All Chapters of The Billionaire’s New Love: You Remembered Too Late: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Shannon’s swollen eyes widened weakly from the floor.What?Evelyn continued sobbing dramatically.“She was just trying to scare you people,” she pleaded. “Please forgive her!”Another kick landed lightly near Shannon anyway and Evelyn immediately screamed again. “No! Hit me instead!”Her voice echoed emotionally through the warehouse. “I’ll take it! Don’t hurt her anymore!”And right then the sound of tires screeching violently outside cut through the tension.The men immediately straightened. “He’s here.”Evelyn’s eyes flickered instantly, perfect timing.Meanwhile outside Rowan had barely stepped from the car when Evelyn’s cries reached him through the warehouse walls.“Please stop hurting her!”Then.. “Hit me instead!”The desperation in her voice slammed into him immediately and before logic could catch up Rowan rushed inside.The warehouse doors burst open violently as Rowan rushed inside and the moment he saw the scene before him he stopped dead in his tracks.Shock hit him so

The first man crouched lower carefully.“We’re not going to kill you,” he admitted quietly.That finally made Shannon blink slowly.The men exchanged uncomfortable glances among themselves before another one spoke.“The whole thing was supposed to scare you away from him.”He gestured weakly toward the doors.“But after tonight…”His expression turned awkward. “…You saw it yourself.”Shannon’s throat tightened painfully.Because yes.She saw it.Clearly.Painfully.Completely.The man continued carefully, “He was never going to choose you.”The words struck deeper than any punch they gave her.Shannon shut her eyes immediately but tears still slipped through anyway.Another man nudged the duffel bag lightly across the floor toward her. “The money’s yours now.”Shannon stared at it weakly.One million dollars.The same money Rowan brought to save another woman.“You can start over,” the man said quietly. “Leave. Build a new life.”Then his voice hardened slightly. “Or…”He looked direc

Meanwhile a few steps away, Rowan’s phone suddenly rang again.He answered distractedly almost immediately. “Yes?”His attention shifted fully toward the caller as he turned absentmindedly around the hallway corner at the exact same moment the dangerous man looked down briefly at the blood on his sleeve.Then they collided shoulder first hard.The impact made Rowan stumble slightly while the dangerous man stopped immediately.His expression darkened instantly.Under normal circumstances? Someone would’ve already been slammed into the wall for less.One of the men following behind him even straightened immediately like he expected violence to erupt any second.The dangerous man slowly lifted his gaze toward Rowan.Waiting.Because clearly the other man bumped into him and right now his patience was already hanging dangerously thin after the kind of night he’d had.For one brief second, genuine irritation flashed across his face. He almost cursed, almost grabbed Rowan back by the should

Evelyn’s eyes remained lowered after her quiet confession.“I just feel bad…” she whispered again softly. “No matter what happened between us she didn’t deserve that.”Rowan stood there looking at Evelyn while something uncomfortable twisted again beneath his ribs.That same feeling.The one he kept trying not to acknowledge because no matter how many times he replayed tonight in his head the image of Shannon lying bruised on that warehouse floor still lingered disturbingly clear.Her voice too.My only mistake was loving you.Rowan clenched his jaw slightly then forced the thought away again because what else was he supposed to do?He made a choice and he chose the person standing alive in front of him now.The person who had supposedly stayed by his side this entire time.The person his mother trusted.The person who even after everything still felt guilty for Shannon.Rowan’s expression hardened faintly. “She brought this on herself.”The words came colder than expected even Evelyn

The coldness in his voice hit Shannon like another physical blow.Inside the room, Evelyn looked conflicted. “But…”“I mean it,” Rowan interrupted quietly. “I’m tired of talking about her.”Shannon’s fingers curled tighter against the wall.Rowan exhaled slowly and dragged a hand through his hair before speaking again.“Every time she looked at me like that…” he admitted quietly, frustration slipping into his voice now, “I felt guilty for not remembering her.”The words made Shannon’s breathing catch painfully because for one dangerous second hope almost rose again.But Rowan continued before it could. “That’s why I thought maybe she was worth trying for.”The sentence crushed it instantly.Worth trying for.Not worth loving.Not worth choosing.Just trying for.Inside the room Evelyn lowered her gaze softly before speaking carefully again.“That night…” she murmured. “During the kidnapping…”Rowan frowned faintly.“She said something about a kiss.”Shannon’s entire body stiffened out