Lahat ng Kabanata ng The billionaire hidden heart : Kabanata 291 - Kabanata 300

THE BILLIONAIRE’S HIDDEN HEARTAuthor: Esty’sChapter 37 — The Father Who Should Be DeadPart 1Adrian didn’t say another word.He simply stared at the phone in his hand.Hope watched him carefully.“Adrian?”He finally looked at her.“My father.”“You said he died before you were born.”“He did.”“Then who called you?”Adrian shook his head.“I don’t know.”Hope stepped closer.“What did he say?”Adrian looked toward the mansion.“He told me to come home.”Hope frowned.“Home?”Adrian nodded.“He didn’t mean this house.”A cold feeling passed through Hope.“Where, then?”Adrian hesitated.“I don’t know.”Noah suddenly approached them.“Actually…”Everyone turned.Noah’s expression was serious.“I might know.”Adrian looked at him.“How?”Noah pointed at the phone.“Give it to me.”Adrian handed it over.Noah examined the screen.“There is no incoming number.”Adrian frowned.“That doesn’t make sense.”“It gets worse.”Noah turned the phone around.“The call didn’t come through the ne

THE BILLIONAIRE’S HIDDEN HEARTAuthor: Esty’sChapter 37 — The Father Who Should Be DeadPart 3Vale Island appeared through the mist.Adrian stared through the windshield.For years, he had believed the island was nothing more than a childhood dream.But it was real.A massive black gate stood at the edge of the island.Beyond it was a mansion built into the side of a mountain.Hope looked at Adrian.“Is that where you grew up?”Adrian shook his head.“No.”“Then why does it feel familiar?”“Because…”He stared at the mansion.“I’ve seen it before.”Noah looked at the island.“Everyone stay alert.”The car slowed.Then stopped.The gate opened by itself.Hope frowned.“That’s welcoming.”Lyra looked outside.“Or threatening.”Adrian stepped out first.Hope followed.The moment her feet touched the ground, she felt a strange pressure in her chest.Her golden power flickered.“What is this place?”Adrian looked at her.“I don’t know.”Noah walked toward the gate.“This island is protec

THE BILLIONAIRE’S HIDDEN HEARTAuthor: Esty’sChapter 37 — The Father Who Should Be DeadPart 5The massive black hand pushed through the floor.The entire mansion shook.Hope held Adrian tightly.“Everyone back!”Another hand emerged.Then a dark figure began rising from beneath the mansion.It was enormous.Its body seemed to be made from living shadows, but its eyes burned with golden light.Noah stared at it.“That isn’t the First Shadow’s full form.”Hope looked at him.“What do you mean?”“It has only sent part of itself through.”Lyra stepped forward.“Then let’s destroy the part that came through.”She raised her hand.Hope grabbed her wrist.“Wait.”Lyra looked at her.“Why?”“Because we don’t know what happens if you destroy it.”Noah nodded.“She may be right.”Lyra lowered her hand.The Shadow slowly looked toward Hope.“You still hesitate.”Hope stared at it.“No. I think.”The Shadow laughed.“That is your weakness.”“No.”Hope’s golden power surrounded Adrian.“That is

THE BILLIONAIRE’S HIDDEN HEARTAuthor: Esty’sChapter 37 — The Father Who Should Be DeadPart 7Hope couldn’t move.Luna’s words echoed through her mind.Your original self.Adrian looked at Luna.“What does that mean?”Luna wiped away a tear.“It means the night Hope was born wasn’t the beginning of her story.”Hope stared at her.“Then what was?”Luna took a slow breath.“Her story had already happened once.”Lyra stepped closer.“Explain.”Luna looked at both sisters.“You were born in the ancient era.”Hope’s eyes widened.“We were?”“Yes.”“But Serena is our biological mother.”“She is.”“And Lucian is our father.”“Yes.”“Then how could we have been born before?”Luna looked toward Seraphina.“Because your first lives were different.”Hope frowned.“Different how?”Seraphina finally spoke.“Hope and Lyra were not born as ordinary children.”Lyra crossed her arms.“Then what were we?”Seraphina answered,“You were manifestations of two opposing forces.”“Creation and destruction.

THE BILLIONAIRE’S HIDDEN HEARTAuthor: Esty’sChapter 37 — The Father Who Should Be DeadPart 9“I choose all of you.”Adrian’s words echoed through the collapsing realm.The black sphere surrounding Hope cracked.One line.Then another.Hope opened her eyes.“Adrian…”She could hear him.Faintly.But clearly.“Hope, don’t give up.”She placed her hand against the inside of the sphere.“I won’t.”The First Shadow turned toward her.“You still don’t understand.”Hope stared back.“I understand enough.”“Then why are you still fighting?”“Because my life belongs to me.”The Shadow laughed.“You were created by me.”“No.”Hope’s golden power began spreading across the sphere.“I was created before I understood who I was.”She looked directly at it.“But I became Hope by choice.”The Shadow’s smile disappeared.The sphere cracked again.Outside, Adrian and the original Hope continued fighting.The original Hope suddenly shouted,“Adrian! Now!”Adrian raised both hands.His Guardian energy