《RUINED BY MY BOSS AND HIS STEPSON 》全部章節：第 21 章 - 第 30 章

Elara's POVI found a quiet corner to sit in and escape the chaos of the party.I never liked parties.No, I didn't hate them. I just didn't know what to do at parties.I was so focused on that dumb boy I thought I'd marry one day that I forgot how to actually live a life.I didn't make friends in school, so I wasn't invited to any parties. And whenever he threw one, I was always running around, making sure he was okay or making sure his friends weren't causing trouble.Fuck, I should have had a life.I watched the people dance fiercely, their hips moving with the rhythm. Hands glided over other bodies. People laughed and chatted in groups.I felt completely out of place.Antoine must've brought me here to mock me.Nah, he doesn't know about it.I could only pray he didn't go back on his word, and I was glad he hadn't brought me here to humiliate me or do something worse.I picked up my phone and started scrolling through the apps to look busy when my brain brought back the memory of

Antoine's POV Lost?That's the most ridiculous lie I have heard in a long time.I knew something was wrong by the way she looked when she rushed out of a million-dollar mansion.She looked flushed, and she clung to her purse like it was the only thing left in her life.It was all my fault. I shouldn't have left someone as fragile as her in a wild party full of elites who could bury her, and the police wouldn't bat an eyelid.I stepped back and looked into the crowd.Call me nuts, but I was right.I've memorized every detail about her. An obsession the world should support—until she starts making me drop bodies.I watched the crowd move around while the security searched them for anything that wasn't theirs.Everyone present at this party belonged to an influential family, but they knew their place around here.Some of them were richer and more powerful than Luc and I combined. But if the kids wanted to survive in this kind of world, they had to answer to me.Elara stayed silent besid

Elara's POV I tried desperately to wash the blood off my hands.I rubbed my palms together beneath the running water, scrubbing every inch of my skin as if I could somehow erase what had happened.But no matter how hard I scrubbed, I couldn't get the image out of my head.I didn't know what to do.He was going to kill that man. I knew Antoine had no heart, and he would make the whole thing disappear without a second thought.But how was I supposed to sleep knowing a man could die because of me?I just couldn't stand there and watch him do it.And now that I'd interfered, I had to watch my back ten times more than I already did.Antoine wouldn't let this go.I turned off the tap and rushed back into the room, my eyes scanning the place for anything that could help me out of this desperate situation.Nothing.“Fuck,” I cried, sliding down the wall until I hit the floor.“Why did you do that? Why did you even agree to go to that party with him?” I asked myself.I buried my face in my ha

Luc's POVI hadn't visited my father in a few years now. Even when he set me up with Amaya again, I kept missing him intentionally, just so I didn't have to see the face that murdered my entire childhood in the name of raising an heir.My father was very close to Mr. Valmort. If anyone could talk him out of going after Antoine, it had to be him.I wanted Amaya to talk to her father, but Amaya refused. Her father hated Antoine as much as she did, so I knew cutting a deal with them wouldn't work — unless that deal was to bring Antoine's head on a plate.My father hated Antoine too. He still saw Antoine as a low-born, mischievous kid. But unlike Amaya and her father, my father's hatred for him wasn't strong enough to pass on a good deal.I sat in the courtyard, waiting patiently for my father. Everything looked the same.Same flowers. Same bench. Same air — the suffocating kind. The only thing that had changed was the fact that I wasn't on edge.I didn't know why, but I felt relaxed.“To

Elara's POV.Toby?Like Silas's team member, Toby?My eyes flicked between him and Antoine, my mouth still open in shock.Antoine's hand dropped to his side, and a faint smile spread across his face.He was friends with Toby. I knew that. What I didn't know was what he was doing here.“So this is the reason you suddenly took an interest in our best player,” Toby said, smiling at me like we were best friends.I crossed my nightgown over my chest and forced a tight smile to acknowledge his presence.“I can argue about the best part,” Antoine muttered, walking away.I kept my eyes on both of them. Someone needed to tell me what was going on, or I might lose my mind and use that gun.Toby walked over to me, his hands tucked into his pockets. “I did not mean to scare you,” he said. “I just didn't want to ruin the surprise. It's something I do all the time.”Yeah, give everyone a panic attack.I swallowed hard, placing a hand on my chest. “It's fine.”He stared at me like he couldn't believ