All Chapters of The Billionaire's Prey : Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

My breath hitched as the door clicked shut behind him. The room, dimly lit by a single lamp in the corner, suddenly felt smaller and suffocating . Elijah. His presence filled every inch of space, his height towered over my own small one, his eyes burning with something dark and unreadable. The silence stretched, thick with accusation.“Where were you about to run to again? China or maybe even Africa?” His voice was quiet. Way too calm. I felt the inevitable storm began to brew. A deceptive calm that made my pulse rise faster than if he had yelled“I—I heard something,” I said, my voice barely above a whisper. “I thought—”“Don’t lie to me, Astrid” His words cut through the thick air, sharp as a blade. He took a step closer. “You knew exactly what you were looking for.”I shook my head, the fear forcing me to take a step back “Wh_ what? What are you talking about? I swear I don't know any_”“Didn’t know what?” Elijah sneered. “That my mother is still alive? That I’ve been keeping her he

“You can't choose both. If you do, they both die,” the doctor exhaled heavily, fatigue written all over his face. “You have to save only one.”“You're supposed to be the best doctor in town!” Elijah growled at him. The doctor quickly moved back, scared the furious man in front of him might attack him.“There's nothing I can do. The drug had done too much irreversible damage before she was brought in. It's only a miracle that she's still breathing,” the doctor quickly said. “You came in almost too late.”The words hung in the air like a rope tied around his neck. ‘Too late’. He had been too late.She had been crying for his help, begging him to come save her, but he locked her voice away from his reach. His anger had pushed him to destroy almost two lives.What difference was he from her-the woman who had left his mother to die like a fowl, on the floor? He couldn't even protect his unborn child.His child__the one he had never really spared a thought to. He hadn't certainly accepted