Semua Bab A Substitute Bride for the Billionaire: Bab 81 - Bab 90

Luca had finally caved to her constant pleas which were actually nagging than pleas and allowed her to resume work last week, but she hadn’t even been able to go back.Hailey’s mental state plunged every single day and Iris was worried at the alarming rate at which her health was deteriorating. Hailey got worse with each passing day.She tried to hide it from Iris by claiming she was fine but Iris was not fooled at all. She had caught Hailey numerous times in bad conditions before she would contort herself and act like everything was okay when it was far from it.Last week, Iris had walked in on Hailey standing in front of the mirror with a blank look on her face. Iris had stood behind her in front of the mirror for over twenty minutes, but Hailey didn’t notice her.The lost look in her eyes made her appear lifeless and it scared Iris to the extent she had to shake her out of her thoughts. Hailey tried to play it off and claimed she was thinking about work, but Iris called her bullshi

“What’s wrong with her” Iris panicked, throwing the towel she had grabbed and already running out of the door towards Hailey’s room.“I don’t know. She just started throwing up when I went to ask her if she wanted something specific for dinner” Loren rushed out as she hurried after a panicked Iris.“Was it something she ate? Did you check her temperature to see if she had a fever?” Iris turned to Loren for a split second because she turned her head, and focused on her destination as she ran through the house to get to Hailey.Iris couldn’t help but think of the worst, like Hailey tried taking something on purpose but she shook her head, Hailey wouldn't do something so careless.She arrived at Hailey’s room and pushed the door opened. Her eyes frantically scanned the room and her heart kept pounding when she saw no one was in the room.She wanted to tell Loren that Hailey missing when she heard the retching sounds coming from the bathroom.“Hailey” Iris gasped in horror and made a beel

Iris’s eyes opened and she used her hands to clean her eyes to clear her blurred vision. She sat up groggily and her eyes immediately went to Luca’s spot on the bed.He was not back.She had fallen asleep while waiting for him and it seemed she would have stayed the whole night waiting if she had not slept off due to how exhausted she was.She leaned over and touched his side of the bed to see if he came home but she wasn’t aware. She was left disappointed when she felt how cold it was.She climbed down from the bed to grab her phone from where it was charging. She sighed in disappointment when she saw that Luca didn’t return any of her calls or reply to the numerous text messages she sent to him.“It’s okay, Iris. Don’t panic just yet” She muttered to herself as she dialled the number again, silently praying he answered.Her prayers were left unanswered when the call went straight to voicemail and she knew she was fucked.“Ace” She called out, knowing her bodyguard would probably be

Iris opened her eyes as the sun squeezed inside the room through the small gap between the curtains. Her eyes immediately went to Luca’s side of the bed, and she sighed in disappointment when she met it empty.It had been the same thing for over a week now. After their argument, she and Luca had been living like strangers. Luca made it worse by making himself scarce. He was barely home and almost never in their bed when she went to sleep at night or woke up the next morning. And when he was home, he barely acknowledged her. He would ignore her as if she didn’t exist and Iris soon found out that was what she hated and feared the most, Luca ignoring her. All her efforts to talk to him and try to apologize once again failed since Luca wouldn’t give her even a glance. The entire staff knew they were fighting, and she had noticed the way they were so awkward when she and Luca were in the same room, especially when he treated her like they were enemies. Iris knew she shouldn’t have done

Iris’s mind blanked out for a minute before she recovered.“Luca? You kidnapped Hailey because you wanted my husband? Are you insane?” Iris tried to swallow the bile in her throat but it wouldn’t budge.“Yes, Iris. I am insane and you can’t imagine what I would do until Luca becomes mine”Iris’s legs wobbled as she tried not to spiral again. “You are crazy. I’m not going to leave my husband because you have some weird obsession over him. You better release Hailey and stop the nonsense”“Are you still trying to prove stubborn?” Iris expected her to say something childish but she didn’t.“I guess you want to be responsible for the death of two people, one of which haven’t even gotten the opportunity to see the face of the person who sacrificed them to keep something that isn’t hers”Helen began to cackle while Iris’s spine stiffened in terror. Iris couldn’t breathe.Helen knew about Hailey’s baby. How she came to know about it was the least of her worries. Now she understood why Hailey