All Chapters of Bound by a billionaire : Chapter 151 - Chapter 159

~JESSICA~My entire body went cold.I stood frozen, staring at him as if he had just pulled the floor out from beneath me. His words kept echoing in my head—drugged… recorded… accident… Crystal.No. No, no, no.I shook my head slowly, clutching my arms around myself as though I could hold my breaking pieces together.“You’re lying,” I whispered, though my voice trembled. “You have to be lying. Crystal wouldn’t… she couldn’t….”“She could. And she did.” His voice was low but steady, like he was willing me to believe him. “That woman has done nothing but destroy everything good around me. Around us. She doesn’t love me, Jess. She just doesn’t want to let me go.”My lips parted, but no words came. I didn’t know what to say. The ground felt uneven beneath me, my thoughts spinning so fast I couldn’t catch them.If what Daniel was saying was true… then everything I thought I knew….every wound I carried….had been twisted by Crystal’s hands.I had accused and blamed

~JESSICA~“Who are you talking to??” Daniel asked and I swallowed hard.I knew how much he hated Leo.I didn't reply immediately and the air in the room turned heavy.My phone rang again and I instantly knew it was Leo calling.“Answer your call and put the phone on loud speaker” Daniel instructed me.I gasped. “Why??”“Are you hiding something from me?” He asked.“What? No!” I said almost immediately.“Then do it” he said sternly. With nervous and shaky fingers, I answered the call and put it on loud speaker.Leo's voice filled the room. “Jessica, where the hell have you been? Where are you?? You aren't at home and I haven't seen you all day” he asked.“I….ummmm” I stammered, glancing at Daniel who was staring expressionlessly at me.“I knew it. He's the one calling” he said loudly.“Jessica, are you with someone? Who are you with? Are you with a man?” Leo asked.Without warning, Daniel took the phone from me.“Yes. Jessica is with her husband. Now, why are you

~JESSICA~Mr. Isogawa's line clicked.“Jessica,” his deep voice came through, clipped and furious. “Do you have any idea the damage your little stunt has caused? Do you realize the humiliation I suffered this morning? My board, my shareholders—everyone is calling me a fool for trusting Sutherland!”Tears spilled down my cheeks, but I forced myself to speak, my voice trembling yet steady enough to carry. “Mr. Isogawa, please… this was all my fault. Not Daniel’s.”There was a pause on the line. “What?” he demanded sharply.I swallowed hard, choosing my words carefully. “Daniel… he liked me. He… he wanted me. But I didn’t feel the same back then. I didn’t want to be with him, so I only agreed to the arrangement on one condition—that it was a fake marriage. He signed it for me, because he loved me that much.”Silence. My hands shook as I clutched the phone tighter. “But then… then everything changed. I fell in love with him. Completely. Truly. We’ve been together ev

~JESSICA~I sat in the back of the crowded press hall, my hands trembling as Daniel took the stage. My heart thundered in my chest, every nerve in my body on edge.I hadn’t known what he was going to say. I hadn’t even had the chance to ask. When he told me he was calling a press conference, I thought it would be about damage control….a carefully worded denial, a safe half-truth crafted by lawyers and PR.But as soon as the first words left his mouth, my blood ran cold.“The marriage between myself and Jessica Adams… began as a contract. A business arrangement. A lie.”Gasps echoed around me, but mine was the loudest in my own head. I froze, my breath catching in my throat. No, Daniel. Why would you admit it like that?Every flash of a camera felt like a dagger. Every furious murmur from the press like a blow. He was handing them the truth on a silver platter….the very thing we had fought so desperately to protect.And then… his voice shifted. Stronger. Cleare

~JESSICA~The first thing I heard was the steady beep…beep…beep of a heart monitor.The second was a voice….low, broken, yet achingly familiar.“Jessica… please. Please open your eyes.”My eyelids felt heavy, but I forced them open. White walls. The sterile scent of antiseptic. A soft light above me. And then….Daniel.His face hovered above mine, his eyes rimmed red, his expression caught between disbelief and overwhelming relief. He looked like a man who had been drowning and had finally broken the surface.“Daniel…” My voice came out hoarse, barely a whisper.He choked on a laugh that was half a sob, pressing my hand against his cheek. “Oh, thank God. Jessica, sweetheart, you’re awake. I thought….” His voice broke. He buried his face against my palm, his body trembling. “I thought I was going to lose you.”Tears pricked my eyes as I squeezed his hand weakly. “I’m still here.”He lifted his head, his gaze locking with mine, raw and unguarded. “You scared t