have gotten to know some of their names because I have not gotten comfortable addressing them

  • The Billionaire’s Forbidden Desire(One contract. One rule)   Chapter Thirty Six

    AlexMorning came…………The sunlight was harsh when I opened my eyes. What the fuck happened last night? I turned to my side looking at Ethan still asleep, he looked so peaceful. I stood up quietly so as not to wake him and left the room closing the door quietly behind me. How did I allow myself to lose control like that? I went into my bathroom looking at myself in the mirror. The Alex who had broken last night was gone, hidden deep where no one would ever see him again. The man in the mirror that morning wasn't shaking. He was steel and cold……as it should beI was disgusted with myself. I hated that I had let Ethan see the weakness in me, even for a second. I hated that I had let myself feel. That would never happen again.I got dressed quietly, by the time I walked out the door to the office, Alex Veyron of last night was dead, only the billionaire businessman, the monster, was left.“Never again”, I promised myself.I got to my office building and entered my private elevator. When t

  • The Billionaire’s Forbidden Desire(One contract. One rule)   Chapter Thirty Five

    AlexThe Warehouse was quiet when I got there, the kind of quiet that made your ears ring. Mike and Sebastian pushed the two men through the door. They tripped on the wet floor, their hands were tied and their faces were bruised from the ride. They were breathing hard and looked scared.I stood in the center of the empty warehouse letting the feeling of the place sink in. The walls smelled like rust and wet concrete, it was the perfect place where I handle businesses like this. My stomach was calm, my heart wasn't racing. This wasn't about anger or anything like that, It was just business. I stood tall, looking cold and untouchable, that's how I had to be. In this world, if you showed weakness, you were asking for trouble. If you were kind, people would take advantage of you. Guys like me couldn't be soft. If I wanted to stay on top, if I wanted my business to stay mine, I had to be feared.Still, when I looked at them kneeling in front of me, my stomach turned in a way I wouldn't sho

  • The Billionaire’s Forbidden Desire(One contract. One rule)   Chapter Thirty Four

    Alex’s povI could still feel Ethan on my skin. His lips, his mouth, and the way he looked up at me last night with that almost defiant fire in his eyes when he said those words……“for being so great.” What the hell did he mean by that? Great at what? Great at breaking him? Great at ruining his balance? Or great at giving him something he clearly had not tasted before?It had been hours since then, yet my mind kept replaying it. I hated when my thoughts slipped like this. I was not supposed to linger on anyone, not even someone like him, not even someone who looked at me like I was both the devil and the salvation he couldn’t stop reaching for.All morning I watched him. He moved through the penthouse light on his feet, humming to himself, clearly in a good mood. I found myself wondering if he was still thinking about last night too. His smile was softer and his eyes had become brighter. Every now and then, he glanced my way, like he wanted to catch me watching him.At dinner I sat acr

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