Chapter 570 Chapter 570: Her smile grew wider. “And Ashton said the same p> My throat tightened with the urge to ask, did he? But I bit the question back. Instead, I said, “You’re using the company as leverage to threaten him now p> Lea lifted one shoulder. “It’s just

Chapter 569 Chapter 569: So I had let her go. Not because I wanted the breakup, but because she needed space to decide for herself. And I was confident. Mira might waver, but she would return. The answer would be yes. “If there is nothing further,” I said at last,

Chapter 568 Chapter 568: I let them talk. I had no intention of stopping them. Lea’s name surfaced more than once. They circled it like vultures, speculating on whether she had already made her move, wondering aloud how much their shares might fetch if the rumors proved true. I had

Chapter 567 Chapter 567: Just behind that door was the living room where he had first suggested the contract marriage, speaking with the calm certainty of a man who always got what he wanted. Had it really only been months ago? It felt like another lifetime. Now the flat would

Chapter 566 Chapter 566: A note at the bottom added, almost casually, that Ashton’s ex-girlfriend, a jewelry designer based partly in Paris, had been absent from public view, “perhaps laying down roots abroad p> That last line twisted like a knife. I forced myself to breathe. This was not the

Chapter 565 Chapter 565: But I was already lying. Because even as I hugged her again, even as I looked around the studio that once was my pride, my thoughts slipped away. The taxi slowed in front of Ashton’s house. My stomach flipped, as though the road itself had tilted.

Chapter 564 Chapter 564: The man in the seat beside me, a trim executive in a navy suit with a smile polished to boardroom standards, decided I looked like an easy target for conversation. “First time visiting Skyline?” he asked, with the kind of relentless cheerfulness that belonged to someone

Chapter 563 Chapter 563: “Thanks.” I picked up a slice and chewed, though it tasted like nothing. The bitter medicine had dulled my sense of flavor. “He was alone when he came to see you,” Yvaine added. “No woman with him.” I chewed slowly, lost in thought. “Want me to

Chapter 562 Chapter 562: I staggered, the gale from the rotor blades pressing down, but then I knew. They were coming closer. They weren’t leaving. The helicopter was touching down. “How is he p> Yvaine rolled her eyes as she peeled an apple with a knife. “Shouldn’t you be more

Chapter 561 Chapter 561: I forced myself to think back, and then it hit me. The afternoon we dove into the deep sea, after the tsunami, when we lost our torches. Ashton had used his bare hand to feel his way. That must have been it—torn open on coral. So