Lahat ng Kabanata ng Once His Pawn, Now His Brother’s Obsession— Too Late, Ex!: Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

OPHELIAJulius gripped my arm and pressed me against the wall. “This is your fault Ophelia,” he bit out.I grunted and pushed him off me, managing to get out of his hold. “It’s your fault that our family has become this way. We can’t even have a peaceful dinner anymore.”“There was never a peaceful dinner in the Whitmore house.”He stepped closer to me and grabbed my arms again. “What did you tell Alia? Why did she refuse to go home with me? You’ve poisoned her mind against me.”I matched his ferocious look with mine. A few servants hurried past us but none of them stopped even for a second. “Julius. Alia is a child but she’s not stupid. You didn’t call her, you didn’t come to visit her. You think she wouldn’t notice that you’ve been neglecting her?”“She’s a child. Children don't understand these things.”A chuckle escaped my lips. He must be joking. Did he see children as dumb?“They do. And even though I told her you’ve been away for a business trip, she knows that you’re neglec

OPHELIA Only when my back slammed against the closed door of my bedroom did I release the breath that’d hung on my throat. My heart pounded heavily against my chest, moving so violently that one might think I was having a heart attack.Maybe I was?What was this feeling exactly? It felt as though my heart wanted to rip from my chest. I placed a hand over it, trying to calm it down. I leaned my head against the door and brought my thumb to my lower lip.He’d kissed me.Ronan had kissed me. And I’d kissed him back for a moment.The way he’d kissed me, good Lord…. I’d never been kissed that way. He’d kissed me as though I was his breath— dominated my lips utterly. The way he’d pressed his body against me, I still feel the ridges against my chest. And I liked it.He was right. I couldn't deny what was between us. The sexual tension or whatever it was. But definitely, there was something sexual. My throbbing core was evidence.As the scene flashed in my head again I crossed my legs tight

OPHELIA“We’re moving.”“What do you mean?” I let out a disbelieving chuckle.“After the wedding, we’ll move to a safer place. Just for now.”I frowned, confused. I was beginning to understand the man even less (not that I ever did anyway). First it was moving the wedding and now we’re also moving to another place? I shifted uncomfortably in my seat. Was there something serious going on that I didn’t know about? “I understand that this is coming really abruptly. It was unplanned by me too,” he explained. “But it is just for the meantime. Maybe for a month or two. After that, we’ll return to the mansion.”“But why are we moving? Your mansion is safe enough.” Last time I checked, he had numerous guards posted at each corner of the roads leading to the mansion. The mansion itself was surrounded by guards. It didn’t make any sense to me.“It’s no longer safe.”I angled my body to face him.“If there is something huge going on, I’d like to know. Why is it no longer safe?”He drew in a sh

OPHELIAIn the next ten minutes, I would become Ronan Throne’s wife. Sitting in the dressing room of the cathedral, I repeated the words in my head for the umpteenth time. I was fully dressed, my makeup already perfected. In the next ten minutes, I would become Ronan’s wife. Legally.I scratched my palms nervously with my fingers. Why wasn’t Pa here yet?It had been almost an hour since I sent a few guards to get him from the hospital. It was his last day there, too, as the doctor had agreed he could be discharged temporarily. I bit the insides of my cheeks and forced a smile as Nova took some more pictures. Why was I nervous?It wasn’t the first time I was getting married. I shouldn’t be so nervous about all of these. I wasn’t even marrying for love.When I did years ago, I wasn’t even this nervous. Who would’ve thought that I’d be this eager to become Ronan’s wife? “Wider smile, Ophelia,” Nova called, directing her camera toward me. Because we’re doing this wedding mainly for

OPHELIA“They went to the hospital and the nurses were searching for-for him and they said that they went for a stroll with my pa but everyone got distracted and when they turned again, my Pa was nowhere to be found and till…” I said without a breath in between my words. “Breathe, Ophelia,” Ronan held my arms with both hands and forced me to look into his eyes. “Breathe.” I finally let out a shaky breath. Guilt curled around my neck like a vice. I’d stayed and gotten married even after learning my only parent was missing.“I know you’re scared because of what happened to Alia recently. But the hospital is well secured with my men. Surely, he just missed his way.”“I -I should’ve gone since. How could I have gotten married when I know he’s missing? God, I’m bad.” I hadn’t wanted anything to stop the wedding. After all, what if it was a stunt from one of our enemies to make sure our wedding didn’t hold. My eyes roamed over the place and at the paparazzi who were taking pictures of