Lahat ng Kabanata ng After He Took It All: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Axel’s POVFor a few seconds, I just stood there, frozen. The noise in the room faded, and all I could hear were those damned thoughts repeating at the back of my mind. A baby. She’s pregnant. She's carrying a baby.My baby?But…. nothing of it made sense…. They twisted everything I thought I knew. Every look Brielle gave me, every moment she pulled away, every excuse—suddenly it all felt like something else, something hidden.I looked at Jason. His mouth was bleeding, his nose swollen, but the smile on his lips hadn't faded. That look told me everything I needed to know—he was sure of what he’d said. He didn’t even need to say more. His silence said he’d already won.My hands dropped from his shirt. The anger that had been burning in me moments ago turned cold. My heart felt like it was being squeezed tight inside my chest. I didn’t want to believe him. I didn’t want to think Brielle could keep something as huge as this like that.What else was she hiding from me? Was…was

Brielle’s POVA yawn escaped from my lips as bright rays of light moved on my face, forcing me to squirm a bit as my eyes struggled to adjust towards the windows.At first, I didn't remember what happened, or where I was.But when my gaze fell on the empty bottles laying around the couch, the quiet hum in the distance, and…. Axel slumped beside me, finally stirring with a hand to his throbbing temple…..my eyes widened in realization.But I barely had time to process my thoughts as I watched his hand twitch first. Then, with a low groan, he lifted his head from my chest, his dark hair a disheveled mess that somehow still managed to look so damn attractive—I couldn't help but imagine what it'd feel like running my fingers through them all over again as he kissed on my neck.God, he was a beast last night. A beast that was surpsingly caring enough to not hurt the baby as he fucked the lights out of us.My thighs clenched together, my cheeks flushing instantly when the sticky mess tickle

Axel’s POVShattered glass lay scattered across the polished marble floor, remnants of the vase I’d thrown across the room moments before the grand entrance.The metallic tang of my own rage lingered in the air, a physical manifestation of the storm that had erupted between Jason and me.But none of the destruction or fury could compare to the destruction my mother's arrival left behind.I stood frozen in place, my pulse hammering hard against my ribs. It was an orchestra of the dread building up inside.I wasn’t shaking because I feared her..... considering the fact that she had long ago lost the ability to inspire genuine terror in me.I was paralyzed because of what she had done.She had ripped Brielle out of my hands.My fists, which had been ready to crush Jason’s smug jaw only minutes prior, now hung uselessly at my sides.They were weapons with nothing left to defend, because the one person I had sworn to protect had been delivered straight into the hands of the dynasty’s jaile

Axel’s POVThe tension in the atmosphere wasn't hard to miss.Maybe it was the ACs at the corners, each hitting harder than they usually did, making the moment awfully cold.Or maybe…it was the twenty-two shareholders staring at me like I'd suddenly grown two heads—or possibly gone rogue.Probably both.As for mother, she sat at the far end of the long table, her back straightened and her legs crossed, but her face remained unreadable as she stared between me and Jason. As for Jason, he sat two seats to her left, muscles obviously tensed underneath his tailored suit; his jaw ticking under pressure and his fingers tapping against the table as if that could distract him from the reason why we were here in the first place.I scoffed internally.For a few minutes, he was acting all big and mighty—taking advantage of pinning me under mum's control, but what he didn't realize was how this was perfect for me.Because he might have her wrapped under his stupid little fingers, but in the boar

Brielle’s POVThe first thing I felt was the cold.Not the usual breeze that came through windows or the comfort from pillows.It was… different. Sharp, brutal, and far from comforting.The kind that seeped into my bones and made everything inside heavy with numbing aches.Gosh, I feel so sick!I frowned as I took a deep breath before making a move.Finally, my eyelids fluttered open to a blur of velvet curtains and small sunlight piercing past them. And for a second, I couldn’t remember where I was… or what I've been doing here.That was, until the stiffness in my back snapped my attention towards the high frame of the King-sized bed and then to the...The floor.I’d fallen asleep on the freaking floor.Great.My fingers twitched against the cold marble tiles to rub against my cheeks for warmth, but my cheeks felt raw and numb as well—almost like all the blood had been drained from them as well. I tried to swallow back my frustration but it only made my throat hurt from how dry and