Chapter 68

**Chapter 68**

**Nathan’s POV**

The thought struck me like a frigid wave of ice, chilling me to the core.

Just two nights ago, I had stumbled upon the shocking revelation that Aria had a child. Yet, now, hearing another man assert his claim over her, declaring himself a father, something deep within me fractured.

My lips pressed into a grim, unyielding line. Beneath my skin, I could feel my wolf stirring, restless and simmering with fury.

“You’ve got some nerve,” I said, my voice dropping to a dangerously calm tone that was almost a whisper. “Fine. Thirty million dollars, one week. Not a cent less. If you fail, I assure you, I will make you pay in ways you could never begin to fathom.”

As I stood up slowly from my chair, the weight of my words hung in the air like a storm cloud.