Todos los capítulos de After 666 Betrayals, I Chose His Billionaire Rival: Capítulo 51 - Capítulo 60

The Culture and Tourism Bureau confirmed itthe fireworks bid was officially won.Twenty days until New Year's Eve.She had ten days to finalize the full production and display plan, leaving the remainder for the Bureau and the network to make final adjustments.She called Finn immediately.Told him to shelve the candy-themed design for now and pour everything into the New Year's Eve show instead.Lily had genuinely expected Nathan to come scrambling back the moment the accessibility bid loomed closer.The stakes were too high for him not to.ButThree days had passed since his last visit, and nothing. No calls. No messages.Lily had no idea what he was up to.Honestly, the silence is a relief.Best if he doesn't reach out at all. She could coast through this quietly, collect fifty million dollars for essentially nothing, and be perfectly content doing it.Still knowing Nathan the way she did, something told her he wouldn't stay quiet for long.For three straight days, she'd buried he

Right at the worst possible momentThe heavy iron door of the warehouse crashed open from outside.Adrian stood framed in the light, tall and unyielding, like a blade drawn from its sheath. Cold radiated off him in waves, his eyes flashing with something sharp and merciless.Neither man had time to react.Just a rush of cold air past their faces.ThenScreams tore through the empty warehouse, mixed with desperate begging.Adrian moved like he'd trained for exactly this. Every strike landed with brutal precision, too fast to track, nothing wasted no words, just the dull crack of bone giving way.In seconds, both men were on the ground, unable to move.That's when Trevor arrived, security in tow.He froze at the scene. "It's... already handled?"Adrian's expression hadn't softened at all. "Clean this up."That was all he said.He turned.Crossed the room toward Lily.He stripped off his own coat and wrapped it around her, voice rough. "You're safe now. It's over."Every ounce of tension

Lily choked.Coughed hard enough to flush her whole face.A deep blush spread down her neck, blooming behind her ears.She turned away.Gently, to Toby: "We came back in the same car, sweetheart. That's all Dr. Hale meant."Toby remained thoroughly confused.Grown-ups talk in code sometimes. Very annoying.He drifted off to sleep quickly.Lily kept glancing at Adrian's back, hesitating.Finally, he turned. "Let's talk. Balcony."She tucked Toby's blanket in one more time, then followed Adrian outside.She gripped the railing.The cold wind bit at her cheeks, flushing them red.She couldn't quite bring herself to look at him.Last night's still fragmented but I remember the needles. Both of them.She had no idea how she'd actually recovered from the drug.Better not to dig too deep into that.Even if even if it really had been AdrianShe could simply pretend it never happened.First: he'd done it to save her life.Second: they shared a child between them now, in every way that mattered

By the time Lily had sat through two operas with Beatrice, it was already ten at night.Nathan told her to head to bed.While he showered, Lily slipped onto the balcony and placed a video call.The connection went through.The screen flickered, briefly aimed at the ceiling, before a hoarse voice said, "One second."Barely two seconds later, Toby's face filled the screen. "Mom!"Lily winced, guilty. "Toby, sweetheart, I'm so sorry Mommy can't come stay with you at the hospital tonight."Toby had the phone pressed close, so all Lily could really see was the rapid movement of his small pink mouth, adorable despite the awkward angle. "It's okay, Mommy. Uncle's staying with me tonight."The screen swung wildly.A blur of the ward ceiling flashed past.Then settled on Adrian, standing a short distance away.He'd clearly just showered dark gray robe loosely tied at the waist, collar open enough to hint at the lines of his chest underneath.But nothing drew the eye quite like the bite mark st

Simon let out a low whistle, grinning, every inch the carefree troublemaker."Hey there, brother."He drew the words out, playful. "Hand-washing sheets first thing in the morning?"Adrian ignored him completely.Simon clicked his tongue, leaning in dramatically. "Only reason Toby's not scarred for life is he had his hearing aid out! Tsk, tsk what is the world coming to, honestly, the moral decay, people acting worse than animals, absolutely unhinged"Adrian's mouth tightened.He slid a glance sideways.His usual cool composure sharpened into something genuinely dangerous.Low. Final. "Out."Simon just laughed, shrugging it off. "No need to get touchy. This is completely normal, you know. We're both pushing thirty if we didn't have needs like this, that'd be the actual medical concern."Adrian said nothing.His stare went colder instead.A chill ran straight through Simon, goosebumps rising on contact.He rubbed his arms fast. "Okay, okay, I'm going, I won't ask about the cleanup."He