Share

Chapter 59

Author: Quin Gee
last update publish date: 2026-05-20 20:02:29

ELYRA

My eyes remained on the man seated across me, trying to keep my cool despite how I felt about Radiel’s response to my gratitude. Last night, he seemed different—warmer, and even easier to talk to. But the man before me now looked exactly like the same cold, arrogant narcissist I had always known.

The difference between last night and now was so sharp it made my chest tighten.

Still, I forced myself to speak.

“About last night—”

“I suggest you don’t think about it.”

His voice cut through m
Continue to read this book for free
Scan code to download App
Locked Chapter

Latest chapter

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Rival   Chapter 90

    ELYRAI didn’t sleep properly that night.The night had dragged on in long, restless hours, and instead of lying in bed staring at the ceiling while my thoughts slowly drove me insane, I had buried myself in work—designs, sketches and unfinished projects I had abandoned for days.If my mind refused to rest, then at least my hands could stay busy.The glow of my laptop had become my company sometime after midnight, and I had barely realized how much time had gone as I sat there in front of the laptop.I remembered glancing at the clock at some point.Three-thirty.After that, exhaustion finally won.I barely managed four hours of sleep before my alarm exploded through the room like an angry warning. I jolted awake with a sharp inhale as the sound drilled into my skull.Groaning, I reached for my phone with heavy hands and shut it off.For a moment, I stayed there, face pressed into the pillow, eyes closed.Everything hurt.My shoulders felt stiff, my head heavy, and my body felt like I

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Rival   Chapter 89

    ELYRAI didn’t leave the studio until past midnight.By the time I finally shut my laptop and walked out of my office, the building had gone completely quiet. Everyone else had left hours ago. The hallway lights had dimmed automatically, casting long shadows against the walls as though the place itself had decided it was time to rest.But my mind had refused to rest.The entire evening had been swallowed by work, designs, and the heavy thoughts I kept trying to outrun.Unfortunately, none of it worked, because no matter how much I distracted myself, the memory of the man who had walked into my office earlier refused to leave my head.His face, his calm voice, the warning… they all stayed there like a stain I couldn’t scrub away.Outside, the night air hit me immediately as I stepped into the parking lot. The city had quieted down, though not completely. Somewhere in the distance, I could still hear the faint sound of moving traffic.I unlocked my car and slid inside, and I started the

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Rival   Chapter 88

    ELYRA.I woke up to the dull, miserable ache of someone who had fallen asleep in the worst possible position and somehow stayed there for a long period.My neck hurt, my shoulder hurt and my cheek…I slowly lifted my face from my laptop keyboard and winced.My cheek hurt too.I blinked several times, trying to clear the heaviness in my eyes while my brain slowly remembered where I was.I had dozed off while working on the desk after I had locked the bedroom last night. Wonderful.I squinted at my laptop screen and frowned.The letter G stretched endlessly across the document. Rows and rows of it.A horrifying amount of Gs.I stared at it for several seconds, then sighed.I rubbed my face and pressed my fingers on the backspace button, deleting what looked like several hundred accidental letters.The screen returned to normal.I leaned back slowly and rolled my neck.Crack.A painful but deeply satisfying sound.“Oh, that’s concerning,” I whispered.I closed my eyes for a second. This

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Rival   Chapter 87

    ELYRAI did not go to my room when I got back.I could not.The moment I stepped into the mansion, the silence hit me too hard, too suddenly, and something inside me refused to sit alone in a bedroom with my thoughts waiting like hungry animals.Instead, I walked straight to the kitchen.The lights were dim, soft enough to make everything feel strangely unreal. The polished counters reflected little streaks of gold from the overhead lamps, and the massive space felt emptier than usual.I moved toward the fridge without thinking, grabbed a bottle of water, and poured myself a glass. The sound of water hitting glass seemed louder than it should have been.Everything seemed louder in silence.I leaned against the counter and drank slowly.The mansion was quiet—too quiet—and I hated it.Because quiet meant my brain had permission to replay everything from the hospital on a loop, and unfortunately, my brain was taking that permission very seriously.I stared down at the glass in my hand, a

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Rival   Chapter 86

    NICKThe first thing I did after stepping out of that holding room was rub my wrists.The handcuffs had left angry red marks around them, and even though they had finally taken them off, I could still feel the uncomfortable pressure lingering there like a reminder of the humiliation I had just gone through.I hated every second of it—the cold walls, the suspicious looks, the way people whispered when they walked past my cell like I was already some criminal waiting to be sentenced.Me.Nick Carter.A man who had spent years building his reputation.And now, because of one ridiculous accusation, I had spent a day locked up in here like some common fraudster.Well, maybe I actually was, but what the hell.I stood in front of the officer handling my release papers while he flipped lazily through a folder, taking his sweet time like he had nowhere else to be.I was already irritated enough.“Are you done?” I asked sharply. “Or are you planning to keep me here longer for fun?”The officer

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Rival   Chapter 85

    ELYRAI gripped the steering wheel so tightly that my fingers hurt.This had to be a lie.It simply had to be.My mother’s voice still echoed inside my head, sharp and painful, refusing to leave me alone.“Your father’s condition wasn’t just bad luck.” she said. “He also had a hand in everything.”The words replayed over and over until they became unbearable.“No…” I whispered to myself, shaking my head as I sped through traffic. “No, that can’t be true.”But the worst part was not knowing. The worst part was the tiny voice inside me that had already begun to believe it.I felt sick. Ashamed. Angry.Mostly angry at myself.Because if my mother was right, then I had been living in the same house with the man connected to my father’s suffering.Sleeping under the same roof.Caring for him.And even currently, I was beginning to soften a bit for him, especially since he got into the accident.The thought made my stomach twist violently.I pressed harder on the accelerator.Cars honked as

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Rival   Chapter 71

    ELYRAI must have called him five times.No, six.By the seventh attempt, my hand was already shaking.“Come on, Radiel…” I muttered under my breath, pressing the phone harder to my ear as if that would somehow force the call to connect.But it didn’t.Instead, the same cold, lifeless response gree

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Rival   Chapter 70

    RADIELThe moment I heard the urgency in my employee's voice, I knew something had gone terribly wrong.He hadn’t even explained properly. All I had gotten was a rushed, tensed “Sir, you need to come down to the warehouse. Right now,” before the call ended.That alone was enough.I didn’t waste a s

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Rival   Chapter 69

    NICKI leaned back in my chair, slowly twirling a pen between my fingers, watching it spin while I smiled in satisfaction. Some things never changed. Even after all these months, getting under Elyra’s skin was still far too easy.I let out a quiet chuckle, shaking my head slightly.The office was

  • Claimed By My Ex’s Rival   Chapter 64

    ELYRAI could see the shock on Radiel’s face the moment the words left my lips.His expression froze completely, like someone had suddenly pressed pause on him. His brows drew together slowly, and his eyes searched my face as if he wasn’t sure he had heard me correctly.But honestly, I didn’t care.

More Chapters
Explore and read good novels for free
Free access to a vast number of good novels on GoodNovel app. Download the books you like and read anywhere & anytime.
Read books for free on the app
SCAN CODE TO READ ON APP
DMCA.com Protection Status