Married the Right Billionaire, Now My Family Begs Me Back のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 41 - チャプター 45

CHAPTER 41.Tatiana finally closed her eyes completely.She was no longer thinking about the locked door, the key lost under the wardrobe, or all the reasons she had prepared earlier to chase this man out. In her head there was only warmth left, and the sound of Rafael’s breath mingling with her own.One of Rafael’s hands rose from her waist, traced up her back, then touched the back of Tatiana’s head very gently. His fingers slipped into her hair. He held her head there, and the kiss grew deeper.Too deep.Tatiana blinked, her eyes opening. Her breath caught. There was a small, wary voice in her head, the one that had been with her since the day at the golf course, whispering that this was too fast, that she wasn’t ready, that she didn’t know whether she had the right to feel this warm. Her hand, still resting on Rafael’s chest, pushed. Not hard. Just enough to say wait.Rafael let go at once.No protest. No last pull. He only drew back the distance of one breath, his hand still behi

CHAPTER 43.The box of invitations was still in Oktavia’s closet, on the upper shelf, right next to a pair of white shoes she’d never worn.She’d been staring at it from her bed for a full half hour.Hundreds of cards in gold ink, with the names of two people who might never stand in front of the same altar. She’d tried calling Matthew three times that afternoon. Twice it went to voicemail. The third time he picked up, and his voice sounded like it was coming from the bottom of a really deep well.“I’m busy, Oktavia.”“Busy with what?”“Work.”“And your mom said we’d wait until things calmed down, and you said okay, and now it’s been three months and you never ask if I’m okay anymore.”“Are you okay?”“Don’t use that tone with me.”“What tone?”“The tone of someone asking because he was told to.”Silence. Then Matthew let out a breath, long and tired. “I’ve got to go.”The line cut off.Oktavia stared at her phone. The screen had gone dark. She didn’t throw it. She knew exactly how mu

CHAPTER 45.It was only a second. One long, cold second, in which he sat half-fallen on the sofa with another woman’s hands on his body and felt the whole world shift one inch in the wrong direction.Then he let go of Alma.Not let go. He flung her hand away, with one jerk, as if throwing off something dirty, and stood up in a single motion, so abruptly that Alma staggered backward and landed on the carpet, among the scattered rose petals.“Rafael!”“Get up.”His voice was very soft. That was what made Alma obey.She rose awkwardly, one hand holding her reddened wrist, her hair a mess, her cream coat slipping off one shoulder. Tears were still on her cheeks. But for the first time, Rafael looked at her completely unmoved, and he realized there was nothing sincere in any of it.“You hurt me,” said Alma, in a small, trembling voice.“I told you to stop.”“I only...”“I told you to get up, but look at you... you kept touching me.” Rafael looked at her straight on. His eyes were very dark