All Chapters of Falling For My Ex’s Dying Billionaire Dad: Chapter 151 - Chapter 155

••MADDISON••Hell no."You left him battered and naked in the streets and stripped him of his dignity.""I did the exact same thing he was about to do to you," he stated it matter-of-factly, like he was stating an undeniable truth. "And I'll do it again and again and again, because when you touch what's mine, it's two things: you either don't live long enough to remember it or you live long enough to never forget it." He grabbed me suddenly and pulled me flush against him, crowding me with his fullness and that overwhelming scent. "So you understand, Tiger, the extent I'm willing to go to protect what's mine?"Don't live long enough? What was he actually saying?"I'm not yours." I pushed away from his grasp with all my strength. "I will never belong to someone who treats another person like that without a shred of remorse or guilt, then justifies it like it's nothing. No." I stepped back and put more distance between us. "I am not yours, Corian Van Halen!"The

••CORIAN••I heard a sound like a gasp and turned to see Shawny staggering back slightly with her hand pressed to her chest."You mean like a real relationship?" Her voice was barely above a whisper. "I thought the magazines were just peddling rumors.""They're not." I met her eyes steadily. "I claimed her in front of everyone that means anything and I meant it."Shawny's face went pale and she sat down slowly in her chair like her legs wouldn't hold her anymore."Corian, you have never done something like this before." She shook her head in disbelief. "Not even with your wife.""I know.""I don't know if you're ready for that kind of commitment." Her voice took on that professional tone, the therapist coming back. "In fact, I recommend that you are not. The complex cannot handle the pressure that will come from being the man she expects you to be."The complex. She meant the armor, the walls, the darkness that had kept me functioning all these years."I don'

••MADDISON••I walked into the house with my chest feeling like someone had cracked it open and left it bleeding, and the first thing I saw made everything worse.Chad was sitting on my couch like he belonged there, like he had any right to be in my space after everything, and next to him was my mom with a glass of wine in her hand and a smile on her face that made my stomach turn."Hey, my darling, come have a sit." My mom waved her hand toward the empty spot on the couch like this was all perfectly normal. "Guess who is here to see you."I stopped in the doorway and felt my whole body go rigid."Chad, what the hell are you doing here?"Chad stood up slowly with his hands in his pockets and that smile on his face that so so long ago used to make me feel safe but now just made me feel sick."I had to see you, Maddie." His voice was soft and gentle like he was talking to something fragile."Look at all the things he bought for you." My mom gestured to the coffe