All Chapters of Until She Was Theirs: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Lilith’s POVTheo closed the door behind him with a smooth, practiced smile, the kind he wore in board meetings when pretending everything was fine. The same smile he used on me for years. The same one I no longer fell for.“Lilith,” he said, voice warm, almost cheerful. “You could have told me you were coming. I would have prepared something.”“I did not see the need for you to prepare anything,” I replied coolly, stepping inside.His office looked exactly the same polished floors, expensive furniture, a massive window that screamed power. Selene walked in not long after obviously wearing a fake smile. She hovered near the corner, too eager, too bright, like a kitten desperate to be seen. She placed a tray with two coffees on the table.I didn’t touch mine.Theo noticed, but he kept smiling.That irritated me more than anything. The friendliness, the calm demeanor, the pretense that we were neutral. Or worse cordial.He moved to sit across from me, legs relaxed, body language open. “

Lilith’s POVThe moment the bikes circled around us, the bike headlights slicing through the night like angry eyes, Cassian’s gaze shifted, he took one quick glance at me, then a change in his posture. His hand slipped behind him, lightly brushing my hip, pushing me subtly behind his body as if I were something fragile he needed to shield. His voice, however, was anything but fragile.“Back up,” he said to the man who stepped a little too close to where we were. “I’m not repeating myself.”The guy scoffed but ending up taking two steps backward. The rest of them stayed mounted on their bikes, engines still rumbling, surrounding us in a loose, threatening ring. My heart sped up as I scanned the unfamiliar territory. We must have crossed a boundary by accident while trying to lose the police. One wrong turn and now we were standing in the middle of someone else’s territory, uninvited.The man who looked like he was in charge of the gang lifted his chin. “You know this isn’t your street,

Lilith’s POV The next morning, I didn’t wait for Nolan. I didn’t wait for Cassian. I barely waited long enough to tie my hair back before leaving the house with my laptop bag and a folder full of documents that proved without a single doubt that our company had earned that bike contract.Theo had blindsided us. That fact alone burned like acid through my veins. But the way he did it? Stealing a deal we were already certain we won? That was personal.And I wasn’t going to let it go.I arrived at the luxurious hotel where the contract manager, Mr. Brandt, was staying one of the most difficult men in the industry to meet without an appointment. Normally, the process took weeks. I didn’t have weeks. I barely had hours. Apart of Langston, Brandt was the main partner we needed for this to succeed.The lobby smelled of rich cologne and polished marble, with men in tailored suits and women with sharp heels who walked with purpose, the whole place humming with money and ego. Perfect. I was in

Theo’s POVThe second I walked into the office, I knew everyone had already sensed it.Fear was looming all over the place.It hung in the air like smoke thick, suffocating, clinging to every corner of the building. People scattered the moment they heard my footsteps. Even from down the hall I could hear the hurried scrapes of chairs, the frantic clatter of keyboards suddenly being typed on far too fast. My employees were scrambling like ants, pretending to be productive, praying not to catch my attention.Good.They should be afraid.They should tremble.Because right now I was livid.The rage didn’t creep in slowly, it detonated the moment the news reached me: the Contractor was reconsidering the entire contract because Lilith, in one stupid burst of emotion, had cornered him in a hallway and turned everything upside down.All because she couldn’t stay out of my way.And the worst part? It fucking worked.She got him to reopen negotiations. She forced him into a challenge. She undid

Lilith’s POVBy the time I finally got home, the sun had sunk behind the rooftops, leaving behind the sky painted with soft hues of gold and fading orange. The quiet warmth of early evening should have soothed me, but my chest only felt tight since the moment I left Selene at that table.Her voice still rang in my ears.Her warning.Her threat.“Especially for your boys.”I pushed the door open, forcing myself to breathe normally.The smell of food, something rich, something spicy, hit me before I even stepped into the living room. Laughter followed next, warm and familiar. And then….“Lilith?”I blinked, and Nolan appeared in the hallway, sleeves rolled up, his tie loose, hair slightly messy. He expression softened the moment he saw me.“You are back.” He reached out, taking the bag off my shoulder like it weighed more than it did. “We ordered dinner. Cassian insisted on the place you like.”Cassian’s voice drifted from behind him. “No, you insisted. I just agreed so you wouldn’t whi