All Chapters of He Divorced Me… But I Was Never His To Lose(regret & desire): Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

THEY ARE TRYING TO TAKE EVERYTHING FROM HIMThe atmosphere inside the underground corridor became unbearably heavy after the guard revealed that the Hart board was preparing to remove Damian before sunrise, because until that moment I still believed the people attacking us tonight were simply trying to seize control through fear and violence, but now it became painfully obvious that every explosion, every media leak, every betrayal, and every carefully orchestrated attack had been timed perfectly to weaken Damian publicly before the emergency succession meeting could take place. The realization settled into my chest with suffocating weight as I stared at the security monitors showing reporters gathering outside the compound while armed men continued forcing their way deeper into the warehouse above us, because somewhere outside those walls the entire city was beginning to wake up to rumors about the Hart heir while powerful people prepared to destroy the man protecting me before the s

THEY FINALLY REACHED USThe underground corridor descended into complete chaos the moment the metallic crash echoed through the bunker level, because the sound alone was enough to tell everyone inside the compound that the attackers had finally broken through the last security barrier separating us from them. The tension that had been building throughout the entire night snapped instantly as guards raised their weapons toward the far end of the corridor while alarms continued flashing violently across the steel walls around us, bathing the underground passage in dark red emergency light that made every face look sharper, colder, and more exhausted than before.“Positions.”Lucien’s voice cut sharply through the corridor while several guards immediately moved forward to reinforce the defensive line near the collapsed security entrance, their movements fast but visibly strained because by now everyone inside the warehouse understood they were no longer holding the attackers outside.The

SERENAFor one terrifying second, the entire underground corridor seemed to stop moving after the gunshot hit me, because although the sound of automatic fire still echoed violently around us and alarms continued flashing red across the steel walls, everything inside my body suddenly became distant and strangely slow as pain spread sharply through my side hard enough to steal the air from my lungs.I did not even realize I was falling until Damian caught me.“Serena.”The sound of my name tore out of him with a level of fear I had never heard before, raw enough to cut through every other sound surrounding us, while his arms wrapped around me before my body could fully collapse onto the concrete floor.My breathing became uneven instantly.Warmth spread rapidly beneath my hand where I instinctively grabbed my side, and the moment I felt blood soaking through my fingers, panic crashed violently through me.No.No,no, no.Damian looked completely shattered.The cold control he carried th

He Chose MeRain continued pouring across the riverbank while silence settled heavily after Gregory’s ultimatum, because even the armed men standing behind him seemed to understand the weight of what had just been placed in front of Damian. The city lights reflected faintly across the dark water beside the loading dock while tension spread through the storm-soaked air hard enough to make breathing feel difficult, and somewhere beneath the pain pulsing through my side, I realized this moment was far bigger than the corporate war surrounding us tonight.Gregory was forcing Damian to choose.Not publicly.Not symbolically.Literally.The empire.Or us.My chest tightened painfully as I looked up at Damian because, despite the blood staining his clothes, despite the exhaustion dragging visibly through every breath he took now, the arm wrapped around me never loosened even slightly.Gregory stepped forward beneath the rain.“You built Hart Global from your father’s ashes,” he said calmly.

DamianFor one horrifying second, I genuinely thought Damian was dead.The world around me seemed to disappear the moment his body collapsed against mine beneath the pouring rain, because although gunfire erupted again somewhere across the loading dock and people were shouting around us, none of it sounded real compared to the overwhelming panic exploding inside my chest as Damian’s weight nearly dragged both of us onto the wet concrete.“Damian.”My voice broke instantly.His arm still wrapped instinctively around me even while falling, shielding my body beneath his own as though protecting me remained the only thing his instincts understood anymore.No.No, no no.Fear surged violently through me as I grabbed his face with shaking hands while rainwater mixed with blood across his skin, because the sight of him like this shattered something deep inside me in ways I could barely survive emotionally.“Look at me.”The words came out desperately now.“You cannot do this.”Lucien’s guard