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She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 183 Helpful
(Piper)I was so sure Nathanial and Gloria were over once and for all after he stood her up the last time.She told him they should just be friends.She finally saw the truth.That he’d never put her on the pedestal she deserves.But here we are, a few weeks later, and she’s letting him off the hook again.Putting her heart on the line for another chance at happiness with my step-brother.Natasha pleaded his case and Gloria decided this wasn’t the same as Sonia’s contrived emergencies.Lily was sick. Natasha found out she was his sister.He could be forgiven for being overwhelmed by the enormity of the situation.Just this once.But it’s not just this once. It’s a pattern. And Gloria has to end this before he breaks her heart again.I’m at the dressing table in a silk robe and bare face because there’s nobody coming and nobody to perform for.The lipstick on the marble in front of me is a tube of the same shade of red I’ve been buying since I was twenty-two.Habit, not vanity.I pick
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 182 The Office Girlfriend
(Natasha)It feels good to be back at the office.Only four hours a day, but the change of scenery is a great distraction.I’m still avoiding Clarice and there’s nothing here that reminds me of her.Most of my other problems have shrunk markedly.Lily's panels are good.Chase and I are in a pretty good place.He actually sent a text about half an hour ago, saying he’s bringing me coffee.The friendship thing is going well for the most part.I still find myself wanting to jump his bones but I’ve been good about keeping my desire under control.I haven’t actually filed for divorce yet. But I will. Soon.The Bauer case is collapsing on a schedule Mason keeps refreshing me on by text.I barely had to do anything beyond supplying the proof that he’s the one who altered the numbers.He hasn’t made any recent attempts to contact me, which is great.I never liked him. It’s a relief to not have to see him anymore.I’m wearing shoes that aren’t sensible and make-up.It feels pretty damn good.A
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 181 The Eleventh Letter
(Clarice)There are eleven letters in front of me.I have laid them out in two neat rows on the kitchen table.The way I used to lay out invitations when I planned dinners for two hundred.Five on the left. Six on the right. Each one stopped at a different sentence.Letter one. Dear Natasha. I am writing to say what I should have said a long time —Letter two. Dear Natasha. There are a number of things I think you should hear from me rather than —Letter three. Natasha. Please.That one took me four hours.Letter four. Dear Natasha. Your father —Obviously I couldn’t use that one. Will isn’t to blame for any of this.Letter five was ready to go.I had it folded and in the envelope.I walked it to the box at the gate and stood with my hand on the slot for two minutes and brought it back inside.Letters six through ten are variations on more opening lines I can’t finish because there’s no good way to say what I need to say.Letter eleven is what I’m working on now.If by working I mean
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 180 The Drive Home
(Chase)Sunset Boulevard is empty at midnight in the way only LA can manage.I take the curves like I’m late for something.I remember the look the valet gave me as I handed him the fifty dollar tip.He gave me the keys with the look I'm used to seeing in a lot of people lately.The look that says he reads the wires too.My hands are at ten and two on the wheel.I realize I’m grinding my teeth and try to stop as the reel keeps running in my head.Julian at the bar next to Natasha.I don’t know what he said to her, but I saw the corner of her mouth lifting in the mirror.He’s trying to charm his way back into her good graces and it seems to be working.Why am I the only one being punished for keeping the secret?She’s reconnecting with Nathanial.She’s almost-smiling at Julian.Would she even be offering me her friendship if it wasn’t for Lily?That thought scares the hell out of me.So I go back to the reel in my head and remember the way Julian lifted his drink at me after she walked
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 179 The Step-Sister Bit
(Julian)The function is a fundraiser for the critically endangered Yangtze Finless Porpoise.Not being a well-known philanthropist, I’m assuming they left me off the list on purpose and my invitation didn’t get lost in the mail.I’m attending anyway.This is the first lovely thing about my evening.The second is that the man on the door is someone I know, and he waves me through without even bothering to check the list.I make a mental note to send him something nice.Maybe a good whiskey. A boy with that much discretion deserves a single malt.The third lovely thing is that I am, by my own quick reckoning of the room, the best-dressed man in it.Which is a low bar at a charity function but I never turn down a low bar.I consider going to the bar for a cocktail, but half the time the staff working these functions barely know how to do more than open a beer, or splash bourbon into a glass.No use wasting my time.I take a flute off a passing tray, hoping it’s the good stuff and not so
She Was Never Just the Billionaire’s Wife Chapter 178 Three Weeks
(Natasha)Three weeks since the transfusion.Lily is on the living room rug in a fresh onesie and the headband Liam sent her with a felt strawberry on it the size of her actual head.She’s sitting up against the boppy, drooling onto her own thumb, working out whether the wooden spoon Mason brought her last week is interesting or hostile.Spoon. Mouth. Pause. Spoon. Mouth. Pause.Cheeks pink. Eyes bright.Hemoglobin in the boring range James likes to see.I’ve stopped being actively hostile toward him, but I’m not quite ready to have him over for afternoon tea to try and mend bridges either.I’m at the dining table with my laptop open and a financial model I’ve neglected for too long.Mason has allowed me back at the office part-time for ten days.Only four hours a day, the rest still gets done from home.The Bauer file sits in a closed folder on my desktop.Mason has taken care of the brunt of it while I was focused on Lily and I’m very glad not to have heard from Jeffrey again.Clari
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 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
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.
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