Lahat ng Kabanata ng RECKLESS CELEBRITY : Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 20

The words hit the air like a warning no one else could hear.“Someone is watching.”Lena frowned immediately.“What do you mean watching?”Zayden didn’t answer right away.His eyes were fixed on the hospital glass doors, scanning the movement outside with sharp precision. His posture had changed completely—no longer relaxed, no longer uncertain.Alert.Controlled.Dangerously focused.Then he spoke quietly.“Stay behind me.”Lena blinked. “Zayden”“I said stay behind me.”This time, his tone left no room for argument.And something about it made her obey.Not because she trusted him.But because, for the first time…She didn’t feel safe ignoring him.They left the hospital through a side corridor Zayden requested on the spot.Too quiet.Too empty.Too intentional.Lena’s heartbeat increased with every step.“You’re scaring me,” she admitted softly.Zayden didn’t look back.“Good,” he replied.That made her pause.“What?”He finally glanced at her over his shoulder.“It means you’re aw

By morning, the city was no longer quiet.It was loud with speculation.Lena stood in front of the television inside the safe house living room, frozen.Every channel.Every headline.Every screen.Her face—blurred but recognizable enough.Zayden’s name everywhere.And one word repeated like a hammer:PREGNANCY.She swallowed hard.“This is real…” she whispered.Zayden stood behind her, arms crossed, expression unreadable as he watched the same broadcast.“It’s public,” he corrected.Lena turned sharply. “That’s worse.”Zayden didn’t deny it.Because it was.The news anchor’s voice filled the room:“Sources confirm billionaire Zayden Vale has been seen repeatedly with a former hotel employee, Lena Moore, amid rumors of a possible pregnancy…”The screen shifted.Stock images of Zayden at events.Then a blurred shot of Lena entering the hospital.Lena stepped back slightly.“I can’t go outside,” she whispered.Zayden finally looked at her.“You weren’t going outside before this.”That

Zayden didn’t move at first.But something inside him did.Eliot Kane stood calmly in the corridor, as if he had all the time in the world. As if Zayden’s anger, his power, his name—none of it mattered here.That alone was dangerous.Zayden’s voice dropped low.“Say that again.”Eliot smiled faintly.“She will suffer for you.”A pause.Then softer—“That’s what happens when powerful men refuse to stay blind.”Silence.The air between them tightened.Zayden stepped forward.One step.Then another.“You think you can threaten me,” he said quietly.Eliot tilted his head.“No,” he replied. “I think I can predict you.”That stopped Zayden briefly.Not fear.Recognition.Because people didn’t usually predict him.They reacted to him.Zayden glanced around the corridor.Too empty.Too controlled.No staff.No guests.Just him and Eliot.“This is a setup,” Zayden said.Eliot nodded once.“Correct.”Zayden’s jaw tightened.“Why?”Eliot stepped forward slightly.“Because I needed you somewhere

Lena didn’t move.Not even when the silence stretched too long.Not even when Zayden’s breathing slowed beside her.Her mind kept replaying the man’s last words.You were selected.The phrase didn’t feel real.It felt like something planted inside her thoughts.Something foreign.Zayden stepped closer slowly.“Lena,” he said quietly. “Look at me.”She didn’t.“I don’t understand this,” she whispered instead.Her voice was fragile now.Not fear alone.Something deeper.Confusion that had nowhere to land.Zayden watched her carefully.And for the first time… he didn’t have control of the situation.That realization sat heavily on his face.“I don’t either,” he admitted again.But this time, it sounded different.Not weakness.Truth.Zayden turned slightly, scanning the unconscious man on the ground.Security device still in his hand.Inactive now.Neutralized.Too clean.Too precise.“That wasn’t normal,” Zayden muttered.Lena finally looked at him.“What do you mean?”“He didn’t run. H

Silence didn’t just fill the room after Lena spoke.It settled.Heavy.Unmoving.Zayden stared at her like she had just said something impossible.“…what do you mean?” he asked quietly.Lena shook her head slightly, as if trying to clear the thought.“I don’t know,” she whispered. “It just… doesn’t make sense that I was only there that night.”Zayden stepped closer.“That’s not evidence.”“I know,” she snapped softly, then exhaled. “But everything about this feels wrong.”A pause.Her voice dropped.“Like I didn’t just walk into your life… like I was already in it.”That sentence landed between them like something fragile cracking.Zayden turned away slightly.For the first time, he looked unsettled.Not angry.Not controlled.Unsettled.He pressed two fingers against his temple.Lena noticed immediately.“Are you okay?”Zayden didn’t answer.Because something was happening.Not a full memory.Not clarity.Just fragments pushing against a locked door in his mind.A hallway.A voice ca