All Chapters of Bound By A Billion-Dollar Lie: Chapter 71 - Chapter 73

Anastasia’s POVI woke up the following morning to an empty bed.The sheets beside me were cold, a sign that either Nikolai didn't sleep here or he left too early. I reached out, my fingers brushing against the empty space, and the events of the previous night came flooding back.The kiss, the confession. The way he'd held me like I was the most precious and only thing in the world.I sat up, pressing my palms to my eyes, overwhelmed by the emotions swirling within me. I didn't know what to do with any of it. The possessiveness he'd shown, the way he'd refused to let me go, the raw vulnerability in his voice when he'd told me I was his.‘You're mine, Anastasia and I do not share what is mine.’ His words continually echoing in my head over and over again.I hated how much those words affected me. I hated how hard it was getting not to be taken by his charms. Every time I tried to build a wall between us, he found a way to tear it down, I'm so pissed at myself.Pissed that I'd revealed

Nikolai POV My confrontation with Damon Pierce the previous night was all I could think about as I sat in the silence of my office. The meeting had been tense, charged with threats and posturing. Damon had made it clear he wasn't backing down. He'd looked at me with that infuriating smirk, his eyes glinting with satisfaction. "I think she's starting to see that you're not worth it, and she's slowly slipping away." he'd said. The words still burned. I'd made my position clear that I would destroy him if he touched Anastasia. I meant every word but even as I sat there, replaying the conversation, I couldn't shake the feeling that Damon was right about one thing. Anastasia was slipping away from me and I didn't know how to stop it. A knock on my door pulled me from my thoughts. "Come in." Elias entered, a folder in his hand. "Sir, I have the reports on Reed & Associates you requested." "Lea