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The CEO'S Unexpected Bride Chapter 31
First Person POV – LuciaI’d been in the room for hours.Fresh out of the shower, hair damp, now half-dry from the blow dryer I’d abandoned halfway through.The noise had helped, at first. White static against everything swirling inside me.But eventually I shut it off.And then it was just me. Sitting on the edge of the bed.Quiet outside. Louder than ever in my head.“Why do you think Ryan agreed to marry you?”Carl’s voice wouldn’t leave.That smug, deliberate way he’d said it. Like he knew something I didn’t. Like he was taunting me with it.I didn’t even trust him, but the words had taken root anyway.Digging deep. Making space.I kept replaying that moment downstairs. The way he looked at me. Like he pitied me.Like he already knew how this story ended, and I was the only one still pretending there was another chapter.My fingers twisted around the ends of my hair, tugging just slightly, like maybe the pull would quiet my brain.What if he’s right?What if this whole thing was n
The CEO'S Unexpected Bride Chapter 30
First Person POV – LuciaRyan didn’t come back.I waited at the edge of the hallway for a few minutes, staring at the place where he disappeared with his phone pressed to his ear and that expression I’d started recognizing..tight jaw, furrowed brow, gaze already somewhere else.But this time, he didn’t come back.Instead, I heard the low rumble of an engine.I moved to the window and parted the curtain.Ryan’s car.It rolled down the driveway, black and sleek, disappearing before I could blink twice. I stood there, blinking once more just to be sure. No explanation. No note. No “stay inside” command like he usually throws my way.Just gone.I turned from the window and let the curtain fall back into place.Of course.Whatever that call was.. it had to be important enough to make him leave without telling me anything. My brain wanted to run with it. Wanted to panic. But I pushed it down. Hard.I made it halfway across the room when a knock hit the bedroom door. A soft, familiar rhyth
The CEO'S Unexpected Bride Chapter 29
First Person POV – LuciaIt was dark. Too quiet. The kind of silence that made your ears ring like they were begging for sound.I was lying in bed, eyes wide open, flat on my back. Ryan was beside me, breathing deep and steady like always, his chest rising and falling like he had no idea the world was unraveling three inches to his left.Of course he didn’t.Of course he could sleep through this.My fingers gripped the edge of the blanket so tight it hurt. I wasn’t sobbing. Wasn’t panicking. But my skin felt wrong.. like it was stretched too tight over everything I didn’t want to feel.My mind wouldn’t stop.Lily’s words.That photo.The way my mother had smiled.. so young, so alive.. and the woman next to her... Ryan’s aunt.How the hell had he not told me?And what else hadn’t he told me?I turned my head just slightly and looked at him in the dark. He looked peaceful. Like he hadn’t kissed me like he meant it. Like he hadn’t touched me like I was real, like I mattered. And then
The CEO'S Unexpected Bride Chapter 28
First Person POV – LuciaI stood there for a moment, arms wrapped around myself. But this time, I didn’t cry.I couldn’t.Something inside me had shifted. Not broken. Not shattered.Just… cold.Like the part of me that used to hope finally gave up and sat down.I looked at the clock on the nightstand, just to do something. Anything. But the buzzing in my hand pulled my attention down.1 new message.Aunt Lily"Lucia, we need to talk. Alone."I stared at it like it would rewrite itself.But it didn’t.It really was from her.Aunt Lily. Ryan’s aunt. The sharp one. The one who always had a glass of wine in her hand and a look in her eyes that made you feel like she knew things you didn’t want her to.Why was she texting me? And alone?My brows pulled together. The last time I spoke to her, at the dinner, she complimented my dress while clearly judging every breath I took.Still... I knew I couldn’t ignore it.I dragged myself into the bathroom, rinsed my face, tied my hair back into a n
The CEO'S Unexpected Bride Chapter 27
First Person POV – LuciaThe first thing I heard was the sound of water running.It was faint at first, like it was miles away. But the steady rhythm grew louder as I blinked my eyes open, squinting against the soft morning light streaming in from the open blinds.The bathroom light was on.The shower was on.And then it hit me.Last night.I pulled the blanket tighter around me, suddenly too aware of the silence, the mess, the storm that hadn’t just happened outside, but inside me. My body ached in that unmistakable way—my legs sore, skin hypersensitive, lips still tingling from how his had moved against them.I wasn’t just tired.I was completely… stripped.Emotionally.Mentally.Physically.I’d let Ryan in.Willingly.And not just into my body.The thought alone made my chest pull tight.I lay there for a second longer, still trying to process it all. My heart was somewhere between confused and embarrassed—nostalgic and stupid.And it made everything worse that I couldn’t stop thin
The CEO'S Unexpected Bride Chapter 26
Third Person POVLucia had barely stepped into the room behind Ryan when his voice came, sharp and waiting.“You think I didn’t see it?”She stopped near the door, her chest rising too fast. Her hands clenched at her sides.Ryan turned slowly, his jaw tight, the light from the overhead fixture catching in the sharp lines of his face.“You think I didn’t see him touch you?”Lucia swallowed, her throat suddenly dry.“It wasn’t—”“I’m not asking for explanations.” He took a slow step toward her. “I’m telling you: don’t let him do it again.”Her chest rose. “You don’t get to tell me that.”“Like hell I don’t.”“This isn’t—” her voice cracked, but she pushed through. “This isn’t real, remember? You said it. Over and over. This is an act. So why the hell do you care who talks to me or touches me?”Ryan stared at her, unmoving.When he spoke again, his voice was lower. Controlled. But the edge had sharpened. “Because I don’t want Carl in your ear. I don’t want you playing into whatever game
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