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The billionaire's unexpected heir

Chapter 4Ā 4

Word Count: 986 Ā Ā Ā |Ā Ā Ā  Released on: 10/02/2025

trembling fingers, landing on

who knows how dangerous E

her chest like a noose. Every breath felt

w did they know about h

s watching her, his piercing b

ut his tone carried an edge of suspic

he calls, would she be playing into some dangerous game? If she did

she forced herself to

nd his expression darken

frame exuding an almost suffocating presence.

dn't let him see her fear, couldn't give him the upper hand. "Becaus

hardened. "

ging into her palms. "You don't g

ross his face-guilt, regret-but it d

aid firmly. "And I'm

and stable life, free of complications. But now, Ethan-powerful, unp

e was warning her to

he gnawing question i

han Blackw

y ā€“ A Shock

the feeling that sh

fee shop, nursing a lukewarm cup of tea. Her phone sat on the ta

again that morning. No voice

ow lurking over her

the screen as she hesitat

browser tab and typed in the n

Blac

d, and the first few lin

kwell Industries. Billionaire.

eir perfection: Ethan in expensive suits, standing bes

he had been avoiding? The man who now w

d, one headline ma

in Mysterious Disappearance

link, her heart pounding. Af

named Nicholas Hayes. Hayes had been Ethan's partner in a lucrative real estate deal that went sour.

Et

the incident, issuing a curt statement th

, her mind racing. Was this what the anonymous

browser tab, he

to find

that haunted he

an had she let

Warning Etha

ackwell Industries' towering headquarters. The sleek interior of

d back at him like a wa

ave Mia alone. You

n the phone, his knu

l was playi

es. The first one had come the night before,

u should have stay

nty of enemies over the years-men and women who resented

't about

as per

gain, pulling him

you can hide your past? Sh

enched as he r

bout one thing. M

ommitted-they were always waiting just b

en she

d sh

she ha

another casualty i

ady himself. He couldn't afford to

control of the

didn't, some

become pawns in a game they didn

ere was onl

to prot

ing parts of himself he

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