บททั้งหมดของ Divorced By My Ex, Accepted By His Step-Brother : บทที่ 201 - บทที่ 210

AUTHOR’S POVThe air in Petal’s office was thick with tension— the sound of the party muffled by the giant soundproof door that had been closed shut.The Conrads occupied one side, with Roland sitting on Petal’s chair, trying to appear intimidating. Noah, Sasha and the kings stood at the other end.Eleanor looked conflicted. The fierce way Elisabeth had defended Sasha still played through her mind. She still couldn’t process the fact that Sasha and Elisabeth had a bond, while she had tried for years to be friends with the woman.The emotions in the room ranged from cocky to tense. Roland looked unbothered, smiling smugly at his half-brother who hadn’t said a word since they arrived at the office. And his fiancé? She hadn’t said a word, fear lodged in her heart as she looked around the room. The last time she had been here, Petal had been hurt.She couldn’t help but wonder who was going to end up hurt tonight. And judging from the way Noah Beck stood with a calculating look on his face

SASHA’S POVThe meeting had taken a turn. Gone were the smug looks, the confidence and instantly replaced with rage, shock betrayal at every turn.The button had been pressed; the detonation was lethal.Noah stood in the middle of the room, the lazy smile on his face as he watched the ruin he had carefully orchestrated.But in all this, I was still reeling in the hurt that tugged at the back of my mind. Noah had spent days planning this, hiding it from me even when I asked questions, he said he was doing nothing, planning nothing.The truth slapped harder than I wanted it to. I wasn’t his partner in all this. In his eyes, I was a pawn, a strategy that he moved when he saw fit.Elaine stepped closer, dropping more documents on the table, Noah had been stealthy in his actions, taken everything, assets, contracts every major deal that the Conrad empire had. This had been the play, the night we had walked in here for the will reading, they had been stupid, unaware of his true intention wh

AUTHOR’S POVNoah was gone, but the ruin that was left in his wake still existed.Anastasia was in the corner, trying to hide from the imposing glare that was sent her way. Roman was gone the minute noah had walked out of the room. No one stopped him.“Roland, please,” she cried, her voice barely above a whisper.Maya glowered, all through the revelation that had been made, she was the only one who was yet to speak. “I trusted you, called you my friend and what did I get in return. You sleeping with my boy… setting me up with a man and making it look like it was predestined fate,” she spat.Anastasia winced; her voice felt like a blade that had been passed through fire quite a few times. “This isn’t what it looks like,” she begged, dropping to her knees.Roland let out a dark chuckle, “Inst what it looks like? Yet there is a picture of you kissing him and should we talk about the fact that you had tried to kill my grandmother?” he hissed.Petal was yet to speak. She was still reeling

SASHA’S POV“What are you going to do now? This is what we have been planning for months,”My eyes were fixed on the ceiling fan, watching as it swirled in a slow mesmerising movement. Right from the minute Roland and Anastasia had humiliated me, I had dreamed of what a day like this would feel like.How good it would be to stare them in the eyes and laugh at the pain that they had put me through. This was the biggest comeback victory anyone has ever heard of. The takeover had been hostile, there were no warning signs.It felt like an earthquake the aftershocks were still effective. Images of how Roland looked broken, the minute he heard of Anastasia’s betrayal. His expression had mirrored mine the day I had walked in on them kissing in his office.But today, exactly three months later, he got to feel how I felt when he had broken me. Three months…. That was how long it took for Noah to destroy them.I should be happy. I should be on the next plane to Paris, ready to climb the Eiffel

SASHA’S POVA FEW MINUTES EARLIER.“You don’t have to return this early; I am sure Noah is already at work,” Nina’s voice droned out behind me, her eyes staring at me with emotions I didn’t want to decipher. Maybe because of the fact that I could see pity swirling in them.“I just… it would be easier to get a few things before meeting him in his office to tell him about my plan,” I said, picking up her car key. She had been nice enough to offer me her car to drive.But what she didn’t know was that I was lying. I had no intentions of seeing Noah. I was taking the coward's way. If I made it to the house without being detected, I would pick up my things and make a run for it.Guilt panged at the back of my mind. Nina was here believing that I would tell her about my plans. Not knowing that I would send her a message when I am far enough, telling hr to get her car from Noah’s house.I had spent the night looking up flights, anything that would take me far away from here. I didn’t even bo