Alle Kapitel von MARRIED TO THE DEVIL BILLIONAIRE FOR REVENGE: Kapitel 21 – Kapitel 30

I sat on the edge of the bed with my arms wrapped around my knees, the silk sheets cool against my skin. Dominic stood in front of me, his shirt unbuttoned at the collar, eyes locked on mine like he could see straight through every wall I tried to build. My heart pounded so hard it echoed in my ears. After the silence between us stretched too long, he had pulled me here and refused to let me hide anymore. “Talk,” he said, voice low and firm. He didn’t raise it. He didn’t need to. The command wrapped around me and made my throat tight. “Tell me everything you’re feeling right now. No hiding. No short answers.” I looked down at my hands. My fingers twisted together until the knuckles turned white. The doubt from overhearing his call still sat heavy in my chest, sharp and cold. I had tried to push it away all evening, but it kept rising like bile. “I feel... lost,” I whispered. The word came out raw, scraping my throat. “Like I don’t know where I stand with you.” He stepped close

I stepped out of the bedroom and froze. Raffael stood by the elevator doors like a statue carved from stone, arms crossed, eyes scanning everything. Dominic appeared behind me, his hand settling on my lower back with that possessive weight I had grown used to. But today it felt different. Heavier. “What is this?” I asked, my voice sharper than I meant. My pulse kicked up as I looked between the two men. Raffael didn’t move. Dominic’s jaw stayed tight. “You’re not going anywhere alone anymore,” Dominic said. His tone left no room for discussion. “Raffael is your bodyguard. Full time. He stays with you everywhere.” The words hit like a slap. I pulled away from his touch and turned to face him fully. My chest rose and fell faster. “Everywhere? I’m not a child, Dominic. I don’t need a babysitter following me to the bathroom.” Raffael stayed silent, but I felt his presence like a wall closing in. The spacious penthouse suddenly felt smaller. My skin prickled with the need to breathe

**Dominic** I paced the bedroom in the dark, my bare feet silent on the floor. My hands itched to touch her again. Nadia lay curled on her side in our bed, breathing slow and even. The sheet had slipped down to her waist, leaving her back bare. Moonlight from the window traced the curve of her spine. I stopped at the edge of the bed and reached out. My fingers brushed her shoulder, light at first, then firmer. Skin on skin. Warm. Soft. Alive. She stirred but didn’t wake. A small sigh escaped her lips. That sound shot straight through me, tightening everything. I needed more. I climbed onto the bed behind her and pulled her back against my chest. My arm wrapped around her waist, palm flat on her stomach. Heat from her body soaked into mine. For the first time all day, the constant pressure in my chest eased a little. This wasn’t part of the plan. She was supposed to be a tool. A way to crush Garrett. Marry her, show her off, watch him break. Simple. Clean. But somewhere along t

**Nadia**"Don't."He said it the moment he walked through the door, before I had said a word, before I had done anything except look up from the couch where I had been reading for the last hour.Just that. One word. Low and tight and carrying the specific weight of a man who had spent the day holding something at the edge of his control and was now standing in his own apartment with nowhere left to hold it.I closed my book.I looked at him.He was still in his jacket, which meant he had come straight here without stopping, without the usual transition of arriving and settling that he moved through with such precision every evening. His jaw was set. His hands were loose at his sides but only because he was making them loose."What happened," I said."I don't want to talk about it.""Okay," I said.He looked at me.Something in the look was different from the usual assessment. Rawer. Less managed. Like the layer he kept between himself and everything had worn thin in the last several

I stood in the kitchen with Garrett’s text still burning on my phone screen. The words would not leave me alone. “He’s been watching us for months. Ask him how he found you so fast in Vegas.” My thumb hovered over the message. I had deleted the others, but this one stuck like a knife. It mixed with every small thing I had noticed over the past weeks. Raffael always knowing exactly where I was. Dominic’s questions that felt too precise. The way he appeared in my life the exact night everything fell apart. The pain sat heavy in my chest. I wanted revenge on Garrett and Priya more than ever, but the man I married to get that revenge might have been part of the setup. I refused to stay quiet. I had grown too much to shrink back now. My hands shook a little, but my mind stayed clear. I would ask. I would push. Even if the answer scared me. Dominic walked in from his office. His sleeves were rolled up, showing strong forearms. He looked calm on the surface. Always in control. But I h