All Chapters of BOUND TO THE WRONG CALLAHAN: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Chapter 22Sienna woke up with shame in her bones.She lay there staring at the ceiling. Noah slept beside her. His breathing even and peaceful. Trusting.Everything she wasn't.This has to stop. It has to stop now.She repeated it like a prayer. Like if she said it enough times it would become true.Every time she let Landon near, she lost pieces of herself. Pieces she'd never get back. Pieces Noah deserved to have whole.She slipped out of bed. Went to the bathroom. The marks on her neck had faded but she still covered them with foundation. Her hands shook as she applied it.What if Noah noticed? What if she'd missed a spot?She got dressed. Went downstairs. Made coffee. Normal morning routine. Nothing to see here. Just the perfect fiancée making breakfast.Not the girl who'd been pressed against a wall by her fiancé's brother yesterday.Noah came down an hour later. Showered and dressed. He smiled when he saw her."Morning, beautiful.""Morning."He kissed her cheek. The gesture wa

Chapter 24The door slammed. The sound cracked through the air like a gunshot.Carmen's heels hit the stone path hard. Fast. Each step punching into the ground like she wanted to shatter it.Sienna stood in the kitchen doorway. Her body wouldn't move. Her legs felt wrong, like they belonged to someone else. Everything inside her had gone cold the second Carmen's eyes found hers. That look. Pure hatred mixed with something worse. Betrayal so deep it had no bottom.Carmen didn't look back. Her shoulders were stiff, her whole body shaking as she walked. Like she was trying to outrun what she'd just seen. Trying to unsee it.Sienna's mouth opened. Nothing came out. What words existed for this? Sorry felt like a joke. An insult.The silence pressed against Sienna's ribs. Made it hard to breathe.Carmen reached her car and grabbed for her purse. Her hands shook so badly the bag slipped right through her fingers. Everything scattered across the gravel. Keys. Phone. Lipstick rolling under the

Chapter 26The shower was running. Water drumming against tile. Steam crawling under the bathroom door.Sienna sat on the edge of the bed staring at nothing. Her hands wouldn't stop shaking. She pressed them flat against her thighs but they still trembled.Noah's phone buzzed on the nightstand.The sound sliced through the quiet. Sharp. Jarring.Sienna's eyes snapped to it. The screen glowed in the dim light.Don't touch it. It's not yours.But her hand reached out anyway. Fingers wrapping around the phone before her brain caught up.The screen was still lit. One new message.From Carmen.Sienna's entire body went cold. Like someone had dumped ice water over her head.Her thumb hovered over the notification. Every instinct screamed at her to put the phone down. Walk away. Let Noah handle his own messages.She tapped it instead.The message opened."Noah, please meet me tomorrow at 2pm. Rosewood Cafe. I need to tell you something important about Sienna. If you don't come, I'll have no

Chapter 28Morning light poured through the windows. Too bright. Too cheerful. Wrong for how Sienna felt inside.The dining table was set perfectly. White plates. Silver forks. Orange juice in crystal glasses. Like they were a normal family having a normal breakfast.They weren't.Sienna sat with her hands folded in her lap. Her stomach twisted into knots so tight she could barely breathe.She hadn't slept. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw Carmen's face. Heard her voice. I hope she destroys you.Noah sat across from her, relaxed for the first time in days. His shoulders loose. His smile easy."This is nice," he said, spreading butter on his toast. "All of us together like this. Feels like old times."Old times. Before everything fell apart.Sienna forced a smile. It felt like her face might crack. "Yeah. Nice."Noah took a bite of his toast. Chewed. Swallowed. "Oh, I forgot to tell you. Carmen texted last night."Sienna's blood turned to ice. Her hands gripped the edge of the t

Chapter 30Sienna's hands were still shaking from the drive. From Landon's face in the back window. That smirk that promised this wasn't over.It would never be over.The front door opened. Mrs. Chen, the housekeeper who'd been with the family for twenty years, smiled warmly."Miss Sienna. Welcome home."Home. The word felt wrong in Sienna's mouth."Thanks, Mrs. Chen."Two other staff members came out to help with her bags. Everyone smiling. Everyone acting like everything was normal.Sienna walked inside. The familiar scent hit her. Lavender and old wood and expensive furniture polish. Everything exactly as she remembered.But something felt different. Wrong. The windows were all closed despite the warm evening. Locked tight. And was that a new security camera in the corner of the foyer?Sienna stared at it. The little red light blinking. Watching.Always watching."Sienna, darling!"Her mother appeared at the top of the stairs. Victoria Blake. Perfectly styled blonde hair. Designer