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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Penulis: Whisker Whispers
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-01-15 18:38:27

XAVIER

I spent the next six hours making calls, pulling favors, and watching surveillance footage until my eyes burned.

Laura stayed in the guest room, too shaken to talk, and I didn’t push her. She needed time to process, and honestly, I needed space to think.

The only information I had was that the Volvok Bratva was somehow involved in the deaths of their parents. I should’ve told her sooner but I just couldn’t bring myself to tell her that.

How could I?

But now we were both back against a w
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  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SEVENTY EIGHT

    XAVIER I spent my life surrounded by Ivy League consultants who can recite a balance sheet in their sleep. But none of them saw what Laura did. It was 4 a.m. and espresso had long since turned bitter. I was staring at the Morrison group debtor retails when Laura leaned over my shoulder, pointing a slender finger at a name on the board list. “He's not worried about the divide, Xavier. He's worried about his legacy,” I posted the data blurring on the screen. I had been looking at the board as a wall of code numbers, but Laura saw them as men with egos and fear. She didn't have the credentials, but she had a terrifyingly sharp grid on human nature. For the first time, I wasn't just leading; I was listening. “If you try to outbid Morrison on cash, you will bleed the company dry,” she continued, her voice steady, and despite the exhaustion lying on her face. “But if you give the share, that's something they can put a price on. Security resource money won't matter.” I leaned back; t

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SEVENTY SEVEN

    LAURA "I'm scared," I muttered gently to him. He looked at me sharply, concerned immediately. "You don't have to be scared of anything." "Then why are you keeping silent? Why are you acting like I am just talking to myself and you are not even listening?" I poured out my feelings. "I am listening to everything, every word you say to me. But you don't have to be scared because there's nothing to be scared about." "Hey Ashot, I'm falling for you so deeply that I don't even have a choice. And do you know what frightened me the most?" I said slowly. I knew I wanted to hide this for as long as possible. But at this point, I don't think I can anymore. "It's the fact that you will always patronize your business and secrets over our partnership, our relationship, this marriage." I said. He slowly let go of me and sat a bit distance from me. "I don't know what goes through your mind sometimes, Laura, but I don't even know how else to assure you anymore. But I want you to know I am al

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX

    XAVIER “As I said, a lot of people, I wouldn't even want to mention, see you as some kind of candy bar. To be done to what they please. I paid multiple of them millions to forget and disavow Alexi or the Volkov lineage. To have anything to do with you.” I watched Laura process this. “I was trying to protect you without you having to worry. After everything that has happened, that's... that is honestly the least I could do. But I fucked up by not telling you.” I added, hoping she would finally accept my truth. Laura was quiet for a long moment before she said to me, “Take me home, not to Nipas, to our home. We need to really talk, and I am tired of running away every time things get hard.” My heart did something complicated in my chest because Laura just called me home. The paint had hung and called it ours. Something I never expected to hear.LAURA The penthouse was too quiet. The floor-to-ceiling windows showed the east Chicago skyline, and it felt distant and cold. A star contr

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX

    XAVIER The bell above the door hadn't even finished its cheerful chime before the atmosphere in the coffee shop died. It wasn't just my size or the way my clothes and security team fanned out behind me like a shadow cabinet. It was the heat coming off me. I moved to the... hipster morning customers as they parted like the Red Sea. I didn't see the menu boards or the line of people waiting for lattes. I only saw the back of Vanessa's head and the pale, frozen mask of Laura's face across from her. Every step I took felt like a hammer striking against the floor. The viper wasn't at the gate anymore. She was sitting at the table, pouring poison into my wife's ear. And the restraint I had practiced for years snapped like a dry twig. I couldn't believe it. It all came to me like a sickening clarity. Everything had fought, found every way, scanned through every corner just to find out who exactly was trying to come in between me and my wife, and she was right there, taking each and every s

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SEVENTY FOUR

    LAURA Within a few minutes, I already arrived at Juniper's house, ready to settle down. “Stay away from Xavier for good. Until he realizes his mistake. Until I know who exactly he is. Until I'm able to clear my head from all these secrets he keeps from me.” Because I don't think staying under the same roof with him is going to work. And even his brother said the same thing.I sat down eagerly in her room as she made her way towards me with her wine and cookies. “Sorry, I don't really cook, but I promise you, I am quite an entertainer. You can tell me everything you want. It stays between the both of us,” she said.I couldn't believe ever in my entire life that I would actually be staying with Juniper. And to even put it in the right place, Juniper was rich. She was so rich. I never knew. I always thought, yes, their family was well-off. But this? I don't think I can call this an ordinary way off. Because her apartment alone was awesome. And the fact that she owns multiple companies

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SEVENTY THREE

    XAVIER What was Xavier really negotiating with her? And why is he lying to you about it? She immediately turned to me, the phone shaking in her hands. “Is this real?” she asked, her voice barely a whisper. “Were you with her that night? Were you meeting with Alexis's family behind my back?”I opened my mouth to explain, but Laura held up her hand. “Don't. Don't tell me it's complicated or it is for my protection. Just tell me the truth. Did you meet with Elaine?”I woke up the night you said you were at a warehouse. I went silent, my silence an answer enough as I could feel Laura’s distance towards me, like something was breaking in her chest. “Get out,” she said quietly. “Get out of my room right now.”---LAURA I watched as Xavier made his way out of the room. And I just sat there, not knowing what to say, how to think. My hands still shook. The video replayed on and on, and I was not able to do anything but feel disappointed, heartbroken. I can't still believe this. I can't b

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN

    LAURA “Ughh,” I groaned as I tried to move my limbs but it was no use. Everything hurt.Pain was the first thing I registered as consciousness slowly crept back in—a throbbing sensation that radiated from the top of my head to the soles of my feet. As my eyes slowly opened, my vision swam, blurry

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  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

    LAURAI stood there, standing in front of the door for what felt like ages.This was what I wanted.Wasn’t it?For this contract to be strictly business and nothing more. So why didn’t I feel happy about it? Why did it feel like an empty void had made its way to the depths of my stomach?“Laura?” J

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  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER TWENTY

    XAVIER Laura just stood there, her father’s letter clutched in her trembling hands, streams of tears running down her face in a way that made something crumble inside me.“It’s too much,” she whispered, her voice breaking. “This is all too much. I can’t—I don’t know what to do with any of this.”S

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  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

    LAURAI could hardly believe what was going on.One moment, I was crying in Xavier’s arms, pouring my heart out, and the next, his lips were on mine, kissing me with an intensity I’d never experienced before.My heart was racing so hard against my chest it hurt.I tried to pull away, to make sense

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