All Chapters of The Bride He Never Wanted : Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

OLIVIAA knock on the door woke me up the next morning.My eyes fluttered open, the faint ache behind them reminding me that I hadn’t really slept. For a few seconds, I just lay there, staring at the ceiling, trying to piece together how I even ended up in bed.Then the knock came again. I groaned quietly, pushing myself up. Every muscle in my body screamed. My leg throbbed, my shoulders ached, and my skin still burned faintly from what Ryan put me through last night.Dragging my sore body off the bed, I limped toward the door and unlocked it.Standing there was the same woman who’d brought me that ridiculous dress yesterday… the one Ryan insisted I wore. Only this time, her hands were full.She was holding several nylons. Five, maybe six. Each one filled with clothes, neatly folded.She bowed her head slightly, avoiding my eyes. “Master Ryan said you should wear one of these and meet him downstairs,” she said quietly.I blinked, letting out a small sigh. “Not again, please…” I mutter

LOGANI stood in the elevator, my hand tapping against my thigh, the air felt too tight.Every breath I took came slow, forced, as I tried to keep it together.When my boss said I had to come represent our penthouse for a meeting at Blackwood Corp, I was already furious. The last thing I wanted was to sit across from Ryan… the man who’d ruined everything.But I agreed. I told myself it was business.I told myself I could handle seeing him.Hell, I even planned to confront him afterward… to tell him that I knew what he’d done, that I was going to make Olivia leave him for good.But the moment those elevator doors opened and I saw her standing there beside him…everything inside me snapped.He brought her.He actually brought her here, to his penthouse, so he could humiliate her in front of me. So he could make sure I saw her as his.My hand curled into a fist before I even realized it.The elevator was silent except for the low hum of the floor counter ticking up. The numbers glowed re

DAISYA slow smile crept onto my face the second I saw his name. Finally.Maybe he wanted to apologize for the way he’d spoken to me this morning, for sending me back home like I didn’t matter. Maybe he’d finally realized how unfair he’d been. Maybe he missed me.I felt my pulse quicken as I unlocked the phone, already imagining his message.But the smile didn’t last.The moment I opened it, my stomach dropped.> Order a new phone. Have it sent to the penthouse immediately. Make sure it gets to Olivia… she’s waiting outside the conference room.After that, text her using the number on the new phone. Tell her she needs to leave there now and start heading to my uncle’s place. I can’t call, still in a meeting.For a second, I just stared at the message.Then the words blurred.Olivia.It was always Olivia.The heat in my chest flared, crawling up to my throat until I could barely breathe.He wasn’t texting to apologize.He wasn’t even thinking about me.No… he wanted me to run an errand

OLIVIAI was glad to finally be leaving that arrogant bastard behind… even if just for a while.The air inside the car felt lighter, freer, like I could finally breathe again without his constant presence pressing down on me. Ryan always had a way of making everything feel tight… the air, the room, my chest. He was gifted with that.He’d said we were supposed to go to his uncle’s house together, but I was glad he changed his mind.The car’s navigation system glowed softly on the dashboard, the robotic voice giving calm, precise directions. I’d already inserted the address Daisy sent… Ryan’s uncle’s place, and the car followed obediently.Outside, the city slowly faded away, replaced by long stretches of road lined with trees. The hum of the tires against the pavement was oddly soothing. I rolled the window down slightly, letting the cold air brush against my face.For the first time in days, I almost felt… at peace.Almost.The phone resting in the cup holder vibrated suddenly, break

OLIVIAThe car swerved violently, spinning so fast the world outside became a blur of green and brown. I screamed, clutching the seatbelt as the tires screeched against the dirt.“Ryan!”I didn’t know if he heard me.Another deafening bang… the front tire burst, and the next second, the car lifted off the ground.For a heartbeat, everything froze.Then it somersaulted twice.The world turned upside down as metal twisted and glass shattered. My body jerked with every violent flip, the seatbelt cutting into my shoulder. The airbag exploded in front of me with a loud pop, throwing a cloud of white powder into my face.When the car finally stopped, it landed sideways. The silence that followed was almost worse than the crash.I blinked, dazed, my vision blurry. My ears rang so loudly I could barely hear my own breathing. Smoke filled the air. The sharp smell of burning rubber and metal stung my nose.My head banged… and I felt something warm trickled down my temple… blood.I tried to move