All Chapters of The billionaire I wasn't supposed to love : Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

The meeting had already stretched to forty minutes when Adrian finally closed the file in front of him, a faint crease forming between his brows as he processed the information. "Reject it," he said firmly, his voice cutting through the room’s growing tension.His assistant looked up from the tablet in his hands. “The offer?”“The offer, the partnership, and every condition attached to it.”“But they're offering twenty percent above market value.”“I know.”“They're willing to increase it.”Adrian leaned back in his chair. “Then they can increase it.”His assistant hesitated. “Sir, that's one of our biggest distribution partners.”“And?”“If we walk away, we may lose them permanently.”Adrian's expression remained calm. “Then we'll find another.”The assistant observed him intently, noting the subtle shifts in his expression. There was an unsettling aura about Adrian when he fell into this quiet state—an absence of emotion that felt almost deliberate. He wasn't angry or frustrated; in

After narrowly escaping an attempt at kidnapping by unfamiliar men, Aiden led her to the penthouse he had recently purchased, seeking a more secluded environment where they could share uninterrupted, private moments. "Oh my god," she stared at the open entryway with wide eyes. A huge floor to ceiling window is opposite the elevator where Aiden just came out of and the spiral white staircase is on the left side, with a hallway that continues behind it. Black and a small sitting area with black furniture was facing the window. "It's beautiful!" She turned to hug Aiden, who gave her a tight hug back. "I'm glad you like it." He smiles down at her and grabs her hand."Let's show you around." He takes her on a tour of the first floor of the penthouse, which contains a modern black kitchen, with a giant kitchen island and barstools in the middle, a dining room, a living room with a huge TV and three restrooms."This is the master bedroom." Aiden tells her, opening a set of black wooden dou

The boardroom had never felt so divided.Aiden stood at the head of the table, staring at the empty chairs around him. Some board members had left angry. Others had left frightened. A few had refused to take a position at all.Blackwood Industries had struck harder than anyone expected.And Scott Corporation was bleeding.The company was being squeezed from every direction.Before he could respond to what Lucas was talking to him about, the boardroom doors opened.Richard Scott walked in.The room immediately went silent.Aiden stared at his father.Richard had been away from the center of the company for long enough that his sudden appearance carried weight.He placed a folder on the table. "I'm taking over temporarily."Aiden frowned. "What?""Until we stabilize the company.""I can handle this."Richard looked at him. "I know you can.""Then why are you stepping in?""Because this isn't only about your leadership anymore."Richard opened the folder. "It's about survival."Aiden's e

There were wounds that bled. And there were wounds that lived somewhere deeper, where no bandage could reach them.Aiden had spent the entire day carrying one of those wounds.His mother's confession kept replaying in his mind.“I wanted Evie gone.”The words followed him through meetings, through phone calls, through every report waiting on his desk.Vivian had helped Adrian. The man attacking their family. The man who had threatened Evie.The man Aiden had sworn to stop.His own mother had opened the door for him.Aiden sat alone in his office, staring through the glass wall at the city below.He couldn't understand it.He had spent his life believing family meant protection.That whatever happened outside those walls, the people inside them would stand together.Now he wasn't sure what family meant anymore.His phone rang very loud, interrupting his thoughts.Aiden answered. “What is going on now?” He was already tired of receiving bad news everyday from Lucas."We've stabilized t

A few weeks after Aiden was discharged from the hospital, he finally had the answer he had been searching for.He knew who had been behind everything.The collapse of Jonathan’s company. Daniel’s death. Paul Hartley disappearing into hiding.It all led back to one man. Roman Stale.Roman was one of the most trusted board members of Blackwood Industries. He had been there when everything fell apart. In fact, he was the one who stepped in and paid off the debts Jonathan had left behind.No one suspected him. Not even Adrian.Adrian had looked up to Roman for years. He saw him as a mentor, someone older and wiser who could always be trusted with his problems. Whenever Adrian was angry or frustrated, he went to Roman. He told him everything—especially his plans to get back at the Scotts.What Adrian never knew was that the man he trusted was the same man secretly working against them.Roman had been behind the informants.He had been pulling strings from the shadows, watching everything u