Semua Bab Billionaire Heiress: Bab 41 - Bab 49

41 Mason “Hey Mason,” Kim said, her voice jolting me out of my deep thoughts. “You’re here so early.” I smiled at her, “In my defense, I’m always early…” We chuckled in unison. “I wasn’t trying to accuse you of being late, I was just surprised you’re here earlier than usual, that’s all,” Kim said standing at the doorway with a file in her hand, I noticed her hairstyle was different today. She wasn’t in a short fringe blob as usual , her hair was tied up in a high ponytail. “You look… different,” I didn’t mean for it to come out like that. I wanted to compliment her but I was just so stunned. She dressed just like Emily. “I’ll take that as a compliment!” She chuckled, “Just checking on you. I should get back to my post.” “Thanks for the gift,” I said to her before she turned, she smiled at me and winked. “It’s nothing, really,” she walked away, in the same sexy and exaggerated way. I sat on the chair staring at the monitor wondering if the mock-up for my company was visuall

43.MasonI expected her to say yes. I secretly prayed she would. Her eyes trembled, glassy and red, and for a moment, her face softened as if she were considering my proposal. My face lit up with a smile, encouraging her that I was being sincere. But then something changed.Her jaw tightened and that softness disappeared,she looked away as if my gaze would break her. “No, Mason,” she said quietly, her gaze returning to me. “You need to leave now.”I nodded, my lips pressed in a thin line, I knew what that meant. It was pointless pushing further when she’d already built this high wall around herself. “Take care, Emily.”I walked out of the house feeling like the biggest loser in the world. I can’t believe I’d fallen for Madison's deceit. I didn’t go straight home, there was nothing to do there anyway, so I stopped at a bar nearby drowning my sorrows in a bottle of bourbon. It was very harsh and at the rate at which I was drinking that could kill me but I didn't care. I was on my

45.EmilyI sat in front of the vanity applying a lip balm to my chapped lips. The weather was dry and I needed something to soften my lips in case I got kissed tonight. I heard a knock on the door and Maria stepped in with a dress in a hanger, she smiled at me. “This arrived a few seconds ago by a delivery company,” Maria announced and I smiled accepting it.“Thanks,”“I think the dress would look so great on you!” She confuses her eyes, gleaming with admiration. Maria has been working for my family since I was a toddler and now she isn’t just a worker anymore. She was family. “Aw. I really appreciate the sweet compliments,”She snorted and left the room. My gaze returned to the mirror, my hair was let loose freely down my shoulders, I stared at the dress and smiled down at the dress. It was expensive but I’m sure the night was worth it.I slipped into it and walked out of my room, I bumped into my mom on my way out, she was seated on the front porch staring at the deep blue skie

47Mason“I should get back into the house,” Emily suddenly said, breaking eye contact. I nodded immediately, “Of course, you’ve had a long day, I’ll see you tomorrow.”“Yeah, sure,” I watched her go back inside the house, and I wanted to grab her by the waist and kiss her on the lips, telling her everything would be okay, but it was too late; she was already gone. The next morning, I’m quite early at work. I didn’t sleep much, spent the entire night thinking about Emily and mapping out a plan for my company. Right now, I’m dozing at work with my head down on the table. The door bursts open and Emily walks in, she looks… well better than yesterday. Her hair is styled in a slick back. And she’s wearing her usual dark suit jacket and skirt. She smiled at me, “Looks like someone didn’t get enough night's rest,”I straightened in my seat, “Not really, I was up all night.”“I can see that,” she walked over to sit across from me. “So what are you up to?”“Nothing much, I was working on

49.Emily Months after the incident with Eddie at the park, I got really close to Mason. I didn’t mean to. It’s just hard to avoid him or wipe him out of my life, he’s like the only friend I’ve got in this goddamn company. And he’s the only one who gets me in ways no one ever will. I’m brushing my teeth staring into the mirror when my phone beeps on the sink, I quickly rinse my mouth and glance at the screen. Shit! It’s Maeve, and I immediately answer it. “Hi, Maeve!”“Emily, I’m so sorry I didn’t call all this time.”I sat on the toilet seat, “The last time we spoke you seemed so sure about marrying this old man.”“He isn’t that old,”“Oh…”“I mean, he is old but he’s really cool…”“So, you really want to get married to him?”“Of course not, and I told him about it, he said he’s going to call off the wedding.” Maeve seemed too happy as she said those words.“I’m confused, if you didn’t want to marry this man then why did you call and tell me you were ready?”There was a pause on