Lahat ng Kabanata ng The CEO’s Unwanted Wife: Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 66

RaineThe coin spun, glowing brighter with every turn as if it were drawing power from the raging storm outside. Lightning cracked the shattered window, casting lightning-shaped silhouettes across Roman's face. His eyes glowed with something less than human, cold as an animal on the point of pouncing."Pick it up," he commanded, his voice low and cutting, vibrating through the shattered air. "Do it now."I stood paralyzed. My frame trembled, my hand hovering over Cassian's chest. His skin was white as snow, his lips cyanotic. The machine wailed a rhythmic, unyielding flatline that shook to my very marrow.I wanted my entire soul to stretch out for that coin and grab it. To yell my need to the tempest and haul Cassian back, no matter the price.But Cassian's whisper remained, quiet but insistent. Don't flip it.Roman's boot scraped tile as he lunged forward. "Do you believe his ghost is noisier than mine? He's dead. That final breath was just nerves sparking. I can bring him back to yo

RaineThe coin burned in my palm.Not with flame, but with something colder—like frost clawing deep into my bone, leaving me hollow from the inside out. Every breath was harder to pull, my chest bound tighter, as if the flip had cut a piece of me out and replaced it with something sharp, alien, watching.Cassian's hand trembled in mine, his skin cool yet warm; I barely felt his pulse, but it was steady. Relief ought to have overwhelmed me, but it did not. Fear burrowed deeper, for I saw Roman's eyes slicing into me, savoring how my body betrayed the integrity of its own strength."You see?" Roman's voice dripped through the storm-lit room. "Already, it wears you down. Everyone wishes for a fracture. Every flip, an agreement you never signed for."Shut up," I spat, my voice trembling.Malik stepped forward, placing himself between me and Cassian, his posture bristling with suppressed violence. "What's the deal, Roman? What'd you do to her?"Roman's grin was toothy and cruel. "Nothing s

RaineBehind him, the flames roared, curling up the metal walls, swallowing the hall in blistering heat. Smoke churned through the broken ceiling as if it were a living thing, and out of the center of that inferno, Roman Creed stepped forward, untouched, unburned, and alive.My breath caught in my throat.Cassian's knees almost buckled."Brother."The word cracked through the air like a fault line splitting open. For a heartbeat, none of us moved. Even Malik lowered his gun, his eyes wide with a shock I'd never seen on him.Roman looked exactly like the ghost Cassian could never stop mourning. The same steel-gray eyes, the same sharp jaw, the same haunted presence, but there was something new, though something colder, something that didn't belong in the realm of the living.His voice was soft.“You look like you've seen the dead rise.”Cassian staggered forward, fingers trembling, chest heaving.“You're dead,” he whispered. “I buried you. I—”"Yeah," Roman said simply. "You did.The s