Billionaire's Bounty Cost Of Love And Revenge novel Chapter 117

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Chapter 117

Chapter 117

Asher’s POV

Thopped into my car, slamming the door shut behind me. My phone was still pressed to my ear, my knuckles white from gripping it so fightly. “What do you want with my wife?” I yelled, my voice cracking under the weight of my anger. “Is it money? Name your price! Do you want shares? Inside information? Hell, take the whole company! Just give me back my wife!”

My mind was racing, guilt and anger twisting together in my chest. This was all because of me. My rivals in business, my mistakes, they’d dragged ivy into this mess. She didn’t deserve this. She didn’t deserve any of it.

“Oh, shut up!” Taylor’s voice snapped through the phone, sharp and clear, no voice concealer this time.

I froze, my breath catching in my throat. For a moment, I couldn’t speak, couldn’t react. I knew Taylor was capable of vile things, she’d drugged me, manipulated me, created those false images to ruin my life, but this? This was something else entirely.

“Shut up, Asher,” she repeated, her tone dripping with disdain. “You’re so boring. You talk about your wife all the damn time. It’s annoying to listen to you whine. What did she even do to you? She’s not the kind of person for you. You never struck me as the type to settle down so quickly.”

“Taylor…” I managed to choke out, my voice barely above a whisper.

“I’m tired of hiding, okay? I’m tired,” she continued, her words spilling out in a rush. “I don’t know how I got into this mess in the first place, but it’s happened. I don’t know what feeling is stronger–my burning hatred for Ivy or my stupid love for you!”

“You’re crazy!” I shouted, my voice trembling with a mix of rage and disbelief.

She cackled, the sound sharp and unhinged, and when she finally quieted down, her tone turned cold. “It was simple, really. I was just supposed to completely ruin Ivy’s life. Nothing more.”

“Why?” I demanded, my voice breaking. “Why would you do that?”

“Why not?” she shot back, her tone flippant. “Because I hate her! And no, this isn’t one of those cliché stories. I don’t have some elaborate background story to explain my hate for her. It’s not deep. I just don’t like her. I don’t like what she has, who she is, everything she is! I just hate her. I was supposed to ruin her life and go on my way, but then… I ended up falling for you.”

Her words hit me like a punch to the gut. I stared at the phone, my mind reeling. This wasn’t just about business or revenge. This was personal. This was

twisted.

“You’re insane,” I whispered, my voice shaking.

“Maybe,” she said, her tone eerily calm now. “But you’re the one who made me this way, Asher. You and your perfect little life with your perfect little wife. Well, guess what? Nothing’s perfect anymore.”

“T…Tay…Taylor.” I stuttered, my heart hammering in my chest. “What do you want?”

“I don’t know!” she yelled into the phone.

I was growing increasingly impatient. I took a deep breath to calm my fraying nerves. “What do you want, Taylor? Ivy…Ivy hasn’t done anything to you…”

“Well, you don’t know that!” she snapped.

I sighed and steadied my breathing. The last thing I wanted was for her to lose her cool. Ivy was still in her custody. I couldn’t bear it if anything happene to her. “I’ll pay you, Taylor. I’ll pay you anything to let her go, name your price…”

“I don’t need your money!” she said through clenched teeth. “I don’t need your money. I couldn’t possibly need it for anything.” She shot back at me, “What I want is you, what I’m trying to get is you,” her voice hardened, “I don’t want anything else, all I want is you!”

I was angry, my knuckles turning white as I gripped the steering wheel. “So how does that work, Taylor? I don’t even like you!” I yelled in anger.

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“Oh, I don’t know!” she cussed aloud. “You’re going to have to figure that one out yourself, genius. That’s not my problemi You’re going to have val between your love for her and her life! What is worth more to you? What is the most important? Do you want her alive or do you want to love the merce of her when she’s dead?”

My heart skipped a beat, my fingers clammy with sweat. My heart hammered in my chest just thinking about it. I couldn’t. I felt a sharp pain in my ches couldn’t think of it. The thought of a life without Ivy was unbearable. “Taylor, please…”

eave you ever loved anyone your whole life? Can you love? You’ll have

“Is your love for her equal to her life? Are you capable of loving someone, Asher?

to weigh it on a scale, her life and your love, what’s more important?”

“Taylor, stop talking crazy…”

“You have to make a decision, Asher…”

“Taylor,” I called out to her softly.

“If you do anything crazy, she’s going to be dead…”

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