บททั้งหมดของ Claimed By The Billionaire Ex: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

Chapter 1I sat hunched on the edge of the bed, clutching the medical report so tightly it crumpled along the edges. I read the doctor’s words again, even though every word pinted on the paper was embedded in my brain.‘You are not a match for your son’s bone marrow transplant.’I had built an empire from nothing, fashioned power out of pain and learned to wield both with precision. I had connections in every industry that mattered, money that could open almost any door in the world. But not this one. Not when it was my son’s life on the line.Alex was almost five, but seemed younger and weak but he was my brave little boy. He slept so still in the next room. The same dark curls lay soft and wild against his pillow, catching the faint light. His smile, that single dimple deep on one cheek, was a treasure Jace had never given me, but Alex lavished on me with the devotion only a child can. He had the same eyes as his father, hazel eyes with flecks of gold that glimmered wuth mischief b

Chapter 3Aurora’s POVThe air between us turned to ice the second Jace’s gaze landed on the photo.His jaw tightened until it looked almost painful. “What the hell is this, Aurora?” He growled out. “Did you come here to show off how perfect your life is? Is that it? To flaunt everything you have? To show me your child?”What the fucking hell? Has Jace always been this dumb? This wasn't about us at all.“Jace, calm the fuck down.” My voice was harsh like his and steely. “That’s not a family photo as you can see very well. That’s your son. Our son. His name is Alex. And he needs your help. He’s very sick, he needs a bone marrow transplant. I’m not a match.”He slammed the phone down with a scoff, disbelief painted on every part of him. “My son? Yeah…that's not fucking possible. You know why? It's because we haven't had contact with each other for years We haven’t spoken in years. You vanished, Aurora, you slipped out of my life without a trace and never looked back. Do you expect me t

Chapter 5Aurora’s POVI paused in shock. For a second, I thought I’d misheard him.“You want me to… what?” My voice came out shaky, thin as glass.On the other end of the line, Jace’s reply was slow, deliberate. “Come back to me. As my wife. With your son.”The breath hitched in my chest, sharp and unsteady. My grip on the phone tightened until my knuckles burned. For one absurd heartbeat, hope dared to flare in me, did this mean he believed me at last? That he had accepted Alex? “Jace…” My throat constricted. “Does that mean you’re saying… he’s yours?”Silence stretched, weighted and suffocating. Then his voice slid through, calm and lethal.“I don’t give a damn if the boy is mine or not. That isn’t the point.”My heart cracked all over again. Of course. Stupid me. For a second, I thought maybe he’d changed. That maybe the man who once swore I was his entire world still lived somewhere behind that steel façade. But this wasn’t about Alex. It was never about Alex.“You don’t care?”

Chapter 7Aurora’s POVNo matter how much I tried, I couldn't get any sleep that night. It was like we were two strangers measuring each other up for battle.I lay on the stiff hotel mattress, eyes fixed on the ceiling, watching the shadows shift as the city outside never truly went quiet. The phone call with Jace replayed over and over, the sharp edge of his voice, the demand woven into his every word. Come back to me.I’d spent years building walls inside myself, teaching my heart to beat without him. And yet the sound of his voice had shaken those walls until cracks appeared, until everything I thought I had buried threatened to rise again. The fact that he had this much hold over me was unsettling. I couldn't understand it.But it wasn’t just Jace keeping me awake. It was the silence that came after.Especially from the one person who had been a confidant years ago, my brother.I had sent him a message yesterday. Just a simple plea for help. For one word, one flicker of acknowled

Chapter 9: The Meeting (Aurora’s POV)The cab ride to Carter Holdings felt like being driven straight into the jaws of a beast.I sat stiffly in the backseat, hands curled into fists around the strap of my bag, the city flashing by in streaks of neon and glass. Every mile closer to the tower made my chest feel tighter, like invisible hands were squeezing the air out of me.I shouldn’t be here. Every instinct screamed at me to run, to turn back, to find another way. But knowing that if I did so put Alex in danger, I couldn't sit and do nothing. Alex needed me. And Jace was the only one who could help as much as I hated to admit it.The car slowed, merging into the stream of sleek sedans and town cars pulling up in front of a building that looked less like an office and more like a monument. Carter Holdings towered above the street, glass and steel slicing into the night sky, its logo etched into the facade in burnished silver. People moved briskly in and out of the revolving doors, se