All Chapters of MARRIED TO MY ARROGANT ENEMY: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Alexander’s POVThe world came back in blurry pieces, like a bad dream I couldn’t shake.I peeled my eyes open, squinting against the harsh afternoon light sneaking through the curtains. My head felt like it was stuffed with cotton, pounding with every heartbeat, and my mouth tasted like I’d licked the bottom of a whiskey bottle. The clock on the nightstand glowed 2:17 p.m. I’d cried myself into nothing earlier that morning, after the hotel bill had sucked the last of my fight out of me, and now I’d slept the day away. My body ached everywhere, my jaw still tender from the punch, muscles weak from days of barely eating anything but regret.I sat up slowly, the room spinning for a second before settling. The suite looked a little better now, the broken mirror and chair hauled away by maintenance after I’d paid that insane bill, but the carpet stain stared back at me like an accusation. I rubbed my face, feeling the stubble scrape my palms, and swung my legs over the side of the bed.

Enid’s POVI stood at the floor-to-ceiling window of suite 1514, one hand in my pocket, the other cradling a glass of 1996 Château Margaux I’d had flown in yesterday just for this moment. The city below was a glittering carpet of lights, but my eyes were fixed on the reflection in the glass: the stock ticker I’d mirrored to the television behind me.KANE:CXX €119.80 ∆ 191 % Volume today: 312.4 million shares Market cap: €33.1 billionThe numbers glowed red-hot, beautiful and merciless.At 16:00 sharp my lawyers had unleashed the final wave. No mercy, no ceiling. Every sell order that hit the tape was swallowed instantly.The price had gone parabolic in forty-three minutes. The exchange had tried two trading halts; both failed. By 16:47 the float was gone. By 17:05 the mystery buyer (me) had crossed 75.3 %. Compulsory acquisition was now automatic, and it's Irreversible.Tomorrow morning the registrar would record the transfer. Tomorrow morning David Kane would wake up and discov

Alexander’s POVI climbed out of the taxi and the night slapped me across the face, cold, sharp, unforgiving. I stared at the Grand Regent towered above me, every window blazing with light like it was mocking me. A hundred perfect lives glowing behind glass while mine crumbled in the dark.I stood there on the pavement for a long minute, my hands shoved deep in my pockets, staring up. I used to look at buildings like this and feel proud. Now I just felt small.My legs were heavy as I dragged myself toward the staff entrance at the back. No way was I walking through the main lobby again looking like a kicked dog. I was one step from the door when a voice cut through the quiet.“Alex.”My blood turned to ice. I knew that voice. Elias, one of Dad’s longest-serving corporate drivers, always calm, always loyal. I turned slowly.He stood under the orange security light in a dark suit, briefcase in hand, face blank like he was collecting dry-cleaning instead of the last piece of dignity

ENID'S POV“Enid!!”His voice hit me like a punch to the chest.Alexander stumbled in just before the doors sealed, breathing hard, his eyes wide with shock. He looked wrecked, as fuck. His hoodie zipped high, his hair messy under the cap, dark circles under his eyes, a faint bruise still shadowing his jaw from the club fight. He stared at me like I was a ghost, hand half-reaching before he caught himself.I felt my heart do something stupid, flip and tighten all at once. And I hated it. “Enid… what are you doing here?” he whispered, voice rough, like he hadn’t used it in days. He took a small step forward, his fingers twitching like he wanted to touch me, make sure I was real.I pulled my arm back before he could, shifting to the corner. My back hit the wall with a soft thud. I kept my face blank, earpod still in one ear, hoodie shadowing my eyes.He looked me up and down, taking in the plain black hoodie, the joggers, the trainers. No watch, no jewellery, nothing expensive. His g

I was holding my breath, and I realized it only when a sharp ache in my chest made me gasp, a ragged sound that tore through the silence of my suite. I let out the air, my whole body slumping, and dropped my head into my hands.He had taken over everything, and he had won, now I was just now noticing the scale of it all.The absolute completeness of my defeat.I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead with a trembling hand, immediately as I looked up.And there's was Enid, he didn't say another word. He just turned, a clean, dismissive movement, and began walking toward the elevator, and fuck, his back was a straight, unforgiving line.My heart clenched tightly, and I couldn’t let him just walk away. Not again, I pushed off from the wall, my legs feeling like water, and quickened my pace to follow him. “Wait,” I called, my voice too thin. “Enid, what do you say? Can I… can I go with you?”He didn’t stop walking. He just sighed, a long, frustrated sound that seemed to fill the whole co