My Ex-Husband's Boss Wants Me のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 11 - チャプター 20

The envelope was on penthouse kitchen counter.Plain white, no stamp, handwriting I knew.My father's.Scarlett Evans. In his old market handwriting.I froze. Father died five years ago. Car accident, police said. Same accident that killed mother. Same day debt collectors came for fifty thousand dollars. Same day I changed name from Evans to Monroe and moved to small apartment with leaking roof from Chapter 2.Adrian stood behind me, hand on my lower back, same possessive touch from Chapter 3 kitchen kiss in front of mother, Chapter 4 when he held me at 2 AM after nightmare, Chapter 5 red dress gala, Chapter 7 exclusive announcement "She belongs to me. Exclusive. Only mine," Chapter 8 gala trap when Vanessa exposed my buried name Evans, Chapter 9 when I told truth about debt, Chapter 10 when Vanessa took me to old market warehouse and Adrian rescued me.He saw envelope."What is this?""I don't know. Handwriting is my father's. He died five years ago."Security had swept penthouse aft

Richard Knight walked into Boardroom A like he owned it.Same Boardroom A where Jason gave me divorce papers as gift in Chapter 1 and Adrian tore them like snow and said "You're fired." Same room where Adrian made me fake fiancee in Chapter 2 with cream blouse and gold key for private elevator. Same room where he made exclusive announcement in Chapter 7: "She belongs to me. Exclusive. Only mine."Same room where my buried name Evans was exposed on screens in Chapter 8 gala trap.Now Richard sat in my dead father-in-law Robert's chair.Adrian's uncle. Younger brother of Robert Knight. The name Vanessa whispered in hospital before lights went out, gunshot, and she disappeared in Chapter 12."Adrian," Richard smiled. Fifty-five, silver hair like Margaret, but eyes cold like Vanessa's father Victor Hale. "You called family meeting. I came."Adrian stood at head of table, hand tight around mine, same possessive touch from Chapter 3 kitchen kiss in front of Eleanor, Chapter 4 penthouse at 2

My scream tore through Boardroom A as he fell against the desk.Same Boardroom A where Jason gave me divorce papers as a gift in Chapter 1 and Adrian tore them like snow. Same room where he made exclusive announcement in Chapter 7: "She belongs to me. Exclusive. Only mine." Same room where Vanessa exposed my buried name Evans in Chapter 8 gala trap and Margaret walked with walking stick saying "You brought HER into this family?" Same room where Richard was arrested in Chapter 13 as enemy within for twenty million mortgage secret of Knight House.For a heartbeat, world stopped.Then chaos."Get down! Get down!" security shouted. Same team who pulled Jason on knees with scattered flowers in Chapter 5 red dress gala, Chapter 7 exclusive announcement, Chapter 8 gala trap, Chapter 9 Evans or Monroe, who rescued me from warehouse in Chapter 10 Taken black SUV no plates.I dropped to knees beside him, cream blouse now red."Adrian!"Eyelids fluttered, grey eyes trying to focus. "I'm fine.""

The train horn screamed."ADRIAN!"My scream tore through old railway station, same scream from Boardroom A in Chapter 15 The Bullet when he fell bleeding against the desk, same scream from Chapter 16 when Lena tackled traitor driver in front seat — Victor Hale's man who drove ambulance for memory card — and memory card fell on floor.Adrian was on tracks. Bleeding from chest wound Richard's gunman gave him in Boardroom A. The same Adrian who tore divorce papers like snow in Chapter 1 when Jason gave them as gift, who gave cream blouse and gold key private elevator and thirty thousand budget in Chapter 2 first day as fake fiancee, who kissed me in kitchen in front of his mother in Chapter 3, who held me at 2 AM after nightmare in Chapter 4 penthouse guest room next to his with rules no men exclusive only mine, who gave red dress and five-carat family ring in Chapter 5 red dress gala, who watched me return half million ring at 7 AM in Chapter 6 when Eleanor gave gold locket "Real Mrs.

The photo was dark.A boy in the dark. Maybe ten years old. Standing at Platform 3, same Platform 3 where Robert and my father Evans sold food fifty years ago, same Platform 3 where I found rusty market stall key, gold locket, five-carat ring, memory card, USB drive, black ledger with Robert's handwriting "Evans - 50,000 - Forgiven. Let Evans girl live free. Hale - 5,000,000 - Moved by Richard."Boy wore old school uniform, torn, holding bread, face hidden by shadow, but eyes bright like Adrian's grey eyes when he tore divorce papers like snow in Chapter 1 Boardroom A, like when he said "She belongs to me. Exclusive. Only mine" in Chapter 7 ballroom, like when he said "Secure Scarlett first" bleeding from bullet in Chapter 15 The Bullet."Who is this?" I asked, hands shaking.Margaret with walking stick, eighty-two, who wants great-grandchildren in six months, leaned closer. Same Margaret from Chapter 6 breakfast, Chapter 8 gala trap when my buried name Evans exposed on screens, Chapt