Semua Bab Betrayed by my Husband, So I Took His Sister: Bab 51 - Bab 60

I pulled out of the driveway and kept my eyes on the road. For a few seconds, the car was quiet.Then Samantha turned to look at me. Her eyes stopped on the fresh marks on my neck. She did not need to ask what had happened. She already knew.My voice sounded cold even to me, and the disgust in my chest still had not left. Samantha saw that expression on my face and recognized it for disgust at Sebastian’s touch. Her face changed at once.She reached into her bag for her concealer.“My brother… does he know about us now?” she asked softly.“No,” I said. “Not even a little. He believed what he wanted to believe. I made sure I’m his sensible wife again.”“Mika… was he rough?” Samantha asked as she gently dabbed the makeup over the marks.I looked at her, and my expression softened before I could stop it. I placed my hand on her thigh and squeezed it once.“I’m fine,” I said. “Some sacrifices have to be made to keep everything under control.”Then I c

The meeting went exactly the way I expected.Albert had already bought them.One by one, the board members nodded along with him, their faces blank in that careful way people look when they’ve already made up their minds and only want the performance of discussion. Every time I spoke, it felt like I was pushing words into a room that had already decided not to hear me.I made my points anyway. I gave my objections. I suggested other routes.No one cared.Albert sat at the center of it all like he had been waiting for this day, like the room belonged to him now. Every agreement, every little shift in the conversation, bent toward what he wanted. The others followed without resistance.By the time I looked around the table again, I already knew there was no point.So I stood up.“That’s enough,” I said, my voice flat. “If the decision has already been made, there’s no reason to keep pretending this is a discussion.”No one argued.I didn’t wait

By the time we reached the garage, the noise of the building was already fading behind us.I led Samantha to my car while Alicia peeled off toward the company car I had told her to take earlier. She gave me one quick look, then disappeared without a word. Smart as always.The second the car door shut, the silence wrapped around us in a way I hadn’t felt all day.I was just reaching for the ignition when Samantha leaned over and caught my face in both hands.The kiss stopped me cold.For a second, I just sat there, surprised by how fast she moved. Then I melted into it, because the relief behind it was obvious. She was letting all the pressure from the day spill out at once, right there between us.Her hands stayed on my cheeks as she kissed me again, softer this time, like she had been holding her breath for hours and was only now letting it go.When she pulled back, her forehead stayed close to mine.“Finally,” she whispered.I let out a quiet la

Morning came soft and slow.I sat on the sofa with my tablet resting against my thigh, one arm around Samantha as she leaned into my side. My fingers moved through her hair in an absent, easy rhythm, brushing it back whenever it slipped across her face while the television murmured quietly in the background.The news drew my attention when the Welterton Patriarch appeared on the screen, standing behind a podium with a line of reporters waiting for him.“…despite the sudden decision by MagentaX to withdraw from our partnership, Welterton Dynamics remains fully capable of maintaining its operations. Our existing infrastructure and workforce are more than sufficient to ensure that our production and security systems continue without interruption.”Samantha’s brows slowly knit together.“Without interruption?”I followed her gaze to the screen, where the banner beneath him was already reporting delays in Welterton’s production facilities and errors in their secur

I returned to the estate later than usual and found Sebastian already home.It was the first time I’d seen him since the meeting, and the sight of him told me enough before he even spoke. Welterton’s collapse had clearly made a mess of things at XGE, the kind that didn’t vanish just because the night had gone quiet. He looked worn down in that restrained way he got when he was trying to keep control of everything at once, and the whole house carried that same unsettled feeling, as if it were holding its breath.A light glowed softly from the kitchen when I stepped inside. Samantha was there, a glass of water in hand, looking comfortable and unhurried until she saw me. Then her face brightened in that familiar way, warm and easy, and she gave me a small nod before setting the glass down and walking over.“Welcome home, big sis. Your meeting went late this time,” she said, and there was something gently teasing in her voice as she handed me another glass of water