All Chapters of Hired My Ex's Sister as Wife: Chapter 281 - Chapter 288

SavannahSome nights, your brain just refuses to shut up. You might lie there, staring at the ceiling, replaying every little thing that’s gone wrong, wondering where exactly you started losing control, but you still might not get it. That was me after the contest. It had been a nice little distraction from the boardroom test, but it also made things much more difficult.I wish things had gone differently between Leo, Noah, and I, but it was obvious that they were still keeping malice with me for leaving the school.Sleep wasn’t even an option. My mind kept circling back to the same problem every now and then: the construction site, the goons, the board’s pressure, the way everything felt like it was sliding right through my fingers, no matter how tight I tried to hold on.And then there was the message. “Looking to talk. I have what you want.”I’d written it days ago, but couldn’t bring myself to send it. It was reckless and in a way borderline suicidal, if I’m being honest. But sitt

SavannahBy the time I got back to my dorm, I didn’t want to think about what had happened that evening, and so I just got in my bed and went straight to sleep. By the time I woke up the next morning, my head felt like it had been smashed into a wall metaphorically, though honestly, it might as well have been literal. I barely slept the whole night. Every time I closed my eyes, that man’s face flashed behind my eyelids. His voice and his warning. “One week.”I sat on the edge of my bed, staring at my phone like it held all the answers. But it didn’t. All there was were just a bunch of unanswered texts, reminders about deadlines, and a message from my dad that reminded me of today’s meeting with the board. It was scheduled for ten o'clock, and so I quickly got into the shower, dressed up, and once I was done, I stared at myself in the mirror, trying to keep myself composed. I looked put together on the outside, but inside, I was a mess. Every thought was tangled, every breath felt lik

SavannahI’d been trying to keep my head down ever since that call with Noah, but my brain was already a storm, and I couldn’t even sleep easily anymore. Every time I shut my eyes, I kept hearing that man’s voice again.I tried to shake it off, focus on school, and act normal. You know, try to pretend I could handle all of this. But even normalcy felt like a foreign language at that point. The board had been on my neck, hinting around that they were “monitoring progress.” Which loosely translates to, “they didn’t trust me anymore.” So, I went to class, tried to fit in, and kept my mouth shut about everything else.But that afternoon, classes ran later than usual, and by the time I stepped out of the building, the sky was already beginning to fade into grey. The campus was quieter than usual. Some students were heading back to the dorms, laughing, walking in groups, and just doing normal activities.I adjusted the strap of my bag and started walking down the usual path toward the dorms

SavannahI was halfway across the quad when I saw Julian by the fountain, hanging out with some of his boys. Seeing him there with a group, I felt slightly reluctant to approach him. I’d had enough of high school boys and dealt with them rather too often to know how they were. Still, I needed to talk to him about Uriel, about what Noah told me, about how everything suddenly felt like it was closing in around me. But just as I picked up my pace and started toward him, someone stepped right into my path. Harper.She looked annoyingly perfect, as usual, with her hair bouncing all over the place, her smile just sharp enough to make you wonder if it was real. I tried to avoid her, but it was too late, so I composed myself and braced for impact. “What do you want, Harper?” I asked, crossing my arms before she even opened her mouth.She blinked innocently, like I’d just accused her of stealing my lunch. “Relax, Savannah. I’m not here to start anything.”“Right,” I said flatly. “Because that’