His Heartbroken Surrogate のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 21 - チャプター 30

My heart was pounding now. My feet kept inching backward, but he matched every step.“I gave you everything, and you turned me into a joke,” he hissed. “You embarrassed me. You let me look like a fool while everyone else probably knew.”“You made a fool of yourself,” I snapped. “With Patricia. With

Three blocks from the gallery, I felt it again.That weight. That presence.I glanced behind me.Empty street. Normal. Still... I picked up my pace.Two more blocks. I turned a corner and stopped suddenly to tie my bootlace—quick, subtle. Then I looked.There he was.A shadow just far enough back. S

I blinked. “Excuse me?”He grinned. “Sorry. Bad joke. You just don’t see many people who can talk about art without sounding like a robot.”I offered a tight smile and took a half-step back. “Let me know if you’d like to see the documentation.”“Actually,” he said, “I was thinking maybe—”He didn’t

Would Wesley even allow it?The thought chilled me more than the marble floors ever could.I hadn’t seen him in days. Not even in passing. No footsteps. No doors creaking open late at night. Just silence.He hadn’t called. Hadn’t checked in. Just those flat, robotic texts with reminders like I was s

“What are you doing?” I asked, voice shaking.“Isn’t this a dead-end?” Jenny added, her tone sharp now with fear.“That’s the point,” Juan muttered.He pulled the car into a tight corner between two dumpsters and killed the engine.I could hear my own heartbeat.Juan turned to us, voice cold. “Stay