Lahat ng Kabanata ng THE BILLIONAIRE'S SECRET REVENGE: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

The car rolled smoothly, down the long and winding driveway, its tires humming against the asphalt. But Lumi Reeves didn’t notice any of it. She was too lost in her thoughts. Her body felt like it was running on autopilot as her mind drifted in a haze, consumed by the doctor's words. "His condition is serious, Lumi and we don’t have much time. The bills... they’re mounting up, and you need to prepare yourself." She had heard them so many times, but still, they echoed relentlessly in her head, as if trying to suffocate her.How could she pay for it all? Her father had given everything for her, and now he laid in that hospital bed, pale and weak. She felt tears prick her eyes, but she pushed them back. I have to be strong, she thought. I can't let him see me break.The driver parked the car gently. Still, Lumi didn’t move. She barely even registered that they had arrived. Her hands rested in her lap, clutching the purse, with fingers numb and stiff.The driver cleared his throat, breaki

Lumi Reeves walked along the darkening streets. Her clothes were tattered from the long walk, and her face streaked with dried tears. She felt drained. Her body was heavy with exhaustion, and every step she took felt like an endless weight. Her eyes hurt from crying, and her mind raced with broken thoughts. I can't go to Dad's house, she told herself. He's already so sick, and fighting for every breath. If I show up like this, it'll kill him faster. I won't add my pain to his. Where do I even go? She had no friends left after Henry had isolated her. No money. Nothing.She walked for hours, with her feet aching, barely noticing the city lights blurring around her. Eventually, fatigue forced her to hail a cab with the last few bills crumpled in her pocket. "Take me to the cheapest hotel you know," she muttered to the driver, her voice hoarse.The cab dropped her off at a rundown motel on the outskirts, with its neon sign flickering weakly. Lumi stepped inside the lobby, keeping her head

Lumi Reeves stood frozen in the doorway of Aaron Vanders' office. Her legs refused to move and her heart slammed against her ribs so hard she felt dizzy. The man from the hotel—the one whose touch still burned in her memory sat behind the wide desk. And now she knew his name. Aaron Vanders. He was the cold CEO staring back at her. The father of the baby whose life she had ended.Aaron's steel-gray eyes met hers and recognition lashed in them, immediately. He remembered every second of that night. But his face stayed blank, like though she was a mistake he had already erased. He looked at her the way someone looks at a problem already fixed.Lumi's face burned as Shane flooded through her body. She wanted to disappear. She wished the earth could open and take her away at that very moment. She remembered his hands gripping her hips, his mouth on her skin and the way he had filled her completely. Now he stared at her like she disgusted him. Her hands trembled so badly she had to clasp t

The next morning arrived too quickly.Lumi barely slept.Every time she closed her eyes, she saw his face again. She heard his voice. She remembered the way he had controlled everything without asking for her opinion.You keep the baby.Those words had haunted her all night.She slowly sat up in her hospital bed, her back against the headboard. The private room was silent. Too silent. The soft hum of the air conditioner was the only sound in the room.Her gaze fell on the small table beside her.The stack of bills was still there.She hadn’t touched it.Not once.Her fingers clenched the blanket.“I won’t do it,” she murmured. “I won’t let him control my life.”She had thought about it all night. From every angle. Through all her fears.Yes, she was desperate.Yes, she needed money.Yes, her father was still lying in that hospital bed. But this…This felt wrong.Before she could sink any deeper into her thoughts, the door suddenly opened.Without knocking.Without warning.Aaron walke

Thirty-six hours.That was all the time her father had left. Her fingers tightened slowly around the strap of her bag as the weight of those words settled deep in her chest. It felt heavy. Suffocating. Almost unreal.She tried to move, but her legs felt weak beneath her.Around her, people passed by. Nurses hurried from one ward to another. Families spoke in low, worried voices. Life continued as though nothing had happened.But for Lumi, everything had changed.Her eyes lifted slightly, and that was when she noticed them.People were staring.Some looked at her with pity. Others whispered quietly, their eyes flicking toward her before quickly looking away.Her chest tightened painfully.She hated that look.That silent judgment.That helpless image they saw when they looked at her.Her lips pressed together, and without another second of hesitation, she turned and walked away.She didn’t stop until she stepped out of the hospital.The heat outside hit her immediately, but she barely