جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 60

Leaving Orcanza with a shattered heart and tears streaming down her face, Malikha wandered toward a small park near the company’s towering building. She chose a lonely bench facing a row of trees stripped bare by winter, their branches lifeless beneath the cold sky.Slowly, Malikha lowered her gaze to the lunchbox she had prepared for Aidan—her husband.Her hope of fixing their relationship had been nothing more than a foolish fantasy. Reality was cruelly different from the beautiful picture she had painted in her mind.“I’m so stupid. What was I even thinking? There’s no way he could ever like me. Stupid Malikha...” she muttered bitterly to herself before breaking down into tears in the empty park.Aidan’s sweet smile had shown her that the morning had only been an illusion. He had done it merely to toy with her feelings. Malikha, who had already fallen too deeply into his trap, now realized she was nothing more

“What time is the flight?” Aidan asked as he slipped the documents back into place. The three of them were still standing by the entrance.“Past midnight, sir.”Aidan gave a small nod.“Wait for me in the lobby, Glenn. And Lucy… see you next week.”Without another glance, he turned around and shut the door to his suite. Lucy stared at the closed door in disbelief. It took her a second to realize Aidan had just kicked her out of the room.“What the hell is this?!” she snapped, about to pound on the door when Glenn caught her wrist first.“Don’t even try it. Come home with me.”Glenn dragged Lucy away as she struggled furiously, still trying to get back to Aidan’s room.Meanwhile, Aidan walked back into the living area of the presidential suite and stopped beside Malikha. He loosened the buttons of his suit jacket, his gaze briefly catching the way Malikha glanced at him before quickly looking away again.He exhaled slowly, then rolled up the sleeves of his shirt before approaching her.

After exhausting herself from struggling for so long, Malikha finally fell asleep an hour later in Aidan’s lap. She no longer had the strength to fight him. Her body slowly gave in to fatigue until she drifted off against his chest, breathing softly as though she had surrendered without realizing it.Aidan, who had only been resting his eyes, slowly opened them again. The moment he lowered his gaze and found Malikha sleeping peacefully on his shoulder, something inside him softened.A slow smile spread across his lips.Gently, almost reverently, he lifted one hand and brushed his fingers against Malikha’s cheek. His touch was gentle, lingering as he tilted her face slightly upward so he could see her more clearly. In the quiet cabin, he allowed himself to admire every detail of her face—the curve of her eyelashes, the softness beneath her eyes, the warmth of her lips.The longer he stared at her, the harder it became to control himself.Aidan swallowed hard, licking his lips several t

Aidan had truly tricked Malikha.While she had been left behind to clean the little cabin, Aidan had shamelessly gone back to his luxurious villa to shower, change into fresh clothes, and rest in warmth and comfort. He had even checked the time carefully, making sure he didn’t leave Malikha alone for too long.Not that he was worried about her.At least, that was what he kept telling himself.Less than five minutes later, Aidan returned to the small cabin perched on the hill. The moment he stepped inside, the cold air carried the clean scent of his soap and cologne with him. He looked annoyingly neat, fresh, and perfectly relaxed.“Did you clean the bed?” he asked immediately without even greeting her.Malikha nodded obediently, like a well-behaved girl following her master’s orders.“But the bedsheet needs to be washed,” she said innocently.Aidan let out a slow sigh.“Then why didn’t you wash it?”“It’s almost evening already. It won’t dry in time,” Malikha replied honestly. “And th

Malikha’s eyes widened in shock when she realized Aidan hadn’t only taken her away from that creepy little cottage that looked like something out of a witch’s storybook—he had brought her to a magnificent luxury villa standing proudly in the middle of an enormous vineyard.The estate stretched endlessly beneath the golden afternoon sun. Rows of grapevines rolled across the hills like waves of green velvet, and in the center of it all stood a grand villa with towering windows, elegant stone walls, and balconies wrapped in climbing roses.Malikha turned slowly, still unable to process what she was seeing.“Whose villa is this?” she asked innocently.Aidan merely curled one corner of his lips upward, his expression full of arrogance and satisfaction.“It’s mine,” he answered casually, lifting his chin slightly as if it were the most ordinary thing in the world.Malikha immediately looked at him in disbelief.At that moment, everything finally clicked inside her head.He had been playing