All Chapters of Owned by biker enemy: Chapter 51 - Chapter 55

The drive back to the hotel had felt like it stretched itself out on purpose, like the road itself was listening, and Rafe sat there holding the file in his hands even though he already knew most of what was inside it, flipping pages just so his eyes had something to do that was not Dante.Dante had been answering calls, cutting them short, not wasting breath on anything unnecessary, but Rafe still felt it like pressure in the seat beside him, like the space between them was not empty at all but occupied by something waiting.Rafe forced himself to keep reading, eyes moving over names and dates that no longer felt new, and he said without looking up, “This file has everything I need, I am just reviewing it again to make sure I did not miss anything important,” even though the words sounded more like an excuse the moment he said them.Dante did not answer immediately, and when he finally spoke it came out calm and flat, “You are not reading it, you are avoiding something,” and Rafe’s f

Rafe stood in front of the mirror longer than he meant to, fully dressed in the suit Dante had given him, and it felt like the glass was showing him someone else entirely, someone stitched together from ambition and bad decisions, and he kept adjusting the cuffs even though they were already perfect just to give his hands something to do.He said quietly to his reflection, almost like testing the weight of his own voice, “You are not here for comfort. You are not here to admire anything. You are here for the inheritance. That is the only point of all of this.”The reflection stared back, expression tight, and he added, more firmly this time like he was correcting a subordinate, “Luke sent you here for access, for evidence, for collapse. That is what you do. That is what you will do.”He paused, swallowing the rising doubt that always came when Dante’s face entered his thoughts uninvited, and then he forced himself to continue, “And when it is done, you leave. Clean. No attachment. No

Yes,” Rafe said quickly, his voice steady enough even though his chest felt tight, “I am with him,” and he held Luke’s gaze while saying it so the guard would stop looking at him like he was a thief caught mid-act.The guard did not look convinced at all and his eyes flicked between Rafe and Luke several times, lingering longer on Rafe like he was trying to memorize his face for later trouble, but Luke shifted his weight and spoke with authority, telling the guard "There's no problem and if there was, I'd handle it", and eventually the guard muttered an apology and backed away, still suspicious but unwilling to push his luck.When they were alone, the quiet rushed in heavy and uncomfortable, and Luke’s polite expression dropped almost immediately, replaced with something sharp and curious as he looked Rafe up and down slowly.“So,” Luke said calmly, folding his hands behind his back, “did your new owner send you after me, or did you come snooping on your own.”Rafe stiffened at the