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Fiona let out a furious scream, ripping the covers off her bed. “She’s mad! She’s absolutely insane! What is this?!”

She tossed her tablet, and it went crashing against the floor.

She sank into her bed, trying to calm down but the headlines pouring in rattled her.

“Benita Bellington’s Bold Goodbye: A Divorce at Her Son’s Funeral”

“What st*pid son?” she jolted up. “Who the f*** does she think she is?”

“Ben was mine before she ever knew him. Mine. I only lend him to her. How dare she stand there pretending she dumped him— how dare she treat my man like shit?”

She yanked open her closet, throwing out a dozen dresses before collapsing onto her ottoman. “You’re getting smart, aren’t you, Benita?”

Benita walked out of Gaby’s funeral, straight into the spotlight—solo.

Every word she had muttered at the funeral had become a trending topic. But for Ben Dawson, it was worse than that.

Ben nearly tore his car apart as he punched the steering wheel again. And again.

“What t
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  • Too Late to Want Me; I chose your Billionaire Brother   Kent wants to save him

    Benita had barely slept. By the time her car pulled into the Bellington Group’s underground garage, she wasn’t sure whether the ringing in her ears was from exhaustion or the sheer volume of Isla Hale’s name flooding every headline, tweet, and video feed.She stepped out. No red lips. No heels. Just flats and a navy shirt buttoned to the throat, sleeves pushed back like armor. This wasn’t a day to perform femininity. It was a day to keep Cillian from becoming a punchline again.The elevator doors closed, sealing her in with her reflection. She saw it then—just for a second. The girl who once studied law for fun and solved PR crises before they went viral. She missed her. She needed her.When she arrived on the 15th floor, the entire crisis team was already assembled. Three of Bellington’s senior consultants. One digital forensic analyst. Kent pacing near the window, phone to his ear, talking fast and sharp.He glanced over the moment she entered.“Good, you’re here,” he said. “I was j

  • Too Late to Want Me; I chose your Billionaire Brother   I want this to stop

    It was raining again.Not the soft, cinematic kind that made everything feel washed and new. No. This was the kind that slapped windshields and backed up drains and turned the air into something that bit. Benita stood by the window of her hotel suite, mug of tea cooling in her hand, watching the streets of Oakland move like nothing had changed.But everything had.The exposé had dropped at 7:42 AM.By 8:00, her name was trending. Not because she’d done anything wrong—at least not publicly—but because she had vouched for him.Because she’d written that statement.Because she’d stood in front of the camera and said, I know who he is.And now Isla Hale was saying, No, you don’t.Benita hadn’t opened the full article yet. She couldn’t. Not yet. But Kent had sent a screenshot of the headline, along with just three words: Don’t spiral, please.She took a breath. The hotel room was too quiet. No radio, no phone calls, no tapping from Kent—he was probably downstairs with Syl again, trying to

  • Too Late to Want Me; I chose your Billionaire Brother   It just keeps getting worse

    Benita scrolled past the headlines without reading them.She already knew what they said.She’d known the second the Bellington board secretary forwarded her a media scan at 5:42 a.m. with the subject line: “Might require your attention.”Cillian’s name was trending again. But not for his housing reform. Not even for the statement she’d issued on his behalf.This time, it was Isla.Again.The footage was shorter than the last one. Slicker. Edited with the kind of calculated pauses and tasteful piano underlay that PR crisis teams normally charged thousands to produce.Except this wasn’t a team effort.This was personal.Benita watched it once. Then again. Then a third time, slower. She didn’t flinch when Isla’s voice, smooth and sharpened like glass, said the words:“There are people—women—who have been buried under Cillian St. James’s second chances. They don’t have publicists or real estate empires to defend them. They don’t have trust fund heiresses writing their redemption stories.

  • Too Late to Want Me; I chose your Billionaire Brother   I’ll make sure of it

    Isla Hale’s POVThey were calling him a fraud now.Funny. Just two months ago, Cillian St. James had been a sudden hero—a reformed convict, a poster boy for redemption, the kind of broken man people love to pretend they understand. A bachelor the media couldn’t stop fawning over. Proof that prison made philosophers and pain made art.But pain never made Cillian a better man.He just learned how to speak the language of people who hadn’t suffered.Isla smiled to herself.People thought money ruled the world. But truly? It was the media.And she used to be very, very good at it.She sat with her back straight, legs crossed, in the greenroom of a late-night show that had quietly canceled her appearance this morning. No public statement, of course—just a junior PR assistant who whispered something about “tone sensitivity” and escorted her back to the car service like she had lice. Five years ago, they’d trip over themselves to have her on air. Today? They acted like she might snap.She pu

  • Too Late to Want Me; I chose your Billionaire Brother   He deserves a chance

    Cillian’s POVCillian’s phone buzzed again.He snatched it up, expecting another hate comment, another headline. But it was her.We’re in this together. Don’t push me away.He exhaled sharply, the tension between his shoulders giving way to something else. Not relief. Not hope. Just a breath that didn’t feel like drowning.Across the room, Syl paced like a caged animal, hands in his hair. “We have to do something,” he snapped. “A press release, a clapback video, anything, Cillian. Please. She’s out there tearing you to pieces and we’re just—what? Hiding?”Cillian sat forward, elbows on his knees. The breakfast he hadn’t touched went cold on the table beside him. A muted news broadcast played in the corner, Isla’s carefully lit face appearing again, framed by bold red text:ST. JAMES SCANDAL: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE CHARM?“I’m not hiding,” Cillian said. “I’m waiting.”“For what?” Syl demanded. “To hit bottom?”Cillian looked up, something sharper than exhaustion flashing in his eyes. “To

  • Too Late to Want Me; I chose your Billionaire Brother   Don’t push me away

    Benita’s POVBenita jolted awake to the shrill scream of her ringtone. Then another. And another.Her phone was vibrating violently on the nightstand, lit up with call after call — Warren, her assistant, three board members from the Foundation, and two private numbers she didn’t recognize. She blinked at the ceiling, momentarily disoriented, before she reached for the device and answered.“Benita.” Warren’s voice boomed through. “Get on a laptop. Now.”She sat up slowly, pulling the sheets around her. “Warren—what’s going on?”“I vouched for him because you asked me to. And now? I can’t walk that back.”“What—?”“Have you seen the damn video?”She paused, heart slamming in her chest. “No.”“Then don’t defend him until you do. It’s everywhere. And you better start drafting statements. The Foundation’s in free fall. I just got off the phone with two members of the Elders Council. They want answers — and they want them fast.”The call ended before she could say another word.Benita opene

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