The Billionaire's Dangerous Obsession (Nivera) novel Chapter 76

Chapter 76

The ride home was quiet, but not unconsfortably so

Alejandro drove with one hand lazily curled around the wheel, veins tark against had all the time is the would

God, he looked unfaldly good like that

Nivera didn’t speak, but her gaze kept

golden borlight. The other arm draped across the doorlike ha

aning to the bruises. They were impossible to miss now, the fading sunlight painting each purpling fine in bold

By the time they pulled up in front of the mansion, the was already unfuckling.

“I’m going to get the first aid kit,” she said simply, stepping out before he could argue, especially as if he did argue with her, she wouldn’t

Alejandro blinked: “We’re still on that?”

“Yes” This was her simple answer as she got out of the car

She disappeared inside the house, her steps brisk and deliberato.

Alejandro stood by the car for a moment, running a hand down his face as a smile appeared on his face.

When he entered the living room, she was already waiting by the couch, the kit open beside her. She glanced at him, then patted the cushion beside

He raised an eyebrow, a smirk tugging at the edge of his lips. “You’re bossy,” he commented.

“Thank you, I learnt from you,” she countered, folding her arms.

With a low chuckle, he finally sat. “Give me your hand. He obeyed, wordless.

The room was warm and quiet, save

ve for th

the hum of the air conditioning and the distant chirp of birds outside.

She didn’t speak as she disinfected her hands, then pulled out the antiseptic and cotton pa

pads.

“This will sting” She pressed the pad to his knuckle without warning.

“You think I’m scared of Jesus Christ!” He hissed the moment the cold liquid touched his skin.

“Oh, please,” she said with a roll of her eyes. “I haven’t even started anything yet.”

“That hurt!”

“You

u punched a man. Multiple times. In the face. This is your reward,”

Alejandro scowled when he saw the slight smirk on the corner of her lips. “You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?”

She ignored him, dabbing gently but thoroughly at the raw skin across his knuckles. Her brows were furrowed in concentration, lips slightly parted.

Alejandro watched het–watched the way her lashes brushed against her cheeks, the way she bit her lip every time the cotton n caught on a rough patch of

skin.

He should’ve been annoyed. He hated being fussed over. But there was something oddly grounding about the whole thing. Her presence was steady, calming

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Chapter 76

“You always do this?” he asked suddenly.

She looked up, puzzled. “Do what?”

“Get this… intense. Over a few’scrapes.”

Her eyes narrowed. “ou call this a scrape? Alejandro, you probably fractured your knuckle.

“You should see the other guy,” he grinned.

“I don’t want to,” she muttered. “I can imagine what he looks like!

“This isn’t the first time you’ve gotten into a fight, is it?” Nivera asked, but it was more like a statement because they knew the answer to it.

“So?” He raised an eyebrow. “This isn’t the first, and it won’t be the last,”

“That’s not the point she muttered, grabbing a bondage and wrapping it carefully around his hand, “The point is, you act like your body’s

Indestructible. It’s not

Alejandro tilted his head, watching her fingers as they moved gently over his skin. “You’re worried about me.”

“Don’t push it.”

“You are.”

“I said, “Don’t push it.”

But her cheeks were tinged with faint pink, and she didn’t pull away.

She kept working, a little more carefully now, as if afraid she’d hurt him despite the annoyance in her tone.

Alejandro couldn’t stop staring. There was something different about her like t

When she wasn’t biting back or rolling her eyes or throwing sass like knives. When she was just… here. Quiet. Still, Present

He liked it too much.

“You’ve done this before, it was his turn to ask. The way she knew what to do while she was cleaning his wounds told him that it wasn’t the first time.

She blinked, “What?”

“You’re not clumsy. You’re careful and precise. You’ve done this before.”

Her hands paused. “Yeah. Once or

twice.

He waited, sensing more beneath her tone.

“My brother used to get into a lot of fights, and I used to clean up after him. As she spoke, he noticed the speck of sadness in her voice.

“You always clean up after the people who hurt you?” He asked, voice low

Nivera’s eyes snapped to his, something flickering there–irritation, maybe. Sadness.

She look

looked away. “Only when I care.”

Alejandro’s hand twitched beneath hers.

Silence stretched again.

Chapter 76

“You’re done,” she finally said, standing. Keep it wrapped, and don’t use it to punch anyone for at least three days.

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