Todos los capítulos de MERCILESS SEDUCTRESS : Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 50

041The Mistress POVThe flight back home felt unbearable. This wasn't how it was supposed to go.I guess I had no other choice but to follow Jake's instructions.My mind went to the lady who actually made me meet Jake up and also seduce him.I finally landed and jailed a cab that took me home.A few minutes later I sat on the edge of the bed with my suitcase open in front of me.Everything I had brought to Spain was now being folded back on my bed.The dresses.The shoes.The perfume bottles.The little things I had purchased because I had believed I would be staying longer than planned.I stared at the suitcase for several seconds before letting out a tired breath.Leaving Spain had not been part of the plan.Not even remotely.I had been instructed to stay.I had been told to remain close to Jake.To keep him comfortable.To make him believe that what was happening between them was genuine.Most importantly, I had been told not to leave until I received another instruction.But eve

043ANN’S POVI had spent the entire morning staring at the divorce papers again.They were still sitting on the bedside cupboard exactly where they had been, as though moving them would somehow make everything written inside them more real.Jake actually wanted a divorce.It still felt unreal.Arguments were temporary.Words could be taken back.But papers had signatures, dates, legal language and consequences.They carried a finality that frightened me.I picked them up again and slowly flipped through the pages.My eyes moved over the paragraphs, but I barely absorbed anything.I wasn’t thinking about the legal terms anymore.I was thinking about Jake.About the man I had once believed I would grow old with.About the promises we had made.About all the times I had defended our marriage when people questioned whether we were truly happy.And now I was sitting alone, holding the papers that could officially bring everything to an end.I knew I needed to talk to someone.That was why

045Louis's POVImpossible!.I guess I was just being paranoid.There's no way.He couldn’t know.I maintained my composure.“Then the person who broke it has to live with the consequences.”Marco studied me.“And the person who was betrayed?”“They deserve the truth.”The words escaped before I could stop them.Silence f0But I knew something had shifted.Maybe only in my mind.Maybe not.Sir?”“I don’t want to see him.”There was a pause.“I understand.”“Find somewhere else.”“Tonight?”“Tonight.”Bianca didn’t question me.“I’ll arrange it.”I ended the call.I stood near the window of the lounge and stared at the city below.I had spent the entire day avoiding one man.It was becoming ridiculous.But I knew myself.If Jake appeared in front of me again, I wasn’t certain I would remain calm.And I couldn’t afford another confrontation.Not here.Not now.Especially after meeting Marco.I didn’t want Diego or his father thinking I was some hot-headed businessman who couldn’t contro

047JAKE’S POVI watched Louis receive the award with a smile fixed on my face.At least, I hoped it looked like a smile.The applause around me was deafening. People stood, clapping and cheering as Louis walked toward the stage with that calm confidence of his, the kind of confidence that seemed to irritate me more with every passing second.Another award.Another recognition.Another reminder that, somehow, Louis always managed to stand exactly where everyone could see him.I slowly brought my hands together, forcing myself to clap.“Congratulations,” I muttered under my breath, though he was too far away to hear me.My jaw tightened.I immediately relaxed it.There was no reason to be bothered.I had done well.I had secured deals.Important ones.Deals that could expand my company’s reach and put us in rooms we had spent years trying to enter.That should have been enough.It was enough.At least, that was what I kept telling myself.But deep down, I knew what bothered me.This wa

049ANN’S POVI stared at the familiar gates as the car slowly approached my father’s mansion.For a moment, I felt as though I were returning to a place that belonged to someone else.The tall iron gates opened automatically, revealing the long driveway I had known since childhood. The perfectly trimmed hedges remained exactly where they had always been. The fountain in the center of the circular driveway still stood proudly, its water falling gently beneath the evening lights.Nothing had changed.And yet, everything felt different.I rested her head against the seat and stared through the window.This had once been home.My father’s mansion had been the place where I had grown up, where I had celebrated birthdays, attended family dinners, cried over things that had seemed enormous at the time, and dreamed about the kind of woman I would eventually become.But I had stopped coming home long before I got married.Perhaps I had simply grown accustomed to building a life away from my p