서재
검색
홈 / Romance / The Billionaire's Secret Surrogate / CHAPTER 24

공유

CHAPTER 24

작가: Jackieketra
last update 최신 업데이트: 2025-10-12 23:51:42

AVA

The voices outside still echoed in my head like a broken record.

“Swapped embryos.”

“Carrying a child that isn’t hers.”

Those words didn’t just sink in—they tore through me, unraveling everything I thought I knew. My heart pounded so hard it almost hurt. For a second, I couldn’t feel my legs, couldn’t hear anything but the ringing in my ears.

I didn’t even realize Colton had called my name until his voice cut through the noise.

“Ava!”

I blinked slowly, like coming out of a trance. He was standing there, eyes fixed on me with that mix of worry and something else—something heavy. I didn’t hear what he’d said before, but the look on his face was enough to drag me back into the moment.

The reporters were already being dragged away by security. Cameras still flashed in the distance, but everything felt far. Distant. Muffled. Like I was underwater.

Colton opened my door and held out his hand. I hesitated for a second, then took it because it was the only solid thing around me. The warm
이 책을 계속 무료로 읽어보세요.
QR 코드를 스캔하여 앱을 다운로드하세요
잠긴 챕터
이전 챕터 다음 챕터

최신 챕터

  • The Billionaire's Secret Surrogate    CHAPTER 30

    COLTON The hospital walls felt like a damn prison. White. Empty. Soulless.I sat there, half upright on the bed, staring at nothing but that same bland wall in front of me. The same heartbeat monitor beeping in my ear, reminding me I was still breathing when I wasn’t sure I wanted to be.Three days. That’s what the doctor said I’d been out. Three fucking days gone from the world, and when I woke up, everything I cared about was either dead, gone, or taken from me.I rubbed my face, trying to push away the pounding in my skull. My legs still felt numb. Still dead. The doctor had said it wasn’t permanent, but damn, it didn’t feel temporary either. It felt final. Heavy.Then there were the charges.Attempted murder.Darius Jones. Emil Jackson. Mira Hants.The words wouldn’t stop replaying in my head. Attempted murder. Like some sick echo that refused to die.I looked toward the window. The city lights blinked in the distance, blurred through the fogged glass. I wondered how Ava was doin

  • The Billionaire's Secret Surrogate    CHAPTER 29

    AVA The car smelled faintly of cheap cologne and leather—an anonymous scent Nathan always seemed to pick, like everything he did was designed to be forgettable and menacing at once. I pressed my palm flat against the cool glass and watched the city blur into a smear of lights, then pavement, then the careful geometry of suburbs slipping away.Molly had handed me the little necklace that morning like a sacrament: a delicate gold pendant that sat light against my throat. Hidden inside was everything we needed—tiny, silent, smart. She’d also shoved a pair of dark sunglasses into my bag with a conspiratorial wink, telling me to wear them so Nathan would think the necklace was all I’d brought. It felt obscene to hide truth inside jewelry, but it felt more obscene to sit idle while Colton rotted under someone’s lie.The car threaded through traffic, then pushed beyond the city limits. Buildings thinned, streetlights grew distant, and the road opened into the slow rise of hills. The asphalt

  • The Billionaire's Secret Surrogate    CHAPTER 28

    AVA My breath hitched. Expose his murder? The words echoed in my head like a curse I couldn’t shake off.I pressed the phone tighter against my ear, my voice trembling. “Nathan, what are you talking about? What murder? Colton didn’t—”Nathan’s low chuckle sent chills crawling down my spine. “Oh, sweetheart, you really don’t know, do you?” he taunted. “Your dear boyfriend was found in a car wreck with three dead bodies. His men. His precious team. And now, the police think he killed them.”I froze, my pulse thundering in my ears.“No,” I whispered. “He would never—”“Save your breath,” Nathan interrupted. “You know I’m right. I can make it all disappear, Ava. The charges, the whispers, the ruin of his empire. I can clear his name… if you come back to me.”“Why are you doing this?” I choked out, my voice breaking. “You’ve already destroyed enough—”“Because you belong to me,” he said, his voice dropping into a growl. “You always did. Colton took what was mine, and now I’m taking him do

  • The Billionaire's Secret Surrogate    CHAPTER 27

    AVA The afternoon sun shimmered over the surface of the pool, scattering little diamonds of light that danced across Molly’s face as she floated lazily on her back. Her laughter echoed softly, but it barely reached me. My thoughts were somewhere else—thousands of miles away—with Colton.Three days.Three damn days since I sent him that message.Three days of silence.I shifted on the lounge chair, my fingers tracing aimless circles on my phone screen. The message was still there—seen, but unanswered. A knot twisted in my stomach, heavy and cold.“Earth to Ava,” Molly’s voice called, snapping me from the swirl of worry. I blinked, turning toward her. She was paddling closer, her hair slicked back and her face glowing from the water.“You’re still worried about Colton, aren’t you?” she asked, resting her arms on the pool’s edge.I sighed, pushing a strand of hair behind my ear. “It’s not like him, Molly. Okay, maybe he’s been quiet before when he’s busy, but this—” I gestured at my pho

  • The Billionaire's Secret Surrogate    CHAPTER 26

    COLTON I tore through the rest of the rooms like a man possessed, lifting cushions, checking wineglasses, peering behind drapes and under sofas until my lungs burned and my head felt light. Every shadow looked like movement. Every silence felt like a lie.Nothing.The villa had been scrubbed clean of bodies but staged with chaos—plates half-eaten, a single shoe, a wineglass tipped as if someone had left in a hurry. But no one had stayed. No Nathan, no Governor’s men, except for the security guards from outside. Whoever had planned this had done it with the cold precision of someone who expected me to arrive.I should have been satisfied by the little victories—Mara’s loop holding, Darius and Emil sweeping the perimeter, the trail heading west—but the lack of a tangible result was worse than any hit. I felt naked and stupid.Frustration scalded up my spine. I moved to the glass doors that led to the terrace and shoved. The weight of it didn’t obey me; the pane didn’t give. I shoved ha

  • The Billionaire's Secret Surrogate    CHAPTER 25

    COLTON The hum of the engines was a low, steady growl beneath me, but it did nothing to calm the storm brewing in my chest. I sat in the first-class cabin, jaw tight, hands fisted on my knees as the plane sliced through the clouds toward Zurich, Switzerland—the place Jonathan swore Nathan was hiding.Every mile closer only made the fury simmer hotter. Nathan had run halfway across the damn world, but he wouldn’t be able to hide forever. Not from me. Not after what he’d done to my sister. ---After what felt like a lifetime in the air, the plane finally touched down with a soft jolt, the wheels screeching lightly against the runway. I didn’t wait for the flight attendants’ rehearsed politeness. The moment the seatbelt sign went off, I was on my feet, coat slung over my arm, and moving fast.Jonathan was already waiting outside in a black SUV, his usual composed expression in place, but the sharpness in his eyes told me he’d found something solid.“Mr. Colton,” he greeted as he opened

더보기

다른 추천

좋은 소설을 무료로 찾아 읽어보세요
GoodNovel 앱에서 수많은 인기 소설을 무료로 즐기세요! 마음에 드는 책을 다운로드하고, 언제 어디서나 편하게 읽을 수 있습니다
앱에서 책을 무료로 읽어보세요
앱에서 읽으려면 QR 코드를 스캔하세요.
DMCA.com Protection Status