All Chapters of A Billionaire's Chase; wanting her back.: Chapter 41 - Chapter 49

NOAH’S POV The moment I stepped into the house, I could feel the stillness, like time had decided to hold its breath. Cassie met me at the hallway with a polite smile, but I could see the worry in her eyes. “She’s upstairs,” she said softly. “Resting, but awake.”I nodded, my pulse quickening despite my calm façade. It had only been a few days since the incident with the tulips, and though she’d told Cassie she was fine, I needed to see for myself. I couldn’t relax until I saw her eyes open, until I knew she was really okay.I carried the small box of gifts in one hand, nothing extravagant, just a few things she liked: her favorite perfume, the pale pink silk scarf she’d once admired, and a new novel from her favorite author. Little things that reminded me of her laughter, her subtle warmth,the woman she used to be with me before everything turned cold.The air in her room smelled faintly of lavender when I entered. She was sitting up on the bed, the pale sunlight from the window cas

ELINA POV The sentence sat on the card like a verdict. I stared and read it again because the brain sometimes needed repetition to accept reality. A scream had been building somewhere behind my ribs; when it exited, it was raw and animal. Cassie’s eyes widened and she grabbed the card from my numb fingers.“This is a threat,” she breathed as if naming it might shrink it.“It—” I tried to say something coherent, but my mouth tasted like cotton. My lungs felt constricted, like the air had narrowed.Cassie’s face sharpened, that nurse’s training snapping into place. “Okay. Lock the doors. Call Amelia. Call Jerry. Call the police. Don’t touch anything. Don’t… breathe too hard.” She was moving faster than an ordinary morning allowed. Her hands were on my shoulders, steady and strong.I tried to breathe. The sound came out small and jagged. The words on the card were precise, intimate in their cruelty. They knew about Noah. About the life I’d lost. They had found the most fragile tendon an

Elina's POV “Care to explain what I just saw?” Cassie asked as I stepped back into my room. I rolled my eyes but the warmth spreading through my cheeks made me chuckle.“Quit doing that.” I said calmly and she came to sit in front of me on the sofa. “Come on, are you gonna spill or do I have to force it out of your mouth?”“I wish.” I replied standing on my feet as I walked over to the nightstand to pick my phone.“I'm gonna have a conversation with Amelia and by the time I get back I really hope you won't be here.”“Well you should know I'm not leaving without getting the full details of what happened here last night.” She replied cockily.“We had sex.” I replied casually and she jumped up, punching the air in the process.“Did you win a lottery or something? You're happier than I am that I had sex with my ex husband who hasn't forgiven me for leaving.” She scoffed and walked to the door.“You both can keep deceiving yourselves about not forgiving each other but I'll be right here w

Elina's POV My phone rang the minute I wanted into my room and I needed no one to tell me who it was. “You couldn't spend a day without hearing from me,huh?” I asked, getting comfortable under the duvet as Cassie's laughter rumbled from the other end of the phone.“So how's Maldives? Tell me, are you in the sheets with Mr handsome already?” She asked and I felt my face growing warm.“He's in the next room so don't expect me to answer any questions concerning that.”“Oh,why aren't you in his room? Did something happen? Because after last night's moans and screams__”“Cassie!” I yelled into the phone and I could envision her face going serious.“I was kidding.” She wasn't and I knew about it.“I need to rest, I've got a long day ahead of me tomorrow so it's a goodnight for now.” I whispered into the phone.“Alright, goodnight.” I turned my phone off but the message I received earlier when I was having dinner with Noah crossed my mind.Whoever this anonymous person is,the person knows m