Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 1144

This was Overlord.

The one everyone feared. Cold-blooded, ruthless, the kind of super soldier even Death would think twice about crossing.

And right now, he was standing there, being hugged by a girl.

The guys trailing behind James stared, their eyes burning. Only they knew just how close this mission had come to disaster. If their captain hadn’t given them a shot at survival, if he hadn’t stormed that stronghold alone and taken out Black Mamba, they’d all be nothing but lost souls haunting the jungle. To be honest, their captain had almost… almost never made it back.

“Mrs. Nelson…”

Someone called out, voice thick with emotion.

James held Emmy in his arms, listening as she tried to muffle her sobs. His heart just crumbled. He swallowed hard, not caring at all about the mud or the sweat or the blood. He shoved his filthy helmet into the arms of a stunned logistics guy nearby, then wrapped Emmy up in a tight, desperate embrace.

A gasp rippled through the crowd.

For these tough border soldiers, seeing something like this was more shocking than anything they’d ever witnessed in combat. Sure, they’d heard rumors that James was married, but Dragonscale team secrets were top-level classified. Other than a few high-ups, no one actually knew who Mrs. Nelson was.

Of course, everyone had their own guesses. Some thought she was the daughter of a big-time officer, others figured she had to be some kind of legendary female instructor. But nobody pictured her like this—a girl who looked as delicate as a flower, but who’d charge right into the mud to wrap her arms around a battered hero.

The shock didn’t last long. Watching those two cling to each other, it just felt right. Like, who else could ever deserve this almost-mythical man but this brave, kind, beautiful woman?

Pretty soon, the silence broke with hushed whispers all around.

“Holy crap, that’s Mrs. Nelson? She’s gorgeous, like something out of a dream.”

“Well, yeah. Look who her husband is. You think James would settle for anything less?”

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