《His hidden heir 》全部章節：第 121 章 - 第 130 章

Aiden's POVThere was something comforting about seeing the New York skyline again.Not because Chicago hadn't been incredible.It had.But home had a way of settling something inside you.As the plane descended through the clouds, I rested my forehead against the window.Two days.That was all I'd been gone.It felt longer.Maybe because I'd left as one person...And was coming back as someone just a little different.---"Welcome back."The airline attendant smiled as I stepped off the plane."Thank you."I slung my backpack over one shoulder and followed the crowd toward baggage claim.My phone buzzed before I even reached the escalator.Mom Have you landed?I smiled.Just did.Less than five seconds later...Dad Your mother has asked me six times in the last hour if you've landed. Save me.I laughed out loud.Another message appeared.Mom Ignore your father.Then another.Mom Did you eat?I shook my head.Some things never changed.---I stepped through the arrivals gate expec

Emily's POVThere was a rule my father had followed for as long as I could remember.Sunday mornings were for family.No work.No meetings.No excuses.By nine o'clock, all three of us were sitting around the breakfast table.Dad was reading the business section of the newspaper.Mom was trying to convince him to stop reading and eat before his pancakes got cold.I was doing my best to hide the fact that I kept smiling at my phone.Dad lowered the newspaper just enough to look at me."He's back."I blinked."What?""Aiden.""I didn't say anything.""You didn't have to."Mom laughed into her coffee."You've smiled at your phone three times in the last minute.""I have not."Dad folded the newspaper neatly."You remind me of your mother when we first started dating."Mom pointed her fork at him."Leave her alone.""I'm making an observation.""You're embarrassing her.""It's my duty as her father."I covered my face with both hands."I can't believe this."Dad grinned."I can."---An h

Aiden's POVMonday mornings had a personality.They were loud.Not because people talked more.Because everyone seemed to be in a hurry.Students hurried across campus with coffee in one hand and notebooks in the other.Professors walked through the hallways with the determined expressions of people who had already answered too many emails before nine o'clock.By the time I reached the Business School building, my phone had already buzzed twice.The first message was from Mom.Good luck with your presentation today. ❤️The second was from Dad.Your mother reminded me to remind you.I smiled and slipped the phone back into my pocket.Some things really never changed.---"Aiden!"I turned to see Emily weaving through the crowd toward me.She held two coffees."I guessed your order."I accepted one with a grateful smile."If this has sugar in it..."She looked offended."I've known you for almost three years.""Fair point."I took a sip.Perfect."You remembered.""I remember a lot of t

Zara's POVThere was one thing Ryan had learned very quickly about me.If I said I didn't need help...I probably needed help.I just didn't like admitting it."I'm carrying those."Ryan reached for the two large storage boxes balanced awkwardly in my arms."I've got them.""You've almost dropped one three times.""I was adjusting my grip.""You were losing a fight with gravity."I sighed dramatically."You always have to be right, don't you?""No."He smiled as he effortlessly lifted both boxes."I just enjoy proving you wrong."I followed him into my apartment building."You're becoming very confident.""I've been spending time with you.""So it's my fault?""I think we both know it is."---The boxes were filled with old photographs.Not work files.Not documents.Just pieces of my life that I'd packed away years ago and never looked at again.Ryan placed them on the living room floor."You said you were cleaning.""I am.""So why does it look like you're opening a museum?"I sat c

Emily's POVThere were exactly twenty-three days until graduation.Not that Emily was counting.Okay...She was counting.The number was circled three different times in the planner sitting on her desk.Twenty-three days.Then finals.Then graduation.Then the next chapter of life.It was exciting.It was terrifying.And if she was being honest...It was happening far too quickly.---"You've been staring at that planner for five minutes."Sophia dropped into the chair beside her in the library.Emily looked up."I have not.""You have."Sophia reached over and closed the planner."There.""Hey!""If you keep staring at the calendar, graduation isn't going to come any slower."Emily sighed."I know."Sophia studied her friend for a moment."You're scared."Emily didn't answer immediately."A little.""Of what?"Emily looked around the library.Students were studying.Typing essays.Talking quietly in the corners.In a few weeks, all of this would be over."I've spent four years knowin