The Billionaire's Forbidden Bride のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 10

Elena packed in silence.Two dresses.A pair of jeans.Her mother's old necklace.Nothing else.Every time she looked around her bedroom, she felt as if she were saying goodbye to a life she had never been ready to leave.Her hand rested briefly against her stomach.No one knew.Not her parents.Not Adrian.No one.“Elena!”Her father's voice came from downstairs.“We have to go.”She grabbed her bag and hurried down.Her mother was already waiting beside the front door, holding a small suitcase. Her younger brother stood beside her, confused and frightened.“Why are we leaving?” he asked.Daniel Bennett looked at his son.“Because we have to.”“But where are we going?”“Somewhere safe.”Elena looked at her father.“Did they give you a choice?”Daniel's expression hardened.“No.”That single word told her everything.They stepped outside.Their house looked strangely peaceful.The same flowers stood beside the walkway. The same curtains hung behind the windows.But Elena knew they wou

That night, Elena stood outside the house.The air was cold.She stared at the road.Something moved in the distance.A figure.She stepped backward.“Who's there?”No answer.The figure disappeared.Elena rushed inside and locked the door.Her father looked up.“What happened?”“I thought someone was outside.”Daniel stood immediately.He checked the windows.Nothing.“Maybe it was an animal.”Elena shook her head.“No.”She knew what she had seen.Someone was watching them.And she was beginning to believe the messages.The Blackwoods weren't the only people hiding something.Somewhere in the darkness, another secret was waiting.And Adrian was getting closer to finding it.Elena shook her head.“No.”She knew what she had seen.Someone was watching them.And she was beginning to believe the messages.The Blackwoods weren't the only people hiding something.Somewhere in the darkness, another secret was waiting.And Adrian was getting closer to finding it.Three days passed.Elena's

Adrian stared at Elena.He couldn't speak.His mind struggled to understand what he had just heard.A baby.His baby.For three weeks, he had believed Elena had stopped loving him.He had blamed himself.He had blamed his mother.He had searched for answers.And now he was standing in front of the woman he loved, discovering that she had been carrying his child all along.“You're pregnant?”Elena nodded.“How long have you known?”“Three weeks.”“And you never told me?”“I couldn't.”“Why?”She looked toward her parents.“Because your mother threatened my family.”Adrian's expression hardened.“My mother?”Elena nodded.“She showed me photographs of my family. She threatened my father's business. She told me to disappear.”Adrian turned toward the older couple.“Is this true?”Daniel looked away.“Yes.”Adrian's jaw tightened.“You knew?”“I found out after you left.”“You should have told me.”“I was trying to protect Elena.”Adrian looked back at Elena.“You thought I would let them

“Finally.”Charles Vale's voice was calm, almost polite.That frightened Elena more than if he had shouted.She stood frozen in the middle of the room, one hand instinctively resting against her stomach.Adrian moved immediately, placing himself between Elena and the stranger.“Who are you?”Charles smiled faintly.“You already know my name.”“I asked who you are.”Charles looked past Adrian and fixed his eyes on Elena.“I’m the man your family should have told you about years ago.”Elena's heart tightened.She turned toward her father.“Dad?”Daniel didn't answer.That silence was enough.Elena stared at him in disbelief.“You know him?”Daniel finally looked at Charles.“I know exactly who he is.”Charles gave a humorless laugh.“And yet you never told your daughter.”Adrian's expression hardened.“What does my family have to do with you?”Charles slowly walked toward the table and placed a thick brown folder on it.“Your family has everything to do with me.”Adrian didn't move.“Th

Adrian opened the door.Nobody was there.Only an envelope lay on the floor.He picked it up.“Don't touch that,” Charles warned.Adrian ignored him.He opened the envelope.Inside was a single photograph.A photograph of the Blackwood Corporation building.On the back was a handwritten message.THE FILE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WAS NEVER DESTROYED.Adrian's eyes narrowed.“What file?”Charles stared at the photograph.“The missing agreement.”Daniel suddenly sat down.Elena noticed.“You know something.”Daniel rubbed his forehead.“I've known about that file for years.”Adrian turned toward him.“Where is it?”“I don't know.”“You're lying again.”“I don't know where it is now.”“But you know what it contains.”Daniel hesitated.“Yes.”Elena stepped forward.“What does it contain?”Daniel looked at her.“The truth about the agreement between our families.”Charles crossed his arms.“And the reason Alexander Blackwood wanted everyone to forget it existed.”Adrian stared at Charles.“What