Semua Bab The Billionaire's Drunken Bride : Bab 1 - Bab 10

Lily couldn't believe that the man she'd been dating for six years was about to break her heart on what should have been their wedding day. She was halfway to the venue when her maid of honor called, breathless with scandal. "Lily, I'm so sorry, but... Ryan's been spotted at the Grandview Hotel. With a woman. They looked... close." At first, Lily wanted to laugh it off. Ryan was probably just handling some last-minute business thing, right? But the sick feeling in her stomach told her otherwise. Twenty minutes later, she stood frozen in the doorway of room 412, watching her supposed groom enthusiastically "handling business" on top of a blonde she'd never seen before. "Ryan!" The name exploded from her lips like a gunshot. "Lily! Jesus—I can explain!" Ryan scrambled off the woman, hopping around the room while trying to pull on his boxers. The blonde yanked a sheet over her head like a ghost costume. Lily stood there, bouquet trembling in her white-knuckled grip. "Six years, Ryan

"So," Lily said, cutting into what might have been the best pancakes of her life, "about that annulment..." James paused mid-bite, syrup dripping from his fork. "Right. The annulment." They'd been dancing around the topic for the past hour, discussing everything from the weather to Lily's marketing job to James's real estate empire—anything except the obvious elephant in the room. "Although," James continued thoughtfully, "legally speaking, we might want to wait a few days. Rushing into an annulment right after Chloe's dramatic exit might look... suspicious." "Suspicious how?" "Like we're caving to family pressure. Better to let things cool down first." Lily nodded, though she wasn't entirely sure she was buying his reasoning. "That makes sense, I guess." Before either could continue this delicate negotiation, Louis strolled into the kitchen with the casual confidence of someone who'd clearly made himself at home here many times before. "Well, well," he said, eyeing their cozy

The courtroom felt like a arena of hostility, tensions crackling thick in the air. On one side sat Chloe and her vernomous family legal team, radiating icy disdain. Opposite them, the regal elderly woman named Granny Daphne held court imperiously, clearly not one to be trifled with.And in the middle, Lily sat sandwiched between James and the attorney he'd hired to represent them - looking every bit the proverbial fish out of water."Your Honor, this entire situation is a despicable sham concocted by that girl and my grandson," Granny Daphne declared in ringing tones, taking the floor first. "But make no mistake, their marriage vows were very much legally binding."She turned to fix Lily with a withering look. "Despite Miss Walker's...compromised state at the time, I can vouch that my grandson acted with full capacities. He upheld the letter of the law to a conditional wife, even under suspect circumstances."Lily felt herself shrink slightly in her seat as murmurs rippled through the

Chapter 7 The following couple of days had been a whirlwind for Lily as she juggled her father's fitness crisis and the developing media frenzy surrounding her surprising marriage to James Watson. After the dramatic showdown within the court docket, Lily had again to the clinic with a renewed experience of desire, buoyed by using James' swift movement in bringing within the renowned Dr. Callahan to take over her father's care. Michael Walker's condition had stabilized, and the outstanding cardiac physician had assured the own family that he turned into carefully constructive approximately Michael's possibilities for recuperation. But Lily's respite from the chaos was quick-lived. As soon as information on the Watson marriage and Ryan's downfall hit the headlines, the vultures descended in full pressure. Paparazzi camped out relentlessly in the hospital, snapping photographs and shouting invasive questions any time Lily stepped outside. The tabloid headlines had been a never-ending

Chapter 9Lily took a deep breath as she strode out of the hospital, her thoughts racing with the sports that had simply unfolded. Chloe's despicable threats weighed heavily on her, but she knew that she had to put an end to this as soon as all.she was filled with tension throughout the ride to the press conference. So many things ran through her mind. She wasn't sure if she was doing the right thing or not, but she knew that she had to do something.As she stepped out of the car, she ended up greeted by a swarm of newshounds and paparazzi, their cameras flashing and microphones thrust in her face. Squaring her shoulders, Lily raised a hand to quiet the cacophony."Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here in recent times," she said, her voice clean and constant. "I recognize there has been plenty of hypothesis and rumor surrounding my marriage to James Watson, and I'm right here to set the document immediately."She paused, collecting her thoughts. "It's real that our wedding c