All Chapters of The billionaire's unprepared marriage : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

After the meeting with Mr. Blackwood, he calmly said to me, “Lura, this is your house. Stay and enjoy. I’ll be leaving now. I need to eat some potatoes at dinner.”He stood. When he was about to leave, he added in a moderate voice, “Xavier, once you are engaged to her, I will sign out the remaining Blackwood companies into your control.”“Thank you, sir,” Xavier replied happily.After Mr. Blackwood left us in the sitting room, Xavier faced me and said, “Lura, you have tried, but this isn’t the end. There are still many appearances to make, so just be calm and strong. Remember to always smile.”I stayed reserved physically, but deep down, I wasn’t calm at all.“Lura, the next thing now is that I will take you around every corner of the house and show you everything. Then we will eventually move to the Blackwood secretary, where you will learn the Blackwood rules.”What? “Rules again?”“Yes. Here, we live with rules.”Xavier led the way, and I followed as his hand was firmly holding min

The tension in the house was rising higher again.
Despite how beautifully it was built, the Blackwood estate was no longer a place of peace for me.William had made it clear that he was my and Xavier’s enemy. He didn’t even bother to hide it.Why was my life always filled with chaos, from one problem to another?
Was I born just to fight battles?Since the death of my parents, I couldn’t remember a single minute of true happiness or joy. And now, I had stepped into another war again, one with William at its center.As the dining room door closed behind us, I felt someone move closer. It was Xavier. He appeared at my side and wrapped one arm around me.“Lura, let’s leave this place,” he said quietly.We walked down the hallway together, but my chest felt tight. The heat and pressure from dinner still clung to me, making it hard to breathe well.The hallway felt longer and larger than usual. I noticed Xavier glancing at my face from time to time.“Lura,” he asked softly, “what happened

The Blackwood estate was quieter than usual. Everywhere spoke silent.The corridors lay in unnatural silence; every passing footstep echoed like a whisper that didn’t belong here. It felt as if no one lived here in the Blackwood estate. Even the familiar sounds of the maids were gone, nowhere to be found, as though the entire house was holding its breath, waiting for something to happen.Inside my room, I sank onto the edge of the bed, sitting, my phone clutched tightly in my hand as if someone wanted to steal it. My heart raced faster than normal as I replayed the message again and again.“If you still want Catherine safe and alive, do not trust anyone not even your husband.”It was a total death threat. But who could have sent it? And why would the person send it?The most surprising and terrifying part of it was that Catherine’s presence in this house was known to very few people. Only Xavier knew about her. Could he be the sender of the message? No, because the number was unknown.

So quickly, without mercy Morning arrived like a cruel joke, another day to live in hell that disguised as sunlight.
Despite all the struggles, strangely, it was one of the best nights of sleep I’d had here since arriving at the Blackwood estate here.When i calculated all the hours, of every movement, every breath. Nearly eight hours of rest I had.But now that I was awake, reality step in the war resumed and continued.I sat at the edge of the bed, replaying every instruction and steps Xavier had drilled into me, what to say, when to say it and how to move, what never to forget.The sun had barely risen, yet the estate was already alive with the morning routine. The Servants moved quickly with purpose and aim to fulfill. guards patrolled the estate as if expecting an invasion.Outside In the house compound, the clash of metal echoed faintly from the training grounds, where Mr. Blackwood often performed his relentless morning routine. Juggling.But Still, no matter how ordinary o

This was another phase of the struggling. another day to fight back endlessly against William.Before dawn, Catherine appeared in my dream again. Pale. Fragile. Lying in a hospital bed. Shouting for help. I woke with my chest aching, wishing I could get to see her today, but that was impossible. Because of the situation of things. the kind of danger surrounding us inside this estate won’t allow that.William was already standing at the edge of killing both Xavier and me without traces. But this time, we weren’t waiting for him to strike anymore. We could do something before something do us.We have to take a sudden step that would shock him.I shifted the curtains aside and stared outside the window. The Blackwood estate lay unnervingly quiet. The tension was there starring at me. the usual hum of activity every morning was gone, as though the walls themselves were watching and waiting for William and me to begin another deadly day. We had plan already.Something terrible was coming