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Lahat ng Kabanata ng Billionaire's Rekindling Love: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

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1!Anniversary of Betrayal

ZARA TAYLOR“Please be careful with that,” I said as I rushed towards the huge picture of me and my husband, Ronnie, on our wedding day.“Where do you want it placed?” I was asked. “Just… over there,” I replied, pointing to the far wall across from the fireplace. My fingers trembled slightly as I adjusted the frame, brushing a speck of dust from the glass. The sight of our smiling faces, frozen in time, sent a pang through my chest. The movers nodded and carefully set the portrait down where I’d indicated.I stared at it for a moment longer. That day felt like a lifetime ago. Two years, to be exact. Two years of marriage, I was thrown into, to pay off my family’s debt. A marriage that made me give my all but received nothing back in return. But hopefully it all changes today because of our anniversary. “Is there anything else you’d like us to move, ma’am?” one of them asked, pulling me from my thoughts.I blinked, swallowing hard. “No. That’ll be all for now, thank you.” I quickly

2!Overwhelming Evidence

ZARA TAYLORI stared into the red traffic light as my feet shifted relentlessly on the brake pedal of my car. The weight of the evening pressed against me. The air was thick with the faint hum of the city, the distant murmur of conversations blending with the sound of tires on wet asphalt. I could feel the tension building inside me, like the calm before a storm. The light flickered, almost as if teasing me to move, but I remained frozen, unsure if I was waiting for it to turn green or for something more... something I couldn’t yet name.My eyes drifted to the billboard, staring back at me was the picture of the city's most sought after couples. My husband and my stepsister. Another game the universe decided to play with me despite my pleas.The image on the billboard mocked me, the perfect smile of my husband and the radiant gaze of my stepsister, frozen in time as if their betrayal was a love story. My pulse quickened, and for a moment, the noise of the city faded away, leaving on

3!I never stopped thinking about you

ZARA TAYLORI kept tapping my hands against my purse as I sat in the lobby of the fertility clinic I just walked into. I could feel my legs vibrating and my mind racing as well.“What am I doing?” I ask myself. It’s only been a few months since I divorced, and I have been enjoying my single life as much as I want.But something inside of me keeps screaming incomplete and that’s why I'm here. In a fertility clinic, trying to have a baby.“Hi, you can go in now,” the receptionist said to me. I nodded with a smile and walked towards the doctor’s office. The door swung open, and a couple walked out, holding each other tightly and beaming with a smile.I stepped aside to let them pass, their happiness brushing against me like a gust of warm wind I hadn’t expected. I caught the woman’s eyes just for a second, there was a shine in them, a kind of joy that wasn’t just about the moment, but about something bigger.I swallowed hard, the knot in my stomach tightening.The doctor stood at the doo

4!Five years later

ZARA TAYLORI stood in front of the building, anticipating the joy of my life to burst through those doors. I wasn’t the only one. So many parents were just as impatient as I was. It has been hours since I dropped my daughter, Hazel, off at her school, and right now, I will do anything to have her in my arms once again. The huge bell rang and the doors were busted open with a lot of children rushing to their parents.I scanned the crowd, my heart racing, eyes desperately searching for her familiar face. Then, just as if time had slowed, I saw her, Hazel. My little girl, with her messy brown hair bouncing as she ran toward me. Her eyes sparkled with excitement, a grin spreading across her face.“Mama!” she shouted, throwing herself into my arms. I caught her easily, holding her tightly as if I could somehow make up for the hours we’d spent apart.“I missed you so much, Haze,” I whispered, brushing her hair from her forehead, inhaling the sweet scent of her childhood innocence.“I miss

5!Her Father, my family!

ZARA“Hi, Miss Zara, there is a call waiting for you in the office,” my assistant and my only friend in the city, Vic, said as I walked into the lobby of my office.“Do you have any idea who?” I asked her.“She didn't say,” I nodded and walked towards the office. “And, oh,” she squeaked, smiling. 'You have a visitor,” I didn't need to ask who it was, from the look on her face I could tell. I walked into my office and there he was, Victor Armani, CEO of Armani and Co, law firm and my boss.“Hi,” I greeted with my usual smile as I placed my bag on the table.“You are here,” he turned to look at and smiled. “What are you doing here?” I asked him, even though I knew the answer to that question, “I already dropped the file of my last case with your assistant,” I said to him.“I know that, and you did a very good job with it. Brought the firm a lot of money,” he said, and went quiet for a while.“That's why I'm here actually to offer my congratulations and invite you for dinner,” he said,

6!His name is Matthew Russell!

ZARAThe New York breeze hit like a wave just as soon as I stepped out of the plane. I held Hazel with my hands as we descended. The air filled my hair and memories of everything I went through in this city flooded my mind like a hurricane. I felt Hazel's hands leave mine, and my fingers clutched my purse tightly. I felt like I was just thrown back into a hole I spent my life crawling out of.If I'm going to get rid of the weeds at Zenith Law firm, I have to be strong. I have to show my opponent, because I'm going to have many. I'm going to have to show them, I'm stronger, and more formidable.“Zara,” I heard a voice, and my fingers clutched my purse even tighter. “You can't run away from me now,” the voice said again. I gasped, and turned around.“Hey, it's me,” Vic said, holding her hands out. “Mama, are you okay?” I heard Hazel's voice. I looked around, wondering why I could hear him like he was standing next to me. “I'm fine baby, let's get to the car,” I picked her up and wal

7!He made no mistake!

ZARAI looked at myself in the mirror with my two-piece blazer suit hanging on my body like it was made for me. The dark navy blue matched the serious look in my eyes. Today wasn’t just another day. It was the day I faced my past.Hazel was still sleeping, her small body curled up in the middle of the bed. I leaned down, kissed her forehead, and pulled the blanket closer around her.Vic walked into the room holding a cup of coffee. “You look nice,” she said, with a bit of skepticism in her voice.“What do you mean?” I asked her, searching her eyes.“I don't know,” she said as she sipped her coffee. “You have always been a trailblazer when it comes to your dressing style but this is different.”“How so?” I asked her, checking myself in the mirror again.“You want him to notice you,” she said with a smirk, and I found myself blushing. But quickly brushed it away.“I do want him to notice me, but notice that I mean business,” I said. “Hmm,” she said with coffee in her mouth. “You are r

8!I came back to take what's mine!

ZARAI stared at Matthew, waiting for him to say it was a joke. But his face was calm. Too calm.“What do you mean, you have the same clause in your father's will?” I asked, though I already knew he wasn’t lying.“I mean exactly that,” he said, walking around his desk like he had all the time in the world. “My father and yours were very close. Business partners, friends. They built something big together and wanted to keep it in the family.”I laughed, but it was hollow. “By forcing us into marriage? That’s insane.”“Right now, it's insane to you. But it wouldn't have been years ago, if the accident hadn't happened,” he said.“Don't talk about that,” I said to him, walking towards the window.“We were the talk of the time, everyone wanted us together,” he said, walking towards me.“Then you ruined it,” I walked away from him, towards another part of the office.“What can I do to make you forgive me,” he said, and I scoffed.“If you think visiting her grave will make me forgive you, yo

9!The Clause That Can't Be Broken!

ZARAI raced out of Matthew’s office, and out of the building, before I could do something reckless, like run into his arms.My heart pounded, my hands shook. The cool air outside didn’t calm me; it stung my skin like ice. But I welcomed the sting. I needed something to pull me out of… whatever that was. Whatever he made me feel.Coming back here was a mistake. I should’ve known better.He still knew how to find my pressure points. And I let him.I let him get close. I let him touch me… feel me.I pressed trembling fingers against my lips, furious at myself. They still tingled. He hadn’t even kissed me, but it had been close. Too close.“Damn it,” I muttered, sliding into the back of the car waiting for me.As we pulled away from the building, I stared out the window. My reflection stared back, tired, confused, but mostly… hurt.Why did he still affect me like this?Why could he still see me in ways no one else did?I hated that he was the one who gave me my father’s will. I hated how

10!I don't need an appointment!

ZARAAs the car moved, I couldn’t help but fidget. Today is the first time I will be walking into Zenith Law firm. It's one of the biggest firms in the country, and I can’t believe I have a massive stake in it. “What about the clause?” my mind went back there, and I groaned. I had spent all week with Vic, trying to figure out a way to outsmart the clause my father had placed but we found nothing. My father was a brilliant man, he thought of everything, and placed contingencies. “Nervous?” I heard Vic’s voice and I turned to look at her. “No,” I said sharply. “I was made for this obviously,” I said, trying to lighten the mood. “I just miss Hazel, I don’t like leaving her,” she smiled at her words.“I can’t say I understand the feeling, but I get you. I had the greatest mother love, and I see it in you,” her words seem to make me calm. Vic’s words made my chest feel warm. I smiled a little and looked back out the window.The tall buildings of downtown blurred past us as we got close

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