Bound by a billionaire のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 41 - チャプター 50

~JESSICA~The next morning was different. I got up before the sun.No tears. No hesitation. I won't be broken by Crystal. I'm never backing down.Till Daniel pushes me away and openly chooses Crystal, I'm not backing down.Elsie's advice had released a Fighting spirit in me. We spoke at length yesterday.So if Crystal thought she’d broken me, she’d miscalculated. Big time.I didn’t need to be loved to be respected. I didn’t need to be chosen to be powerful.What I needed….was control.So I got dressed in silence.A fitted white blouse, tailored black trousers, low heels. Simple, smart, sharp.I was going to the construction site with Daniel.I'll show it to everyone there that I was his wife, that way Crystal wouldn't be able to stand a chance and keep claiming that she's Daniel's wife.Let the people in Middlesbrough know that I was the legal wife. Fake marriage or not, it was registered legally in court, so I remain the legal wife.I pinned my hair up and looke

~ JESSICA~ When I heard someone's car horns from outside the house, I peeped from the window and saw Daniel step out from a worn out car. He waved bye to whoever was driving the car and he drove off.I came downstairs immediately to welcome him and also inform him of the puppies in the house. I brought them in as I couldn't leave it there. One of them was badly hurt, and I was glad that Daniel came home early today.He came in and I greeted him, which he gave a brief reply to.Then after that, as usual didn't talk to me. I tried collecting his briefcase from him but he didn't let me. "I have something to say" I blurted out."It can wait" he said and started climbing the stairs.I climbed the stairs hastily and blocked his path. He stopped and stared at me with a puzzled look in his eyes."I have something to show you" I said."What?" He asked."I have to show you, not tell you" I replied stubbornly, drawing my lips tighter and hugging my arms around my che

~ JESSICA ~Out of excitement, I blurted out so much nonsense.Because what did I mean by “I'm going to name our firstborn after you” when we have no plans of having a child??I was on cloud nine. Scratch that….I was on cloud ten.Daniel finally agreed! Frodo and Freya were officially part of the family! Operation “Puppy Domination” was a complete success.I actually twirled in the kitchen.Twirled.“I hope you know this means you’re now their dad,” I said, beaming at Daniel as I returned, holding Frodo like a baby and balancing Freya on my hip.He recoiled. “Don’t you dare.”“Too late. I already introduced you to them as their dad” I replied.“You’re impossible.”“But you accepted them,” I retorted. “That means you must like them.”“…Jury’s still out.”Freya barked in support. Frodo sneezed.Daniel stared at the dogs. Then at me. Then sighed like a man who had lost a great war but would wear his defeat like a tailored suit.“If I find a single chew mark on my

~JESSICA~~ONE WEEK LATER~ "What are you reading?" Daniel asked, standing in the doorway.I was sitting cross legged on the bed with a pillow and laptop on my lap. I looked up and saw Daniel in the doorway, I smiled at him. I had been so engrossed that I hadn't heard him get back from work."I'm looking at my veterinary nurse courses I would love to take” I said, turning the laptop around to show him. "I'm trying to work out if it's feasible"He strolled over to perch next to me. "To train as a vet nurse?" He asked.I nodded. The days I spent with the dogs had reignited my love of animals and my old dream of working with them.“Growing up, I've always wanted to be a vet, but dad wanted me to go into the corporate world. He wanted to see me all dressed up in my office clothes and working in an office with important people” I told him.“So why train as a vet nurse when you've always wanted to be a vet?" He asked."It takes years to train to be a vet. Besides

~JESSICA~ I didn't know whether to throw my arms round Daniel in relief or push him down the steps.I'd searched everywhere for him in that huge apartment, refusing to believe he would have left without me. I'd confronted the truth when I'd gone outside to look and Gray, his driver, who'd been waiting for us, told me gently that Daniel had chosen to walk home. That had been three hours ago.The realization that he'd abandoned me with a room full of strangers had knocked the wind out of me. I'd been too shocked to be angry. Then the time had passed while I'd waited for him to come home and the anger had built.That anger had been giving way to concern when I spotted him in the room window I'd sat myself in front of.Now I didn't know how I felt, just that I was so full of contrary emotions that I would either cry or scream.Daniel stared back at me, his features taunt, a pulse throbbing on his jaw, hands rammed in his pockets, breathing heavily. He wa