Chapter 305

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Julian’s POV

The cabin of the jet was a masterpiece of cold opulence, a sanctuary designed to insulate me from the realities of the outside world. It was a space defined by dark, bespoke Italian leather, polished mahogany that had been cured for decades, and the silent, terrifying efficiency of a Gulfstream G700 that cost more than most people would earn in ten lifetimes. It was an environment of absolute authority, where the laws of the outside world dissolved into the hum of twin Rolls-Royce engines.

I sat in the single leather armchair, a glass of 1982 Petrus in my hand, the crystal catching the amber-hued ambient lighting and casting deep, ruby shadows across the table. It was a vintage that most would hesitate to open, let alone consume while cruising at forty thousand feet. I did not hesitate. For me, wealth was not a currency; it was a tool, an instrument of absolute control that ensured every desire I possessed was met with immediate, seamless compliance.

Across from me, Katia stood near the window, her silhouette framed by the infinite, ink-black expanse of the sky. She hadn’t moved since we reached cruising altitude. She hadn’t touched the glass of wine I had poured for her, a gesture of defiance I found both tiresome and intensely stimulating.

“What are you doing, Julian?” she asked. Her voice was sharp, a jagged blade cutting through the velvet silence of the cabin. She turned to face me, her arms crossed tightly over her chest. “You walked into his suite, you took me in front of him, and now you’re flying me to the Maldives? Are you out of your mind? Do you have any idea how this looks? How this affects the firm? How this affects the optics of our business relationship p>

I didn’t answer. I took a slow sip of the wine, watching her over the rim of the glass. I let the silence stretch, letting her words hang in the air until they became heavy and until the lack of response began to erode her resolve. She was pacing now, a frantic, caged energy radiating off her frame, her movements restless and constrained by the pressurized walls of the jet.

“I am done,” she said, her voice rising, losing some of its carefully cultivated corporate composure. “We had our share. We had our time. That’s enough. I don’t want any of this with you anymore, no more midnight calls, no more games, no more secrets. It’s over. I have a life, and it does not involve being treated like a piece of luggage you can move at your whim p>

She stopped pacing and stood directly in front of me, her eyes flashing with a desperate, defiant fire. “And Aiden is coming home. He’s going to leave the Windsor estate, and he’s coming back to live with me. I am done with all of this. I am done with being a shadow in your world p>

I set the wine glass down. The sound of crystal hitting the table was final, like a gavel striking a bench. I looked at her, truly looked at her, noting the way her pulse jumped at the base of her throat, the way her chest rose and fell with each hurried, indignant breath.

I didn’t speak. I simply rose from the chair. I didn’t rush. I didn’t need to. I owned the space, I owned the aircraft, and I owned the woman standing before me. She didn’t retreat, though her breath hitched as I closed the distance between us. I stopped when I was looming over her, my shadow swallowing her completely, the scent of my cologne mingling with the floral, delicate perfume she wore—a scent I intended to replace with the mark of my own.

I reached out, my hands moving to cup her face. My thumbs pressed into the soft, trembling skin of her cheeks, forcing her to look up, forcing her to meet the dark, unyielding reality of my gaze. She tried to turn away, but I held her firm, my grip unshakeable.

“You think this is a game,” I said, my voice a low, vibrating growl that seemed to echo through the cabin. “You think you can dictate the terms of your existence while you are standing in my orbit. You think you can walk into a room with that man, let him touch you, let him call you ’wife’, and then return to me as if nothing happened p>

I didn’t give her time to breathe, to argue, or to find another way to push me away. I bent down and crashed my mouth onto hers. It wasn’t a kiss of affection; it was a conquest. It was brutal and demanding, a searing claim that tasted of desperation and absolute, iron-clad ownership.

I moved against her with the weight of my status, the weight of a man who never asked for permission, only expected submission. I kissed her until her resolve began to wilt, until the fight drained out of her, and she was forced to lean into me just to stay upright.

I broke the kiss, my breath ragged, my face inches from hers. Her lips were swollen, her eyes wide and glassy, reflecting the turbulent storm I had unleashed. She looked at me, caught in the gravity of my obsession, unable to move, unable to speak.

“It will do you good to stop talking and enjoy the ride,” I rasped, my voice a low, vibrating growl that shook the very foundation of her composure. “Unless you want me to teach you a lesson, right here. In the air. Surrounded by nothing but the clouds p>

I let the threat hang in the air, thick and suffocating. The sheer audacity of the thought of taking her while the world moved on below us, unaware of the drama unfolding within this private, luxury-lined tomb, was intoxicating.

“I can fuck you here,” I whispered, the words hitting her like a physical blow, “until I break that little cunt so Jude has nowhere else to fuck. I will strip away every illusion you have about your life being your own, and I will replace it with the knowledge that you are mine, body, soul, and spirit. Do you understand p>

Katia went perfectly still. The silence in the cabin was absolute, save for the rhythmic, distant roar of the jet turbines. She didn’t answer. She didn’t blink. She simply looked at me, her chest heaving, trapped in the silence of the cabin, the distance between us erased by the cold, violent truth of my desire. She was caught in the web of a man who possessed the world, and tonight, she was the only part of it that mattered.

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