Lahat ng Kabanata ng Forced Marriage With The CEO : Kabanata 121 - Kabanata 130

Ethan’s POVI tried to calm Layla down, but she wasn’t having it; I lay on the bed waiting for her to calm down.Layla stood up suddenly and announced that she was going to Drake’s.“Why are you going there? Did something happen?” I asked concerned “Nothing is wrong; I just want to pick Cho up,” Layla replied, and I allowed her to leave.After Layla left, I checked if Annabeth was okay and saw her sleeping soundly. I closed the door gently, careful not to wake her up.Lucas's call came in, and I went into the room to pick it up.“Any update?” I asked “Yes, we have intel on him,” Lucas replied“Okay, send it to Violet,” I let out“Violet? Why should I send them to Violet?” Lucas asked confused I rubbed my hands on my head, remembering that I had not informed Lucas of the new development. I paused for a while, thinking of the best way to explain to Lucas.“Are you there?” Lucas said, and I could hear the impatient tone.“Yes, Violet got discharged, as you know, and wants to help,” I

Layla's POVI crawled under the covers off the bed sheets to call it a night, Aria was tucked in her bed and fast asleep. Forcing my eyelids shut I tossed and turned restlessly. The bed was comfortable, that wasn't the problem.I could not stop envisioning Ethan's hurt expression when we left. He had tried to hide it but I could sense it.I pondered on whether I should call him or not, would he be asleep or would he be occupied with something else. Our flight has gone quicker than expected so he probably still expected me to he on the flight. After a few more minutes of torture, I picked up my phone and dialed Ethan's number. "Hello" I said in a slight whisper."Layla?." The surprise and joy in his voice echoed through the phone which brought a smile to my face."You're probably curious, we landed a couple hours ago. The flight was quicker than I anticipated." I explained"Oh, that's good. Where's Aria? Is everything okay over there?" He sounded worried"No, everything is fine. Aria

Ethan's POV I stared at my phone, I hadn't heard from Layla since yesterday. No call, no text, nothing and I was starting to get worried. She was probably just busy but I had an eerie feeling something was up. I called Lucas for some positive news but he just said they met a dead end in the course of the investigation. I was starting to reach my beaking point with the lack of good news. I decided to call Annabeth to see if she knew anything about Layla. "I haven't spoken to her since she left." She said to my surprise, weren't they supposed to be checking up on each other. I rubbed my temple in an attempt to stay calm and I heard someone speak in the background. "Could you please try to reach her?" I decided not to pry "Yeah, sure. I'll see if I can get across to Bridget too...stop it" she giggled and spoke in inaudible whispers, obviously not to me. "Where's Cho?, How's she doing?" I asked casually "She's doing great, she's over with Derek." She said and I pulled the pie

Layla's POVI hurried into the back seat with Aria in my arms and Bridget drove, I checked behind us as we left to see if we were being followed, but the coast was clear."Are you okay darling?" I said shifting my attention to Aria who had stopped crying but still clung to my clothes. She raised her head, giving me a clear view of her tired red eyes and nodded. "We can't go back to your place, should we stop at a hotel?" Bridget asked and I realized she had a point, we couldn't go back there at least not with Aria and not before making sure she was perfectly safe."Yes please." I replied and looked down at my daughter, I thought I was running from danger but I stupidly walked right into the same danger I was so scared of. None of this could have happened if I just stayed with Ethan. My eyes got teary again, I was responsible for this, it was my fault, I more or less did this to my own baby girl. I cuddled her throughout the ride, when we got to a hotel, I had to carry her sleeping

Ethan's POV I was just about to call Layla's line again when I saw her call pop up on my phone, I paused, nearly pinching myself to make sure I wasn't imagining it and put the phone to my ear. Hello."I heard her voice and it confirmed that I indeed was awake "Shit, Layla. For Pete's sake I've been trying to reach you. What happened?" I was almost wishing I ocould have leapt into the phone, it was so relieving to finally hear her voice but at the same time I was still worried. "I'm fine Ethan..." The hesitance in her voice was unsettling, saying I'm fine when she didn't sound fine. "I was so worried something bad had happened to you, I even went to see Nicole. I called Annabeth to ask her if she had any clue. Nothing. And you weren't picking your calls." I blurted out "Why did you go to see Nicole, is she alright?" She asked immediately That's beside the point, I told myself. I realized I hadn't told her about my suspicion of Nicole working with Sedar and I wasn't sure if I s