All Chapters of Married The Wrong Groom: Claimed By The Ruthless Don : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

When they came downstairs, Michael didn't try to stop them.He simply watched Raina walk down the stairs with Maxton trailing closely behind her. His eyes moved over her face with the quiet emotions of a father who had been given a second chance at a life he thought he’d lost. It was like he was memorizing every detail, trying to reconcile the daughter he had once known with the woman standing before him now."Rest well," he said softly.Raina stopped at the bottom of the stairs, looking at him in his wheelchair. A complicated and heavy feeling settled in her chest all of a sudden. She was still learning how to be his daughter again, still struggling to hold the reality that he wasn't the one who made her miserable all these years.But he still had the same face as Maxwell and every time she looks at him, she sees the person she hated so much."Keep an eye on Lorenzo," she said, her voice was steady, even though her eyes were slightly wet. "He's not doing okay.. And please don't allo

Maxton felt her hand tighten in his, the second Selene's heels started clicking across the ground toward them and he squeezed back before she could do anything with the anger he could already feel building in her body beside him."I didn't know she was coming," he said quietly, low enough that only Raina could hear him. "I will take care of it…Don't worry."Raina didn't say anything and she didn't need to because her jaw was doing all the talking for her."I'll handle it," he said.He turned to move toward Selene and had only taken two steps when Selene arrived rushed to him first and made handling the situation more complicated because Selene had never in her life made a single thing easy for anyone.She appeared at Maxton's side like she belonged there and leaned into him with a soft smile. Her hand found his arm and she looked up at him with that expression she had been using her whole life to get exactly what she wanted from people. Extremely coquettish and slightly shy for every

Carlos's words caused another wave of gasps and murmuring.“Are my ears playing tricks on me?”“She is framing Don Retroferd?”The guests were murmuring in shock and Carlos's words were even more shocking than Selene's pregnancy announcement.After the initial shock and exclamations, the place fell into silence again. It was a very uncomfortable silence as everyone was doing rapid calculations in their heads and arriving at the same conclusion. Everyone looked at Selene and the collective thought moving through that crowd was almost visible.She tried to frame Don Maxton Retroferd with a pregnancy… which is simply suicidal.The boldness of it was so mind blowing and the expressions on the faces around reflected that stunned and disbelieving expressions.Selene felt every single one of those eyes on her and her mind worked with lightning speed as she quickly adjusted her emotions.She pulled herself up from the ground and adjusted her dress and when she turned to face Carlos her expre

It has been a month since the funeral and Selene's drama. The Martinez family suddenly declared bankruptcy and vanished from City M the next day.Raina was still trying to wrap her head around how things have changed and she was also thankful that she didn't have to hide or live in constant fear anymore.“Oh shit…Damn!” Raina cussed as she came to halt after her usual early morning runs.She wiped her face and drank some water before heading into the mansion.“Let go of me, Carlos” She suddenly stopped when she heard voices from the direction of the garden. And the person sounded like Pascal.Raina sighed and didn't want to eavesdrop but the next sentence stopped her directly in her tracks.“Is the eight years that we have been dating a joke to you? Do you see me as a fool? You were the one who fucked a damn stripper! Do you think you have any right to be angry?!” Carlos's angry voice came from the same direction.Raina's eyes widened and she shook her head a few times as her imagina

The kiss was everything she hadn’t realized she was starving for. It wasn't just a touch, it was a reclamation. Maxton moved with a desperate, frantic intensity, his hands mapping the curve of her waist, then her back, pulling her flush against him until she could feel the hard, solid lines of his body. Raina’s mind went blank. Her hands, which had been fisted in his shirt, relaxed and wandered upward, her fingers tangling in the thick hair at the nape of his neck.He didn’t pull away until her lungs were literally burning for air. When he finally broke the kiss, they both stood there, chests heaving, eyes locked in a shared, frantic haze. The room felt smaller, the air thick with the scent of their shared adrenaline.Maxton didn't wait for even a minute. He quickly shifted, his arms sliding under her knees and back, and he lifted her as if she weighed nothing at all. Raina let out a sharp, surprised gasp, her arms instinctively wrapping around his neck to anchor herself. He carried