The CEO's Gold Digger のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 21 - チャプター 30

____________________...Natalie sighed after hanging up on Willow. She stared at her brother's face as her phone rang. She had half a thought to simply hang up, put her phone on mute, and maybe get some more sleep before she went out to meet up with Willow. But then her sisterly affection for her darling older brother won and she picked up the call. "Unless you called to say you are calling off the engagement, don't talk to me," Natalie said, leaving aside any pleasantries. Her sisterly affection had indeed won but she was his baby sister after all and so she was going to talk to him the same way she had been talking to him since the day she had started forming sentences. "Just open the front door." Knox sounded tense and out of breath. Natalie rolled her eyes. It was so like her big brother to show up without prior notice. He believed the entire world and its inhabitants revolved around him.But she was Natalie Wright. She was not going to make it any easier for him."Stay the

__________________..."If push comes to shove, the world will know about your stupid contract." Knox stiffened in his place. "What did you just say?" He croaked out, disbelief dripping from his every word. Willow cleared her throat on the other side of the phone. "You heard me. You are not the only one who has the upper hand, Knox. I gave you the easy way out. End the contract. I will take care of my mother from now on. But, no, you want to disregard all the hate and suffering I had to go through because of your stupid contract and want to put me in debt by taking back all the money spent on my mother's treatment during the time I pretended to be your girlfriend. It's not the most conventional employer-employee relationship, Knox, but it is one nonetheless so you should really stop threatening me with it. Because a bridge goes both ways, I can do it too." "Wow." He let out a humorless laugh. "I didn't know you were such a bitch. You have been hiding it so well all this time." K

_________________..."Tell me Willow, what are the things that you are interested in?" Daniel asked."Why do you want to know?" Knox was at Willow's side, his posture on the offensive as he turned to face Daniel."Excuse me?" Daniel was merely confused as to why this total stranger was butting in on their conversation.Daniel did not keep up with the gossip column. He knew the name Knox Wright but only from a business point of view and was unaware of all the drama that surrounded him and Willow Mason and Mia Thompson."Why are you so interested in my girlfriend?" Knox found it necessary to rephrase the question in the most obnoxious manner.Willow immediately sprung to her feet, grasping Knox's broad arm and pulling him away from the table."Who is he?" Knox gritted as she dragged him to the corridor that led to the private banquet halls."Who is he?" He kept on repeating.She stopped as soon as they were out of everyone's earshot and sight. There, she yanked her hand away from his

_________________...Susan smiled at Trisha like an evil mastermind as the duo watched their drunk best friend flirt with one of the other customers at their usual pub. They looked really into each other. "But if she does not want a casual hookup, is it okay to let her do something that she would regret later?" Trisha, for once, was being cautious. If this had been about herself, then she would not have blinked an eye and would have gone with the flow. But that was not the case with Willow. The girl was naive and conservative. They had to think about her fragile feelings. "We didn't force her into anything." Susan shrugged. Trisha gave her a flat look. "Yeah, but we know our girl has no inhibition once she gets drunk."Susan turned to her friend with a flat look on her face. "You know, Trish, you are starting to become the mother hen of the group." "I have a fragile friend." Trisha jerked her head in Willow's direction. "And I have a troublemaker friend." She pointed at Susan.

_________________..."I love you, darling." Tears escaped her eyes as if there was no tomorrow. What was she hearing?Everything that she ever wanted to hear, that's what. Three months ago, she would have given the world to hear those words. But now? Now, they sounded so wrong. "Why are you doing this?" She whispered in a broken voice. "Why are you doing this to me?" "I know I should not do this right now." Knox eliminated the distance between them and cupped her small face in his huge hands. "But I can't do this anymore, love. I can't be without you anymore." "But Mia...""I will break the engagement. I will find a way to fix everything. I promise I will fix everything. Just tell me you love me too." Willow shook her head, trying to push him away but he was adamant. "Willow... Please..." Knox Wright had never pleaded in front of anyone. But he was willing to do that in front of her. "I beg you, baby. Please." "Knox, this is not right." "I will set everything right. This i