บททั้งหมดของ The Arrogant Billionaire’s Contract Wife: บทที่ 61 - บทที่ 70

HERMIONE’S POV[LAST NIGHT, FLASHBACK]I gazed into the mirror, examining the dark circles under my eyes and the wrinkles that were starting to form on my forehead. The year wasn’t even over and I wasn’t having time to properly take care of myself, it was always from one scandal to another.No one would deny it if I said I was the pillar holding this family, Bernard couldn’t do anything in his weak state. Despite his transgressions, he still had the guts to question why I told Christian and Riele about his scandal.“Do you realize that you’re poisoning their minds against me, Hermione?” My eyes met his in the mirror’s reflection; I turned my attention back to myself.I opened a drawer and brought out a facial cleanser and cotton wool.“I’m not, I’m only telling them the truth you’ve refused to tell them.”I heard him scoff, “The truth? You’ve waited for that day to come, Hermione. You had always been bitter ever since you found out about my son.”I paused my hand’s movement on my fa

HAYLEY’S POV“Here, drink up sweetie.” Kitty handed me a cup of hot cocoa, just the way I liked it. The cocoa was very chocolaty and the marshmallows were enough to float around on top of it, I inhaled the steam softly.“So tell us, what happened with you and Christian.”I blew into the cup softly before taking a sip,“I wanted to take my clothes from the house an…one thing led to another. We had a big argument and I said something I shouldn’t have.”Darren and Kitty gave each other a glance“Well, what did you say? You must have provoked him enough to get him to put his hands on you, but no matter what you would have said anyway, he shouldn’t have done that.” Darren frowned.“I think we need to get the police involved, because who the hell does he think he is? You’re in a lot of trouble right now because of him and he has the guts to hit you?”“He didn’t hit me, Darren.” I corrected,“He only…he only grabbed me in anger. I was at fault.”Darren scoffed, “He grabbed you by the neck,

HAYLEY’S POV I took in deep breaths as I stood in front of the Harlem Museum, my hands played nervously with each other as I gulped down hard. I hadn’t seen Sean since the incident, he had called to check up on me several times but I declined them all. I never got to thank him for running after me when I rushed out of the museum that day in a frenzy, or how he rushed me to the hospital and still checked on me from time to time. Mom mentioned a friend who always came to check on me, that is how I knew it was him. I wanted to start getting my life in order, to start fixing all the things that messed up. And this was how I wanted to start, with Sean. Apart from him being a good friend, he could also help me with my career just in case I don’t get into NYU. “Erm….Sean?” I called as I walked into the museum, I noticed how empty everything was. There were no paintings on the wall, some movers were packing up and the whole thing just felt so empty. “Alejandro, please handle those mini

HAYLEY’S POV “I can’t believe you have absolutely nothing to wear, this is disastrous!’ Darren exclaimed, he kept tossing out clothes from my duffel bag and my suitcase. “You can’t go to NYU dressed like you want to work there, we should have planned. This is chaotic, is it too late to go shopping? Can you wear some of Kitty’s clothes?” He continued, almost having a full-blown panic attack. A small smile crept on my face as I approached him and hugged him. “Darren, you need to calm down. It’s not like it’s my first day at school, I’m only going to start registration. There’s nothing to worry about.” He shook his head negatively as he pulled out of the hug and turned his attention toward all the scattered clothes in the room. Kitty had to work a day shift so she had left early, leaving Darren in charge of picking my clothes. Kitty was so ecstatic when I told her about the admission, she was screaming and almost in tears. She wished to follow me to school but duty calls. “There i

RIELE’S POV “It’s been Twenty minutes since I’ve sat here, watching you pace around shirtless and murmur things yourself. I am bored, and I have things to do.” I sprung up from the couch and grabbed my purse, “Wait” Christian called, as he paused in his steps. “I need your help, I rarely say this but you have got to help me here.” I exhaled and let go of my purse, “I can’t help you if I don’t know what’s wrong, Christian.” “Fill me in on…..” he cut me off. “Liam took Hayley on a date to that new restaurant my business partner launched, and they seemed to be more than just friends. I confronted her and she told me to earn her, she’s not some trophy, how do I do that?” he scoffed, “Liam and Hayley?” I raised a brow, “Don’t be surprised, it shocked me too….” He raised his glass of bourbon from the center table. “Like that isn’t surprisingly odd at all, but Liam is a gentleman so I see why she’d fall for him anyway.” I teased, “Are you trying to mock me? Because if you are then I