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Billionaire Bride Twenty-three
I cried all day after I had hung up on Duncan. He had no idea who it was, because I got a new sim card, following Brenda's request for me to do so. I knew Duncan wanted sex all along, but I didn't give him that because I was not ready yet. Besides, grandma would murder me if she heard that I did so. So, I tried to be her good girl, which I am and tried not to do anything nasty with Duncan. Never in a million years did I think Duncan would ever cheat on me, despite us planning our wedding already.I sighed as I finally wiped the tears on my face and got up from my bed. I had wanted to go to Susie's room because I had not seen her since she left earlier. I wanted to tell her what I heard and how I felt, but I knew Susie. She would not take it lightly. If possible, she could fly back home just to confront Duncan. I was not ready to stand up to him yet, so I did not call him back. When I was ready and strong enough to, I would confront him and see whatever he would say to defend himself.
Billionaire Bride Twenty-four
Just by hearing her voice, I was already pissed. I did not have to turn to look at her before I knew it was her. She walked to my front with a mischievous smile plastered on her face."Hi, bride to be!" She said excitedly, which sounded more like she was mocking me. Why she was mocking me, I had no idea."Hi, Celine." I simply replied, although, everything on my mind was to scream at her to get out of my face, I knew I could not do that."Why are you here alone?" She asked a large grin seated on her face as she folded her arms. "Uh? Where's my Xavier?"I scoffed at what she just said. "Your Xavier? Really?" I asked and laughed immediately. By the way, her expression changed and she frowned at me. I could tell she was annoyed that I made a joke of her statement."Oh, because you have him now, you think you can do whatever? Look here," she said and walked two steps forward to my front. "Just like he left me, he will do the same to you soon. That is just how he is. He is not stagnant on
Billionaire Bride Twenty-five
"Your father came home.""My… what?!" I exclaimed. I was about to reply to her and ask further questions when a hand forcefully snatched the phone from my hand and switched it off immediately. I was too pissed to act as I just sat there staring at the devil that just did that. Xavier."Are you not time conscious or something? Because I told you to take your time, you want to spend the whole day here?" He asked, raising his voice a bit at me.I could take a lot of things, but one thing I would not take is someone shouting at me, especially when I had no fault whatsoever. "Don't raise your voice at me," I replied calmly, despite being annoyed. That was one of the many lessons I learned from my grandmother. When speaking with someone and the other party is angry, you don't have to also get angry. It would only cause disaster. Be the calm one when the other person is angry."And what if I do? What would you do? Beat me?" He retorted, his voice still laced with anger and still very loud."
Billionaire Bride Twenty-six
All through the rest of the day, all my mind went to was what my grandmother said when she had called me. She never really said anything about my father, so I assumed he was dead too. His coming back home was a whole lot of news and discovery, and it was a bit hard for me to take in.Why did he leave for so long and is just returning now? Does he have something he came for? I needed these answers, and the only way to get them is to call my grandmother back and ask her for the full details of what she was telling me."Grandma?" I said as soon as I called and she picked it up on the first ring."Hailey, why did you hang up on me the other time? I called back and it said your phone was switched off. You should have at least listened to whatever it was that I had to say." She scolded me over the phone.I wanted to immediately tell her that it was not me and it was Xavier who snatched the phone from me and switched it off, but I figured that it would only raise suspicions and she would wan
Billionaire Bride Twenty-seven
I was on my way to the sitting room since that was the only place I knew in this mansion of theirs, aside from my room, Susie's room, Xavier's room and the dining room. I have not even been to the kitchen before. Wow.I decided to go downstairs to watch a movie on the television since Brenda and Zach were not around. I could enjoy myself and breathe some fresh air, knowing fully well that nobody with a stinking attitude like Brenda's would come to frustrate me. But I had forgotten that Xavier was also like his mother, and he was at home.Getting to the sitting room, I met him on the sofa in the center of the large room, which was directly opposite the television. His eyes were fixed on his phone, yet, he had a movie showing on the television. Seeing that he was not watching the television, I walked into the sitting room, picked up the remote control beside him and changed the channel to a romance movie channel. Only then did he give his attention to me."Excuse me?" He said as he sat
Billionaire Bride Twenty-eight
"Xavier, what is this I hear about you bringing a woman here?" Zach asked Xavier as we all sat at the dining table awaiting dinner.Immediately Zach asked, Xavier's eyes drifted to me, but I acted like I didn't know he was staring at me. I had reported him to Zach when he returned home with Brenda. When I eventually looked at him, he glared at me, as if asking me what I had done."Xavier, I am speaking to you," Zach said again, his arms folded, his eyes fixed on Xavier."She's just a friend," Xavier said, which made Susie giggle. She was on her phone, but I could tell that she was laughing at the discussion we were holding. "What's funny?" He snapped at her."Was I laughing at you? Or why are you so disturbed?" She asked him and eyed him irritatedly. For someone that has had a crush on Xavier for a long time, I never believed that she could dislike him that early. These days, she hates to see him around or to see him close to her. Just the sight of him irked her."Country lady, I have
Billionaire Bride Twenty-nine
It was some minutes to 4 am, and I was laying on my bed, thinking of how my life has come to be. Today was the set to be the wedding, but I could not say for sure if I was ready for it or not. I had been so sleepless that I have been rolling on my bed since the night before.Ever since the argument with Grandma Maggie and I had asked her to leave the house, I had been feeling bad since. I believed she would not leave the house, and I hoped she did not. I only used that as a threat so she could tell my father to leave, but I hoped she got the cue.I sighed as my mind drifted to the fight I had with Susie the night before when she stormed into my room.Flashback."Dang!" Susie exclaimed as she hit her palm on my room door and it went ajar. I eyed her from my bed, giving her a face that was asking her what was the meaning of what she had just done. She walked further inside without closing the door behind her.Susie was fond of coming into my room and not closing the door, despite her me
Billionaire Bride Thirty
"Hello? Hello, lady? Are you okay?" I could hear the faint voices from my phone, coming from the guy from the other side of the phone. He must have heard me scream and was probably worried about me, but I was too shocked to pick up the phone and reply to him."Oh my God, oh my God," I kept on saying to myself as I recalled what the guy had just told me. Where was she traveling to that time of the night anyway? She was not actually leaving the house because I said she should, was she?My door went ajar and Susie and the lady maid rushed in, followed by Zach. As I turned on my bed to look at them, I wondered why they all came into my room without knocking. Only then did I recall how loud I had shouted some minutes back."What happened, ma'am?" The lady maid asked as she rushed to meet me. She was the first of them to speak."Why did you scream, Hailey? Is everything okay?" Zach followed, as he walked to the front of my bed, a look of sincere concern on his face.Susie on the other hand
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