All Chapters of The Wife He Rejected And Humiliated Is a Billionaire CEO: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

The moment Lena walked into her father’s house, the atmosphere was enough to make her have a heart attack.The tension could be cut through.Pedro King was pacing the living room, a half-drunk glass of wine tucked between his thumb and index finger.He stopped when his son and daughter walked in. His chest rose on a deep inhale and he thinned his lips into a forced smile.“Very nice of you to join me,” he said mostly to Lena.Lena shrugged and she plopped down on a chair. “It’s not like I had too much of a choice. Not when Leo wouldn’t leave without me.”She wanted to ask what was going on.In fact, her mind was running in circles, trying to conjure every possible scenario that’d have her father and brother this tense. But nothing came to mind.The only thing she knew she’d done wrong was the Julian controversy, but she believed they were past that.Pedro let out a slow breath, like he had been holding it in since the moment she stepped in. “Sit properly, Lena,” he said.“I am sitting

The gravel crunched sharply beneath Lena’s heels as she stormed out of the house, the front door slamming so hard behind her it rattled the glass panes.“Lena, wait!”Leo’s voice chased after her, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps.She didn’t stop.Didn’t slow.“Don’t follow me!” she snapped over her shoulder, her voice already breaking at the edges.“I’m not letting you walk off like this,” Leo shot back, catching up to her in a few long strides. “Lena, just listen—”“I said don’t follow me!” she spun around so abruptly he almost ran into her. “What part of that is confusing to you?”Leo held up his hands slightly, breathing hard. “You’re not thinking clearly right now—”“Oh, I’m thinking very clearly!” she cut in, her eyes blazing. “Clear enough to know that my entire life has been built on lies!”“Lena—”“Don’t ‘Lena’ me!” she barked. “You lied to me!”“I didn’t lie—”“You knew!” she shouted, jabbing a finger into his chest. “You knew and you kept your mouth shut! What is

Julian woke up to pain. It was neither the sharp nor dull kind. It was the kind of pain that sat behind his eyes and throbbed through his skull with every heartbeat.His lashes fluttered once.Twice.A groan scraped out of his throat as consciousness slowly settled in.He looked around, first taking note of the darkness—the dark ceiling.Panic shot through Julian and he was almost at the cusp of struggling when the smell of cold air wafted through his nostrils, when the faint scent of cigar smoke and bleach made him shiver.Julian’s brows furrowed immediately.He knew this place.He knew it too well.This was his father’s estate. The underground basement.That was when he recalled his brother being in his penthouse and spewing nonsense before he was claimed by darkness.A humorless laugh nearly left Julian before another pulse of pain hit his head.“You finally decided to join us.” A voice echoed as the lights came on, nearly blinding Julian. It was Antonio’s voice. “Such a deep sleep

“She’s sick.”Leo’s expression shifted. “What?”Antonio rubbed at his jaw. “The woman I’m supposed to marry… her name is Emilia Moretti—”“I don’t give a fuck about her name. Don’t insult me by telling me about another woman, Antonio.”Silence.“Always so impatient.” Antonio gave a soft smile that almost melted Leo. “Anyway, her family and ours have been allied for years. She’s… she’s dying.”Leo’s brows deepened into a furrow.Antonio looked exhausted. “She has a neurological condition. It’s terminal.” His voice stayed low and flat. “The doctors already told her family there’s not much time left.”Leo stared at him without speaking.“She approached me herself,” Antonio added. “Said she didn’t want to die unmarried because of pressure from her family. Said she wanted one year of normalcy before…” He trailed off briefly. “Before things get worse.”The hallway became quiet again.Leo’s anger faltered slightly. Only slightly.Antonio noticed and continued. “She told me the marriage would

It was late into the afternoon when Lena received a call from Julian’s number. She didn’t want to answer it, she already had so much going on in her life and given the betrayal, the fact that he was involved in crime and hadn’t told her, she had added that to the list of things Julian Black did to her.But as smart as her brain was, her heart was all over the place. And her nerves… that was another story.So she convinced herself that she was answering the call just to reprimand Julian and finally cut him off completely.But when she swiped that icon, the voice that came through wasn’t Julian’s voice.“I’m so sorry to disturb,” a distorted female voice came through the speaker. “There was a little incident at the club. Mr. Black was involved and was seriously hurt. He refused to be taken to the hospital… which is why we’re calling his emergency contact.”Lena paused.One, Julian was hurt badly enough for someone to even consider taking him to a hospital?Two, she was his emergency con