Lahat ng Kabanata ng A Deal With The Billionaire: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Anna:“I am on my way, don’t panic. Okay?” Clara is the type of woman who won’t ask what happened over the phone. My hands are still trembling as I drop my now bloodied phone into my pocket, I can’t risk getting a stain of blood anywhere.I look at Kevin’s bloodied body on the floor and grimace, thinking how Clara will react, I shouldn’t worry, she’s dumb. Easy to fool. The rain is splashing outside more heavily now, the rumble of a thunder resounding nearby.It doesn’t take twenty minutes before I hear the pulling up of a car, rushing towards the window, I pull open the curtains and through the hazy rain, I see Clara paying the Uber driver, wearing nothing but a faint shirt now soaked with rain water. Poor girl had to rush all the way here without even thinking.The doorbell rings.“Clara!” My voice is laced with panic as I fling open the door, Clara looks me up and down, it did not occur to me how Clara might react seeing my body filled with Kevin’s blood, the confusion in her bright

Devon:My twin brother, the one I haven’t seen for many years, is seated right across Arya with that mischievous glint in his eyes. My blood boils and anger blurs through my eyes. Just seeing him has brought out many emotions that I try to keep hidden.I keep my face blank, not letting the rage take control. I have to be in control. I glance at the necklace around his neck, the word ‘Liam’ shining against the light, our mother gave us that on our ten years birthday, it’s so hard to put it on, which is why it’s buried deep in my bedside drawer in my bedroom, I can’t even bring myself to look at it.Yet, here is he, wearing it ever so proudly.Before, they can react. I turn and begin walking out of the room, not even sparing anyone a backward glance, I ignore every eye on me, they can take photos for all I care, they can paint me horribly and call me names in the media, but right now, I just want to get out of here.Arya races behind me, “Devon, wait!” I reach outside, my hands tremblin

Clara:I can barely sleep, no amount of pills has changed the fact that I am covering up a lie.To everyone, Kevin Lere is alive, an alcoholic, but is going through rehab but only Anna and I know that Kevin isn’t alive, and his body may or may not be buried where I don’t know.Aside from the day I received Anna’s text, I haven’t seen her, she texts me occasionally about our normal stuff, as if nothing happened. Yesterday, I was scared to my bones when I was out shopping and one of my classmates approached me, with a sad smile, asking about Kevin.I panicked, I wanted to open my mouth and tell her right there that Kevin wasn’t in rehab, he was dead, I could almost imagine the look of horror on her face, concentrating on work has been much harder, I go in very early and leave very late.“Clara, are you even listening to any word I said?” Chloe asks me, masking her frown with a hard smile; I know she’s annoyed since I haven’t really been paying attention. It’s one of those days we meet up

Arya:Devon’s looking at me with those sharp emerald eyes of his, I can barely concentrate because his cologne is suffocating me, not in a bad way, in a I want to lean closer and smell it way.I can’t seem to get his words out of my head. He wants more; he wants us, oh gosh. To be honest, the date with Jim was a disaster, he’s a pretty nice guy and any woman will be lucky to have him, but as I watched him smile tonight, I imagined it was Devon smiling at me like that, or when he tried to tuck a strand of hair behind my ears, I imagined Devon reaching out.The whole evening was frustrating and which was why when Jim asked if we were meeting again, I politely said no. I couldn’t do that to him, ever.“Arya?” Devon probes gently and it occurs to me that I have zoned out. His words pop back into my head and my face turns a whole shade of crimson.“Devon, I don’t know. I spent nearly half my life with Kevin.” I sigh and his jaw hardens, I get really uncomfortable whenever I am talking about

Anna:I smile contentedly as I make my way up to the numerous penthouse that Theo owns. These past few days have been taking a huge toll on me, but things are going to work out for me. They always do.The elevator glides open and I push the door of Theo’s penthouse, he has given me the keys not too long, but the door is already unlocked, indicating he’s already home. My heart turns giddy like a high school teenager whose crush just kissed her.The moment I see him, I become breathless. There he is, staring out the window that overlooks the whole city, he’s dressed in a turtleneck sweater over a blazer, tucked into dark slacks, looking breathtakingly handsome. I take a moment to look at him from behind, with those huge bulging muscles.Sometimes, I think I made a grave mistake. Why didn’t I meet Theodore sooner? Why did I marry that loser douchebag? Why wasn’t I given Theo?It takes him five seconds before he notices my presence, turning towards me, his lips curling up into a lazy smile