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CHAPTER SEVENTY

Penulis: Whisker Whispers
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-04 23:53:34

LAURA

I knew I should send Xavier away.

Should protect myself by maintaining safe distance after our fight, after everything he had done and how hurt he made me feel.

Should build my walls so high that he couldn’t hurt me again. But I was so tired. I was so tired and so sad. And the truth was I didn’t want to be alone.

When Xavier climbed into bed behind me and pulled me against his chest, I let him. Even as tears continued to slide down my face, part of me wanted to push him away. I just cou
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  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SEVENTY

    LAURA I knew I should send Xavier away.Should protect myself by maintaining safe distance after our fight, after everything he had done and how hurt he made me feel. Should build my walls so high that he couldn’t hurt me again. But I was so tired. I was so tired and so sad. And the truth was I didn’t want to be alone.When Xavier climbed into bed behind me and pulled me against his chest, I let him. Even as tears continued to slide down my face, part of me wanted to push him away. I just couldn’t.Eventually, exhaustion won and I drifted off, still wrapped in his arms.When morning came—or what passed for morning since we’d barely slept—neither of us moved.The sun was just starting to filter through the curtains, painting the room in shades of grey and gold. I could tell Xavier was awake from the change in his breathing, but I didn’t want to acknowledge it yet. I didn’t want to ruin this quiet peace we found in the night.Finally, he spoke, his voice rough and raw in a way I’d ne

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SIXTY NINE

    XAVIER Dawn still hadn’t broken.It felt like the night was going round in circles with no end. I tried to sleep, to forget about everything that had happened but it kept replaying in my mind like some broken record.The hurt in Laura’s eyes, the complete, aching hurt and disappointment she felt just because I couldn’t put my pride aside.And if someone were to ask me why, I wouldn’t know what to tell them. I couldn’t keep using the excuse of just not knowing how to, could I?I could tell what she wanted when she kept bringing up the same thing to me. She wanted me to try. To just fucking try because it wasn’t about me anymore.But why the hell was I finding it so hard?Had living in my father’s shadow messed me up that badly?Just then, my phone buzzed on the nightstand.I reached for it almost instantly, some stupid part of me hoping it was Laura. Maybe texting me because she couldn’t sleep either. Maybe ready to talk again.But it was Vanessa.‘Productive session today. Looking f

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SIXTY EIGHT

    XAVIER I didn’t get home until 4am in the morning.Exhausted didn’t even begin to cut it. I was running on zero sleep, my patience stretched out to nothing, and my entire body felt like it weighed a thousand pounds.The warehouse situation had turned out to be a complex waste of time—one of my newer guys had gotten paranoid over absolutely nothing, going on about moving shadows and convinced we had intruders when it was just the building settling.Marcus should have handled the situation because he was mainly responsible for this sector, but he had other things on his hands to handle.He was keeping a close eye on Alexie and if I was being completely honest, that’s all I needed him to do.By the time I’d gotten there and personally verified that everything was fine—no threats, no break-ins, nothing worth the emergency call that had pulled me away from Laura—it was past 2am. I’d crashed at one of my safe houses nearby rather than making the long drive back to the penthouse. It had s

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SIXTY SEVEN

    LAURA That evening, I heard Xavier’s key in the lock around 8:30 PM.I’d been sitting on the couch for the past hour pretending to read a book, the same page staring back at me because I couldn’t focus on a single word. Every sound in the penthouse made me jump, thinking it was him.And now he was finally here.Xavier walked in looking exhausted—his tie loosened, his slightly tussled from running his hands through them, dark circles under his eyes that told the day had been as brutal for him as it had been for me.He stopped in his tracks when he saw me on the couch, something flickering across his face. “You’re still up?” He asked, his voice dripping with concern.“Can we talk?” The words came out smaller than I intended, my voice betraying all the vulnerability I’d been trying to hide.Xavier studied me for a long moment, then nodded. He set his jacket and briefcase down and came to sit beside me on the couch, leaving just enough space between us that we weren’t touching.The di

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SIXTY SIX

    LAURA I didn’t even give Xavier the chance to say another word. I was already out the door. I couldn’t stand being in that room for another second.Feeling like the complete idiot I probably looked like.Vanessa Whitmore was everything I wasn’t, and seeing that—live and direct—burned something inside me.She was polished, confident, fluent in business talk. Completely at ease in Xavier’s world, while I was just—I was just me.I could barely hold my own against her.Those lifeless blue eyes saw right through my façade, like she already knew I wasn’t worthy. That I didn’t stand a single chance against her. That I was nothing more than an imposter in a life that could never be mine.The way Vanessa looked at Xavier killed me even more—the familiarity in it. That stupid, syrupy tone she used with him. That devious smile of hers.For a split second, I felt like nothing—like an intruder in my own marriage. And I hated every single moment of it.I didn’t realize when I started running inst

  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER SIXTY FIVE

    XAVIER “Do you know how I felt ambushed by those reporters?” She asked and I could see her fingers trembling. “I stood in front of them and I told them I was lucky to be your wife,” she said quietly. “I defended you and our marriage without a single ounce of hesitation. Can you say the same for me?” My eyes widened at the question. “Can you honestly say that you’d defend me the same way?” Laura continued, her voice steady despite the tears now staining her cheeks. “Or am I still just the contract you had to sign to get what you wanted?” The question hung in the air between us, heavy and devastating. And I realized with growing horror that Laura didn’t actually know how I felt. We’d slept together, yes. I held her at night, whispered things in the dark that I could barely admit to myself. But I’d never actually said the words out loud. I never made it clear once that this stopped being about the contract a long time ago. That somewhere between her jumping out of a movi

  • 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 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 TWO

    LAURAI ran upstairs toward my room before something unexpected could happen again. I locked the door behind me and sunk into bed, pulling the duvet over my head.Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God.My heart slammed so hard against my chest it was difficult to register all my thoughts that were coming

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  • The Billionaire's Ultimatum   CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

    XAVIER I groaned as I slowly stirred awake to the sharp pain at the side of my temple. My head was pounding and my throat felt like sandpaper.My eyes opened to white blinding lights that made my head spin even more. Just what the hell happened to me?I checked my mobility and I could hardly feel

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