The Billionaire's Unwanted Bride のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 14

(Third Person POV)Somewhere around that area, Maxwell watched every second through the glass of his car. His hands rested loosely on the steering wheel, but his knuckles had gone white. He had built an empire by reading people; he could read the contempt radiating off Kaelan from fifty meters away. Something cold and protective settled in his chest.He did not plan to care about the woman he saw on the road. Yet here he was, engine still idling, unwilling to drive away.Maxwell hates the fact someone treats her that way, even though he doesn't trust her.Sloane stood alone in front of the mansion, divorce papers clutched to her chest like a shield that offered no protection. Rain started again.It darkened the cheap hospital T-shirt. She took one step, then another, and started walking away with nowhere to go.At the same time Maxwell put the car in gear and drove forward, stopping directly in her path. The window lowered with a soft electric hum.“Get in,” he said.Sloane looked

(Sloane's POV)The question slipped out before I could stop it.“What condition?”Maxwell didn’t answer right away.He just looked at me—calm, unreadable, like he already knew every answer I would give and was simply waiting for me to catch up. Last night he promised to help me. He looked me straight in the eyes and said the words without hesitation. Now, barely a day later, he was telling me there was a price.Help Indeed!Human beings!I watched him reach for the file on the table beside him. The movement was slow, deliberate. He picked it up and held it out across the space between us.The way he watched me made my stomach twist. I only know this man for a short time, yet somehow he already felt three steps ahead of everything I thought or felt. I took the file anyway. The cover was plain. No title. No label. Just thick paper and the quiet weight of whatever was inside.“What is this?” I asked, my voice quieter than I meant it to be.“Read it.”I opened it.My eyes moved acro