All Chapters of BURNING BETRAYAL: My Mafia Professor.: Chapter 121 - Chapter 125

I went to work the next day and finalized the business Zander transferred into my name. The board meeting went smoother than I expected. Once they saw the numbers tied to the business, nobody argued. A billion-dollar deal attached to our company would recover the losses we had taken over the years and push the company higher than before. Nobody said no. Nobody was stupid enough to. Later that evening, I transferred the Atlanta estate into Uncle J’s name. He argued about it for almost twenty minutes. Said he didn’t need it. Said I should keep it. But I made sure he accepted it. He had been there for me when nobody else was. He took care of me even when he didn’t have to. Giving him that estate still didn’t feel like enough. This morning, Zander kissed me before I left for work. The memory stayed in my head the entire drive. The way he held my waist before letting me go. The soft kiss against my forehead. The quiet “I miss you already.” My chest still felt w

FIVE MONTHS LATER. It's been months since Zander claimed me in public and the internet was still talking about us. Everywhere I looked, there were pictures. Videos. Edits. Headlines. Zander kissing me in front of the company building had somehow become the biggest topic online. I sat on the couch scrolling through my phone while Zander sat beside me with one arm stretched across the backrest behind me. “People are insane,” I muttered. One post had over three million views already. Another headline read: UNDERWORLD KING CLAIMS BUSINESS HEIRESS PUBLICLY. I almost rolled my eyes. Zander took the phone from my hand casually before tossing it onto the couch. “You’ve read enough.” I looked at him. “People are making edits of us.” “That sounds like their problem.” A laugh slipped out of me before I could stop it. His eyes stayed on me for a second longer than necessary. Soft. Still intense. But softer now. I still wasn’t fully used to it. The Zander sitting beside me no