6 Months As My Brother-in-law's Mistress のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 31 - チャプター 34

Chapter Thirty-TwoAddie’s POV"I am not attending, Preston."I dropped onto the mattress, keeping my face turned away to shut out his pacing.Every muscle complained from six hours spent measuring partitions on forty-eight, debating line items with electrical contractors, and watching Mara mark revisions across vendor agreements. Dressing up to sit through cold courses while Darcia offered quiet critiques of my personal choices held zero appeal."Addie, listen," Preston said, walking back and forth between the wardrobe and the edge of the bed. "This is an intimate gathering at the residence. Darcia put real effort into organizing the evening.""Darcia organizes events to secure leverage," I answered into the pillow. "Inform her the incision opened and I am unavailable.""Do not joke about that." He caught my ankle over the blanket, giving it an impatient pull. "The senior partners from Henderson will attend. Miller from the regulatory board will be present. Darcia gathered the entire

Chapter Thirty-Four Sebastian’s POVThe only sound in the bedroom was the scratch of the stylus tip dragging across the glass tablet screen and the faint, rhythmic beeping of the portable vitals monitor Dr. Jamie had left on the nightstand.I had pushed my reading glasses up the bridge of my nose, sitting back in the wingback armchair Jamie had dragged over from the window so I wouldn’t leave Addison’s side. The cottage smelled like antiseptic, sterile saline, and the wet cedar from the storm rolling off the lake.My right hand was wrapped tight in fresh white gauze where the crystal tumbler had split open my palm. It throbbed with every beat of my heart, an angry ache, but it was nothing compared to the fury sitting like an anvil in the middle of my chest.On the bed, Addison lay beneath two thick down comforters, her dark hair splayed across the white pillows, damp and tangled. Her face was still chalky pale, but her lips had lost that terrifying blue hue after Jamie flushed out t