Bound By A Broken Night novel Chapter 206

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Chapter 206

The room emptied one by one, the Petrov men filing out as if the theeting had simply paused, not ended. Even Zandrie was ushered along with them, teaying without protest.

The door closed. Silence settled again. This time, it felt different.

Cassie was left alone with Ashton. He didn’t move. Didn’t speak.

Across the table, their gazes met and held. Neither of them looked away, but whatever had filled the room earlier–tension, power, control-had shifted into something heavier. Quieter.

Personal.

“I left Bay City… because I was scared for Malakai Group.”

Her voice broke the silence, softer now, stripped of the control she had forced earlier.

Ashton didn’t interrupt.

“On the way here, I couldn’t stop thinking,” she continued, her breathing uneven.

“About what would happen if everything collapsed… the people who depend on me. The farmers. Their families.” She swallowed hard, steadying herself, but her voice still trembled.

“I kept imagining it-losing everything. Thousands of lives affected because of one mistake.” She shook her head slightly.

“I couldn’t sleep. Not even for a moment.”

Her eyes began to sting, the tears building faster than she could hold back.

“I was scared of what was waiting for me here. Of the people who run this place.” Her voice lowered, unsteady.

“Of them.” She drew in a shaky breath.

“I thought… I wouldn’t even get the chance to speak to CEO Wright. Even getting to him felt impossible.” A weak, broken laugh slipped out, turning into something closer to a sob.1

“I was already losing before I even arrived.” The tears fell then. Unrestrained.

The composure she had held onto all this time finally gave way.

Ashton moved immediately.

“Cassie…”

He crossed the space between them in seconds, dropping in front of her without hesitation. His hands steadied her before pulling her into him.

She didn’t resist.

Her shoulders shook as the sobs came harder, her hands gripping his shirt like it was the only thing keeping her grounded. Tears soaked through as she cried against him, everything she had held back spilling out all at once.

He didn’t stop her. Didn’t interrupt. He just held her.

After a while, when her breathing turned uneven and raw, she pushed against him suddenly, creating space between them.

“I hate you,” she said, her voice breaking as she glared at him, eyes red, face wet with tears.

“I hate you for scaring me like this. You are one of them and you did not tell me”

Chapter 206

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Her fists struck his chest-once, then again

Ashton didn’t stop her. He didn’t move at all.

more force than strength behind them. Anger, not control.

“I hate you for playing with my emotions.” she went on, her voice breaking between words.

“Are you satisfied now?” Another hit landed, weaker this time.

“You’re so cruel, Ashton Pierce.”

Her hands stayed pressed against him after that, no longer striking-just gripping his shirt as if she didn’t have the strength to pull away. Her breathing was uneven while Ashton quietly hold her.

Silence settled between them.

The room, once filled with voices and pressure, was now quiet-broken only by Cassie’s soft sobs and uneven breaths.

Ashton didn’t speak right away. He let her emotions settle just enough before he finally broke the silence.

“Six years ago… you were on your own, Cassie.”

His voice was low. Steady. Gentler than anything she had heard from him that night.

“Hurt. Betrayed. Broken.” He paused.

“You left Bay City with nothing.”

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