Todos los capítulos de THE BILLIONAIRE'S CONTRACT WIFE : Capítulo 121 - Capítulo 130

Nathan’s POV“I decided the night of the fire, Ellie, watching you hold Rose steady while everything around us threatened to fall apart, because that is exactly the moment I understood I never wanted to face another storm without officially calling you my wife by choice, not by contract, not by an old promise between two dying men.”She smiled softly at the memory, and one month later, standing in that same sunlit reading nook surrounded by everyone who had helped rebuild our family from the ashes of secrets, betrayals, and decades of buried silence, I finally understood the true weight of that promise, heavier and lighter all at once than anything written on paper.The small private ceremony held none of the chaos of our first wedding, no interrupting lawyers, no board scandals, no hidden threats waiting in the shadows to unravel everything at the worst possible moment. Only family, gathered close, sunlight streaming through the windows Daniel had designed, illuminating the photograp

Nathan's POV"Say that again, because I need to hear it a second time before I believe it is actually happening to this family twice." Sophie's voice was flat over the phone, and flat from her meant something serious enough to make my stomach drop before she had even finished the sentence.I had been in the middle of reviewing quarterly reports when Ellie called, her words tumbling over each other so fast I had to ask her to slow down twice before I could understand a single sentence clearly. A brother. A letter. A woman named Grace standing on the porch with a folder full of claims. I told Ellie to keep Grace there and not sign anything under any circumstances, and I called Sophie before I had even finished tying my shoes."There is a woman at the bakery right now claiming her grandfather was Walter's brother," I said, pacing my office with my phone pressed hard against my ear, my other hand already reaching for my jacket. "She says there is a decades old claim to half the bakery lan

Nathan's POV"Someone has been calling her, Nathan. Every night, the same blocked number, right before she calls any of us back." Sophie's tone left no room for comfort, and comfort was exactly what I needed most and could not have, not with this hanging over the family again.I had asked Sophie quietly to look into Grace's recent phone records, not because I wanted to distrust the woman sitting at Rose's table with wide, hopeful eyes every evening, but because trust, in this family, had cost us too much in the past to hand out freely again without checking first. Sophie's answer confirmed the fear I had been carrying quietly for nearly a week, the fear I had not even fully admitted to Ellie yet."Does Grace know she is being watched," I asked, closing my office door so no one passing in the hallway could overhear."I do not think so," Sophie said. "But someone clearly knew exactly when to place that letter in her grandfather's belongings for her to find it. Grace may believe every si

Nathan's POV"You think a locked door and a fake name will keep me hidden from my own nephew forever." Gerald's voice reached me before I even stepped fully into the small, cluttered office, calm in a way that made my skin crawl more than shouting ever could have.Sophie had insisted on coming with me, along with two men from building security who waited quietly outside the door, but Gerald sat behind his borrowed desk as if he had been expecting this exact moment for weeks, maybe even longer, like part of him had wanted to be found."It was not hard to find you," I said, closing the door behind us, letting the click of the latch fill the silence for a moment. "You should have hired someone with better instincts than borrowing your assistant's name for a lease agreement that any investigator could trace in a single afternoon."Gerald smiled thinly, leaning back in his chair like this was still simply a business meeting between two colleagues. "I always did prefer working alone. Fewer

Nathan's POV"Do you think I will ever stop being scared that something will ruin this family again, Nathan, or does that feeling just live here now no matter how many times we win." Lily asked it so quietly I almost missed it over the sound of the kitchen radio playing something soft in the background.She was sixteen now, taller than I remembered letting myself notice, curled up on the counter stool the way she had done since she was small enough for me to lift her onto it myself, back when it took both my hands to keep her steady. The house had finally gone quiet again after weeks of lawyers and folders and Gerald's name filling every single conversation at every meal."I do not think that feeling ever fully disappears," I admitted, sitting down beside her, reaching over to steal a piece of the apple she was slicing without asking, the way I always used to when she was small. "But I think it gets quieter every time we prove to ourselves that we can survive whatever comes next, that