All Chapters of REJECTED BY BILLIONAIRE, CHOSEN BY THE DEVIL KING : Chapter 41 - Chapter 44

Sophia couldn’t breathe.Lucien’s final words echoed inside her head.“It was me.”She stared at him.The man she had loved.The man she had trusted.The man she had spent three thousand years trying to find again.The man she had just risked everything to save.Had killed her.“No.”The word escaped her lips like a whisper.Then louder—“No.”Lucien lay unconscious in her arms.Blood stained his clothes.His breathing was shallow.Sophia looked toward Adrian.He was staring at Lucien with the same disbelief.“You knew?”Adrian shook his head.“I didn’t.”Sophia looked at Azael.“And you?”Azael remained silent.Sophia’s voice became colder.“Did you know?”Azael slowly shook his head.“No.”She looked toward Aria.Her daughter was crying.“You saw this.”Aria nodded.“I saw pieces.”“You knew Lucien killed me.”“I didn’t know how.”Sophia looked down at Lucien.Her fingers trembled.“Why?”No answer.She touched his face.“Why would you kill me?”Suddenly, Lucien’s eyes opened.They

“I left him for you.”Lucien stared at Sophia as if the words had struck him harder than any weapon.The Devourer’s grip on the space around them tightened.Aria was still clinging to Sophia’s hand.“Mother…” she whispered.Sophia couldn’t answer.Memories were flooding through her.Not fragments anymore.Not visions.Her memories.Her real memories.Three thousand years ago, before the kingdoms of Heaven and Hell existed as they did now, Sophia had been Elara.And she had loved two men.The Devourer…And Lucien.But her choice had not been simple.It had never been about which man was stronger.It had been about which man understood her freedom.Sophia turned toward Lucien.“I remember.”Lucien swallowed.“What do you remember?”“Everything.”His face became pale.Sophia looked toward the Devourer.“You loved me.”The creature lowered its head.“YES.”“You protected me.”“YES.”“You loved our daughter.”The Devourer’s silver eyes softened.“YES.”Sophia’s voice trembled.“But you wan