All Chapters of The Billionaire’s Bride Who Got Away: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

ADALYNAdalyn and Theo turned toward the highway. One of the wedding convoy cars had just gone up in flames.Smoke filled the air as the vehicle burned. Guests screamed and ran in every direction. Some rushed for the exit while others hid behind nearby cars for cover.Adalyn stood there, unable to move. Her mouth fell open as her eyes remained on the road.The burning carIt was the one meant to take her home after the ceremony!“Adalyn!”Theo grabbed her hands and pulled her backward just as a piece of burning metal flew across the road.“Are you okay?”She didn’t answer. She blinked rapidly, trying to process what had happened. If she had gotten into that car…she would be dead now. The thought of it made her stomach feel heavy.Theo was saying something, but she couldn’t hear him. His lips moved, yet his voice seemed far away.“Adalyn.”He tapped her shoulder gently.She blinked and finally looked at him.“I’m fine,” she whispered.But she wasn’t even close to being fine. The sight

ADALYNThe emergency room doors burst open.Two nurses pushed a stretcher into the room as fast as they could. Adalyn lay on it, completely still. Her shirt was partially soaked with blood, and her face was pale.“Female, late twenties!” one of the paramedics shouted. “Found unconscious at the scene of a vehicle accident”“What’s her blood pressure?”“Eighty over fifty!”“Pulse?”“Thready. One hundred and twenty-eight!”A doctor rushed toward the stretcher.“Put her on the monitor. Oxygen now.”A nurse quickly placed an oxygen mask over Adalyn’s face.“Her oxygen saturation is dropping!”“Get two large-bore IV lines in.”The room exploded into movement.One nurse cut through the blood-stained fabric around Adalyn’s arm while another inserted an IV cannula.“Line is in.”“Start normal saline.”The doctor checked Adalyn’s pupils.“Pupils are unequal. She’s got a head injury.”“Doctor, she’s not responding!”“Miss, can you hear me?”There was no response.The doctor pressed two fingers a

ADALYNAdalyn was speechless as she stared up at the stranger standing in front of them, so close that she could perceive his scent of sandalwood and pine, thinking it smelled oddly familiar."I’m so sorry," she managed to say as she straightened herself, her voice throaty, unrecognizable even to her own ears. All plans to lash out on the stranger were forgotten, after all she was to blame for not holding Daisy's hands. "I didn't know when she ran into the road. Thank you.”He did not respond.He stared at her with widened eyes and mouth gaping open, like he’d seen a ghost. Maybe the near accident had rattled him so much that it made him speechless, Adalyn thought.Crouching, she pulled Daisy into her arms again, clutching her tightly, her own heart thumping wildly so that it hurt to breathe. The familiar smell of the SheaMoisture kids shampoo she used in washing her daughter's hair filled her senses as she pressed her lips to the top of her head, reminding herself that she was still

ADALYNAfter putting Daisy to sleep, Adalyn couldn't bring herself to leave her daughter's room. She sat on the edge of the mattress in the dim light…watching the steady rise and fall of Daisy’s chest, compulsively resting two fingers against the small wrist to feel her pulse. The quiet of the house was suffocating. Every time she closed her eyes, the phantom screech of tires tore through her head, forcing her awake with a gasp. When she finally crawled into her own bed, sleep eluded her. Her brain buzzed with activity, dragging her back to the sidewalk, the violent surge of panic, imagining possible outcomes and then… to him.The man from this evening. How he had looked at her. Like he was studying her. Reading her. Like he was searching her face for something that he had lost and wasn’t expecting to find it in a stranger. The way he called her name. The way she’d reacted when their eyes met.She was so sure she had never seen him before. Never.Yet..the memory of his scent, sa

Theo“Well,” the woman said softly, her green eyes going from Theo to Adalyn and back to Theo. “There you are honey”Theo didn’t flinch. His expression instantly flattened into an unreadable, icy mask, His hands coming to a perfect still rest against the mug..“Anna,” he said. His voice was low, devoid of warmth, and utterly steady. “What are you doing here?”“Charming as ever.” Anna cat-walked towards Theo, her heels clinking against the floorboards in a way that felt deliberately loud in the quiet of the café. She pecked him on the cheek, drew a chair, and sat beside him. “Is that how you greet someone who flew miles to come see you?”Theo stared at her, brows furrowed. “You didn’t answer the question.”Anna didn’t respond. Her gaze slid to Adalyn, taking in her apron and flour-stained arm. Then it flicked down to Daisy who was still coloring, oblivious to whatever drama was happening.Finally, Anna’s gaze returned to Theo.“Babe. I thought you’d be happy to see me, at least you’d