บททั้งหมดของ His accidental husband: บทที่ 181 - บทที่ 190

ADRIAN HALE POVDamien’s voice still echoed in my head.“No. Over his.”For a second, I forgot how to breathe.Not because of fear but because he said it like a promise.Like he would burn the world before he let Mason touch me.I turned to him slowly.Damien looked furious, protective, shaken to his bones… but his hand was steady in mine.My mother watched us with a pained softness, like she was seeing something she never believed she’d live long enough to witness.Leon cleared his throat. “We need to move. Mason could already be on his way.”I dragged a hand over my face. “I still don’t get it… why now? Why come out of hiding today?”My mother exhaled. “Because Mason made contact.”Damien stiffened.I stepped closer to her. “He found you?”She nodded. “He sent men to my safe house last night.”My stomach plummeted. “Did they hurt you?”“No,” she said gently. “I escaped. I’ve been trained to run from monsters like him. But Adrian…”Her voice cracked.“He wasn’t really after me. He

DAMIEN CROSS POVShe’s not talking about Mason.Adrian froze beside me. Completely still. Like his entire body just… stopped responding.I stepped closer before he could spiral.“Who is she talking about?” I asked quietly.Leon swallowed. “Her husband.”Adrian blinked fast. “Her what? No. My mother never remarried. She didn’t ”A soft voice cut him off.“She did.”We all turned.Adrian’s mother stepped out from the shadows of the hallway. She looked pale, tired, but steady like she had prepared for this moment her whole life.Adrian made a choked sound. “Will you remarry? When? Why didn’t you tell me? You could’ve written. You could’ve ”She didn’t answer him directly.Instead, her eyes locked onto me.“You must be Damien.”I tensed instantly. “And you knew that before walking in? How?”Her jaw flexed. “Because your father is the reason my son almost died.”Leon’s eyes widened. Adrian staggered back like she slapped him.I stepped in front of him without thinking, blocking her from m

ADRIAN HALE POVI didn’t even feel my legs moving.One second I was staring at Damien, the next I was stepping away from him, the words replaying in my head like a bomb exploding on repeat.“Your mother helped Caleb Hale murder Adrian’s father.”I felt… betrayed by the universe itself.Damien reached for me immediately.“Adrian wait ”I shook my head so fast it almost made me dizzy.“No. Don't touch me. Not now.”His hand froze in the air, trembled, then slowly dropped.“Adrian,” he said softly. “Please look at me.”“I can’t,” I whispered.Because if I looked at him… I would break.And I couldn’t break it again. Not right now. Not when the truth felt like a knife carved into my chest.I turned to his mother.“You better explain what you just said.”Her eyes softened with something like sympathy.“Adrian… your father discovered too much. He found the network, the blackmail, the money routes, the politicians Caleb controlled. But he also found the partner Caleb relied on. Someone who ha

ADRIAN HALE POV The moment we stepped out of my father’s hospital room, something inside me snapped.“Adrian, slow down,” Leon said, practically jogging to keep up.“I can’t,” I muttered. My hands wouldn’t stop shaking. “Mason goes live in less than an hour. I’m not giving him that head start.”Damien walked beside me with frightening calm. His voice was steady. “We’re not panicking. We’re thinking.”Leon scoffed. “Easy for you to say. He’s buying ads. Damien, he’s literally buying ads to smear you. Ads. I’ve counted twelve so far.”I stopped walking for half a second. “Ads?”Leon held up his phone. “News blogs, business pages, shady gossip accounts… they’re all posting the same thing: Major internal betrayal in Hale Enterprises.”My stomach curled. “He’s implying it’s Damien.”“Not by name,” Leon said. “But it’s obvious.”I turned to Damien. “Why are you so calm?”His jaw tightened. “Because Mason is predictable.”“In what world?” I snapped.“In the world where he always overplays h

ADRIAN HALE POVThe car felt different this time. Not quiet because we were scared, but quiet because… we didn’t need to say anything.But my hands still shook. I kept stealing glances at Damien until I finally whispered, “Damien?”He didn’t look away from the road. “Yeah?”“Can you… hold my hand?”He reached over immediately, took my hand, and squeezed it.“Better?” he asked.“A little,” I said. “Mostly I just… needed to feel you.”“I’m right here,” he said softly.I stared at our joined hands. “I thought I was going to lose everything today.”“You didn’t.”“It felt like it.”“You still have me,” he said.I swallowed. “Why do you talk like that?”“Like what?”“Like you’re already part of me.”He let out a small laugh. “Maybe I am.”My heart tripped over itself. I looked out the window. “You can’t just say things like that.”“Does it bother you?”“No,” I whispered. “It scares me.”He finally looked at me. “Adrian.”“What?”“You don’t have to be scared of me.”“I’m not scared of you,”