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Chapter 54: The Woman Who Made Him
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UNDESERVED ROMANCE WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE Chapter 122: Quiet Before the Dawn
(POV: Richard)The night before the wedding, the ocean didn't roar; it whispered. From the balcony of our coastal home, the Pacific was a vast expanse of liquid obsidian, reflecting a crescent moon that hung like a silver parenthesis over the private cove north of the city.Inside, the house was a sanctuary of expectant silence. The frantic energy of the past few weeks, the endless logistical calls with Cole, the security perimeter briefings, and the chaotic deliveries of floral arrangements, had finally ceased. The canvas was fully painted. The parameters were locked.I stood in the centre of the dark living room, a single glass of water in my hand, looking toward the study where the soft, warm glow of a desk lamp spilled across the hardwood.Sitting on the rug in the centre of the room, surrounded by the physical artifacts of our tomorrow, was Oma.She was wearing a simple grey cotton sweatshirt, her legs tucked under her, her face illuminated by the amber light of the lamp. Spread
UNDESERVED ROMANCE WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE Chapter 121: The Proposal of Forever
(POV: Oma)After all the storms, the forced separations, the hospital monitors, and the shadow of the Jones empire, the dust had finally, completely settled.The San Diego sun had a completely different quality when you weren't looking at it through the tinted, polarized glass of a corporate boardroom. From the garden terrace of our coastal home, the light was warm, gold, and danced directly across the sea of fabric swatches, floral catalogs, and catering menus currently burying our outdoor table.And now, we were planning a wedding."Absolutely not," Richard’s deep voice echoed from the French doors, carrying a rich, unhurried warmth that still sent a thrill through my chest every single time I heard it.I looked up, shading my eyes against the midday glare. He was walking toward me, entirely relaxed in a white linen shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his forearms. On his hip, Maya was riding comfortably, her tiny hands currently occupied with trying to pull his silver watch off his
UNDESERVED ROMANCE WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE Chapter 120: The New Parameter
(POV: Richard)The command centre was dead.For years, the 85th floor of the glass-and-steel monolith overlooking the San Diego coastline had been an architectural weapon. It had been a space designed to intimidate, all sharp angles, clinical white marble, and minimalist furniture that screamed of a man who viewed the world as a series of hostile takeovers and forensic risk assessments.Now, as the late afternoon sun bled a brilliant, liquid gold across the Pacific horizon, the penthouse looked entirely unrecognizable.The silence had been utterly shattered. In its place was the chaotic, beautiful symphony of an actual home. Near the massive floor-to-ceiling windows, where I used to stand alone with a glass of neat scotch watching the market tickers, a sprawling, hand-woven rug from Oakhaven was covered in a chaotic kingdom of wooden blocks. A bright green plastic dinosaur was currently guarding a stack of supreme court appellate briefs."Richard! Catch her!"Oma’s laughter echoed dow
UNDESERVED ROMANCE WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE Chapter 119: Home Again
(POV: Richard)The heavy, solid wood of the front door at our newly established San Diego safe haven didn’t slide open with a hushed, electronic chime like the corporate elevators downtown. It creaked. It had a stubborn brass handle that required you to turn it exactly three-quarters of the way to the right, a domestic piece of grounding reality that we had intentionally chosen when leasing this historic coastal property, far away from the clinical glass of the financial district.Stepping into the high-ceilinged living room felt like lowering myself into a warm bath after a lifetime of freezing in the rain.The air smelled of chicory coffee, old paper, and the sharp, bright scent of lemon wax. We had deliberately avoided minimalist marble surfaces here to block out the clinical light of a boardroom. Instead, the worn calico sofa we’d shipped in bore the permanent indentation of comfort, and the mismatched bookshelves in the corner groaned under the weight of battered paperbacks, lega
UNDESERVED ROMANCE WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE Chapter 118: The Ruin of a Patriarch
(POV: Oma)The truth about my father didn’t come to light in a dramatic burst of courtroom theatre or a late-night confession under a swinging light bulb. It came in the quiet, clinical script of a forensic financial audit that Cole had dropped onto the kitchen table while the coffee was still brewing.I stared at the bank routing numbers, the shell corporation names registered in Delaware, and the final, devastating confirmation: a wire transfer of 2 million dollars from a hidden subsidiary of the Jones Ledger, dated exactly three days before Richard had walked into that room in Oakhaven and found me trapped in a staged, humiliating framing with a man I had never seen before in my life.My father, Silas Johnson, had sold me out. He had connived with Elizabeth Jones to break Richard, to isolate me, and to shatter the only genuine thing I had ever built, all to clear his own gambling debts and protect his standing in the Oakhaven timber cooperative."He's sitting on the porch at the ol
UNDESERVED ROMANCE WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE Chapter 117: Redefining the High-Rise
(POV: Oma)Our life in Oakhaven had been beautiful, slow, and deeply healing. For the past few months, the world had been reduced to the squeak of the wooden floors in our grassroots office, the smell of fresh lake air, and the unhurried cadence of a small town.Richard’s physical recovery had progressed from a cautious walk to a confident stride, his strength fully restored by the quietude of the country.But a man like Richard Jones, even a reformed, liberated Richard Jones, was never meant to stay in the shallows forever. His brilliant mind was a high-performance engine, and lately, I had noticed him staring out at the horizon during our quiet evenings on the porch, his eyes carrying that familiar, sharp focus that belonged to a grander stage.The shift happened on a Tuesday evening. Maya was fast asleep upstairs, and the house was wrapped in a comfortable, indigo twilight. I walked into the kitchen to find Richard leaning against the countertop, an active tablet in his hand. It wa
UNDESERVED ROMANCE WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE Chapter 34: Legal Claims
Two attorneys Richard considered as friends from his Jones and Associates days had stopped returning calls.Richard noticed all of it and didn't comment, but clearly understood that this is putting him off guard now and getting him worried too since this week.While I was preparing eggs for breakfa
UNDESERVED ROMANCE WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE Chapter 29: The Woman Behind the Curtain
Richard met his mother again on a Tuesday.He didn't tell me until he was already on his way out."I called her this morning," he said. "We will be meeting at a coffee shop in Hillcrest."I was on the sofa with the baby against my chest and a highlighted evidence chapter open in my lap. I looked up
UNDESERVED ROMANCE WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE Chapter 25: The Night Does Not End
When we walked out of the courtroom. The flashbulbs and the reporters hampered around Richard and I, calling his name. His hand was on my back, steering me forward through the small crowd of news reporters.Thank God we were at the winning side in the courtroom.While we moved towards our car. Imm
UNDESERVED ROMANCE WITH MR. BILLIONAIRE Chapter 14: Shadows and Saltwater
"Sir, they will tear you apart!" the security said in panic."Let them try." Richard pushed past the guard and shoved the heavy glass doors open."Mr. Jones," the head of building security said, stepping forward with a pale, stressed face. "Sir, we’ve called the district, but they’re taking their ti
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