Semua Bab Forbidden Love wtih my Ex-Husband's Billionaire Brother: Bab 21 - Bab 30

Giselle’s POVEsther didn’t even hesitate.The second that man’s hand came too close, she drove her fist straight into his groin with enough force to drop him where he stood, and the sound that left him was somewhere between a groan and a choke as he doubled over, clutching himself like he couldn’t even process what just happened.“Back off,” she said, her voice low and sharp, cutting clean through the noise without needing to be loud.I just stood there for a second, stunned, my brain catching up slowly, because I really shouldn’t have been surprised.Esther grew up with four older brothers, all of them bikers, all of them rough in their own ways, and instead of being the pampered youngest child everyone would expect, she turned out exactly like them, fearless, wild, and completely unapologetic about it.She grabbed my wrist and pulled me along before anything else could happen, weaving through the crowd until we found a quieter corner where no one seemed interested in bothering us,

Kennedy’s POVMy fingers curled into fists at my sides before I even realized it, tension building fast and heavy in my chest as his words settled in.“How dare you say that?” I snapped, my voice tight with anger I wasn’t even trying to hide. “Gigi and I love each other. She’s upset right now, yeah, but I know her. I know how to fix this.”Joseph didn’t even take me seriously. He let out a short scoff as he slid into his car, like everything I said barely registered, and then he leaned slightly toward the open window, his expression calm in a way that only made it worse.“Giselle isn’t the kind of woman who forgives someone for taking her love for granted,” he said evenly. “You should remember that.”Before I could respond, before I could even step closer, the engine came to life, and his car pulled away smoothly, the polished back of his Rolls-Royce catching the light like it was putting on a show just to irritate me further.For a second, I stood there, staring after him, my jaw tig

Giselle’s POVI wasn’t inexperienced when it came to job applications.I had worked beside Ken from the early days, back when his company had been nothing more than long nights, cheap coffee, endless meetings, and a dream that barely looked possible. I had watched it grow from almost nothing into what it was now, so I knew exactly how these things worked.Applications got reviewed.Interviews got scheduled.References got checked.Nobody just called and handed out jobs, especially not at a huge company.That was why this whole thing felt so strange.After getting rejected by tiny companies that barely had enough money to keep the lights on, it made no sense that a company as big as JM Holdings would suddenly offer me a position without even asking me to come in for an interview.I had heard about them months ago when they launched.The news had been everywhere for a while.JM Holdings had started in Mexico, expanded fast, and was now opening a branch in New York.From what I had read

Joseph’s POVThe office went quiet the moment Caroline finally stopped pretending that she had a reasonable explanation. She sat across from me with her hands locked together so tightly that her fingers looked pale, her shoulders stiff, her face drained of all color.She looked nervous, but there was something else hiding underneath it too.Guilt.I could see it in her eyes every time she looked away from me.I had already spent enough years losing chances when it came to Giselle, and if Caroline had ruined this one too, then I was going to make sure she paid for it for a very long time.Finally, after what felt like forever, she swallowed hard and forced herself to speak.“Mr. Kennedy Macmillan sent an order to all the HR groups,” she said quietly. “He threatened to come after anyone who hired that woman.”The second she said those words, my chest tightened so hard it almost hurt.That woman.That was what Ken had reduced Giselle to. Not his wife, not the woman he had supposedly love

Joseph’s POVAfter everything I learned from Caroline, there was only one person I trusted enough to handle Giselle’s recruitment.Knox.He had worked with me long enough to know when something mattered to me, and right now, nothing mattered more than making sure Giselle got into this company without anybody interfering again.I was still giving him instructions when somebody knocked on the office door.“Come in,” Knox said.The door opened, and Caroline walked in quietly. She looked nothing like the confident HR manager from before. Her face was pale, her eyes were swollen, and her shoulders looked slumped like she had aged ten years in a single afternoon.Without saying much, she placed her access card on the desk. Knox glanced at it, then at me, but I said nothing.There was nothing left to say to her.After she left the office, I turned back to Knox. “You’ll have to go back to Mexi