Lahat ng Kabanata ng His contract Bride, His secret child : Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Amara’s POV The warmth of the previous night hadn't just evaporated; it had been systematically dismantled. When I woke, the space beside me in the narrow bed was not just empty—it was cold, as if no one had ever occupied it. The patchwork quilt that had felt like a cocoon of safety now felt like a heavy, suffocating weight. I dressed quickly, my fingers fumbling with the buttons of my sweater, the silence of the Poconos cabin ringing in my ears like a high-pitched frequency. I found Adrian in the small, makeshift office nook near the woodstove. The sun hadn't quite cleared the ridge of the mountain, leaving the room in a bruised, pre-dawn grey. He was bathed in the harsh, artificial glow of three different laptop screens. The rhythmic, staccato click-clack of his typing was the only sound in the room—a mechanical heartbeat that had replaced the steady thrum of the man I had held in the dark.&nb

Amara’s POV The elevator doors opened to the top floor of Wolfe Tower. The air here felt different—thin, cold, and smelling of expensive floor wax and recycled oxygen. This was the summit of the empire. Adrian stepped out first. He didn't wait for me. He walked with a steady, powerful stride that told the world he was still the king, even if his throne was currently on fire. I followed two steps behind him. Every click of my ivory heels on the marble floor felt like a countdown. The boardroom was a massive room made of glass and dark wood. Around a giant table sat twenty men and women in grey suits. They were the Board of Directors. At the very end of the table sat Eleanor Wolfe. She looked perfect. Her hair was pulled back so tight it looked painful, and her eyes were as sharp as diamonds. Next to her sat Julian Sterling. He wasn't supposed to be here, but money buys a lot of seats. He g

Amara’s POV If the Poconos were a natural winter, the Wolfe Mansion was a man-made glacier. I had been moved. Not out of the house—not yet—but out of our life. My things had been packed by silent, stony-faced maids and relocated to the guest wing. It was a beautiful suite of rooms, decorated in shades of taupe and silver, but it felt like a high-end prison cell. There were no photos of my father here. No scent of Adrian’s sandalwood cologne. I was no longer the "Lady of the House." I was a corporate liability under house arrest. For three days, I didn't see him. I heard the roar of his Porsche in the driveway at 2:00 AM and the heavy thud of the front door at 6:00 AM. He was buried in the "war room," as the staff called it, rebuilding the empire that had almost crumbled. When I finally caught him, it was in the grand foyer. He was adjusting his cufflinks,

Amara’s POVThe white walls of the exam room were closing in on me.The air smelled of rubbing alcohol and industrial lemon cleaner—a scent that made my stomach do another slow, agonizing flip. I sat on the edge of the crinkly paper-covered table, my fingers digging into the vinyl padding.I looked at the clock. It had been forty minutes. In the world of the ultra-rich, forty minutes was an eternity. Adrian would have fired an entire department for a forty-minute delay. But here, in the cold reality of a public hospital, I was just another patient in a queue.My mind kept drifting back to the contract. Article 8.4. I could see the words in my head, printed in sharp, black Garamond font. “In the event of an unplanned pregnancy, the Party of the Second Part agrees to immediate termination or the forfeiture of all financial support and the dissolution of the marriage with no further claim to the Wolfe estate.”Adrian had been s

Amara’s POV The mahogany door of Adrian’s study felt like the entrance to a courtroom. I stood in the hallway for a long minute, my hand hovering over the cold brass handle. My heart was a drum in my chest, beating a rhythm of hope and terror. Inside me, a tiny life was beginning. Outside, the man I loved was building a wall of ice to keep me out. I thought about the happiness I felt in the park. I wanted to hold onto that feeling, to wrap it around myself like a cloak before I stepped into the frost. I wasn't just Amara Vance anymore. I wasn't just a "variable" in a billionaire’s contract. I was a mother. And that gave me a strength I hadn't known I possessed. I took one last deep breath, pressed my palm against my stomach, and turned the handle. The King in His CastleThe study was dim, lit only by the soft glow of a desk lamp and the flickering blue li