All Chapters of THE BILLIONAIRE HEIRESS' SECOND CHANCE AT LOVE: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Wesley's POV I barely slept at all.Natalia's words remained glued to my head like a worm, echoing the same things over and over again.Days had passed ever since I left her apartment, but each time the sun clawed its way into the sky, all I saw was her face from that night.The glazed look in her eyes, the slur of her words and the occasionally smile she flashed— that tore through my heart—What was supposed to remain a perfect image in my mind because a bittersweet moment.Those words she had mentioned were like blades blended with honey. And somehow, every day I had to drink it like my new smoothie.'Why are you his brother?' she had whispered like I had chosen it myself...Like I could change that fact... Well, maybe it could have been changed if my father didn't run ahead to marry his mother, the second mine got sick...Maybe if I had severed all ties with my father things would have been different. I wouldn't have to face this pain right now...The thoughts remained in

||Wesley's POV||A few days after that horrible exchange with Lila, I still struggled to take the thoughts out of my head.I was stuck in my studio, hoping to clear my mind.The entire place was a mess, yet somehow, the splash of colours seemed just perfect.I hadn’t meant to destroy anything, but somewhere between the silence and the ache, I had knocked over an easel. A smear of deep blue paint bled across the concrete floor like a wound I couldn’t stop reopening.I stared at the half-finished portrait of Lila on the wall, the one I’d started years ago when I thought love was simple.Her eyes had never looked right in the painting— and now that I looked at it, I saw the problem.It was too distant, too unreadable.Maybe I'd always known we were pretending. Maybe I just never wanted to admit it.The truth was, even before she opened up about her sexuality, there was never a spark. It was more like a forced union neither of us wanted to be in.Yet I refused to let go. And now, after

||Wesley's POV||Knowing Robert was involved in this messed up scandal, I started digging for a counter attack and a way to solve the problem, before it became even worse.I spent hours on my system searching for clues that could prove that Robert had somehow done this. I called the blogger that started the news but they ended the call, as soon as they heard who I was."Damn it!" I cursed as I tried calling them again.When it proved fruitless, I started dialing Lila's number. The phone rang for a couple of minutes without a response. I was almost giving up when it finally echoed a soft click and her voice followed."Hello Mr Brooks," she said, her voice cold as ice.I instantly knew that she was still mad at me. Taking a deep breath, I clutched the phone tight, wishing I could see her;"Lila, please, I need your help. I am trying to—""I am sorry I can't help you," She cut in without letting me finish.The cold in her voice became like a heavy spike that cut through every part of me

||Natalia’s POV||The beeping sounds of a machine pulled me out of subconsciousness.My eyes blinked awake and the sterile and over bright room instantly indicated where I was.A hospital.The events at the conference hall immediately flooded my thoughts, creating a fresh turmoil of thoughts deep inside me.As my heart started to race, the machines around me beeped even louder and I felt a warm hand tighten around mine.My eyes instinctively went to my hand and I was met with my father's.The racing in my heart reduced as I finally took in his worried state. He was seated at the foot of my hospital bed, his expression cold.—But I could also see the worry buried underneath."Natalia, please do not lie to me..." He began in a low voice, "Is it Wesley's?"My heart flipped as I searched his face with confusion burning all over me. "What is Wesley's— I don't understand..."He pulled his hand away and I could already feel the storm coming when the door suddenly opened and a nurse walked i

||Wesley's POV||I knew this was acting too fast. I knew it screamed the very wrong reasons, but I couldn't stop it.I couldn't keep hiding my feelings. Not when it was being offered to me on a diamond platter— literally."Wesley, what are you saying?" Natalia whispered, her cheeks burning with heat— It was such a cute reaction, I couldn't help but smile sheepishly at her."Wesley, are you even listening to me?"I snapped out of the daze shebhad placed me on and nodded. "Yeah, I am... It's the only thing I've done ever since I met you... I listen to your voice in my head, every single moment..."Her eyes blinked so fast, I felt the flutter deep within me."Okay, that's enough. I get it... We are doing this for one year. I will speak to Mr Marcus to get the papers ready... And then we can do like a press conference tomorrow and tell everyone—""I don't think that will work," I countered, holding her gaze.She instantly frowned. "Why won't it work?""For starts, you told them that we we