บททั้งหมดของ Reborn To Seduce My Bully's Alpha Father : บทที่ 31 - บทที่ 40

CHAPTER 32The next morning, I woke up with Matthias's threat still sitting in my chest.If he touches your family, I bury him.Normal people probably shouldn't find that comforting.Unfortunately, I did.Maybe that said something deeply concerning about me.Or maybe it just said something about what fear does when someone finally offers you safety and means it.Either way, I barely slept.And Matthias clearly hadn't either.I knew before I even saw him.The estate felt different.Sharper.More alert.There were two extra security men near the east wing, one at the back stairs, and when I passed the service corridor, I caught Dante speaking quietly into an earpiece with the kind of focus that meant somebody was already moving pieces on the board.Matthias hadn't wasted a second.That should have reassured me.Instead, it made me realize just how serious Caden's threat had sounded to someone like him.Which meant I hadn't overreacted.Which meant my father really was in danger.I found

Chapter 34By the time Dante got me into the car, I was already calling my father.No answer.I called again.Still nothing.My stomach dropped lower with every ring that went nowhere."He's probably working," Dante said as he pulled out of the campus lot."He's always working," I snapped.Then immediately I felt bad because Dante wasn't the one threatening my family.He didn't react.Just drove faster.I called my mother next.She answered on the third ring, breathless and confused."Aria?""Where's Dad?"There was a pause. "At work, sweetheart. Why?"My fingers tightened around my phone."Mom, listen to me carefully. Do not leave the house. Lock the doors. If anyone knocks, you don't answer unless it's Dante or Matthias. Do you understand me?"She went quiet.Then, in that frightened voice parents use when they know something is wrong but don't yet know how bad, she asked, "Aria... what's happening?"I looked out the car window and swallowed hard."I'll explain later. Just promise m

Chapter 36The moment Matthias shut the office door, the silence in the room felt different.Not peaceful.Heavy.Like the air was holding its breath.I stood there for a full ten seconds before I finally moved. My heart was still beating as I'd run across campus. My skin still remembered the warmth of his hand on my jaw. My pulse still remembered the way his voice had dropped.The smart thing to do would be to lie down, sleep, and pretend I didn’t feel any of this.I didn’t do the smart thing.I went to the bathroom.His bathroom was bigger than my entire bedroom at home. Black marble counters. A massive glass shower. Warm lights reflecting softly off dark tiles. Everything smelled faintly of him, clean, masculine, and dangerous.I splashed cold water on my face and stared at myself in the mirror.My reflection looked like someone who hadn’t slept properly in days. Dark circles under my eyes, tension in my jaw, and my lips still slightly swollen from biting them too hard.“This is a

Chapter 38The sound of the shower filled the silence.Water hitting tile. Steady. Hard. Cold.I sat up slowly, the fabric of his shirt shifting over my thighs. My skin was still tingling where his hands had been. My pulse hadn’t slowed. My breathing hadn’t steadied.I told myself not to think about him there.It didn’t work.I imagined the water running down his back, over his shoulders, his chest, his abs. I imagined his head tipped back, eyes closed, jaw tight as he tried to force control back into himself.Heat burned through me instantly.I shoved a hand into my hair and cursed under my breath.“This is insane.”I slid off the bed and paced the room, barefoot on cool flooring. Every step felt too loud. Every thought felt too dangerous.The bathroom door stayed closed.The water kept running.I shouldn’t go to him.I absolutely shouldn’t.I took a step toward the bathroom anyway.Then stopped.Then I took another step.I hovered there, heart racing, hand inches from the door.Then

Chapter 40The door clicked shut behind Matthias, and the silence that followed felt almost physical heavy enough to sit on my chest.My skin still tingled from the brush of his thumb on my jaw.My pulse still hadn’t slowed.And the space he’d just vacated felt too empty.I forced myself to breathe.Then I moved.I pulled on jeans and a sweater from my own clothes Dante had brought up earlier, because if I kept wearing his shirt, I was going to lose what little common sense I had left.By the time I stepped out, the hallway was empty. The house felt alert in that quiet, prepared way guards stationed, eyes watching corners, tension humming under the surface.Downstairs, the kitchen was already alive with low conversation.Dante stood near the counter, arms crossed, speaking quietly into a comm device. Two other security guys I recognized were checking tablets and muttering.When I stepped in, Dante’s eyes flicked up.“Morning.”“Morning.”He studied me for a beat longer than necessary,