All Chapters of The Billionaire DNA Match: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

[Emily]"Emily, I like you. A lot actually, and I'd be very happy if you could call me Elias," Elias Lockwood said the words as though they were a love confession, which was impossible because we barely knew each other.I was so shocked that I choked on the food inside my mouth and turned into a coughing mess. Lockwood handed me a glass of water, which I accepted gratefully and began patting my back gently. The action sent a weird jolt, probably because I felt weird to be touched by him. The water went down my throat, and I finally swallowed the food, my eyes already filled with tears. My throat felt a little sore, but I ignored it because the words he'd just said hung in the air between us.My brain, usually so good at processing information, had completely shut down. All I could do was blink at him, my mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water before turning around as if to get away.Was this really happening? Had the universe finally decided that my life wasn't complicated

[Emily]"He's good with them."I jumped slightly. Axel had appeared beside me, also watching the scene."Yeah, he seems to be," I admitted quietly."Most people don't." Axel's voice was thoughtful. "Lockwood has a reputation. He's cold, calculating, and ruthless in business. But children…" he shook his head slightly. "They don't care about reputations. They just see people, and that boy sees someone willing to sit with him and build spaceships."I couldn't look away from him, especially with him surrounded by kids. My mind couldn't help going through scenarios where it was him sitting there, but with Hayden next to him, smiling at him as they played. I shook the image away. No, I have to find out who the other guy is. He was helping another child now: a girl with a scarf wrapped around her head, showing her something on his phone. She was laughing. The type of hearty laugh that showed all your teeth."There's more to him than he shows," I murmured to myself, but Axel heard it from bes

[Emily]I sat in the passenger seat of Elias Lockwood's car, my hands folded in my lap, my heart doing something complicated in my chest.What am I doing?The question repeated itself as the car pulled away from the hospital curb. Through the window, I caught a glimpse of Axel still standing by his car, his expression shifting from surprise to something that looked almost like disappointment as I'd announced, "I'll be taking Mr Lockwood's offer. We can go through everything during another working day."He'd nodded smoothly, hiding it well, but I'd seen it: that flicker of disappointment on his face and the slight tightening of his jaw.Then Lockwood had opened the passenger door for me, and I'd climbed in before I could second-guess myself."You can sit in the back if that's what you prefer," Lockwood said now, glancing at me."No, this is fine." My hands reached for the back seat handle instinctively, then stopped myself. "I mean…the front is fine."He said nothing, but then the corn

[Emily]I couldn't sleep.Every time I closed my eyes, I heard his voice again and the words: She left when I was still a baby. She never even gave me a name. The words echoed in my head, sharp and bitter, carrying decades of pain beneath that controlled exterior, pain that I was all too familiar with. It's a surprise the media has never gotten a hint of this.Elias Lockwood, self-assured, commanding and untouchable, had been a baby abandoned by his mother just like me. He'd been left behind by a woman who'd not cared to give him a name.It was ironic how we had something in common. Because I too had been abandoned by someone who should have loved me. I sat up in bed, staring at the ceiling, my heart aching in ways I couldn't explain. This changed things. Not the mystery- hell, I still needed to find the truth about that night, about the man with his face, about Hayden's father. But it changed my perspective of him. It made him more human in a way I hadn't expected. It made me see th

[Emily]He was going to kiss me. Elias Lockwood was going to kiss me, and I was going to let him.His face was inches from mine, close enough that I could see the flecks of darker blue in his irises, close enough that his breath was warm against my lips. His hands gripped the arms of the chair I was sitting in, caging me, and I wasn't trying to escape. Somehow, it seemed my mind had betrayed me and wanted him closer.My heart hammered so loudly I was sure he could hear it, just like I could hear his. My lips parted slightly, unconsciously, waiting for him to do something. But what exactly?His gaze dropped to my mouth. It felt like time stopped. Seriously, why wasn't I moving?Then—Brrrring, BrrrringThe sound shattered everything. Elias Lockwood froze, his eyes widening slightly as if he'd just realised where he was and what he was doing. He straightened abruptly, stepping back as if I'd burned him."I—" His voice was rough and hoarse. He cleared his throat. "I need to get that."I