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CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN
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2026-01-24 00:48:15
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The Billionaire's Ultimatum CHAPTER SEVENTY NINE
LAURA The quarterly projection glowed on the wall-sized monitor, a jagged mountain range of red and green lines that supposedly represented human lives and livelihood to the men in this room, men who wore their power like a second skin. It was just resource allocations or mitigating overhead. To me, it was a dizzying blur of light that made my head ache because of my eyes. Behind my eyes. I kept thinking about what Juniper had told me earlier, her voice echoing in my head like a lifeline. She said I was supposed to be the voice of humanity, the conscience of the board. But as I sat in a chair that probably cost more than my first car, I wondered how anyone was expected to speak about humanity when they were choking on the smell of expensive cooling recycled air and cold ambition.Xavier sat at the head of the table, and watching him was like watching a stranger. This wasn't the man who made me coffee in the morning or held me until I fell asleep. This was a titan. He stared at the c
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 THIRTY FIVE
XAVIER Thirty-six hours. I’d been awake for thirty-six hours straight and I could feel it in every atom of my being. My eyes burned like someone had poured acid under my lids, my head pounded with a relentless throb that matched my pulse, and my hands had developed a slight tremor I was trying t
Last Updated : 2026-03-30The Billionaire's Ultimatum CHAPTER THIRTY
XAVIER Marcus nodded and went back to his calls while I headed upstairs to Laura’s room. The door was unlocked and I stepped inside, immediately hit by the faint scent of lavender and the undertones of fresh detergent. The room was neat and organized in a way that suggested someone who was used
Last Updated : 2026-03-28The Billionaire's Ultimatum CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
XAVIER I could feel it starting again—that tightness in my chest, the way my breathing wanted to turn rapid and strained, the creeping sense of panic clutching at my lungs, threatening to pull me under. No. Not again. Not when Laura was just kidnapped and needed me more than ever. I managed
Last Updated : 2026-03-27The Billionaire's Ultimatum CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
XAVIER “Boss, boss, boss!” I could hear Marcus’s voice through my haze of sleep and I was already annoyed. I forced my eyes open, the bright lights of the infirmary stabbing into my skull. My head was still pounding, my body felt like it had been run over by a truck, and the last thing I needed w
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