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Chapter 91: Heir Betrayal
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2026-07-23 06:53:03
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Baited By My Cruel Stepbrother Chapter 110: Contract Issued
The warning from Torres hung in the dark alley like smoke. A new contract had been issued and it named the cabin. Jax already had the phone to his ear calling Diego before they reached the car. Elara kept pace beside him ignoring the sharp pull in her side. Kai and Cole followed close. The night air felt colder now that they knew the next strike was already aimed at the people they left behind.Diego answered on the second ring. “We’re moving,” Jax said. “Get Lila and Sarah out of the cabin now. Contract is live.”They drove hard toward the hills. Jax kept one hand on the wheel and the other on Elara’s knee. The heat of his palm stayed constant even as the speed climbed. She covered his hand with hers and felt the same steady fire that always lived between them. Behind them Kai monitored every open channel he could reach. Cole watched the side mirrors for tails.No one spoke for several miles. The road climbed into the darker stretches of the hills. Elara’s wound ached with every turn
Baited By My Cruel Stepbrother Chapter 109: Both Sides
The live feed on Kai’s laptop froze the room. Torres sat at a plain wooden table across from two men whose faces matched the files they had taken from the warehouse. One of them poured whiskey. Torres accepted the glass without hesitation. Jax’s hand tightened on Elara’s shoulder as they watched. The detective they had started to trust was drinking with the enemy.Elara felt the shift in the air. Every alliance they had built felt thinner now. Jax’s body stayed close to hers the heat of him steady against her side.Kai replayed the short clip twice more. The timestamp showed it was happening in real time from a location across the city. Cole leaned in and named the two men. “Old money movers for the aunt. They handle the last of the offshore transfers.”Diego paced the small cabin kitchen. “We can’t trust anything Torres has told us. The statements. The protection. All of it could be theater.”Lila sat with Sarah near the window her face tight. Elara stayed quiet for a moment processi
Baited By My Cruel Stepbrother Chapter 108: Dark Location
The news that one of the aunt’s locations had gone dark settled over the cabin like a fresh weight. Kai kept refreshing the traffic camera feeds while Cole stood over the map with his arms crossed. Something important was leaving that site under the cover of night and none of them knew what it was yet. Jax stayed close to Elara on the worn couch. His hand rested on her thigh the heat of his palm steady and familiar.“We go now,” Jax said. “Before whatever they are moving disappears for good.”Elara nodded. The pull of her stitches reminded her she was still healing but she refused to stay behind.They split into two groups. Diego took Lila and Sarah to a secondary backup spot farther into the hills. Jax drove with Elara Cole and Kai toward the dark location Cole had marked. The site sat on the edge of an old industrial park outside the city limits. Rows of low warehouses stretched under sparse security lights.Jax parked a quarter mile away under a stand of trees. He turned to Elara i
Baited By My Cruel Stepbrother Chapter 107: Unknown Shot
The single shot cracked through the clearing and echoed off the dry hills. Everyone froze. Jax kept Elara pressed to the floor of the car with one arm while his other hand held the gun steady through the open window. The three hunters from the dark vehicle spun toward the tree line in confusion. No one moved for three full heartbeats.Then one of the hunters dropped to his knees clutching his shoulder. Blood darkened his sleeve under the moonlight. The shot had come from the trees and it had chosen a target.Jax used the chaos. He shoved the car door open and pulled Elara out on the far side keeping the vehicle between them and the hunters. Kai scrambled after them. They crouched low in the dry grass. Elara’s wound burned with every breath but she stayed quiet and ready. Jax’s body shielded hers completely. The heat of him soaked through her clothes even in the middle of the standoff.A voice called from the trees. Male. Calm. “Walk away. This is not your fight tonight.”The remaining
Baited By My Cruel Stepbrother Chapter 106: Locked On
The headlights stayed steady in the rearview mirror for three full miles. Jax kept the speed just under the limit so they would not draw police attention. Elara sat beside him watching the lights through the side mirror. Her wound ached with every shift of the car but she kept her breathing even. Kai worked the phone in the back seat trying to identify the vehicle behind them.“Still no plates that match anything clean,” Kai said. “They’re using a burner car.”Jax’s hand left the wheel long enough to rest on Elara’s thigh. The heat of his palm cut through the tension. She covered his hand with hers and squeezed once.Diego’s voice came through the secure line on Kai’s phone. “We’re clear on our end. No tail. Heading to the backup spot. You?”“Still got company,” Jax answered. “Stay dark. We’ll lose them and meet later.”He ended the call and took the next exit without signaling. The headlights followed. Elara felt the familiar rise of fear mixed with the steady burn that always lived
Baited By My Cruel Stepbrother Chapter 105: Next Target
The message on Rina’s phone turned the apartment air cold. Jax read it twice before handing the device to Diego. Lila’s name sat clear in the text along with a time and a location that matched the bookstore below them. Someone still loyal to the aunt had already chosen the next move. Elara pushed herself upright on the bed ignoring the sharp pull in her side.“We get her out of here now,” she said.Jax nodded once. His hand stayed on her knee steady and warm. The heat of his touch cut through the rising fear. Outside the windows the city kept moving like nothing had changed.Lila sat on the living room couch with Sarah when they told her. Her face went white then hard. “I already put my family at risk once. I won’t do it again.”Diego locked the front door and checked the street. Kai packed the laptops in under a minute. Jax helped Elara stand. She moved slower than she wanted but she refused the wheelchair they had taken from the hospital. Every step sent a dull ache through her side
Baited By My Cruel Stepbrother Chapter 5: Malibu Escape
The stolen Honda rattled down the Pacific Coast Highway as the sun dipped low, painting the ocean in streaks of fiery orange and deep purple. Elara gripped the door handle, her stomach twisting with every curve in the road. They had left the motel before dawn, Jax insisting they couldn’t stay in on
Baited By My Cruel Stepbrother Chapter 4: Motel Heat Rising
Rain hammered the thin motel roof like it wanted to drown the whole world. Elara sat cross legged on the edge of the bed, staring at the greasy Chinese takeout containers between them. The black envelope from the funeral still burned in her mind. That photo of her sleeping in Jax’s arms felt more v
Baited By My Cruel Stepbrother Chapter 3: Funeral Flames
The sun beat down mercilessly on the manicured lawns of the Beverly Hills cemetery, turning the black dresses and suits into ovens. Elara Voss stood beside the twin caskets, her legs threatening to give out beneath her. The air smelled of fresh flowers and expensive perfume, but underneath it all l
Baited By My Cruel Stepbrother Chapter 2: One Bed in the Shadows
The motel room smelled like old cigarettes and damp carpet, the kind of place Elara Voss had only seen in movies about people running from their lives. Jax locked the door and shoved a rickety wooden chair under the handle with a sharp scrape. He pulled the thin curtains tight, blocking out the fli
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