All Chapters of Baited By My Cruel Stepbrother: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

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Chapter 100: Unexpected Face

The safe house living room smelled of gun oil and fear. A single lamp cast long shadows across the wooden floor. Elara's breath caught hard in her throat as the figure in the armchair turned slowly to face them. Her aunt. The woman from faded family photos, older now, with sharp eyes and a smile that didn't reach them. She sat relaxed, legs crossed, a glass of red wine in one hand and a gun resting casually on her knee."Welcome home," the aunt said smoothly. "I thought it was time we met properly."Jax shoved Elara behind him instantly, gun raised. The rest of the group fanned out, weapons drawn. The air crackled with tension. Guns pointed in every direction. Hearts pounded loud enough to drown out thought."You've been busy," the aunt continued, taking a slow sip of wine. Her voice carried the same chilling calm from the phone call. "Breaking into my vineyard. Downloading my files. Cute. But predictable." She set the glass down, eyes locking on Elara. "You look just like your mother

Chapter 101: Blood and Fury

Jax’s roar shook the walls as Elara’s body went limp in his arms. Blood soaked through her shirt in a widening dark stain, warm and sticky against his hands. He pressed hard on the wound at her side, voice cracking as he shouted her name over and over. The safe house living room spun into chaos around them. Gunfire still cracked. Glass shattered. Diego returned fire from the hallway while Lila dragged Sarah behind the overturned couch.Elara’s eyes fluttered open for a second. Her lips moved but no sound came. Jax leaned close, forehead pressed to hers, whispering fierce promises that she would stay with him. His own injured side burned but he ignored it completely. Nothing mattered except the woman in his arms.The aunt’s laughter cut through the noise. She rose from behind the couch, gun raised, eyes cold and triumphant. “Family always finds a way to bleed for each other,” she said. Jax lifted his weapon with one bloody hand still holding pressure on Elara’s wound. He fired without

Chapter 102: Viral Storm

The hospital room felt smaller once the news about the video spread. Jax stood at the window, phone in hand, scrolling through the comments that poured in by the hundreds. People argued in endless threads. Some called him a hero. Others called him a killer. Clips of him firing at the aunt mixed with shaky footage of Elara falling. The internet had already decided their story without knowing a single truth.Elara sat propped against the pillows, face still pale but eyes sharp. She watched him with quiet worry. “Talk to me,” she said. Jax turned and crossed the room in three long strides. He sat on the edge of the bed and took her hand, careful of the IV line.“They’re tearing us apart online,” he said. “And Torres wants a statement by morning.”Nurses came and went. Doctors checked her wound and declared the bleeding under control. Jax never left her side for more than a few minutes. When they were alone he leaned close, lips brushing her temple. “I almost lost you last night. I can’t

Chapter 103: Leaked Address

The car sped through early morning traffic as Diego checked every mirror. Jax kept Elara close against his side in the back seat, one arm wrapped carefully around her shoulders. Her wound still ached with every bump in the road but she refused to complain. Kai sat in the front passenger seat refreshing maps on his phone. The leaked address sat heavy between them all. Someone had given away their next hiding place and strangers were already moving.“How long do we have?” Jax asked. His voice stayed low and tight.Kai glanced back. “Maybe twenty minutes if traffic holds. Less if they took the side roads.”Elara rested her head against Jax’s chest. The steady beat of his heart grounded her. She could feel the tension in his muscles even through the thin hospital shirt he still wore.They reached the safe house just as the sun climbed higher. It was a small ranch style place on the edge of a quiet neighborhood, white paint faded and a wide porch wrapping around the front. Diego killed the

Chapter 104: Inside Job

The weight of Kai’s words settled over the damaged living room. Jax kept one arm locked around Elara as Torres finished taking statements. The idea that someone at the hospital had sold their address for money and that the money still tied back to the aunt made every shadow feel dangerous again. Elara’s wound throbbed but she stayed quiet, leaning into Jax’s solid heat.Diego boarded the broken windows with scrap wood from the garage while Lila cleaned glass from the floor. The house no longer felt safe. Nowhere did.Torres left with a warning that they stay reachable. The moment the door closed Jax turned to Kai. “Show me everything.”Kai opened his laptop on the kitchen table. Bank records scrolled across the screen. A small payment had moved from an offshore account linked to the aunt into the personal account of a night nurse at the hospital. The nurse’s name was Rina Vargas. She had worked the floor the night Elara was admitted.Jax’s jaw flexed. “She watched us. She waited until

Chapter 105: Next Target

The message on Rina’s phone turned the apartment air cold. Jax read it twice before handing the device to Diego. Lila’s name sat clear in the text along with a time and a location that matched the bookstore below them. Someone still loyal to the aunt had already chosen the next move. Elara pushed herself upright on the bed ignoring the sharp pull in her side.“We get her out of here now,” she said.Jax nodded once. His hand stayed on her knee steady and warm. The heat of his touch cut through the rising fear. Outside the windows the city kept moving like nothing had changed.Lila sat on the living room couch with Sarah when they told her. Her face went white then hard. “I already put my family at risk once. I won’t do it again.”Diego locked the front door and checked the street. Kai packed the laptops in under a minute. Jax helped Elara stand. She moved slower than she wanted but she refused the wheelchair they had taken from the hospital. Every step sent a dull ache through her side

Chapter 106: Locked On

The headlights stayed steady in the rearview mirror for three full miles. Jax kept the speed just under the limit so they would not draw police attention. Elara sat beside him watching the lights through the side mirror. Her wound ached with every shift of the car but she kept her breathing even. Kai worked the phone in the back seat trying to identify the vehicle behind them.“Still no plates that match anything clean,” Kai said. “They’re using a burner car.”Jax’s hand left the wheel long enough to rest on Elara’s thigh. The heat of his palm cut through the tension. She covered his hand with hers and squeezed once.Diego’s voice came through the secure line on Kai’s phone. “We’re clear on our end. No tail. Heading to the backup spot. You?”“Still got company,” Jax answered. “Stay dark. We’ll lose them and meet later.”He ended the call and took the next exit without signaling. The headlights followed. Elara felt the familiar rise of fear mixed with the steady burn that always lived

Chapter 107: Unknown Shot

The single shot cracked through the clearing and echoed off the dry hills. Everyone froze. Jax kept Elara pressed to the floor of the car with one arm while his other hand held the gun steady through the open window. The three hunters from the dark vehicle spun toward the tree line in confusion. No one moved for three full heartbeats.Then one of the hunters dropped to his knees clutching his shoulder. Blood darkened his sleeve under the moonlight. The shot had come from the trees and it had chosen a target.Jax used the chaos. He shoved the car door open and pulled Elara out on the far side keeping the vehicle between them and the hunters. Kai scrambled after them. They crouched low in the dry grass. Elara’s wound burned with every breath but she stayed quiet and ready. Jax’s body shielded hers completely. The heat of him soaked through her clothes even in the middle of the standoff.A voice called from the trees. Male. Calm. “Walk away. This is not your fight tonight.”The remaining

Chapter 108: Dark Location

The news that one of the aunt’s locations had gone dark settled over the cabin like a fresh weight. Kai kept refreshing the traffic camera feeds while Cole stood over the map with his arms crossed. Something important was leaving that site under the cover of night and none of them knew what it was yet. Jax stayed close to Elara on the worn couch. His hand rested on her thigh the heat of his palm steady and familiar.“We go now,” Jax said. “Before whatever they are moving disappears for good.”Elara nodded. The pull of her stitches reminded her she was still healing but she refused to stay behind.They split into two groups. Diego took Lila and Sarah to a secondary backup spot farther into the hills. Jax drove with Elara Cole and Kai toward the dark location Cole had marked. The site sat on the edge of an old industrial park outside the city limits. Rows of low warehouses stretched under sparse security lights.Jax parked a quarter mile away under a stand of trees. He turned to Elara i

Chapter 109: Both Sides

The live feed on Kai’s laptop froze the room. Torres sat at a plain wooden table across from two men whose faces matched the files they had taken from the warehouse. One of them poured whiskey. Torres accepted the glass without hesitation. Jax’s hand tightened on Elara’s shoulder as they watched. The detective they had started to trust was drinking with the enemy.Elara felt the shift in the air. Every alliance they had built felt thinner now. Jax’s body stayed close to hers the heat of him steady against her side.Kai replayed the short clip twice more. The timestamp showed it was happening in real time from a location across the city. Cole leaned in and named the two men. “Old money movers for the aunt. They handle the last of the offshore transfers.”Diego paced the small cabin kitchen. “We can’t trust anything Torres has told us. The statements. The protection. All of it could be theater.”Lila sat with Sarah near the window her face tight. Elara stayed quiet for a moment processi

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