All Chapters of My Billionaire Rebound: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

ALINA“Is everything okay?” Theon’s concerned voice came over the receiver instantly, switching from the teasing lilt it had just a moment ago.A heavy sigh escaped my lips. “Maybe.”Silence greeted me for a while and I had to pull the phone off my ear to see if the call had disconnected. It hadn’t. I pressed the device back against my ear and held on, willing him to give me a response.He finally spoke over the silence. “You wouldn’t sigh like that if everything was okay.”Damn, he knew me so well. My knees buckled at the dominance in that simple observation, the way he so casually called me out on my bullshit.“It’s not some girls night or anything,” I confessed. “She needs me right now and I have to be here for her.”He sighed. “I get that. Well, I guess I’ll just see you tomorrow then.”“Extend my love to Grandpa,” I called, laughing as he groaned.When the call clicked off, I felt like I had suddenly gotten grounded in a reality that wasn’t so difficult anymore. I held the phone

THEONI was still feeling more than I wanted to feel, and most of it was in the hallways of anger. My eyes stayed stuck on Casey as she made a huge show of dragging her suitcase down the stairs. Her attention was back on the task now that she was done telling us off, and for some reason all the remorse I had felt earlier for talking to her the way I had died and reignited as anger that wasn’t going anywhere soon.“Can you put aside your emotions and act like an adult with real life problems for once in your bratty life, Casey?” I quipped, my voice dripping with enough annoyance to halt her movement and have her stop mid-flight.She shot me a dark look. “And who the hell do you think you are to be making comments like that, Theon?”This was the first time she had used my full name since she came back into my life like a cancer that refuses to die. The fire in her eyes would have been another dead giveaway to how she felt if this one telltale didn’t sit between us like a wall.“This is

THEONMy hand hovered over the phone, fingers itching with the need to grab it and put a call through to Alina. T had been hours, so many, since she ran out of bed like I had burned her or something, framing an excuse about having an early shift even though we both knew what she wanted was space to process the conversation from last night.To be fair, I felt like shit too. I mean, we were just trying to get our relationship off the ground, and here I was returning home with a long face because I found my ex-fiancée fucking my cousin. I would be pissed too if I was her.I needed to give her a proper explanation, one that clarified that my feelings were not spun from jealousy, but disrespect. It wasn’t even aimed at Casey, it was aimed at Bryon, the one who I believed should have known better than to frolic around with someone with whom I had once had a very serious, very disastrously ended relationship.She made it clear that she was only after the prestige that came with my leading Da

ALINAThe sound of a familiar voice had my head snapping around, causing the makeup brush that was swirling over my eyelid to glide painfully fast against my face, no doubt leaving a smear behind.I bristled at the accident, offering the makeup artist a wince before I smiled apologetically at her. “Sorry.”To her credit, the brown-haired girl smiled back at me with a nod. “Go ahead, we’d work on that when you’re done.”My body was out of the high seat before the words even fully left her mouth. “Took you long enough,” I said in way of greeting as I came to a stop in front of Tati just outside the room.She grimaced. “I ran later than I planned to, sorry. And what the hell is going on with your face? I was of the impression that you’re attending an elite event, not a carnival.”I rolled my eyes at her. “You caused this. If you hadn’t shocked me into a hasty turn then I wouldn’t have ruined the elegant makeup my adorable artist was working on. If you want to blame anyone for this, blame

THEON“Why didn’t you tell me Li’s the same person as Mr. Cheng?” she asked, glaring at me from her place across the room.She looked so adorable in that moment, hair slightly tousled by the wind, cheeks rosy from her interaction with alcohol and the cold night air, and her beautiful hazel orbs locked on mine in an intensity that was so fake it made me smile.“I thought you would draw the connections yourself,” I said, heading for the kitchen with my jacket swung casually over my shoulder.Her footsteps sounded behind me, her voice not so far off. “Drawn what connection? You only ever refer to him by his first name.”“Look, baby…” I turned to face her. “It’s not that big a deal, okay? He wanted to meet my girlfriend and he did.”“That’s my boss, babe. A little forewarning would have been nice.” Her forehead scrunched in confusion. “What are you smiling like that for?”My jacket met the stool perched in front of the island, my steps taking me closer and closer to her place at the doorw