บททั้งหมดของ One Night After Betrayal : บทที่ 41 - บทที่ 50

Natasha could not stop thinking about the way Alexander looked at Amelia.It haunted her the entire evening.The softness in his eyes.The attention.The quiet patience he never gave anyone else.Worst of all—Amelia looked different too.Lighter.Less guarded.Natasha hated it instantly.She sat alone in her apartment, clutching a glass of wine while anger twisted violently inside her chest. The city lights glowed through the massive windows around her, but the expensive penthouse suddenly felt cold.Empty.She had worked too hard to get close to powerful people. Too hard to climb out of the life she grew up in.She refused to watch Amelia effortlessly take everything again.First Evan.Now Alexander.No.Absolutely not.Her phone buzzed against the table.A message from an unknown number.The information you requested is ready.Natasha’s expression sharpened immediately.Finally.She grabbed her bag and left without hesitation.Meanwhile, Amelia sat cross-legged on the living room f

Amelia spent the entire afternoon avoiding her own thoughts.Unfortunately, that was becoming impossible lately.Every conversation with Alexander stayed with her longer than it should.Every glance.Every small act of concern.Every quiet moment where he looked at her like she mattered.It was dangerous.Because she had started expecting it.And expectations were exactly what destroyed people.She adjusted files on her desk for the third time in ten minutes before finally giving up and leaning back in her chair.Her mind drifted unwillingly toward his words again.You’ll never be the person I direct anger toward.No one had spoken to her like that before.Not gently.Not protectively.Not without wanting something in return.Yet with Alexander, she never felt manipulated.That was the problem.He seemed sincere.And sincerity was far harder to defend against.A shadow fell across her desk suddenly.“You look stressed.”Amelia looked up to find Elise holding two cups of coffee.“I am s

Amelia avoided Alexander the next morning.Not obviously.Not enough for anyone else to notice.But enough for her.She arrived earlier than usual, organized the executive schedule before he came in, and buried herself in work the second employees started arriving.Professional.Calm.Distant.Exactly how things should have remained from the beginning.Because Natasha’s words kept replaying painfully in her mind.He sees someone broken enough to save.Amelia hated how deeply that sentence unsettled her.Not because she believed Natasha completely.But because part of her feared being emotionally vulnerable again.She didn’t want pity.Didn’t want temporary fascination.Didn’t want another man entering her life only to eventually leave destruction behind.And Alexander Reed had become dangerous precisely because he didn’t feel temporary anymore.That terrified her.So she created distance.Even if it hurt.Around ten o’clock, Alexander finally arrived.Amelia noticed immediately despit

Alexander stayed longer than Amelia expected.Much longer.At first, she assumed he would drop off the pastries, exchange a few words, then leave for work.Instead, he somehow ended up sitting at her small dining table while Noah passionately explained why dinosaurs would defeat superheroes in a fight.Alexander listened seriously.Far too seriously.“But superheroes can fly,” Eli argued.“So?” Noah scoffed. “Dinosaurs are emotionally stronger.”Alexander coughed lightly, clearly hiding amusement.Amelia stood near the kitchen counter watching the scene unfold with growing disbelief.This was Alexander Reed.The intimidating billionaire whose name alone made business executives nervous.Yet somehow, he was currently being forced into a heated debate about dinosaurs before eight in the morning.And strangely—He fit here.Too well.That realization unsettled Amelia deeply.Because her apartment had always been her safe place. Small but peaceful. Separate from powerful men and complicat

The apartment felt strangely empty after Alexander left.Amelia noticed it immediately.The warmth lingering in the kitchen.The faint scent of his cologne still hanging in the air.Even the boys seemed unusually energized afterward.Especially Noah.“Rich Batman likes me the most,” he declared confidently while building blocks on the living room rug.Ethan rolled his eyes. “He literally spoke to all of us equally.”“No. He spiritually connected with me.”Eli gasped dramatically. “That’s illegal.”Amelia shook her head while pretending to focus on cleaning the kitchen.But honestly?Her thoughts were nowhere near the dishes in front of her.They were still trapped in the moment Alexander almost kissed her.Her fingers tightened slightly around the plate she was drying.The memory replayed too clearly.The way he touched her.The way he looked at her.Like he already knew she was trying not to fall apart around him.And worst of all—The way she wanted him to kiss her.That realization