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CHAPTER FIFTY ONE

作者: Whisker Whispers
last update 公開日: 2026-03-22 19:09:53

XAVIER

I should step back, I scolded myself as my heart began to race. Just looking at her had me this riled up, and I couldn’t risk taking it any further than I already had.

I should just let her get her water, help her back to her room if she needed it, and maintain the professional distance we’d both agreed on from the beginning.

Earlier today, I’d been so tempted to just lean in and kiss her—no hesitation, no second thoughts. I’d been that close to doing it, but thankfully, Marcus’s pe
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  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER FIFTY THREE

    XAVIERI never saw myself as a weak man—I never let things get out of hand, especially in situations I knew I had control over.But now… why did it feel like I had no control over my own body?All I could think about was Laura, here in my arms…admitting that she wasn’t confused, that what she wanted was me.Giving me the permission—the assurance—to make her mine in every way possible.The feeling was overwhelming. It seeped into every sense and nerve-ending, until I was completely overtaken by it.By her eyes, bewitching in the darkness. By her soft lavender scent, laced with the faint trace of disinfectant and gauze. By her lips—soft, subtle, and carrying the taste of whiskey.How could something so small hold so much power over me?My hands tightened on her waist, pulling her flush against me as I captured her mouth again. The kiss was deeper now, more demanding, all the careful control I’d been maintaining dissolving into desperate need.Laura’s hands found their way to my back, h

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER FIFTY TWO

    XAVIER I tried to speak but the words stuck in my throat. I couldn’t bring myself to say it, I knew I couldn’t but with the way Laura was looking at me with those eyes that saw past all my armor, past all the carefully constructed walls, straight through to the parts of myself I’d spent years hiding.And I found I couldn’t lie to her. Not anymore at least.“Because somewhere along the line, this stopped being just a contract,” I admitted, my voice low and bare, each word feeling like I was pulling it from somewhere deep inside my chest. “You stopped being just a means to an end. You became—”I struggled to find the right words, for something that could actually capture the complexity of what I felt. Everything I’d been denying and everything I’d been running from.“You became important,” I continued, my hand still pressed over hers where it rested against my racing heart. I was more than certain that she could hear it.“It was like you—became mine. Not in an ownership sense but in

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER FIFTY ONE

    XAVIER I should step back, I scolded myself as my heart began to race. Just looking at her had me this riled up, and I couldn’t risk taking it any further than I already had. I should just let her get her water, help her back to her room if she needed it, and maintain the professional distance we’d both agreed on from the beginning. Earlier today, I’d been so tempted to just lean in and kiss her—no hesitation, no second thoughts. I’d been that close to doing it, but thankfully, Marcus’s perfect timing had come to the rescue. Because of him, I’d managed to stop myself before I made a mistake—a mistake driven by emotions I couldn’t seem to control. How could I forget myself so easily? How could I be driven to do the wrong thing when I knew better? Laura had been through hell. More than the average person should ever have to endure. She didn’t need anything more weighing on her. She didn’t need me being confused and attracted to her, adding complications she shouldn’t be handlin

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER FIFTY

    LAURAI knew very well that everything I was saying was fueled by pure adrenaline.Before Xavier left my room, I remembered waking up briefly and seeing him still there, keeping watch over me—his fingers still entwined with mine.Waking up to that kind of warmth was something I hadn’t realized could affect me so deeply. But when he left, everything suddenly felt too cold, too empty, and I realized with growing clarity that—I didn’t want that.All my life had been cold, and I’d been alone. I had never felt genuine love or care from anyone, and maybe that was why I gave so much of mine away.So being on the receiving end of it was something I had never fathomed.And yet… it was real.Xavier was the first to protect me.The first to keep me safe.He rescued me when I was in trouble.For once… someone actually cared. Someone gave a damn about me and put me before themselves.And I didn’t want to lose that.I knew what I’d said about wanting to keep things professional—that getting close

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER FORTY NINE

    XAVIERI’d left Laura’s room just a little before dawn, when the sky was still that light grey between night and morning. She’d been sleeping soundly, her face pale against the pillow, her lips occasionally trembling even in her sleep.I couldn’t get that image out of my head.Now, sitting in my office reviewing interrogation reports from the captured guards, I found my attention drifting. The words on the screen blurred together as my mind replayed the past couple on an endless loop.Laura throwing herself out of a moving vehicle, running barefoot across the highway, her wrists marked with rope burns. Her collapsing into my arms, that she’d been scared and alone.I forced myself to focus on the reports but a quiet knock at the door pulled my attention up.Laura stood in the doorway.She was dressed in simple clothes—soft grey sweatpants and an oversized sweater that made her look even smaller than she already did. She looked fragile and fierce all at once.Every instinct I had scr

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT

    LAURA “It wasn’t your fault, Juniper…” I muttered against her hair, pressing a hand to her back as she shook slightly. “I know you were only worried about Xavier. None of what happened is your fault at all. The one to blame here is that maniac, Alexei.”“But you got so hurt because I wasn’t able to protect you,” she sniffed, and I held her closer, a small smile tugging at the corners of my lips.For some reason, I felt strangely happy.At the beginning, never in a million years would I have thought that Juniper and I would get along—let alone that she would be crying because I got hurt.It was sweet and overwhelming all at once.“I’ll be just fine once the paramedics take a look at me. Honestly, some rest and food will do me a lot of good.”“Oh, yes.” Juniper pulled back, wiping at her tear-stained cheeks. “They should be here right about now, shouldn’t they?”With Juniper’s help, I managed to eat over the next ten minutes, and that was about when Xavier returned with the paramedics.

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER THIRTEEN

    XAVIER “Right this way sir,” the chauffeur gestured to the elevator and I gave him a slight nod before entering.When the metal doors shifted to a close, I released a breath I hadn’t even realized I was holding.Tonight, I was meeting with the heads of the other families in Chicago at the China tw

    last update最終更新日 : 2026-03-19

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER TWELVE

    LAURAI blinked slowly as I took in the view through the floor-to-ceiling window of the living room.It was early in the morning, the sun was just beginning to stretch across the sky, pale gold bleeding into blues. I wrapped my robe tighter around me and held onto the coffee I had made for myself.

    last update最終更新日 : 2026-03-19

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER FIFTEEN

    LAURA“Laura, please.” He reached for my arm and I jerked away. “You don’t understand what this will do to us, to Jennifer. She’s your sister—”“Foster sister, you mean.” I said coldly. “And she made it very clear that she wants nothing to do with me.”“Because you stole her life!” Alex’s voice ros

    last update最終更新日 : 2026-03-20

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER ELEVEN

    XavierThe conference room was on the thirty-second floor of the Blackwell Tower.I sat at the head of the table, fingers drumming against the polished table as my mother’s—no, my legal team shuffled through mountains of paperwork.“Mr. Blackwell, if you’ll just sign here,” Gerald Hutchins, the lea

    last update最終更新日 : 2026-03-18
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