All Chapters of The Billionaire’s Irresistible Desire.: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

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CHAPTER ELEVEN

~ADRIAN~ “Your foster Dad is dead,” Ivan said, making me freeze. I was shocked to my very core. How did my Dad die? I wasn't aware he was sick. So how the fuck was he dead? My heart ached after hearing this. My heart ached for Susana, my foster Mom. I knew how much she loved my foster Dad. I mean what was there not to love about him? I loved him too. He was an honest, kind, loving man, and very understanding. “Mom, was he ill?” I asked her to be sure my suspicions weren't right. “I’m sorry Adrian, he didn't want you to know. He said it would make you worried and he didn't want that. Besides I didn't know it was something that would lead to death,” She said amidst sobs. I squinted my eyes and sighed fighting back the urge to shed tears. I was a man and I was going to act as one. “On your Dad’s dying breath he said the company should be passed to Ivan. That he didn't want you to carry the burden of heading such a big company,” Ivan’s Dad said suddenly, making my eyes snap open an

CHAPTER TWELVE

~ADRIAN~“Your foster Dad is dead,” Ivan said, making me freeze.I was shocked to my very core. How did my Dad die? I wasn't aware he was sick. So how the fuck was he dead?My heart ached after hearing this. My heart ached for Susana, my foster Mom. I knew how much she loved my foster Dad.I mean what was there not to love about him? I loved him too. He was an honest, kind, loving man, and very understanding.“Mom, was he ill?” I asked her to be sure my suspicions weren't right.“I’m sorry Adrian, he didn't want you to know. He said it would make you worried and he didn't want that. Besides I didn't know it was something that would lead to death,” She said amidst sobs.I squinted my eyes and sighed fighting back the urge to shed tears. I was a man and I was going to act as one.“On your Dad’s dying breath he said the company should be passed to Ivan. That he didn't want you to carry the burden of heading such a big company,” Ivan’s Dad said suddenly, making my eyes snap open and my fo

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

~ISABELLA~“What do you mean by this house now belongs to you?” Adrian asked his Uncle with a frown.I frowned too because I knew his Uncle wasn’t up to any good. I know I hadn't come into their lives for long but I knew a bad person when I saw one.Adrian's Uncle chuckled dryly afterward and raised his hands in surrender. “Calm down. I was just teasing you guys.”I couldn't help but scoff in annoyance and they all turned to look at me.I became cautious thinking Adrian would snap at me for butting in, but he didn't. So that gave me the courage to say what I said next.“Sir, this is not a moment for those kinds of jokes or teasing. You should be heartbroken that your brother died. But you look… glad. Why?” I cocked an eyebrow at Adrian's Uncle.I didn't care if Adrian would scold me later I just needed to give this man a piece of my mind and now that I did, I felt better.“Who are you to talk to my father like that? For all we know you're a slut Adrian picked up from the streets,” Iva

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

~ISABELLA~“Bella and I haven't even talked about it yet, Mom. Give us time to talk it out. Her brother died recently so she is still mourning him,” Adrian told his mom.I sighed. Of course, he would object to marrying me. I expected nothing less because he hated me now.However, I had decided to help him. This was the least I could do to make up for being the cause of how he nearly died in the past.I had nothing else to lose by marrying him, my life was already a mess.I lost everything already. My family, our house, my freedom. I was basically living a life of servitude because of Daniel’s debts.“Babe. It’s fine. The situation at hand calls for it. We can’t afford to waste any more time,” I smiled sweetly at Adrian.Surprise flashed in his eyes before he masked it away when his mom looked at him.“Are you sure?” He asked and I nodded.“How quickly do you want the marriage to hold?” I turned to Susana and asked her.“After my husband's funeral,” She said, with hopeful eyes.So I he

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

~ISABELLA~My eyeballs nearly popped out of my eye socket when I walked towards the garden of Adrian’s parents' house and I saw Gloria kiss Adrian.I was shocked and quickly hid so they wouldn't see me. I couldn't hear what they were saying properly and honestly, I didn’t even concentrate to hear them.The moment I saw her kiss him, I hid and looked away. I was instantly carried away by my thoughts.I was disappointed in Adrian. Gloria was almost the same age as his foster mom.And at the same time, I was hurt because he chose Gloria over me.My instinct told me something was up when I found out Gloria was on a first-name basis with him when I first moved in with Adrian.What did Gloria have that I didn’t? I was younger and I bet I would even be more vibrant in bed than her.I briskly walked back into the house making sure Adrian and Gloria didn't notice me.I went back to Adrian’s room and fell asleep on the couch while thinking of what to do.I was torn between confronting Adrian an

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

~ISABELLA~“I’m pregnant with Adrian’s child,” Gloria said.I stood and watched her for a second trying to process what I just heard. Wasn't Gloria past menopause?Then I scoffed in disbelief.Adrian could be many things but never a fool. He wasn't the foolish type.So there was no way he would have gotten Gloria pregnant.“You are bluffing. Unless you have a hospital report to back your claim, I will go with you to the hospital and pick the hospital we will go to conduct the pregnancy test, I won't believe you,” I told her.“I don’t have to prove anything to you. Adrian knows already,” She said and left.I scoffed. Gloria was forty-something years old and here she was acting like a fucking teenager.I didn't blame her. I blamed Adrian. If he didn't ask me to act like his Fiancée all this wouldn't be happening.It was now like with each second that passed by I had so many reasons to hate him.Adrian came into the room a few minutes after Gloria left. I had to wait for him to return t

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

~ISABELLA~I was shocked after I heard Ivan tell me to marry him. I let my cutlery fall onto the ceramic plate.I stared at him for a few seconds. He had a smug smile on his face, his chin up, and he looked at me with pride.“Are you mad?” I asked him, making him frown and his confident countenance falter.I asked him that question because of all the stupid things I expected him to say, marriage wasn’t among them.“I’ll let your insult slide just because I like you,” He exhaled.I scoffed because I knew what he was trying to play at. He thought I was the kind of girl who would let my guard down just because he said he would let my insult slide.“It was a question that deserves a yes or no answer,” I said.“I’m not mad, I just care about you,” He said.Was this guy on some hard drugs? Or did he really mean what he was saying?“Care about me?” I looked at him and scoffed. “You don’t even know me.”“I don’t but I'm willing to get to know you. Look, Adrian isn't going to win this fight. H

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

~ISABELLA~“You are very beautiful,” the woman said and then asked. “Who are your parents?”I shifted uncomfortably in my seat because I didn't like where the conversation was headed.The way all the women and their daughters curiously leaned forward didn't help matters at all either.This time around even Susanna was interested in knowing too because we hadn't gotten to talk about my background.Adrian wanted to answer them, but I held his hand and shook my head signifying that he shouldn't.It wasn’t right that they asked me such a question and Adrian would be the one to answer.However, I wasn’t going to tell them that I came from a family where the company went bankrupt and my father died due to depression and alcohol addiction.They didn't need to know that much detail because I was sure it would stir gossip which they would mock Adrian and Susanna.All these women who were here acting nice to Susanna, I was damn sure that they would be gossiping about her behind her back for hav

CHAPTER NINETEEN

~ISABELLA~Susanna and I discussed at length about beginning the business for me.She was really good at giving business ideas, advice, and strategies. It was when we discussed at length that I got to know that Susanna and Adrian’s foster Dad built their company from scratch together.Knowing what I now knew made me resent Ivan and his Dad even more. They were wicked for trying to take away the company.It was very unfair because Susanna's money was also included in making the company what it is today.She started the company with Adrian’s late foster Dad. So it was only fair that she had a say in who would take over the company.Because the company belonged to her as much as it belonged to Adrian’s late foster Dad.So I tried to encourage her by telling her that Adrian would get the company just like she wanted.I wasn't part of their family and what I had with Adrian was just a contract, but I was going to help in my own way.First, I was going to make sure Gloria was out of Adrian

CHAPTER TWENTY

~ADRAIN~When I heard Isabella tell me that she hated me, it broke me more than all those months I spent in the hospital, ten years ago.Even as she said she hated me, it wasn’t supposed to affect me, because I hated her too.But it did and when those women tried to embarrass her, I lost my cool, thank goodness my foster Mom butted in.Otherwise, I would have asked them all to leave the house. Yeah, I would have done that.And now knowing that she misunderstood what she saw in the garden, I felt the high urge to explain myself.I was shocked when Gloria kissed me too. In fact, it felt disgusting. I had to go to one of the guest rooms here, to scrub my mouth, and brush my teeth because I felt like I had committed a grave sin.Not because Gloria was older than me, but because I took Gloria like the mom I never had.She was from a poor background and I was too, so I felt she understood me more than anyone, but seeing her kiss me? I didn’t expect that.I had to fire her when she kept ins

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