All Chapters of The CEO’s Unwanted Wife: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

RaineFlames lick at my heels as Malik and I plummet to the ground, rolling into the dirt like two broken marionettes. I sense the scream of metal as the safe house behind us detonates, windows exploding like fireworks.I choke on the heat. On the range.I'm alive, so is Malik's.But Cassian?My chest tightened. "Cassian!""Raine—wait!" Malik pulls me down just in time as debris crashes from the ceiling—burning wood, ash, and a piece of the ceiling that just slightly misses us."Cassian was in there! We left him in there—" I'm standing, frantic and choking. The smoke hides everything, but I don't care. I throw myself toward the fire.Malik drags me back hard. "You want to die?""I want my husband!""He's not in there. He wasn't—he wasn't in the med bay. I checked just before we got out."I freeze."What?""I swear on my life," Malik pants, wild

Raine"Move an inch, and I'll be sure to paint the walls with his brain."Leo's voice was ice over rocks. The gun never wavered from Cassian's skull.I came to a halt midway, hands raising slightly to the air. Each breath I pulled was borrowed.Cassian's eyes locked onto mine, glassy but serious. His lip was part open, his cheek battered and swollen, but even bound to that chair, he still had the nerves to look like he'd consume Leo alive whole if he were unleashed."Let him go," I said to him, my voice rough and sharp. "You want me, then take me."Leo chuckled. "I already had you, Raine. Don't you recall?"Cassian bucked against his restraints, metal screaming beneath the pressure of his rage.Leo moved towards me, gun still raised to my forehead. "Fun, isn't it? You thought this was for revenge, thought it was personal, but sorry to surprise you, it wasn't."I spit at him. "So what in the worl

Raine"What the hell are you hiding, Julian?"I closed the door to the safe house's exit and locked it behind me. My hands are shaking as I pull out the flash drive from my bra—the one Julian handed me before he died. The one labeled Greyborn in trembling, almost desperate handwriting.Outside, Malik and Pandora are debating over security protocols. Cassian's still on the operating table, fighting for his life. But in here—it's just me, the laptop, and the truth.I slide the drive into the port.The screen flickers.For a moment, nothing.Then—ENTER AUTHENTICATION CODE.After that:"There's blood on this key. Enter wisely."I exhale abruptly. Julian never said anything about the code, but I recall something—his final words echoing in my head: "Emilia died for the truth."Emilia.

RaineI didn't hear the sound of a gunshot.But I felt it—lightning snapping through my skeleton.Sierra jumped back, her mouth falling open in horror. A single bloom of red burst open on her chest, spreading through the cream silk of her blouse like spilled wine.She staggered. Not back. Not yet."Roman," she rasped, as if trying to make sense of the apparition in front of her.He raised the gun again. "You should've stayed dead."I didn't wait for the next bullet. I grabbed Cassian and pulled him back from the center of the bloodbath. My heart was racing fast. Every sense screamed to run, but I couldn't—not without answers. Not without seeing this bitch break.Sierra's knees dropped to the floor."Wait," she gasped, blood trickling past her lips. "Wait—he's not who you think—"Roman shot again.This time, the bullet hit her in the throat.Silence.One last, gurgling gasp.Then her body collapsed. Twisted. Dead.Cassian shivered against me. His pulse pounded under my palm."Are you o

Raine"You're shaking."I can barely hear Cassian’s voice beneath the engine’s growl, but I still hear it. Felt it. My hands were visibly shaking on the wheel, speeding us down canyon road in darkness, headlight beams piercing through like cries from the depths of despair."I'm not shaking," I breathed, though I was.He coughed beside me, blood in his throat again. "You always lie to yourself when you're scared."I didn't answer. I couldn't. Because if my lips part ways, I will cry.Roman Creed was dead. Again. This time for real. I'd seen the bullet strike him. I saw the light drain from his eyes. The silence that followed had been more deafening than any explosion.We'd just made it out. Malik bleeding. Cassian half-alive. And I? I was driving like mad, without a clue where we were going."We have to stop," Cassian snarled."No," I said. "Not until we're off their radar. You know Sierra. She'll call in drones, dogs, whatever the hell she has left.""I meant you need to stop," he sai