《Forbidden Love wtih my Ex-Husband's Billionaire Brother》全部章節：第 81 章 - 第 90 章

⋆｡°Giselle°｡⋆Esther kept rubbing the meat, her fingers working a little faster like she needed something to do. “I don’t wanna lie to you, so please don’t keep asking. You’re gonna be fine. That’s really all that matters right now.”She looked a bit tense, mouth pressed tight like she was guarding some big secret and scared it might slip out if she breathed wrong. I crossed my arms, not liking it one bit. “I thought we were best friends?”“We are,” she said fast, finally looking up with eyes that tried to reassure me, but her shoulders stayed stiff. “Trust me on this. You’ll know the full story when the time’s right. The less we talk about it now, the better it stays.”I turned fully away from the stove, facing her straight, the heat from the burners warming my back. “Esther, what did he say to you out there?”Her mouth opened, words about to come, but Joseph’s voice cut through from the doorway like he’d been waiting for the perfect moment.He leaned casual against the frame, one han

✦••Giselle••✦Joseph went quiet for a moment, his eyes narrowing like he was running through a dozen different options in his head and throwing most of them out one by one.Then he finally spoke.“That’s Gigi’s call to make. Not mine.” His eyes flicked over to me for just a second before locking back on the phone. “Whether this gets buried or not is completely up to her. But hear me loud and clear, Antoinette. If a single word out of your mouth right now turns out to be a lie, you won’t see what’s coming for you.”Antoinette didn’t respond to that. She was at least smart enough to know when to shut up and not push her luck any further.“Jeff.” Her voice completely changed direction, dropping the desperate pleading tone she’d been using with Joseph and replacing it with something softer, more intimate. The voice she probably used on him back when things were still good between them. “Please. Talk to him for me.”Jefferey’s expression didn’t change at all. “Why would I do that?”“For ol

✦••Giselle••✦Phoebe’s eyebrows lifted just a fraction, the biggest reaction she’d let herself show in a professional setting. I caught it anyway. Esther had that effect on people.She was small enough that folks made quick assumptions about her, but the second she opened her mouth or planted her feet, those assumptions got rearranged real fast.Ken looked down at her the way tall guys look at someone they’ve already decided isn’t worth their time.“And who exactly are you?” The annoyance in his voice was barely hidden.Esther looked straight up at him without blinking once. “Her bodyguard. And as long as I’m standing here, any conversation you want to have with her goes through her lawyer. Those are your only options.”The whole hallway got that special kind of quiet where everyone’s listening but pretending they’re not.Ken’s fingers curled slowly into fists at his sides, and I watched the muscle in his jaw flex hard.“Move.” The word came out flat and cold.“And if I don’t?” Esther

✦••Kennedy••✦“Do something,” I muttered through my teeth, jabbing Cyril with my elbow hard enough that he had to move in his seat. I didn’t have any patience left. Not even a little.Watching him sit there messing with his papers while Bradley ran circles around him was making my skin crawl.If I’d known Bradley was this sharp, I would’ve hired the guy myself. He was quick, prepared, always on point, everything Cyril was supposed to be but clearly wasn’t.And somehow Giselle was paying for all of it without touching our joint account. I knew because I checked every single morning for the past two weeks. Not one dollar had moved.So where the hell was the money coming from?The thought hit me out of nowhere and I almost laughed right there in the courtroom. Was she sleeping with him? Was that the deal?Bradley shows up every day in his fancy tailored suit, and Giselle, my wife, was handling his fees in other ways? I turned it over in my head and the more I did, the more it pissed me o

✦••Kennedy••✦Giselle pulling a move like this would have been okay, I could kind of follow that logic.Giselle had her reasons, even when they made me want to put my fist through a wall. But Annie? Annie doing something this calculated and out of nowhere? My top lip curled up slowly as I processed it. “She’s just doing this to get my attention,” I said, leaning back against the seat.“Fine. She’s got it now. The second she walks through that door, you call me. I don’t care what time it is. And tell the staff, nobody makes her uncomfortable until I get there myself.” I hung up without waiting for anything else. I went back to the office because the house felt like something I didn’t want to walk into at all.All those empty rooms without Giselle was too much. No way I was dealing with that tonight. I sat at my desk but I wasn’t really working. My eyes kept moving across the same line on the same document about four or five times, taking in absolutely nothing.The words might as w