The Billionaire's Dangerous Obsession (Nivera) novel Chapter 14

Chapter 14

The door slammed in her face with a finality that made Mira’s jaw clench so tight it ached.

He had seriously shut the door in her face alter ignoring her question

“Bastardi” she hissed, her voice shaking with the lary bottled in her chest,

Her knuckles curled into tight fists as she stood there, motionless for a few seconds, the echo of the dose stiti ringing in her ears.

How dare hell

Nivera backed away, heart pounding with rage. The sheer helplessness she felt–it was suffocating. Too familiar.

She’d dawed her way out of this kind of prison once before, back when she lived under her family’s thumbs

Her father’s strict rules, her mother’s silence, the watchful eyes of the Elton name pressing down on her like a curse

Sho’d broken those chains

But this? Alejandro’s version was proving to be more sinister Slicker. The walls weren’t visible, but she could feel them closingin.

She didn’t care if it was a long shot–hell, she knew it was–but she had to at least try to get out. Anything was better than sitting around like a caged

animal.

With that thought in mind, she pulled open the front door and stepped out into the crisp night.

She barely took two steps further when she came to a dead halt as she noticed a man. Upon a closer look, she realized that it was a guard.

However, it wasn’t just any guard. He was a towering man with sharp eyes and a rifle strapped across his chest and he turned at the sound of the door and their eyes locked

Nivera’s breath caught in her throat. He didn’t move. But he didn’t need to

The message was clear in his eyes and it was telling her that he wasn’t going to let her go past him. She definitely didn’t see the guard when they arrived

at the mansion.

Did Alejandro put the guard to stop her from trying to run away!

Without thinking, Nivera spun on her heal and hurried back inside, slamming the door behind her with trembling hands.

As soon as she was sure that she was sale, she pressed a palm against her chest, feeling the frantic rhythm of her heartbeat beneath her ribs.

So that was a no. Leaving wasn’t just unlikely–it was impossible. Unless she had a death wish.

Walking back to the living room, she slumped into the couch with a huff and pulled out her phone

Blackscr

screen.

“No, no, no,” she muttered, jabbing the power button. Nothing.

It was dead. Of course it was, she didn’t charge if the night before.

“Great,” she snapped bitterly, tossing it beside her. “Just freaking perfect.

Now she had nothing. No way out, no distractions, not even a damn game to pass the time.

Having nothing else to do and not knowing when Alejandro would get back, she leaned back into the sata and shut her eyes.

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Just for a second. She muttered to herself. She wasn’t trying to sleep. She just needed…to breathe.

Her body, however, had other plans…

Minutes passed. Maybe more

Then–BANG!

The sound of the living room door slamming jolted her upright.

Her pulse skyrocketed as she scrambled pill the couch, expecting to see Alejandro and cure him out for…

It wasn’t him! The realization made Nivera pause in her steps.

The man who walked in however had the same sharp jawline, the same dark hair, blue eyes, the same dangerous confidence laced into ho gat

But it wasn’t Alejandro

His eyes widened the moment he spotted her, and he paused mid–step.

She knew who the was

was before he even spoke

“Who are you?” The man asked in a gold voice

Nivera blinked, throat tightening as she didn’t know what to say.

That voice. That face. The resemblance was uncanny.

He had to be Antonio. Alejandro’s cousin–or “brother” as everyone seemed to call him

They were born on the same day. The resemblance, the bond… it fooled people all the time into thinking that they were twins

And standing in front of him now, she understood why

He had asked a question but she didn’t know how to answer

What was the supposed to say?

“Hi, I’m the woman who stabbed your cousin in the neck. Or maybe the one he’s holding hostage out of spite

Yeah, that would do nothing more than get on his bad side as there was one thing she learnt was that while the brothers fought when they were together, they didn’t play when it came to having each other’s back.

“Tm… Nivers,” she said, forcing her voice to stay calm w

Antonio tilted his head. “Okay. What are you doing here?”

I’m here because your insane brother has decided to ruin my life!”

That’s what she wanted to say

But she couldn’t risk it. One Garcia was enough. Two That might actually kill her.

“don’t think I can explain it in away that you understand. Maybe… maybe wait for Alejandro to come back and let him tell you?”

It was the safest thing she could come up with.

Antonio stared at her, suspicion clear in his eyes

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Her stomach betrayed

Why did her stomach

stay her everytina

“Morry,” she muttered

in’s brow rose in amusement and the thought he was going to sold day, “Come (at’s put you something is aut

That shocked her mot

her mote thar

ingalia had that day Why

sy was ha atting so nice?

She stared at him. Was this a tock? Some Garcia game of good.cop.hadoop?

“No, I’m fine,” she said quickly “Really”

“You’re dearl

Antonio said. He didn’t ask agën. He just tumed and star

wking

Nivera beutated, her feet rooted to the floor, Alejandro had refused her food. Hell, he’d all but threatened

But the way Antonia looked at her–calm, firm–told her there wouldn’t be a second

So the followed

The dining table was already set. Antonio poured himself a glass of wine and g

“Serve yourself and eat.”

gured to the food

She nodded and sat down, wary and stiff. The silence stretched between them like glass as he observed her

Finally, the picked up the cutlery and served herself after which she took a c

Sho hadn’t realized how hungry the was until the first taste hit her tongue

Still, she didn’t let her guard down

“You know the food isn’t poisoned right?” She heard him say her minutes passed and when the locked down, she realized that she saw the

had made with her plate

“Yes I know,” she answered.

Then you should eat especially as you’re starving.” Antonio said and Nivera wondered for the umpteenth time what Antonio’s game plan wa

According to the reports, he wasn’t a nice person and she highly doubted he has a case like Alejandro’s, hard outside but really a nice person

No that couldn’t be it.

Nivera’s spine straightened when she heard footsteps. She didn’t need to look. She knew it was Alejandro

the mom, the tension thickening

She could feel the shift in the ro

A few minutes later, he came into view and his eyes fell on her

There you are. About time.” She heard Antony say to him

Alejandro didn’t look happy to see his cousin as his eyes flickered to the after which they landed on Antonio once again

“What are you doing here?” he asked, voice low. Yes, he definitely wasn’t happy to see Antonio, she concluded.

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“You weren’t answering your phone, I figured I’d stop by. And when I got here, the was alone, looking like a hostage I had to offer her something to drink before she chewed through the furniture”.

Wit what?! Nivera asked as she turned to glare at Antonio. Finally, his true face was gradually beginning to show “I wasn’t going to chew anything,”

responded.