All Chapters of The Billionaire's Forgotten Bride : Chapter 181 - Chapter 190

Chapter 182The silence in the underground garage was suffocating, broken only by the low, predatory hum of the Rolls-Royce engine.Zara didn’t move. Her eyes remained locked on Chloe.It was impossible. Zara had been in the courtroom two weeks ago when Chloe was denied bail. She had watched the marshals shackle her wrists and lead her away after Ethan played the video of Chloe tampering with his neuro-medications. There was no legal avenue, no bribe large enough, to get a woman facing attempted murder and corporate espionage out of federal lockup."You look pale, Zara," Chloe mocked, leaning casually against the open door of the Rolls-Royce. "What’s the matter? Aren't you happy to see family?"Zara’s thumb slid over the safety switch of her taser inside her purse. She kept her face an unreadable mask of ice. "How are you out, Chloe?""Oh, you know," Chloe examined her perfect manicure. "Friends in high places. It turns out when you work for the right people, federal judges develop a

Chapter 184The heavy Desert Eagle didn't waver a single millimeter in Ethan’s grip, despite the violent, ragged trembling of his chest.Zara couldn’t breathe. Her eyes darted from the dark red blood seeping through the bandages beneath Ethan’s black shirt to his ghostly pale face. Dr. Evans had said his heart couldn't take another shock. The shrapnel in his spine was supposed to have paralyzed him. Yet here he was, standing in the devil's den, defying every law of medicine and nature simply because she was in danger."Ethan," Zara choked out, instinctively taking a step toward him."Stay behind me, Zara," Ethan rasped. He didn't look at her. He kept his lethal, steely gaze locked entirely on Arthur Sinclair. But the raw, possessive desperation in his voice made Zara’s heart ache so fiercely she thought it might shatter.Arthur sat perfectly still in his high-backed leather chair. For a fleeting second, genuine shock widened his icy blue eyes. But the Syndicate patriarch was a creatur

Chapter 186"Marcus, the window!" Ethan roared, his voice tearing through the library like thunder.Before Julian could give the order to fire, Ethan pivoted, shoving his massive body entirely in front of Zara to shield her. He didn't aim at Julian. He aimed the Desert Eagle at the massive, floor-to-ceiling glass windows overlooking the ocean.BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!The hand cannon roared, deafening in the enclosed space. The bullets pulverized the reinforced glass. Spiderwebs of cracks instantly exploded across the massive panes, and the violent, howling ocean wind came rushing in, shattering the rest of the glass inward.A hurricane of glass shards rained down on the room."Fire! Put them down!" Julian screamed, shielding his face from the flying debris.The guards opened fire. Automatic gunfire chewed through the antique bookshelves and the mahogany desk."Move!" Marcus bellowed.He grabbed Zara by the arm, dragging her toward the heavy mahogany desk, tossing her behind it just as a lin

Chapter 188The black, unmarked helicopter hovered just fifty feet above the churning ocean, its massive searchlight sweeping back and forth like the eye of a predator. The downdraft whipped the sea into a frenzy of white foam, sending freezing spray blasting into the mouth of the cave."Get down!" Marcus roared, throwing himself against the rocky wall of the cave, keeping his weapon trained on the entrance.Zara curled her body completely over Ethan’s chest, trying to shield him from the blinding light and the biting wind. Her heart hammered against her ribs like a trapped bird.This is it, she thought, closing her eyes. Julian Thorne didn't wait. He sent the executioners.But the gunfire never came.Instead of armed hitmen rappelling from the chopper to finish the job, a massive, metallic voice boomed over a loudspeaker, slicing through the roar of the rotors."Viper One, this is Extraction Alpha! Do you have visual on the VIPs? I repeat, do you have visual?"Marcus froze. Slowly, a

Chapter 190"Let them."The words left Zara’s lips with an icy, terrifying calm.Marcus blinked, staring at her as if she had lost her mind. "Let them? Boss, Julian is going to systematically liquidate every asset Ethan ever built. He’s going to use Agatha as a puppet to pass the board vote. By Monday morning, Cole Corp won't exist!""Exactly," Zara smiled, though the expression didn't reach her cold, calculating eyes. "Julian Thorne just spent fifteen years in the shadows. He’s arrogant. He killed his patriarch today, and now he thinks he’s invincible. He thinks he’s playing against a ghost."She handed the tablet back to Marcus, her posture straightening as the ruthless CEO of Frost Industries fully re-emerged."Sun Tzu, Marcus," Zara said smoothly. "All warfare is based on deception. If they think we are dead, they won't look for us. They won't hunt Leo. They will lower their defenses, gather all their corrupt allies in one room to celebrate, and expose every single traitor in our