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Chapter 32
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The Billionaire’s Secret Heirs Chapter 34
~CELINE’S POV~I focus on the linen in my hands. One piece at a time, folding each sheet carefully, like it’s the most important thing in the world. Like my hands aren’t still shaking. The sun is warm, the breeze soft. It should be a peaceful moment. But my mind is somewhere else. Back in that study. Back with him.I swallow hard, pushing the thought away. Caesar giggles, dragging my attention back. He’s staring at a drawing in Cole’s hands, eyes wide with delight. "That’s you!" Caesar beams, pointing excitedly at the scribbled sketch. Cole grins, ruffling Caesar’s hair. "Not bad, huh? Think I captured your good side?" Caesar nods enthusiastically, clutching the paper like it’s a treasure. I can’t help but smile at them. And then Cole turns to me, gently nudging my arm. "You’ve got secrets, don’t you?"The smile fades from my lips. My fingers tighten around the linen, but I force out a laugh. A quiet one. The kind that doesn’t quite reach my eyes. "Don’t we all?"Cole
The Billionaire’s Secret Heirs Chapter 33
~CELINE’S POV~The air in the hallway feels thick. Suffocating. It’s pressing in on me from all sides. I should leave. I should walk past Hunter, answer Cole, and pretend this moment never happened. But I don’t. Because Hunter doesn’t move.His eyes stay locked on mine, dark and unreadable, the way they always are when he’s thinking something he won’t say out loud. His body is still, but there’s a suspense in his stance—like he’s holding himself back. Like if I push him, even a little, he might snap. I swallow hard and shift my weight, gripping Caesar’s toy tighter. “I should go,” I say, forcing my voice to stay calm. “He’s waiting.” Hunter’s jaw tightens. And then, quietly….too quietly…..he says, “He can wait.” I blink. “What?” Hunter breathes out sharply, but it doesn’t sound like frustration. It sounds like something heavier. Something he doesn’t want to admit. And then his voice drops lower, colder. Sharper.“Or maybe he can figure it out himself.” A chill runs down
The Billionaire’s Secret Heirs Chapter 32
~HUNTER’S POV~I should walk away. I knew I should. But I didn’t. I stood there, arms folded, staring at the grain in her door as Ana whispered something about linens and tomorrow’s schedule that I wasn’t listening to.I nodded. Or maybe I didn’t. I wasn’t sure. Because all I could think about was her.Celine.I wasn’t supposed to be here. I wasn’t supposed to care. I wasn’t supposed to remember how it felt, holding her tonight on that dance floor—how her body had trembled under my hand like she was holding back from running. Or maybe from melting. I wasn’t sure which. Ana stopped talking, waiting for me to say something. But then the door cracked open.I didn’t expect it.I should have. But the moment her face appeared—eyes wide, cautious, beautiful in a way that knocked something loose in my chest—I couldn’t move.And then she was gone again.Just like that.The soft snick of the door closing was louder than anything Ana had said. It echoed through me, all the way to the parts I k
The Billionaire’s Secret Heirs Chapter 31
~HUNTER’S POV~I shouldn’t have danced with her.That’s what I tell myself as I watch Celine from across the room. She’s gathering the abandoned glasses with that same soft focus she gives to every task. Like she’s anywhere but here. Like she wants to melt into the wallpaper and disappear. But she can’t. Not from me. I see her.And it’s starting to piss me off how much I do. How much I can’t stop. I swirl the whiskey in my glass, pretending it’s the reason my hands are tense. It’s not.“You know,” Caroline says from beside me, “I thought you had better self-control.”I turn to her slowly. She’s smiling, but there’s too much sharpness in her expression. Caroline always knew how to dig.“Excuse me?” I ask, lifting my glass to my lips. The alcohol burns. It doesn’t help. Caroline tilts her head. Her blonde hair is pinned back in a way that makes her look less dangerous than she is. She’s been my cousin since birth. My best friend is longer than that. But right now, she’s the last
The Billionaire’s Secret Heirs Chapter 30
CHAPTER 30~CELINE’S POV~I stay there longer than I should. Leaning against the cold wall like it’s the only thing keeping me upright. It isn’t, but it feels that way. I don’t trust my legs. I don’t trust myself. And I sure as hell don’t trust the man I just left standing in the middle of the ballroom like he didn’t just ruin everything I was trying to hold together.I inhale through my nose, slow. Like if I take the breath carefully enough, it’ll stretch my ribs wider. Make me feel like there’s room to breathe again. But there isn’t. Not here. Not with the sounds of music and voices bleeding through the doorway behind me. Not with Nathaniel’s voice echoing inside my head. “Interesting. He didn’t deny it.”I close my eyes. And I hate myself. Because part of me… The stupid, dangerous part of me… Wishes it was true.I hear footsteps before I see him. Sharp. Measured. A beat that demands attention. Even the floor seems to straighten under his weight. I don’t look. I don’
The Billionaire’s Secret Heirs Chapter 29
~CELINE’S POV~I want to disappear. If the floor could crack open and swallow me whole, I wouldn’t even scream. I wouldn’t even care. Not when I can feel a hundred pairs of eyes crawling over me, judging me, undressing me—blaming me. Blaming me for standing where I shouldn’t. For dancing with a man I have no business touching. For breathing in a room that doesn’t belong to me.I bow my head, my fingers trembling against the frayed seams of my plain dress. It still smells faintly of sugar and cream, leftover from the accident earlier. Or maybe it’s a shame that I’m smelling. I can’t tell the difference anymore. My teeth sink into my lower lip harder than they should. The sting feels necessary. Grounding. Reminding me that this is real. I shouldn’t be here. I shouldn’t be dancing with him. I shouldn’t….My gaze lifts and collides with Charlotte’s from across the room. Her stare is icy. The kind of cold that makes you feel like you’ll never be warm again. I’m not sure who look
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