Love Game With The Rebel Billionaire

Chapter 150: Until One Of Us Is Gone

"Can you leave for a moment? I want to be alone," I requested.

Mason nodded and walked out of the room.

Alone, I let myself be vulnerable, tears streaming down my face. I leaned back on the couch and covered my eyes with one arm.

My sobs echoed through the empty room. Just when I thought I could have a normal life and return to him, the world slammed me with the reality that we could never be together. He hates me, and I can't change that. Not when what he believes is true.

Should I explain what really happened that night?

"Right. I should," I told myself as I reached for my phone and called him. But a realization hit me, like a bucket of cold water pouring over me.

It shouldn't be Ash I called.

It was Azrael.

Unbeknownst to me, I was already dialing Azrael's number using the one he recently used to contact me, but he wasn't answering.

Instead of calling again, I texted him to meet me at dinnertime. I planned when and where we would meet.

I had no dirty tricks up my sleeve. Now that I knew it was Azrael I was up against, I realized I needed to be careful.

He's a Coleman, after all. He knows the ins and outs of the mafia, has countless connections, and I'm sure he has many cards left to play.

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Now, here I am at the restaurant. It's been ten minutes since I started waiting, but I trust my instincts. I know he'll show up.

ma'am," the waiter approached,

"I'll call you when I'm ready to order. I'm waiting

able to finish my sentence when

the chair in front of

didn't know what he did, I might've thought the real Ash

a smirk. "You

backhanded compliment, but he

he said smugly, touching his cheek. "And I badly missed how

his grin grew wider as

I make you feel a certain way? Like

words made me want

"I loved him because of who he was."

have Ash's face,

it was hard for me to tell them apart, but now, it's as easy as

can't be in love with him," he said pointedly once the waiter had left. "Ash is just my puppet. He's nothing but

eyes, raising an eyebrow in mock surprise. My lips parted slightly, and I caught

kind of man you want to be with? Someone who does nothing but

I welcomed his touch. "Don't you want to be a queen?" he asked, his tone encouraging. "That's what you deserve.

contain my reaction as I pulled my

widened, stunned by my words. Did he really think I'll fall for his tricks like what I did back

the power to rule," I explained. "And you're right-I am a queen.

he muttered and clenched

me, and now you want me to shut up?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. "That wasn't love. That was an

to add to his collection,

like him shouldn't exist. They'd do anything to get what they want, even if it meant stepping

how much I wanted you... yet you fucked with my cousin?" Azrael asked in disbelief. "You even had children with him. Just thinking about those fucking kids makes my blood boil." Hearing that nearly made me lose my composure. "Don't you dare lay a