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She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 201 Like Will Loved Clarice
(James)I knock at seven.Chase opens the door with a dish towel over his shoulder, which strikes me as distinctly out of character.He looks at me. I look at him.This is the first time we’re meeting in a social setting and neither of us appear to know how to act.I’d been surprised when he invited me, and more pleased than I’m going to admit out loud.“James. Come in. Thank you, that’s very kind."He takes the bottle of wine I brought and sets it on the counter without checking the label.He's a man trying to behave normally inside his own apartment and not quite managing it.I have a feeling he hasn’t had many people over here.Natasha and I have been spending quite a bit of time together, working at building a relationship, and she sometimes drops little crumbs about her… I’m not sure what to call him.Technically husband.They’re not estranged. They’re not divorced. But they’re also not together.I think she still loves him, and even if things don’t work out for them he’s Lily’s
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 200 The Spare Room
(Chase)I wake at six.For a second I don't know where I am.Then I remember.Spare room at Natasha's.The extra blanket she gave me last night pulled up to my chest the way I left it.The monitor on the dresser shows Lily on her back, awake.Hands in the air, batting at nothing.She's been up about a minute. Hasn't started fussing yet. That'll come in three.I lie still and listen for Natasha moving.Nothing.I count to thirty.Still nothing.I get up. In last night's clothes minus the jacket.I walk out in my socks. Don't want to wake her if she's actually asleep.Lily sees me come in and does the surprised face she does for everyone these mornings.Wide eyes, open mouth, full-body wriggle.Then she remembers she's annoyed about something and gives me the look that means, food, sir."Morning."I lift her out.She’s heavier this week than last.She’s heavier every week than last.It’s equal measures wonderful and frightening.Diaper change first which she barely tolerates, then we he
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 199 I Never Loved Her
(Chase)The wine I bring is a peace offering.I put it on the kitchen island like I'm handing in a permission slip.Don't offer to open it.Don't ask for a glass.Just set it down and leave my hand on it for a second longer than necessary."Lily asleep?""She went down an hour ago. What brings you here after her bedtime?"Should have known I’d be busted immediately.That’s what happens when you fall in love with a smart woman.I came over at ten on a Tuesday night and I don't have Lily until Friday.There's only one reason I'm here and we both know what it is.I sit on the stool across from her."You heard," she says."My grandfather called me Friday. I’ve known for a while.""And? Are you upset?"I grin."I’m upset that he still treats me like I’m twelve years old. I’m glad he gave you the shares. Even if I had been upset, he made it crystal clear I had no vote in the matter. Then he made me pay for his lunch as per usual, after lambasting the waiter about the inadequate soup selecti
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 198 Shares
(Natasha)Brenda calls me at half past nine on Wednesday morning and says Elias Warren would like me to come to his house this afternoon.Three o'clock.Just me."Could I ask what this is about?""I’m afraid he didn’t share that information with me."Poor Brenda. I wonder what it would be like to work so closely with Elias.I love him, but I’d throttle him before the first day is out."Did he say I had to come?""He said he hoped you would. I’m sure you know what that means."I sure do.I'm at his door at two fifty-five.The housekeeper lets me in.Chase and I weren’t regular visitors, but it’s not the first time I’ve been here either.Elias left the Warren Estate to Eleanor and his son after his wife died and moved to this considerably smaller mansion.She offers me a small, careful smile and points me toward the study at the end of a hallway I've never been down.He's already there.In a chair by the window, half a sandwich on a plate beside him. He looks up when I come in."Natasha
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 197 Compassion
(Julian)Sunday afternoon. Three o'clock.I have decided, with the kind of unilateral confidence I usually reserve for menu selections, that I’m going to check on Natasha.I don’t warn her.If I'd warned her she would have produced reasons for me not to come over.She’s a woman of many reasons.I’m a man who doesn’t produce unnecessary roadblocks for myself when I’ve decided a thing.I bring nothing.No flowers, no wine.After the previous arrangement I sent her, I suspect she may beat me savagely with any flowers I hand her.Wine is always nice for lubricating the situation, but it would have suggested I expected to be invited in long enough to drink it.I do expect that.I have, however, decided to not make that obvious and leave the decision to her.I wear charm like a coat I can take on and off.This afternoon it stays on the hook.I’m not here to flirt. I genuinely need to see that she’s okay.The townhouse looks mostly the same, bar for the new security cameras.I hate that she
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 196 The Snoop
(Natasha)Nathanial has been at my townhouse every day this week.Not in a casual brother way.In a "I am here to make sure my sister doesn't get kidnapped twice" way.He doesn't say it.He doesn't have to.Monday he showed up at six with takeout and a face like it was absolutely normal to check the locks on the way in.He did it twice. I watched him.Tuesday he came at five, carrying a state of the art security camera system that I was quite impressed he managed to install himself.Wednesday he was already in the kitchen when I got home, sitting at the island with Lily on his knee.He was going through quotes from security companies.Not just to install a brand new alarm system and some panic buttons.Patrol cars that drive by every hour, and optional night guard from seven pm to seven am daily.I can only picture Chase’s expression if I tell him some big, burly man will be spending every night with me.Nathanial had the quotes open on his laptop, doing a spreadsheet with side-by-sid
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 50 The Frames on the Wall
(Chase)Lily will not sleep.She was fine during the show, fine through the chaos of the evening, perfectly content while Mason was here and the room was full of noise and movement.The moment things quieted down she decided she had opinions about it.I walk her through the townhouse in slow loops,
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 40 You Were Mine First
(Natasha)The drawing room buzzes with the sound of Eleanor’s guests.The string quartet is playing a lively, hollow tune. But the social adrenaline is fading from my bloodstream.Chase hasn’t come back and I can only assume he’s spending the night with Sonia.I don’t know why I’m even allowing tha
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 23 The Resemblance
(Nathanial)Walking up the wide stone steps of the Warren estate, I keep a close eye on my sister.Sonia walks stiffly beside me, keeping her hands carefully folded over her perfectly flat stomach.She shivers, blaming the cold wind, but I know she’s anxious about seeing Chase and Natasha’s child.
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 18 The Successor
(Nathanial)Holding my phone to my ear, I stare out the large window of my office."Mother, you need to come to Los Angeles," I tell her firmly."Sonia is pregnant. She is very upset and needs you right now."A long, heavy silence fills the line."You know I can’t go to Los Angeles, Nathanial," my
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