Todos los capítulos de After 666 Betrayals, I Chose His Billionaire Rival: Capítulo 101 - Capítulo 108

Before he'd even finished speakingDalton's eyes had already drifted to Adrian.Seeing no reaction there at allDalton smiled. "Don't worry yourself, Mr. Pierce. If it's simply a matter of the paperwork, we run things fairly here you'll get your chance to file properly.""But if there's a genuine safety issue with the product itself, that's a different matter. That's out of my hands."Nathan's mouth tightened.A long silence passed.Finally, he spoke again. "Director, to be honest with you, this batch actually"He hesitated.Then, reluctantly, the truth came out. "There is a problem with this batch. It's just we were short on certain raw materials at one stage of production.""But I promise you, the shortage won't harm anyone. If anything, it just makes the display less dramatic. Safer, if anything."Dalton hadn't climbed this far by being naive.Listening to Nathan's explanationHe nearly laughed out loud.He reached for his teacup.Only to find it had gone cold.He glanced, unthinki

Lily could imagine the scene he was describing.It had to have been a thousand times worse than finding out you'd been betrayed.She looked at him with something that bordered on reverence.Every peaceful, ordinary life was built on the back of someone else's silent sacrifice.Adrian seemed pulled entirely back into that year, that place.His expression was raw with it.He looked breakable like glass that might shatter if she touched it wrong.Lily didn't know if there was anything she could do for him.If there was anything *anyone* could do for him.All she could do was sit there, quietly, and let herself be the one who listened.Adrian scrubbed both hands over his face. "Mason was hurt bad. There wasn't there wasn't another option. I wanted to save him. I wanted him to live, but I"Lily leaned forward without thinking.Wrapped her arms around him, holding on with everything she had.It wasn't romantic.It was something closer to comfort.Closer to reassurance.Closer to awe.Close

The words had barely left her mouth.An uneasy silence dropped over the room.Lily bit the inside of her cheek and rushed to clarify, "I mean you can come up here. It's too cold down there."The sentence came out in one breathless rush.Her ears were burning before she'd even finished it. She buried her face deeper into the blanket, breath coming quick and uneven.Adrian didn't answer right away.The walls weren't thick. She could hear the wind howling outside, clear as anything.Wrapped in the blanket, Lily could hear her own heartbeat pounding in her ears.She lost track of how long the silence stretched.Then a soft laugh, barely audible.Or maybe she'd imagined it.A moment laterShe felt the mattress dip beside her.Adrian lay down.The bed was wide enough that there was real distance between them.Still she could feel the heat radiating off him.A blanket lay between their bodies.And something unspoken lay there too.Drifting quietly across the space between them.His breathing

The studio closed for the holidays.Lily was the last one out of the building.DownstairsShe spotted Vanessa handing out New Year gifts to the security guards.One of them beamed. "Miss Cole's going to have a great year ahead.""You too," Vanessa said brightly. "I'll bring you wedding candy next year."The guard blinked, surprised. "Miss Cole's not married yet? Lucky man, whoever he turns out to be."Vanessa just smiled.Lily walked past without turning her head."Lily!"Vanessa spotted her and hurried over. "Happy New Year, Lily."Lily shot her a look of pure distaste. "Get away from me."Vanessa wasn't bothered in the slightest.She pushed her stomach forward, just slightly, toward Lily. "I'll let you know when the baby's born."Lily rolled her eyes. "You're unbelievable."With that, she walked out of the building.Vanessa watched her go, smug satisfaction written all over her face. As far as she was concerned, Lily was already cracking.She figured after two childless years of mar