Lahat ng Kabanata ng Betrayed By Ex, Loved By My Billionaire Boss : Kabanata 181 - Kabanata 190

The Snake in the OfficeRegina's POVI never thought walking into work could feel like walking onto a battlefield, but here I was, heels sharp, chin high, heart pounding like a war drum.Mary smiled when I passed her. One of those slow, smug grins that said, I know something you don't.I paused, turned, and smiled right back. "You've got lipstick on your teeth," I whispered sweetly.Her expression cracked for a split second. Then she turned back to her computer like I didn't exist.But I knew better now. Her silence wasn't surrender. It was the calm before a very calculated storm.In Nicholas's office, things weren't much better."I still don't have a name," he muttered, pacing. "But someone's been leaking footage. We're tightening everything, emails, staff movements, meeting logs. I'm putting a mole on Mary.""A mole?" I repeated."You think she's behind this?"He didn't answer right away."She's too smart not to be involved," he finally said. "But she's also too careful to leave a t

Regina's POV But while I prepared for the gala, something else was happening at the office.Someone had been tampering with my reports.On Thursday morning, Nicholas called an emergency meeting.He paced in front of the board, holding up a spreadsheet."Numbers don't lie. But someone in this department does."I froze.That was my department."This discrepancy was found in Regina's division," he said, "but not by her. Which makes me wonder who planted it."I stood. "You think someone's framing me?"Mike raised a hand. "I've been checking our logs. Someone used Regina's login on Tuesday at 2 a.m. But her IP address didn't match."Nicholas's eyes narrowed. "Who was working late that night?"The room was silent... until one voice spoke up."Claire," I said.Claire, my assistant, turned pale.Nicholas stepped forward. "Care to explain?"She panicked. "I... I was told to do it. I didn't know what it would cause. Please—""By who?"She hesitated. "I don't know his name. He said if I didn't

Regina's POV The little girl was crying now. Alone in a tiny orphanage room with peeling wallpaper and a bed too cold."She won't remember," a man said behind a glass panel. "She's young enough. Just wipe her file."Then there was Lloyd."I should've let her die with him," she spat. "But I couldn't."A pause."Because she looked too much like Julia."The pieces twisted in my mind like a broken mirror.They lied. They all lied.In the hospital, Regina's heart monitor spiked suddenly. Her eyelids fluttered."Nurse!" someone shouted.Her fingers clenched.A whisper escaped her lips..."Lloyd."Let's raise the stakes. Regina's awake—but the fire in her isn't just survival. It's vengeance. Love. Power. And a reckoning long overdue.Everything hurt.My chest felt heavy. My throat like sandpaper. My body didn't want to move like I'd been asleep for years.But the moment I opened my eyes and saw Julia's tear-stained face, I remembered.Not just the accident. Not just Dan holding my hand in t

The Cabin Regina's POVI didn't tell anyone where I was going. Not Julia. Not Jenna. Not even Mike, who looked like he wanted to glue himself to my side.I needed to do this alone.The hilltop cabin sat like a secret at the edge of the city, surrounded by silence and pine trees that whispered like old friends. It was where Nicholas took me the first time we ran away from the world. The first time I let him kiss me like I wasn't broken. Like I was something rare.It was the most dangerous kind of memory, one that made me feel.I pulled into the gravel driveway just as the sun began to fall behind the trees.He was already there.Nicholas stood on the porch, one hand in his pocket, the other holding what looked like baby shoes.My throat tightened.He turned as I stepped out of the car, eyes locking onto mine like they'd been searching for me since I left that hospital room."Hey," I said, keeping my voice steady."You came," he breathed."I needed answers."He nodded and stepped asid

Regina's POVThe smell of smoke clung to everything. My jacket, hair, my soul.I stood in front of what used to be our second design warehouse, gone, reduced to black steel bones and smoldering ashes.My breath caught. "This... this was on purpose."Nicholas said nothing. He was staring at the red letters spray-painted across the burnt exterior."This is only the beginning.""What the hell does that mean?" I asked, heart pounding.Mike walked up, phone in hand, face grim. "The fire marshal says it started near the electrical room, but it wasn't faulty wiring. Someone broke in. There's signs of forced entry.""Security footage?" I asked, already dreading the answer."Wiped. Clean as a whistle."Nicholas cursed under his breath. "They knew what they were doing."I turned to him, watching the way his jaw clenched, how tightly he held himself. "You think this is about me?""I don't think," he muttered. "I know."A sick feeling curled in my stomach. "Jeremy Anderson's still in jail. Kimber