Chapter 31:And It Begins.

Henrietta’s POV I stared at the door for quite some time, even after Raphael left. I could still feel his hand on my waist and the other on my shoulder, he had held me like he was holding on to something fragile. I could still smell his perfume. And then there was the way he looked at me. It was clear as day even though he wanted to deny it, I had seen it already. The hesitation in his eyes, there was a war inside him and no matter how loud he yelled at me or how hard he tried to convince himself. He wasn’t indifferent. And that struck a chord in me… it fueled something, something I had been trying my hardest not to feel lately. I would let him do his pretend game, he could slam doors and declare war, he could do everything to push me away and I wouldn’t be bothered. Because now I knew the truth. Raphael was as attracted to me as I am to him and that was enough grounds to stop playing Miss Invisible anymore. *** I sat at my usual spot by the window in the living room later

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Chapter 32: Choices

Raphael’s POV After the whole thing with Henrietta in the morning, I wasn’t so sure I wanted to go back home early so I stayed in the office a little longer than I needed to. There was a soft knock on my office door. “Sir, do you need anything before I head out? It’s past my closing time.” Grace asked. “No, I don’t need anything. I’ll be heading out soon too. I just have some stuff I want to look over…” I replied, picking up a file of some documents and spreading them over my table in a bid to look busy with work. I hoped I didn’t give away the hint that I was trying to delay going home for as long as I could. Grace looked at me for a second longer before giving a reply. “Alright sir. If you’re sure then I’ll be off now. See you tomorrow bright and early.” She said as she walked off. I waited a beat before picking up the papers and arranging them back in their file. I had finished that hours ago. The truth was, there was nothing else to do for today but I just wasn’t ready to

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Chapter 33: Who's Winning?

Henrietta’s POV Since I moved in with Raphael as his wife, I’d heard many things from him that bruised my ego and my heart. Since I fell in love with him, these things became even more frequent. But peace? He had called Kristine his peace. That hurt deeper than all his dismissals and rude talk. I sat at the edge of my bed, staring at my door. I had folded his laundry in my room and was going to drop it off but that statement. “…being with you just brings me peace.” So if she was his peace and his first love then did my devotion, love, and care even stand a chance? I had fought for his attention, been humiliated, stayed when I should have left the moment he brought her in. And yet, I was the disruption, the noise, maybe I was the chaos and she was the peace. I was the problem he needed peace for. I took the basket of folded clothes to his room, I could hear the shower running so it meant he’d be in there for a few more minutes. Enough time for me to put his dresser in order

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Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Billionaire's Second Option : Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 33

Chapter 31:And It Begins.

Chapter 32: Choices

Chapter 33: Who's Winning?