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Chapter 34: Eyes Across the Room
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2026-01-18 19:00:35Adrian’s POV
Cloud Top hadn’t been part of the plan today.
Marissa had suggested it, and I agreed because lately, she’d been… fragile. The media had begun stirring up old rumours again, the same headlines that once destroyed her reputation.
Homewrecker. Mistress. Other woman.
It wasn’t the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last.
But this time, the way she withdrew, the way her voice tre
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The Billionaire's Regret After I Died Chapter 43: An Invitation
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The Billionaire's Regret After I Died Chapter 42: The Weight of the Chair
Adrian’s POVThe boardroom felt heavier than usual.The long mahogany table reflected the overhead lights in a sterile gleam, and at the head of it, my grandfather’s seat remained empty.No one commented on it. No one needed to.I stood slowly instead of taking that chair.“As you’re all aware,” I began, my voice steady despite the tension pressing in from every direction, “my grandfather suffered a severe stroke. The damage to his speech centre is permanent.”A subtle shift passed through the room.Not sympathy, but calculation.“He will not be returning to day-to-day leadership,” I continued. “And while he formally stepped back from the position years ago, everyone in this room knows he never truly left.”A few eyes shifted.“Even after retirement, my grandfather remained the final voice behind every major decision. He advised from the backline, reviewed our acquisitions, questioned our projections, redirected our risks. Nothing significant moved forward without passing through him
The Billionaire's Regret After I Died Chapter 41: The Footage
Adrian’s POVTwo days had passed since the surgery, but the unease hadn’t left me.Grandfather was stable now, if that was the word for it. His eyes were open, alert even, but his silence filled every room like an accusation.That morning, after another long visit, I returned to my office. The city looked unnaturally bright through the glass walls, sunlight glinting off towers that felt emptier than usual.I tried to focus on work, but the same thought kept circling back.Nurse Evelyn.She had worked for my grandfather for almost a decade, patient, competent and discreet.I’d never once received a complaint about her, never once found reason to doubt her. So why that day? Why had she stepped out, even for a minute?It wasn’t like her.The longer I thought about it, the less sense it made. She wasn’t careless, and she certainly wasn’t the type to take orders from anyone but Philip.I picked up the phone. “Call Evelyn to my office,” I said.Twenty minutes later, she stood at the door, l
The Billionaire's Regret After I Died Chapter 40: The Fall of Silence
Adrian’s POVThe call came while I was already halfway to the hospital.Traffic blurred past in streaks of grey and silver, my grip tight around the steering wheel. I’d left the office the moment Marissa hung up on me.The phone buzzed again on the seat beside me. When I saw the hospital’s number flashing across the screen, something cold settled in my chest.“Mr Parker?” The voice on the other end trembled. “It’s about your grandfather. He’s suffered a stroke.”For a moment, everything inside me went still. The air caught in my throat, sharp and dry. My hand tightened around the wheel until my knuckles turned white. It felt suddenly harder to breathe, harder to swallow, as if my body was rejecting the words I’d just heard.My heart lurched painfully against my ribs as I pressed harder on the gas.By the time I reached there, my pulse was hammering. The sliding doors opened too slowly, the corridors were too bright. The air reeked of antiseptic and panic.When I reached the ward, the
The Billionaire's Regret After I Died Chapter 39: Morning of victory
Marissa’s POVThe morning light poured through the window like an applause.It glinted off the diamond on my finger, scattering little sparks across the vanity mirror. I turned my hand slightly, admiring my ring from another angle. Elegant. Perfect. Proof that I had won.For years, it had always been Rachel. She never had to try, and somehow, things still fell neatly into her hands. Even when she did nothing, the world seemed to bend in her favour.But now she was gone.For the first time since she’d disappeared, I almost wanted to see her again, just to watch her expression when I lifted my hand and showed her what I had.The ring. The title. The man.I wanted to see her envy. Her disbelief. The small tremor in her perfect composure when she realised she’d lost.That was the only disappointment in all of this.After everything, the humiliation, the years of being treated like an outsider. I deserved to see her face when she realised I had won.But fate denied me that satisfaction.So
The Billionaire's Regret After I Died Chapter 38: The Report
Adrian’s POVMorning came too early.The sunlight cut through the blinds in thin, precise lines, the kind that made everything look sharper than it needed to be. My head ached faintly from lack of sleep. I had spent most of the previous nights in the study, trying to quiet thoughts that refused to stay still.I was halfway through my first coffee when Daniel knocked and stepped inside.He placed a manila file neatly on my desk. “The report you requested, sir.”“Already, it’s only been 3 days?” I asked.He nodded. “There wasn’t much to find,” he admitted. “The information was minimal, too minimal actually. Everything that exists about her is right here. It didn’t take long to verify.”
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