All Chapters of THE CEO'S SECRET WIFE: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Patrick's POVI stared at my phone, its screen still lit up from our last 'call,' one that hadn't even counted, actually. Giselle blocked me. Blocked. Me. My fists were white-knuckled. My panting came in little jagged gasps, my head spinning with the revelation she'd told me about what'd been happening. She's pregnant.And never said a word to me about it. Better still, she had the temerity to play dumb as if I did already know, like I'd been trying not to Me. I slapped my phone onto the table and sprang up so hard that the chair behind me let out a shriek on the wood floor. Becky, who was lying on the bed, raised a look from the magazine."What's wrong with you?" she asked, lifting one perfectly shaped eyebrow. I stormed the room, running a hand through my hair. My entire body was on fire with fury. "Giselle is pregnant." Stunned silence.And then Becky, who burst out laughing. "Okay? What's it to you?" I scowled. "Because, Becky, the child could be mine." She laughed, that distincti

Giselle's POVI'd just entered my penthouse when all the feelings I'd been holding inside all that night came flooding back over me.My trembling hands were untightening the laces of my shoes, crashing them against the back wall. Satisfying clang off the marble counter didn't detract from what was boiling inside me.Patrick. That joke. That liar. That hypocrite.How did he have the audacity to pretend like he suddenly cared about this baby now?My bloody hell, dare him question me, when he'd made it so bloody plain to me back months ago that the only girl he wanted to make babies with was Becky?I laughed roughly, running a hand through my hair.He believed I was messing around. That this was yet another chapter of our constant dance and repulse.This wasn't a game anymore.My phone on the kitchen counter rang, and I picked it up without looking at the caller ID."Don't tell me he's calling me again," I growled, thinking that it would be Nicholas calling me yet again with another tale

Giselle's POVI slammed into my penthouse, every molecule within me raging with fury. Patrick.The gall of that man. He dared to appear at my doorstep and demand answers—as if he were worthy of them. As if he hadn't discarded me like yesterday's trash. I had been truthful to him, and the look on his face when I told him that the baby was his? Almost worth it. Almost.Reward wasn't going to steal the bitterness eating at my chest, though. I tossed my purse onto the couch and let out a harsh breath. My phone rang, and I answered it on autopilot.A text. Nicholas: You okay? Call me if you need anything.I let out a deep breath. My brother always had my back. Today, though, I did not feel like talking. I didn't want to explain to him how things had spiralled this far out of control.I was on the verge of hanging up when there was another message. Victor: Dinner tonight? I have a spot that'll take your mind off all your problems.I stared at the screen, my heart racing. Victor. My ex. The m

Giselle's POV I sat at my window side, staring at the light of the city flashing on and off in the distance. The wind blew in from the half open window, filling me with the scent of rain. My mind jumble, thought bumping into each other like waves on the shore.Victor's dinner words lingered in my head. "You are better than this, Giselle. I can provide you with the life you want, the safety you need."For the first time in so long, I thought about it. Gladly, could I begin anew with him?Victor had been my love, my man forever. Until everything went wrong. Until he did.But human beings do change, don't they? Maybe he wasn't that gentleman anymore. Maybe it was my turn to shape my fate, be done once and for all with all the misery Patrick had sent me adrift toward. I was snapped out of my daydream."Enter."Nicholas entered, his face serious. My brother was not a man to be easily ruffled, but something tonight was disturbing his eyes.He closed the door on his way in and breathed hea

Giselle's POVThe evening wind swept past me as I leaned against the wall of the hallway, phone against my ear. Chandeliers along the Von Howard building cast rays of golden light in warm, high-contrast relief to the rest of what was happening outside. Flashbulb cameras, blinding light, whispered rumors of scandal.For a moment, however, I had one and only one thing I cared about, the sound of victor's voice at the other end of the line " I just wanted to check if you were all okay," he said to me, his smooth voice wrapping around me like the damp heat of a summer's day, thick with a feeling of comfort I hadn't realized I was hungry for." "You were kinda tense this afternoon."I rested my weight on the pillar and breathed deeply. "You can say that. It's been.a day.""That bad?" Victor smiled. "I can take you out again, you know. Unwind you. I promise no drama this time."I laughed, shaking my head. "You promise that, but whenever we go out, something always happens.""Right. But I'l