Semua Bab REBORN AS THE BILLIONAIRE'S OBSESSION : Bab 11 - Bab 20

LUCIEN DRAVEN POV I gripped the edge of my seat to stop Kaida from noticing my trembling hands, my teeth gritted as I glanced at Helena, who was standing outside, waiting for her driver to pick her up. The only reprieve I had was that Zavian was finally out of sight.God dammit, it had been a close one. If that reporter hadn’t interrupted in that instance, he would have punched and broken my nose, and it wouldn’t be the first time either.Damn it, I hated him so much. From a young age, he’d been a thorn in my flesh. I thought I would be able to overpower him as we grew, but that bastard was always two steps ahead...and now that he’s taken an interest in Kaida—My lungs squeezed tight. The air felt too thin. "What the hell was that about?" I waited for an answer, then faced her, my pulse thumping at the blank expression on her face. "Did you not hear me. I asked what that was about."Her head moved, her thick lashes raising as she faced me. "What are you talking about?"My hands jer

HELENA REED POV *****Coming to the club turned out to be the best decision I’d ever made.I was having so much fun and so many drinks that the dark thoughts in my head were almost non-existent.Time to take it up a notch so I really forget everything.I swayed as I got down from the stool, my vision hazy from the alcohol swirling in my veins. Just how many shots did I have? Someone grabbed my hand as I turned to leave."Where the hell are you going?" Yilena yelled over the music."I’m going to dance," I shouted back, dragging my hand from her hold."Helena" she called, the worry in her voice louder than the music. "Maybe we should just go—""No!" I slammed my empty glass down on a passing tray. "I won’t be leaving until I forget my own name."I didn’t wait for a response. I stumbled onto the main floor, diving straight into the crush of the crowd. It was suffocatingly tight, but that was exactly what I wanted. I needed to get lost, to let the noise swallow me whole.I started movi

HELENA REED POV "Having fun? Are you out of your mind? What if Lucien had walked through that door and saw you—"I shoved her then, anger burning up my chest because who the hell did she think she was to meddle in my business.Yilena fell to the floor, her face red from embarrassment and pain as the crowd she’d stumbled into stared at her.It didn’t take long for them to resume dancing though.Yilena pulled herself up, pain twisting her face as she met my eyes. "Fine. Do whatever the hell you want. I shouldn’t have followed you here in the first place." She said, gave me one last dirty look, and walked away from us."God damn it, she’s so annoying!"The stranger—whose name I still didn’t know and didn’t care to—grabbed my hand, his grip firm and possessive. "Hey, you look like you’re in a bad mood. But I can help you fix that. What do you say? My place or yours?" he asked, eyes dark with lust."Yours," I said without hesitation. I couldn’t go back to the apartment now, especially not

KAIDA REED POV The sound of my clothes being ripped off me was the wake-up call I needed to snap out of it.My hands, which had been bracing against him, curled into claws, and with a guttural scream, I shoved with everything I had, twisting my body violently to the side. Lucien tumbled backward, his sharp gasp of pain as he hit the ground echoing louder than it should have in the quietness.I pushed myself up before he could move, my hands grabbing my torn clothes and pulling them together as he watched me from the floor.Both of our harsh breaths filled the room."I told you to fucking stop," I cried, my voice cracking with the pressure growing in my chest. "You are the most selfish person I’ve ever met. You say you love me but all you do is hurt me." "What the hell are you talking about!" he gritted through his teeth, the veins on his neck straining as he got to his feet. "Haven’t you been wanting this all day long?" It wasn’t hard for me to let the tears fall. "Of course not.

ZAVIAN NOLVEN POV This is interesting.My hand stilled, the brush hovering mid-stroke on the canvas in front of me, paint dripping slowly onto the floor as I stared at the image staring back at me.What was I doing? And why her?I hadn’t painted faces in years. Yet here I was, staring at a pair of eyes I hadn’t meant to recreate, etched too precisely into the canvas to be a coincidence.Kaida Reed’s eyes.It was a green so unusual it shifted with the light.But the colors were only the beginning. It was the way she looked at me. The way she claimed me with her gaze, unyielding and insistent, as if she had known me before I existed, as if the shadows inside us had always been meant to collide. And now all I could think of was how to keep that gaze all to myself.You’re losing yourself again. I grinned, shaking my head, even as the voices in my head got louder.She’s nothing like you. You’ll end up destroying her."I won’t," I ground out, then frowned as memories of our last meeting