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SCARLETFor a second I couldn’t speak. Julian stood in the doorway, rain still running off his coat onto the floorboard. His eyes were wild in a way I had never seen before; they were filled with something deeper than fury. Something that looked like it was entirely out of his control.“Why would you do something so stupid, Scarlet?” His voice cracked on my name. He crossed the room in three long strides and stopped in front of my chair, close enough that I had to tilt my head back to continue holding his gaze, close enough that I could smell the rain on him.“We had a deal,” he said. “Partners. If something happened, you tell me. You don’t just vanish into the dark and leave me chasing shadows for days on end, not even knowing if you’re alive or not.”Everything I had been trying to hold together for the last twenty hours broke at once. “I had no choice!” The words tore out of me harshly, my voice coming out louder than I meant it to. “Margaret called me from my father’s hospital
THE BILLIONAIRE'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE Chapter 38
SCARLETEverything that followed the call was blurry. All random, disjointed pieces that I couldn’t properly assemble in my head. The dread in my stomach had since morphed into a hollow void as the minutes slowly ticked by. My own voice sounded distant as I changed my father’s name over and over like a desperate mantra that might keep him alive. “Please, Dad. Just hold on.”Then a van pulled into the hospital parking lot. Six of Julian’s medical staff moved into the hospital room, and within seconds they took complete control of the situation. “We’re moving now!” The lead transport medic shouted over the roar of the rain.I ran alongside the stretcher as they wheeled him out into the vehicle. The rain smacked against my face, but I barely felt it. The only thing I cared about was my father’s limp body on the stretcher. Julian’s hand suddenly found mine right before we climbed into the ambulance. He squeezed softly, reassuring me of his presence. He didn’t let go of my hand the who
THE BILLIONAIRE'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE Chapter 37
JULIANThe elevator doors opened onto the garage, and Vivian was already there. She positioned herself right by my car, her arms crossed, like someone who thought she had the upper hand.“You’ve been ignoring my calls.” She pushed off the hood of the car as I approached. “That’s rude, Julian, even for you.”“Move away from my car.”“I heard the press conference is tomorrow morning. The one with Victoria Vance.” She said it so smoothly, like she was reminding me of a dinner reservation, not an ultimatum that had my place in the company hanging by a thread. “Have you come to your senses yet?”“Get out of my way, Vivian.” The only thing her words did was remind me of how much I needed to find Scarlet.Her eyes flicked to my injured hand, and she reached for it, but I pulled back. “Don’t you dare touch me.”She rolled her eyes. “You need a wife standing next to you tomorrow. Everyone knows.” She tilted her head, studying me, satisfaction evident across her features. “I’m right here. I’ve
THE BILLIONAIRE'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE Chapter 36
JULIANI hadn’t slept. It had been six hours since Scarlet vanished, and I hadn’t had even the tiniest wink of sleep. And now instead of a location from the intelligence team, I had a boardroom full of my father’s old allies and my mother, all watching and waiting to see me break.The conference room on the top floor was already full when I walked in, a dozen faces instantly turning towards me. On the left side, some representatives from Victoria’s company were seated, and on the right were the already existing board members.Eleanor sat at the far end in flawless white, her hands folded, like she hadn’t spent months trying to tear me apart in front of this very board.She looked up at me as I entered the room, her face holding a venomous smile that seemed to hold a promise of what was to come. Danger.“Julian,” she said softly, like she was some kind of doting mother when in reality she was a fucking snake. “Thank you for coming in on such short notice.”I’d had about enough of her
THE BILLIONAIRE'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE Chapter 35
SCARLETI rolled my suitcase out of the penthouse and dialed Margaret’s number, my fingers trembling so hard I nearly dropped the phone onto the ground. Margaret picked up on the second ring. “Where’s my father?” I asked immediately, not bothering with anything else.“Come to the house,” she said calmly. “We’ll talk there.”“Just tell me where he is, Margaret. I don’t have time for this.”“Come to the house, Scarlet.” “Why?”She didn’t answer but ended the call. I quickly called a cab and gave the driver Margaret’s address. I had no other choice but to face her in person.*****She opened the door before I’d even reached it, like she’d been watching me come.“There she is,” she said, her voice devoid of warmth.I pushed past her into the house without waiting to be invited. “Where is he?”“No hello for your mother?” She said, closing the door slowly behind her.“You’re not my mother.”“That’s a cruel thing to say to the woman who raised you.”“You didn’t raise me. My father did; yo
THE BILLIONAIRE'S REPLACEMENT BRIDE Chapter 34
JULIANThe silence that followed Vivian’s little proposition was thick enough to rattle a weaker man. She stood there in my living room, her chin tilted up, looking extremely proud of herself, thinking she had locked me in some kind of cage, but what she didn’t know was that I would find Scarlet, no matter what it cost me. I didn’t believe a single word that came out of her mouth about Scarlet.“I don’t think you heard me the first time,” I said, taking a slow step forward, my towering frame forcing her back. “Let me make this entirely clear to you, Vivian. You are not staying here. You are not stepping into her place. And you are never, under any circumstance, going to be my wife.”Vivian’s smug smile faltered for a brief moment, then her lips twisted into a bitter, resentful smile. “You’re throwing a tantrum, Julian,” she said, trying to match my indifferent stare. “You can play the stubborn billionaire all you want tonight, but we both know you’ll come to your senses before the
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SCARLETHe’s going to kill me.Those were the words that kept echoing through my mind as the car zoomed forward. Despite all the celebration and splendor, we had left the cathedral in Julian’s limousine. The metaphorical start to our new lives as newly-weds.Julian’s gaze was focused on the window.
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SCARLETOn the 5th of July, 2014, Scarlet Lawson died holding white roses.“Where is he?”The priest’s eyes held an impatience that didn’t mirror the calm words that had left him. I turned to the church doors, a part of me hoping he’d miraculously never come through. So that this whole charade woul
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SCARLET’S POVThe entire ride back to Manhattan was awkward but thankfully, rain started halfway through the drive, so I didn't need to say anything. I sat beside Julian with my hands folded tightly in my lap trying not to replay Eleanor’s final words over and over in my head.“Men like Julian Cro
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SCARLET“Ding, ding, ding,” The ringtone was alarming but I paid no attention to it since the call wasn't coming from my phone. I was heading to the dining area to be served breakfast but the mobile's ringtone kept picking my attention. “Ding, ding,” it didn't stop and by impulse I went back up th
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