All Chapters of The Billionaire's Forbidden Obsession : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The silence in the Ashford mansion was always loudest at midnight.Aurora sat at the dining table, her fingers tracing the rim of her untouched teacup. The house was dark, save for the single chandelier hanging above her. Her husband, Damian, hadn’t come home. Again. It was their anniversary, but to Damian, she was nothing more than a quiet ornament he bought to secure his family's business alliance. She was used to the neglect. She was used to the coldness.What she wasn't used to was the suffocating tension that entered the house the moment Adrian Ashford walked through the door.The heavy front door clicked open, and the quiet of the foyer was shattered by firm, decisive footsteps. Aurora looked up as Adrian stepped into the light.At only twenty-six, Adrian was already a force to be reckoned with. While Damian ran the family’s legacy estate, Adrian had built his own independent tech and venture capital empire from scratch. He was younger than Aurora by two years, but he carried an

The sound of Damian’s footsteps got closer and closer.Aurora’s heart was beating so fast she thought it would pop out of her chest. Adrian was still holding her jaw, his thumb pressing against her lip. He was so close she could feel the heat radiating from his body. He didn't look like her quiet, cold junior brother right now. He looked like a man who wanted to lock her in a room and never let her go."Adrian, please," Aurora whispered, her voice shaking. "He's coming."Adrian didn't look scared at all. His dark eyes stayed locked on her lips for one more second. Slowly, almost painfully, he let go of her jaw. He stepped back just as the dining room door pushed open.Damian walked into the room.He looked tired, but his expensive suit was still perfect. He didn't look like a man who had just spent the night at a hotel with another woman. He looked like his usual, arrogant self. He stopped when he saw Aurora and Adrian standing near the table."What is going on in here?" Damian asked,

By the afternoon, Damian was gone.The house felt larger and emptier the moment his car pulled out of the driveway. Normally, Aurora would feel a sense of relief when he left for his business trips. It meant a few days where she didn't have to walk on eggshells, where she didn't have to listen to his cold, dismissive remarks.But today, the silence of the mansion only made her head hurt.She stood in the center of the grand living room, her arms crossed over her chest. Every corner of the house reminded her of Adrian. She could still feel the phantom pressure of his hand on her wrist, the heavy, dark intensity of his eyes when he told her he wanted to buy her father's debt just to have her.“I am going to make you realize that you belong to me. Not him.”The words repeated in her mind, making her blood run hot. It was crazy. He was twenty-four. He was her husband’s younger brother. For a year, she had genuinely thought of him as a quiet, slightly cold boy who just wanted to be left al

The drive to Adrian’s private estate was silent, but it was a silence thick with a heavy, restless tension.Aurora sat in the passenger seat of his sleek, black sedan, her hands clasped tightly in her lap. She kept staring out the window as the familiar city lights faded, replaced by towering trees and winding, quiet roads. In the driver's seat, Adrian kept one hand firmly on the steering wheel while his other hand rested flat on her thigh. He didn't squeeze or pinch; his hand was just a heavy, warm weight, a constant reminder of his presence. A constant reminder that she wasn't going back.Every time she shifted slightly, his fingers would flex, silently telling her to stay still. He was driving fast, his sharp jaw set in a hard, focused line."Adrian," she said softly, her voice breaking the quiet of the car. "What are we going to tell my father? He’s going to see the name of your firm on his company accounts. He’s going to ask questions.""I’ve already handled it," Adrian replied s

The kiss ended, but Adrian didn’t pull his hands away. He kept his fingers tangled in the hair at the back of her head, forcing her to keep her face close to his. He was breathing heavily, his dark eyes scanning every inch of her face as if checking to see if she was still real, if she was still actually standing in his kitchen."You're shaking," Adrian whispered, his thumb lightly brushing against her temple."You just threatened to put your brother in prison, Adrian," Aurora said, her voice barely steady. Her hands were still flat against his chest, feeling the heavy, rapid thud of his heart. "Of course I'm shaking. You have completely ruined your family. What are your parents going to say? What will the board do when they find out about this?""I don't care about the board, and my parents have nothing to do with this," Adrian said coldly. He finally let go of her hair, but his hand slid down her neck, his fingers resting right over her collarbone, feeling her racing pulse. "I told