All Chapters of His Forbidden Mistress: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Serena’s POVThe evening had started light and my conversation with Lila had been flowing easily, the kind of light, familiar banter that always made me feel grounded no matter how chaotic everything else was. We were laughing about old memories from our lives. For a moment, it almost felt normal, just two best friends catching up, the city lights sparkling beyond the glass walls of our private VIP lounge like a beautiful backdrop to our little escape. But something in Lila’s energy fell off just after we finished our meal, the plates had been cleared away, when Lila suddenly excused herself, clutching her phone like her life depended on it. I watched her walk towards the private balcony, her shoulders looking all tense and her steps a little too quick. I sipped my champagne slowly, trying to ignore the feelings forming in my stomach.Lila had been acting weird lately. She acted distracted, secretive and she was always disappearing to take calls or staring at her phone with that stran

Daniel’s POVThe sitting room was bathed in soft morning light, the floor-to-ceiling windows offering a stunning view of the city awakening below. I sat on the large sectional sofa,sipping a cup of black coffee, while Elena chatted endlessly across from me. It's enough torture she had arrived unannounced last night, and this morning she was already acting like she owned the place with her legs tucked under her, gesturing with her hands as she talked about her business, latest travels and the man she was engaged to.I listened with half an ear, my mind elsewhere. Serena. The way she had looked at me last night, the fire in her eyes when she was worried about Lila, the way her body had felt pressed against mine. She was becoming the center of my world, and Elena’s sudden arrival felt like an intrusion into something I wasn’t ready to share.“You’re not even listening, are you?” Elena said, tilting her head with a knowing smile. “You’ve always been like this, so distant and very guarde

Serena’s POVThe shopping mall was alive with the buzzing sound of weekend shoppers with bright lights gleaming from every side reflecting off towering glass windows. The faint scent of freshly brewed coffee drifted through the air, mixing with traces of expensive designer perfumes that lingered outside luxury boutiques.It was the kind of place that felt worlds away from everything dark and dangerous in our lives.Elena had practically dragged us out of the penthouse that morning, saying how we needed a proper girls day after being cooped up for too long.Lila and I had both tried to protest.I had claimed I was too tired. Lila had muttered something about shopping being a form of torture.Neither excuse mattered. Elena had linked her arms through ours, laughing brightly as she pulled us towards the elevator after forcing us to change our indoor outfit.Her energy was impossible to resist, like a whirlwind of determination and excitement.“Absolutely not,” she had declared firmly. “Yo

Daniel’s POVI left Elena in the living room with a quiet good night, my footsteps echoing down the hallway as I walked away. She had tried to keep the conversation going, but I needed space. My sister’s sudden return had stirred up too many old memories right from the day our mother left, the cold boarding school she was sent to, the lonely mansion grandmother raised me in. Elena had spent years trying to rebuild what was broken, reaching out again and again, while I pushed her away every single time. I told myself it was protection. That keeping her at a distance meant keeping her safe from my world. But tonight, watching her laugh with Serena and Lila, something inside me cracked. I cared about her. Deeply. More than I ever let myself admit. But I couldn’t tell her that.Not yet.She is going torture me with it for the tight of my life.As I walked toward my room, my mind kept circling back to what she had said about being engaged. Engaged. The word sounded funny and strange to m

Daniel's POVThe study door clicked shut behind us, sending a heavy sound that seemed to echo the storm raging inside my chest. Vanessa stood in the middle of the room, her designer heels striking the hardwood once as she faced me. The dim lighting carved sharp shadows across her face, catching the sharp line of her jaw, the calculating light in her eyes. She was still beautiful but whatever spell that beauty had once cast over me had burned itself out a long time ago.I didn't have time for this.Not today. Serena was downstairs with Elena and Lila. My entire world felt shaky now and the last thing I needed was Vanessa's chaos thrown into the middle of it."What the hell are you doing here?" I demanded, my voice low and cold, stripped of every courtesy I might have once offered her. "I told you we were done. I sent you money. That was the end of it. There is nothing left between us."She didn't answer with words.Instead, she moved. Two steps. It was deliberate and quick, closing the