All Chapters of The Billionaire's Binding Proposal: Chapter 191 - Chapter 200

Chapter 191~Niklaus~I kept checking the window.I told myself I wasn't. I was just standing there, looking out at nothing in particular, just a man in his own living room doing absolutely nothing suspicious. But every time I heard a car, my eyes moved to them before I could stop myself.She had been gone longer than expected.I picked up my phone. Put it back down. Picked it up again.No. I was not going to call her. We had been married for less than a week and I was not about to become the kind of husband who is being controlling just because she was out. That was not who I was. She was a grown woman. She would be fine.I put the phone face down on the table.Then I heard a car stop again. I looked outside.A Maserati rolled slowly into the driveway and parked. I did not recognize the car. I watched the driver's door open and when the man stepped out I felt everything in me go very still.Jude.What was he doing here?He walked around to the passenger side and opened the door. Kesl

Chapter 193~Fred~I have seen a lot in five years of working for Niklaus Specter.High pressure boardrooms. Media ambushes. Family dinners that felt more like war zones. I had learned early that the job required you to be calm when everything around you was not. It was something I prided myself on.But watching Taraji sit in that police station chair, quiet and small in a way I had never seen her before, tested every bit of that training.She was not meant to be quiet. That was the thing. Taraji Gilbert was noise and movement and laughter at the wrong moments. She was the person who talked too much and never apologized for it. Seeing her just sit there, staring at the floor with her arms wrapped around herself, did something uncomfortable to my chest.Niklaus appeared at my elbow."Fred." He tilted his head slightly toward the corridor. Two steps away from the girls, low enough that only I could hear. "I want everything on that agent. Full background. Who he works for, who he report

Chapter 195~Niklaus~The last forty eight hours had been a lot.I had called father yesterday evening and explained everything that had unfolded. He just asked if I had worked on it. Today was Bali.I was excited about it. But I did not show it, I did not know how to do that externally. But if someone had looked closely enough they would have noticed that I had been up since five, that I had double checked the bags twice, that I had confirmed the transfer to the airport three times with the driver, and that I had stood in the hallway outside Kesley's room for a while doing nothing in particular before going back downstairs.I had made a decision that I was going to tell her. I was going to tell Specter that somewhere between a fake marriage. I had fallen completely in love with her and I was done pretending otherwise.She deserved it.Fred and Taraji had been out early to say goodbye. Fred had been professional and slightly too focused on his phone. He was trying to avoid TarajiTa

Chapter 197~Niklaus~I was setting up my side of the room when I saw it.A red lace and see through lingerie.I picked it up slowly.A thong and matching bra, that was hidden under the pillow.I stared at it for a while.She came out of the bathroom just then, towel wrapped around her, hair damp, smelling exactly like strawberries. She looked at me. Then she looked at what was in my hand.Her eyes went wide.I smirked."I didn't take you for someone who comes prepared," I said.She crossed the room so fast. Reached for it. I raised my hand above her head and watched her try to get to it."Give me that right now.""You packed it," I said. "Meaning you planned to wear it."She gave me a glare that was honestly too cute to take seriously.I lowered my hand and looked at her properly. This close, the strawberry scent was almost overwhelming. I reached out and curled my hand gently around the back of her neck."You make it very hard to behave, Kesley."She swallowed. "We shouldn't…."I ki

Chapter 199~Kesley~I woke up first.The room was still dim. Niklaus was asleep beside me, one arm thrown across my waist, face relaxed in a way I almost never got to see when he was awake. He was completely at rest.I felt the ache in my chest. This was the third time. Third, and each time it felt less like something that had just happened and more like something I had chosen. Which was the part I could not wrap my head around . I traced the edge of his collarbone lightly without thinking, then caught myself and stopped.What exactly were we doing?The contract said six months. It did not say anything about this. About waking up next to him on a honeymoon that was supposed to be for appearances and certainly not having sex.I eased his arm off me carefully, trying not to wake him. I grabbed my things, went into the bathroom, got dressed in there this time, and by the time I came out he was awake.He was sitting up against the headboard, hair slightly messy, watching me with a smal