All Chapters of Claimed by my Husband ruthless Uncle : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

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Chapter 71: Boardroom Reckoning

Josie’s PovThe next morning came too fast. I woke up tangled in silk sheets with Alexander’s arm heavy across my waist and the diamond collar still around my throat from the night before. Lily was already downstairs giggling with the nanny about pancakes, I kissed Alexander’s shoulder and slipped out of bed before he could pull me back in. Today was the emergency board meeting. The biggest one, the one where I would finish what we started.I chose a sharp black dress that hugged my body so tightly and pinned my hair up, when Alexander saw me he let out a low whistle and pulled me against him for a slow kiss that made my knees weak. “You look like an empress of the hart, so gorgeous” he said against my mouth.“Good,” I whispered back. “Because I am.”He prepared and we drove to Hart Tower in silence, his hand stayed inside my g-string the whole way, when we walked into the boardroom the air felt thick. Twelve chairs around the long table, most of the faces I knew too well from my f

Chapter 72: Chris’s Mistake

Josie’s POVThe boardroom started emptying out after that. People nodded at us on their way out like they finally understood who ran things now. I was gathering the last of the papers when Chris stepped closer. He waited until Alexander stepped out to take a quick call then moved in smooth as ever.“Josie” he said low enough that only I could hear. “Got a minute? Alone.”I looked up at him, something in his eyes felt off, too eager I nodded anyway. “Make it quick.”He pulled out his phone and tapped the screen. A folder opened with photos. Old ones. Me at my graduation, me holding Lily right after she was born. Me laughing at some family event years ago. The same pictures Alexander had kept in his safe. The ones that proved he had been watching me for twenty years.Chris leaned in closer. “I know what he is Josie. Obsessed. Dangerous. He’s been stalking you since before you even met Julian. I have copies of all these and I can make them public. Or I can make them disappear, you

Chapter 73: Hunt for the First Love

Josie’s POVWe stayed like that for a long time after, tangled together with the city lights flickering through the windows. Alexander’s breathing finally evened out against my neck and I felt the last of the tension leave his body. I ran my fingers through his hair until he fell asleep still inside me. For once I didn’t dream about alleys or knives or fake funerals, I just slept.The next few days stretched into a single focused hunt.Sarah.Alexander’s team picked up her trail in Europe almost immediately. She had used the last of Julian’s cash to fly to Paris then tried to disappear into some cheap apartment on the outskirts. We tracked every card swipe, every hotel booking, every desperate wire transfer. I sat beside Alexander in the penthouse office while his men fed us updates on a big screen. Photos of Sarah looking thinner and more frantic with each passing day. Leo clutched to her side like a shield.“She’s running out of money fast” Alexander said one night his hand resti

Chapter 74: The Rival Family Exposed

Josie’s POV Morning came with sunlight cutting across the penthouse floor. I woke up before Alexander and slipped out of bed careful not to wake him. Lily was already in the kitchen with the nanny laughing over a bowl of cereal, I kissed the top of her head and told her I had one last thing to finish today. She just nodded and went back to her drawing like she knew grown-up stuff was happening but didn’t need the details. I went straight to Alexander’s safe. The same one where I had found those twenty-year-old photos of me. The files were still there in a thick envelope at the bottom. I pulled them out and spread them across the desk. Pages and pages of proof. Bank transfers. Private messages. The original plan for the car accident that was never meant to just take Julian. It was supposed to kill me too. The rival family the Langfords had paid for the whole thing. They planted Sarah to get inside the Hart empire and when that wasn’t enough they decided to wipe me out along with him

Chapter 75: Two years Anniversary

Josie’s POVI woke up the next morning with Alexander’s arm still wrapped around me and the faint taste of last night’s wine on my tongue. Sunlight poured across the bed and for a second I just layed there letting it warm my skin, two years. Exactly two years since the day we stood in Tokyo courthouse and made our marriage real, not the contract version. Not the shield. The real one. The one where I looked him in the eye and said yes because I wanted him not because I needed protection.I slipped out of bed careful not to wake him and checked on Lily, she was already up drawing at the kitchen table with the nanny nearby. When she saw me she held up her latest picture three stick figures holding hands under a big sun. “Mommy look. It’s us forever.”My chest went tight. I kissed her forehead and told her we had a surprise trip. “Just a quick one baby. Daddy and I need to go back to Tokyo for one night. You’ll stay with Nanny Mia and we’ll call you every hour if you want.”She nodded l

Chapter 76: Julian’s Last Tantrum

Josie’s POVA week later a letter came in.It arrived in a plain white envelope with no return address just a prison stamp smudged in the corner. I knew who it was from the second the security guy handed it to me at the door, my stomach twisted but I didn’t throw it away. I carried it inside and found Alexander in the living room pouring coffee. Lily was at school so the penthouse felt quiet and ours again.He saw the envelope in my hand and his jaw tightened. “From him?”I nodded. “Smuggled out somehow. Probably paid one of the guards.”Alexander set the coffee down and pulled me onto his lap right there on the couch. His arms came around me solid and warm like he could shield me from the words before I even read them. I leaned back against his chest and tore the envelope open. The paper was cheap and thin but the handwriting was the same arrogant scrawl I used to know by heart.I started reading out loud my voice steady at first.“Josie, You think you won. You think locking me awa

Chapter 77: The Final Trap Setup

Josie’s povWe stayed on the couch until the sun dipped low and the city lights started to flicker one by one. Lily had fallen asleep between us with her latest drawing still clutched in her small hand. Alexander carried her upstairs while I cleaned up the last traces of ash from the terrace. When he came back down he pulled me into his arms without a word and we stood there for a long time just holding each other, just the steady beat of his heart against my cheek and the quiet promise that tomorrow would be ours to shape.The next morning the Hart Foundation Gala invitation landed on my desk like it had been waiting for the perfect moment. The annual closing event of the season. Black tie, masks optional but everyone knew what it really was. A final chance for the old families to show off and whisper about who still held power, this year the whispers would be about us.I read the gold-embossed card twice then looked across the office at Alexander. He was already watching me with

Chapter 78: Gala Night

Josie’s POVThe orchestra played something nice and pleasing. Couples moved around us in a swirl of silk and masks but I stayed pressed close to Alexander feeling the solid warmth of his hand on my waist.We had only danced a few steps when a group of investors closed in. Three older men in crisp tuxedos with greedy eyes and quick smiles. One of them clapped Alexander on the shoulder and started talking about shipping lanes and the Langford collapse. Alexander’s jaw tightened for half a second, he glanced at me like he didn’t want to leave but I gave him a small nod.“Go” I whispered against his ear. “I’ll be right here.”He kissed my cheeks quick and hard then let them pull him toward the bar. I watched his back disappear into the crowd and felt the space around me open up. The music kept playing. I moved toward the edge of the room near the tall balcony doors where the air felt cooler due to the ac angles. My heels clicked quiet on the marble and the diamonds at my throat caugh

Chapter 79: Library Confrontation

Josie’s POVJulian’s hand shot out and closed around my wrist hard enough to bruise. He yanked me off the balcony and into the shadows before I could even draw a breath. My heels scraped across the marble as he dragged me down a side hallway and shoved open the heavy doors to the darkened library. The doors slammed shut behind us with a heavy sound that cut off the music and the laughter from the ballroom. The only light came from a single lamp on a side table casting long shadows across the bookshelves.He ripped the black mask off his face and threw it on the floor. The scars from the boiling water and cleaner were still there ugly and blotchy under the low light. His eyes were wild and his breathing came fast like he had run the whole way here.“You think you can just throw me away like I’m nothing?” he screamed. “You belong to me Josie. You always have, never you forget that I made you and gave you everything, you ran to my uncle like some cheap whore. After everything I did for y

Chapter 80: The Drag Out

Josie’s POVExcusing myself,I went back there and stepped over the broken decanter and followed them out into the hallway. My gown dragged a little across the marble but I didn’t care about the blood on the silk or the way my heel had left a dent in his foot. I just kept walking right behind them as they dragged him toward the service exit at the back of the building.Julian’s head moved to the side and his eyes found mine. They were wet and wild and full of the same self-pity he had always hidden behind charm. “Josie….....please you can’t let them do this..… I’m still your husband...…”I didn’t answer. I just kept pace with the men until we reached the service door. The night air rushed in when they shoved it open. Outside two police cars waited with lights flashing red and blue across the alley wall. Reporters had already gathered beyond the barricade, cameras flashed the second the door cracked open, someone shouted my name, then another, the media had been tipped off just like

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