All Chapters of Forbidden Obsession Married By Contract To His Uncle : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

A Place to Lean On The days at Castello Mansion returned to their familiar rhythm. Orderly. Peaceful. And strangely foreign to Aixa. Valeria was still staying at the mansion. Her presence never truly caused any trouble. She was always friendly and knew her boundaries. Yet that was exactly what made it harder for Aixa to breathe. She had no reason to hate Valeria. She could not be angry with Fernando, and she could not ignore the small feeling that kept growing inside her, the feeling that she did not belong there. That morning, after breakfast with the Castello family, Aixa decided to go to the back garden. She needed time alone. She needed a place away from Mrs. Sovia's hopeful gaze. Away from Fernando's restrained concern, and away from the perfect image that always seemed attached to Valeria. Aixa sat on the wooden bench near the rose garden, staring blankly at the small pond before her. "You look like you're carrying the weight of the entire world." The voice made Aixa tur

Family Dinner Fernando barely slept that night. Aixa's words on the balcony kept echoing in his mind. *I only want to be treated like a human being.* The sentence sounded simple. Yet for the first time, Fernando questioned the way he had treated the woman who now carried his name. Morning turned into afternoon, then night arrived with the Castello family dinner that had been scheduled long ago. Without realizing it, Fernando was about to witness something he had spent a long time trying to ignore. That evening, the Castello Mansion was filled with members of the extended family. The main dining hall, usually grand and imposing, felt more vibrant than usual. Conversations overlapped from every corner of the room. Servants moved swiftly, serving one course after another. Aixa stood before the mirror in her bedroom. The dark green gown she wore looked simple compared to the extravagant jewelry usually worn by the women of the Castello family. She adjusted the cuff of her slee

A Fragile HeartSeveral days after their brief conversation outside the bedroom door, nothing had truly changed.Fernando remained consumed by work.Aixa continued playing the role of the perfect contract wife.Yet quietly, something had begun to shift between them.Not toward closeness.Quite the opposite.The silence that had once come and gone now slowly became part of their everyday lives.Without anyone realizing it, Aixa's heart was running out of strength to keep hoping.In the days following the family dinner, Aixa retreated even deeper into the solitude she had created for herself.She maintained her routine as usual.Breakfast with the Castello family.Attending the medical appointments Elena had arranged.Occasionally sharing afternoon tea with Mrs. Sovia.Answering the servants' questions with a polite smile.Nothing had changed.At least, not on the surface.Inside, however, Aixa felt herself growing more exhausted.Like someone swimming endlessly without ever finding the

You're Controlling My LifeWhen Aixa arrived at the bookstore downtown, a place that was usually peaceful, she tried her best to ignore the presence of the two broad-shouldered bodyguards standing a short distance away. It was a futile effort. Every time she walked down the aisles between the towering wooden bookshelves, two sharp pairs of eyes followed her every movement with unwavering discipline, like dark shadows that refused to leave her side.The bookstore, once her favorite refuge, suddenly felt suffocating. Several customers browsing nearby stole curious glances in her direction, whispering quietly to one another. The sight of two men in black suits inside a bookstore was impossible to overlook.Aixa tightened her grip on the book in her hands, an old novel with a worn cover whose title she hadn't even had the chance to read. Her knuckles turned white. That familiar sense of discomfort returned, creeping up from the depths of her heart and tightening around her chest until it

Cracks Beneath the SurfaceThe night wind slipped through the gaps in the balcony railing, its chill biting deeper into the skin. Yet the atmosphere between them had frozen into a different kind of silence. Beneath the pale, icy glow of the moon, the pride that had always armored Fernando seemed to dissolve into the night, leaving only an unbearable emptiness between them."I don't know how to do it the right way," Fernando said quietly.His voice, usually deep, commanding, and impossible to challenge, was now barely more than a whisper, almost swallowed by the wind rustling through the garden leaves. There was a note of surrender in it, something so unfamiliar that he had never shown it to anyone in his entire life.Aixa looked stunned.The sobs that had been shaking her slender shoulders suddenly stopped. Slowly, she lifted her head and stared at the man standing before her. Though he remained upright and composed, there was an unmistakable fragility about him.In the dim moonlight,