บททั้งหมดของ SOLD TO THE GANG LEADER : บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 30

Extended Scene – The Kidnapping

Rayna's POVHe was never supposed to fall in love.Not with her.Not with anyone.Hunter Rivers wasn’t made for softness. He was made for smoke, for thunder, for fire. And I—I was the one who stood beside him through every storm. Every deal, every betrayal, every gunshot. My blood spilled for him once. I still have the scar on my shoulder to prove it. He kissed it once, long before Adriana showed up and rewrote him.I remember the first time I saw him look at her like that. Not with lust. Not even with desire. With reverence. Like she was something holy in a world we both helped damn.It made me sick.Not because she was beautiful. She was. Not because she was fragile. That part I even understood. He’d always been drawn to things that needed protecting. What gutted me was the way he looked at her like she mattered more than everything we’d built together. Like she was his reason now. Not Deal Dynasty. Not revenge. Her.I gave him my loyalty. My body. My years.She gave him a glance and

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Chapter 20: Rescue and Rage

Adriana’s POVTwo days. Or at least I think it’s been two.The room they kept me in had no windows, just four gray walls and a flickering light overhead that buzzed like a dying insect. The cold concrete floor felt like ice through my thin dress, and the silence the terrifying, suffocating silence was broken only by the echo of distant footsteps or muffled voices beyond the door.I barely ate. A slice of bread. Half a bottle of water. I didn’t trust it, but I was too weak not to. Hunger clawed at me, but it was the fear that kept me curled up in the corner, knees drawn to my chest, shivering even though it wasn’t cold.Then she came in.Rayna.The woman who’d barely spoken to me at the wedding before I was taken. She had fire in her eyes now no, poison. She stood in the doorway, arms folded, hips cocked to one side like she owned me. Like this was her house. Her world.“You think you’re special?” she sneered, slamming the door behind her. “You think just because Hunter brought you aro

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Extended Scene – Rescue and Rage

Hunter’s POVI hadn’t slept in two days.Not a damn second.Our room was untouched, just the way she left it the book on her nightstand half-open, the perfume on the dresser barely moved. But the silence of her absence screamed louder than anything I’d ever heard.I stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows in my study, overlooking the city like a predator hunting in the dark. My fists clenched at my sides, phone pressed to my ear. “Did you get anything from the cameras?”My second-in-command, Luca, responded over the secure line. “We found a partial plate from the SUV that left the wedding. Ran it through every black-market registry. Rayna’s crew used a ghost vehicle, but they slipped.”“Where is it?” My voice was low, dangerous.“A warehouse. Outside the industrial zone, near the water. Remote as hell. We got it off a delivery drone feed—grainy, but she’s there, Hunter. Adriana’s there.”A muscle in my jaw twitched. “Get everyone. Now. I want that building surrounded in thirty.”Click.

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Chapter 21: His to Keep

Adriana’s POVThe first thing I felt was warmth.Not pain. Not fear. Just… warmth.For a moment, I thought I was dreaming. That somehow, I’d slipped into some kind of fantasy where sheets smelled clean, where air drifted through half-open windows, and where my body didn’t ache from cold concrete floors or rough hands.Then I blinked.The room came into focus—dimly lit, peaceful, familiar. My eyes adjusted slowly to the soft glow of the bedside lamp. Cream-colored walls. Tall windows. The faint scent of citrus and leather. I knew this room.Hunter’s room.My chest tightened.I tried to sit up but winced as a jolt of pain raced through my ribs. That’s when I noticed the IV drip, the bandages on my wrists, and the oversized hoodie wrapped around my frame like a cocoon. His hoodie.“Don’t,” came his voice—low, gentle.I turned my head.Hunter was sitting in the armchair near the foot of the bed. Elbows on his knees, hands clasped. His jaw was tight, his blueish-gray eyes dark with somethi

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Extended Scene – His to Keep (Adriana’s POV)

Adriana’s POVThe first thing I felt was the pounding in my head. It throbbed behind my eyes, like someone had taken a hammer to the inside of my skull. My body ached, my throat was dry, and for a moment, I didn’t even remember where I was.Then the memories hit me like a crashing tide Rayna’s voice, her hands, the cold floor, the gun pressed to my head.My eyes snapped open.I was in a room. A familiar one. Hunter’s room.The soft gray walls, the heavy black drapes, the faint scent of his cologne lingering in the sheets—everything around me screamed safety, and yet I felt like I was still shaking. My fingers gripped the blanket wrapped around me.“Miss Hayes,” a gentle voice called. I turned toward it slowly.Two maids stood in the doorway, both wearing the soft gray uniforms of the house staff. One of them, older and motherly, held a silver tray in her hands. On it sat a plate of steaming scrambled eggs, toasted bread, and slices of fresh fruit. The other, younger, had a clean set o

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Chapter 21 – Part Two

Reader Discretion Advised: This section includes sensual content intended for mature audiences (18+). It reflects a shift in power, trust, and healing between the characters. If you’re comfortable with these themes, continue. If not, feel free to skip ahead to the next chapter. (ADRIANA'S POV – EVENING) The house was quiet again. Still. After my parents left, the air had shifted, but not completely settled. I spent the next hour curled on the edge of the bed, fingers brushing the soft threads of the blanket, thoughts swirling in quiet chaos. I should’ve felt relief. Closure. But it wasn’t that simple. The sound of the front door opening echoed faintly through the halls. Then footsteps measured, deliberate. My heart tightened. He was back. A few moments later, the door creaked open. Hunter stepped in, his silhouette framed by the golden glow of the hallway lights. He looked… exhausted. His shoulders were stiff, jaw clenched, but his eyes those blueish-gray eyes softened the inst

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Chapter 22: A New Room, A New Start

Adriana’s POV – MorningThe morning sunlight poured gently through the heavy black curtains, cutting slivers of gold across the hardwood floor. I stirred beneath the soft gray sheets, blinking as the warmth of the room slowly anchored me back to reality. For a few seconds, I didn’t move. I just lay there, watching the light dance over the edge of the bed and listening to the silence.It felt… peaceful.Safe.Hunter’s scent lingered on the pillow beside me—sharp, masculine, and comforting. I rolled toward it, burying my face into the soft fabric, breathing him in. My body still ached faintly from the night before, but not in a painful way. It was a reminder. A quiet echo of every kiss, every touch, every whispered promise that we hadn’t dared say out loud.I stretched slowly, yawning, and that’s when I heard the door creak open.“Morning,” came his voice so deep, slightly raspy from sleep.I turned my head and found him leaning against the doorframe, arms crossed, a small smirk tugging

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Chapter 22 (Continued)

Continuation — Same Night, LaterI must have fallen asleep quickly, wrapped in the warmth of the blankets and Hunter’s arm draped securely over my waist.But sometime deep into the night, the dark changed.It wasn’t peaceful anymore.The air grew heavy. Suffocating.In my dream, I was back in that dim room. Rayna’s voice was like a needle in my ears, her nails dragging across my skin, cold hands gripping my face, forcing me to look at her. I couldn’t move. Couldn’t scream. Her words kept echoing.“You’ll never be more than property.”“He’ll never love you, not really.”I thrashed in the dream, gasping for air that wouldn’t come.And then suddenly, light.Warm hands. A voice. Steady, low, familiar.“Adriana. Adriana, wake up baby, you’re safe. You’re here. It’s me.”My eyes flew open.I sat up with a gasp, heart hammering in my chest, damp with sweat, chest tight as if I’d actually been held down. I blinked rapidly in the dark, disoriented, breath shaking.Hunter was already up, kneeli

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Chapter 23: A Growing Secret

Adriana’s POVThe house was quiet.Too quiet.I stood by the window, arms folded across my chest, watching the wind rustle the cream curtains Hunter had insisted on hanging just days ago. The memory of us painting this room together covered in laughter and speckled in paint felt distant now. A different time. A different girl.Because right now… I didn’t feel like the same Adriana.My body felt strange. Off. Heavy in places that hadn’t felt heavy before. My moods had shifted more than usual. And then, this morning when I went to shower and noticed the calendar beside the bathroom mirror I stopped cold.How long had it been?I counted the days on my fingers. Then again. And again. My hands began to tremble.No. No, it couldn’t be. Not now. Not here.But a whisper inside me a fear I didn’t want to name kept growing louder.I hadn’t had my period in weeks. Maybe longer.I pulled on a sweatshirt that wasn’t mine and paced the room, heart pounding so loudly I could hear it in my ears. Ther

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Chapter 24: Heartbeats and Confessions

(Adriana’s POV)It had been over a month since the clinic. Since the sound of two tiny heartbeats changed everything.I didn’t think things would shift so fast between us, but they did quietly, tenderly, like petals unfurling in spring after a brutal winter. And what surprised me most was that it didn’t feel like a sharp turn. It felt like a steady unraveling. Like Hunter had been holding back a part of himself for so long, and now… he was letting it in.Letting me in.Every day since the scan, he’d become more protective. Not just in the way he barked orders at his men or installed more security cameras. That wasn’t new. No, it was the softer things. The way he started waking up before me just to make sure I ate something. The way he studied the ingredients on labels before letting me touch anything. The way he snapped at one of the guards for opening a door too fast near me. The way he held my hand under the table during breakfast, thumb moving gently over my knuckles.Hunter Rivers

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