All Chapters of Forbidden By Her Sister's Husband : Chapter 251 - Chapter 259

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Chapter 250

Aria was standing at the kitchen island in the new penthouse, rinsing a glass under the tap. The afternoon light came through the windows in that soft, steady way it always did now, and the place still smelled faintly of the toast she had eaten for lunch. She had been ignoring unknown numbers for the past week, ever since the second call from Cassandra. Every time the phone lit up with a number she didn’t recognize, she let it ring until it stopped. She had told herself it was the only way to keep the past from crawling back in.The phone rang again. Unknown. She glanced at it, wiped her hands on the dish towel, and let it ring through. It stopped. Ten seconds later it started again. She sighed and let it go to voicemail. It rang a third time. She picked up the glass and set it in the drainer, telling herself she wasn’t going to answer. On the fourth ring her thumb moved before she could stop it.“Hello?”A woman’s voice came through, calm but hurried. “Is

Chapter 251

Aria walked down the hallway alone. Her shoes sounded too loud on the linoleum. She stopped outside the closed door, took a breath, and pushed it open.The room was dim, blinds half-drawn. Cassandra lay in the bed, small against the white sheets. Her face was pale and puffy from crying, nothing like the beautiful, put-together woman Aria remembered. Her eyes—those big dark eyes that had always drawn people in—looked dull and red-rimmed now. Her hair was flat and tangled against the pillow. An IV dripped steadily into her arm. She looked exhausted. She looked like someone who had given up.Aria stood at the foot of the bed, unable to move closer right away. Her throat felt tight.Cassandra’s eyes opened. For a second she just stared, like she wasn’t sure if Aria was real. Then her face crumpled. Not the polished tears from the phone calls. This was quieter, rawer, the kind that came from somewhere deep and tired. Her shoulders shook and a tear slipped down

Chapter 252

Aria stood under the hot spray, eyes closed, letting the water pound down on her shoulders. Steam filled the whole bathroom until she could barely see the glass walls. She had been in here for what felt like forever, but it wasn’t helping. Not even a little.Her mind wouldn’t shut up. Ever since she left the hospital yesterday, the same thoughts kept looping. Cassandra’s tired face. The way her hand had grabbed Aria’s like she was scared to let go. The doctor’s voice saying the next few days were critical. The guilt sat heavy in her chest, like something she couldn’t swallow down no matter how hard she tried. She knew she had to tell Damian. She had known it the whole drive home, known it when she couldn’t sleep last night, and she still knew it now. But every time she pictured saying the words out loud, her throat closed up. What if it pushed Cassandra over the edge? What if Damian got that cold look in his eyes before she could even finish explaining?She pressed her forehead agains

Chapter 253

When he finally stood up again, she was trembling. He shut off the water, wrapped a big towel around her, and lifted her into his arms like she weighed nothing. She buried her face in his neck as he carried her to the bedroom, cool air raising goosebumps on her wet skin.He laid her on the edge of the bed and dropped the towel. Then he was on her again—mouth on her breast, sucking hard while his hand played with the other. He moved lower, spread her thighs wide, and put his tongue back on her, licking and sucking until she was gasping his name. Two fingers pushed inside her again, thrusting deep. She grabbed his hair, hips rocking against his face, pleasure building fast and sharp.He pulled away right before she came. In one smooth move he flipped her onto her stomach, pulled her hips up so she was on her knees, and pushed inside her in one long, deep thrust. They both groaned at the same time. He filled her completely, stretching her in that perfect way that made her eyes flutter sh

Chapter 254

Cassandra’s voice came through weak and broken, like she’d been crying for hours without stopping. “Aria?” A shaky breath, wet at the edges. “They gave me something to help me sleep but I can’t. I keep waking up… I feel so alone in here. Everything hurts.”Aria sat very still, heart pounding in her throat. “You need to take your medicine,” she said quietly. “It’ll help.”Cassandra swallowed hard. “They’re discharging me tomorrow. I’m going home.” Her voice cracked. “Will you come? When I get home. Please. I just… I need to see you. I’m scared.”The war inside Aria’s chest pulled at her from both sides. Damian was right down the hall. The trust they had built. The IV in her sister’s arm. The promise she was about to break.Cassandra’s breathing shook on the line. “I know I don’t deserve it. But I’m scared. Please.”Aria closed her eyes.“Yes,” she said quietly.Cassandra let out a shaky breath of relief. “I’ll be waiting. Thank you.”The call ended.Aria sat there with the phone in her

Chapter 255

The morning came in slow and golden through the floor-to-ceiling windows, the kind of light that made everything feel fresh and new.Aria was already at the kitchen island when Damian walked out of the bedroom. He had his jacket slung over one arm and was still fixing the second button on his shirt. His hair was a little damp at the temples. She had made eggs the way he liked them, not too dry, with toast on a small plate next to his mug. He stopped at the island, looked at the food, and then looked at her.“You didn’t have to do this,” he said.“I was up anyway.”He set his jacket over the back of the stool and sat down. She poured his coffee first, then hers, and they ate in the quiet. That still felt new to her, the easy kind of silence with someone who did not expect her to fill it. She watched him check his phone between bites, the clean line of his jaw in the soft light, the way he set the phone face-down when he was finished without anyone asking.When he was done, he carried h

Chapter 256

The question felt different than Aria expected. No hidden push underneath it. Just the question. “Yes,” Aria said. Cassandra nodded slowly. She looked down at her hands. “I want you to hear something from me. And I need you to believe it, even if you don’t want to.” She paused. “I never loved him. Not once. What I had with Damian was a transaction, his name, our father’s connections, the image of it. That was the whole of it. I never even tried to feel more than that.” Her voice stayed steady. “What you two have… I don’t know what to call it, but it was never anything like what we had. It never could have been.” The room went quiet. Something shifted inside Aria, slow and careful. She breathed through it and kept her face still. She nodded once. “Okay,” she said. “I mean it, Aria.” “I hear you.” Cassandra looked at her a moment longer, then let it go. She started talking about smaller things, a show she had been watching, the doctor telling her to get outside in the mornings, a

Chapter 257

Aria woke up to an empty bed.His side was already cold. She lay still for a moment with one hand flat on the sheet where he had been, staring up at the ceiling. Then she reached for her phone on the nightstand.His message had come in at six-fifteen.Something came up at the office. Don't wait.She set the phone down and sat up slowly, waiting for the room to stop its faint spin. That dizzy feeling had been coming and going for two days now, nothing serious, just a quick tilt before everything settled again. She got up, walked to the kitchen, and made coffee for herself.She sat at the island with the warm mug between her hands.The penthouse was completely quiet. Morning light came through the big windows, flat and even, while the city below was still half-asleep. She stared at the coffee and let herself think about the one thing she had been pushing away for three days straight.Three evenings in a row he had come home with that tight look on his face. She had asked him once, on th

Chapter 258

She stopped outside the door.She knew this voice. She knew exactly what it meant. She raised her hand and knocked.Half a second of silence.“Come in.” Flat and cold.She pushed the door open and stepped inside.Five people stood in a row against the far wall, spaced slightly apart, heads angled down. Nobody moved much. Damian stood at the window with one hand resting on the glass, his back partially turned. He turned when he heard the door.His eyes found hers.For one second, just one, the hard edge of his expression softened. Something settled in his face when it found her, a brief loosening, and she felt it even from across the room. Then his eyes moved back to the five people standing against the wall and everything closed over again.He looked at them.“Names. Access logs. Confirmed. On my desk by five.” He paused. “If you walk back in without them, don’t walk back in.” Another pause, shorter. “Go.”They went quickly and quietly, one by one past Aria without looking at her. The

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