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CHAPTER 35
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The Billionaire's Bride Hidden Identity CHAPTER 42
My phone vibrated and pulled my attention away from the report I was reviewing. I glanced at the screen, and my face lit up instantly. Mrs. Kingsley. I clicked the answer button"Good afternoon, Mom."Her warm laugh echoed through the speaker."There you are. I was beginning to think my daughter-in-law had forgotten about us."I smiled."I could never do that.""Oh? Then why has it been so long since you and Liam visited?"The smile on my face dropped. The past few weeks had been nothing but work, the Haven Resort project. As for Liam, I hoped things would get better between us everyday, and every morning, he reminded me how wrong I was."I have just been busy," I said softly."I know, sweetheart." Her voice turned gentle. "Your father has been asking about both of you. He complains everyday of how the house has become too quiet."I laughed softly as I pictured Mr. Kingsley trying to hide his feelings behind that serious face of his."So," Mrs. Kingsley continued, "I have called on h
The Billionaire's Bride Hidden Identity CHAPTER 41
SOPHIAI sat at the edge of the bed with heaviness settled deep in my chest. Queeneth's face refused to leave my mind. One moment she had been alive, and the next...she was dead. I tightened my fingers around the edge of the mattress until my knuckles turned white."Sophia?"Ryder's voice came from behind, but I didn't answer. I was so lost in thought. A few seconds later, I felt the bed dip beside me."Baby." He placed his hands gently on my shoulder before he brushed a strand of hair away from my forehead."I have been calling you.""I'm sorry." I lifted my eyes to meet him. "I didn't hear you."He studied me for another moment before asking softly. “What is the problem?”I forced a small smile."I am fine."He smiled back, "Ever since the news about Queeneth..." He hesitated. "You've been somewhere else."My throat tightened. I couldn't tell him why her death had broken me, and that every answer I had chased for weeks may have died with her. I couldn't, so I swallowed everything.
The Billionaire's Bride Hidden Identity CHAPTER 40
LIAM"We found something."Immediately, Collin walked into my office, and I saw his expression; I knew my instincts were right. Josh had ulterior motives. I mean, for a man to be so comfortable being around another man's wife, even with all the scandal… There was something wrong.I looked up slowly to meet Collin's gaze."What is it?"Collin remained standing. He didn't answer immediately. Instead, he opened the file and pushed several printed documents toward me.I lowered my eyes to the papers; everything looked ordinary at first, so I lifted my eyebrow to look at him."I started with the routine background check you requested," Collin said."So?" I flipped to the next page. Collin slid another sheet forward. "Keep going."I turned to another page, and the next before my fingers stopped. The timeline didn't make sense. For two years, there was no registered address, no tax records. I frowned and raised my head."What happened here?""That's exactly what caught my attention." Coll
The Billionaire's Bride Hidden Identity CHAPTER 39
I had lost count of how many times I told myself not to think about Liam.It was just a moment, one sentence, and a hand wrapped around mine in front of everyone. That was all; then why couldn't I stop replaying it in my mind?I stared at the report open on my desk, but the words refused to stay still. “Oh shit.” I scratched my scalp. I couldn't even remember what page I was on. I picked up the file and brought it closer to my face; unfortunately, Liam's voice re-echoed in my head.[Whoever has a problem with my wife...can leave my company.]“Oh please.” I slid from my chair. I could still hear his voice in my head like he was saying it in front of me.He didn't shout; he simply stood beside me, like there was no other choice. I rubbed my thumb gently across my palm, the same hand Liam had held in the cafeteria. A small smile escaped before I could stop it."What are you smiling about?"I jumped. Josh stood beside my desk with two paper cups of coffee. I didn't even hear him walk ov
The Billionaire's Bride Hidden Identity CHAPTER 38
JOSHTrust is something that is hard to earn and easy to lose.I watched Nora from across the conference table as she focused on the construction drawings spread between us. A loose strand of her dark hair slipped over her cheek and without thinking, she tucked it behind her ear and continued marking corrections with the tip of her pen.She wasn't pretending anymore. A few weeks ago, every conversation and smile was measured, but not anymore. Now she laughed, she argued over designs and interrupted me whenever she thought I was wrong.And that was exactly where I wanted her."Nora."She looked up immediately."Hmm?""You've been staring at that same drawing for almost five minutes."She blinked before looking back at the paper. "Oh..." She sighed and rubbed her forehead. "I'm sorry."For a few seconds, of us spoke, and and she went lost again. She wasn't looking at the drawing anymore, she was somewhere else, and without asking… I already knew where her thoughts had gone.Mr Kingsley
The Billionaire's Bride Hidden Identity CHAPTER 37
LIAMI couldn't concentrate, I couldn't. The files on my desk had remained on the same page for almost ten minutes, yet I hadn't read a single line.My mind kept going back to the cafeteria, to Nora, to the way everyone looked at her, and the way her fingers had trembled around her phone.I leaned back in my chair and ran my fingers through my hair. I wished I had gotten there earlier, she wouldn't have had to stand there alone while my employees tore her apart.****I was already preparing to go to the cafeteria when a sharp knock interrupted my thoughts, and the door opened before I even made an invitation.Vanessa walked closer until she was standing in front of my desk, her arms folded across her chest."You've been avoiding me."I didn't answer, I picked up the file in front of me and flipped to the next page.She laughed softly. "Is this the kind of girl you choose to build your feelings for?"My hand stopped moving, just for a second, before I turned to another page. Vanessa
The Billionaire's Bride Hidden Identity CHAPTER ONE
I checked my time for the fifth time in ten minutes. Five-thirty. I sighed lightly as I shut down my computer and leaned back in my chair. Around me buzzed with the usual late-afternoon activity, but my attention had been elsewhere all day. On my phone, on Ethan. One message that had changed everyt
The Billionaire's Bride Hidden Identity CHAPTER FIVE
For the first time since leaving Kingsley Holdings, I opened the email Liam's secretary had sent. I wasn't planning to accept the offer, I just wanted to see how ridiculous it was.The moment the contract loaded, my eyes nearly fell out of their sockets. I read the first page, then the second… I w
The Billionaire's Bride Hidden Identity CHAPTER FOUR
"Would you be willing to be my wife for one year?"For a moment, I was sure I had heard him wrong.I stared at Liam Kingsley, He stared right back calm, unbothered, as if he had just asked me to pass him a glass of water."Have you lost your mind?""No." His expression didn't change.I laughed, a s
The Billionaire's Bride Hidden Identity CHAPTER THREE
I stared at the text on my phone for what felt like the hundredth time.Mrs. Sophia: Nora, please come to my office.My thumb hovered over the screen for a while. I took a deep breath and stood up.The moment I did, the elevator doors opened and Elara stepped out. Her heels clicked against the floo
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