Semua Bab Divorced By My Ex, Accepted By His Step-Brother : Bab 21 - Bab 30

NOAH’S POVThe slow symphony of the harp resonated around the room. Soft and gentle for conversations to be carried out, but loud enough to drown out the whispers.But their eyes, they followed us around like vultures searching for a carcass.“So, what kept you in the bathroom?” I asked Sasha, making a conversation as I looked around the room.Zealous ambitious men filled the room, eyes glaring at us with admiration laced with hate.“Ran into an old acquaintance,” she shrugged, but her tone told me it was more than an acquaintance.“Everything okay?” I asked.She linked her arm with mine, smiling softly as she placed a gentle kiss on my lips, “Just perfect,”Gone was the lady who looked torn on the night we made our deal. Now, she was fiercer, stronger, sharper.God, I liked it. She made the Mrs Beck’s title sound fitting.Matt moved closer to us, iPad in hand as he showed us the latest headlines, “The public has already crowned both of you power couples of the year,”They should.“Ro

SASHA’S POVGrandma Petal (Meryl Conrad) lives in a world where her words her sealed. No one questions her actions, each man would hang his head on a guillotine waiting for it to drop.But Noah Beck— oh, he was enjoying this moment. The pushing and unbothered stares.“What are you talking about?” Meryl hissed, her eyebrows furrowed.Other than occasional smiles and the constant look of disdain on her face. This was the first time that I saw Meryl Conrad with another expression on her face.“I am a Conrad, you are nothing,” Roland bellowed, the veins on his neck looking like they were about to pop.One day, they might actually pop. I smiled softly, imagining what that would look like.Meryl raised her hand, silencing Roland’s tantrum.“We are the Conrads, we don’t disappear from the spotlight. We reposition, become bigger, something more powerful than what the world had seen,” she said.“You had stained the Conrad name and now, you have to fix the mess that you have made,” she added.N

ROLAND’S POVA FEW HOURS EARLIER“We did it!” Maya whispered, her eyes gleaming with pride as we signed the document.Noah Beck was stupid for always chasing sentimental things. The building had been up for demolition for years, but I had been stalling on signing it off.“What rule will Roland be getting?” Grandma asked, staring at Noah with nothing but hate in her eyes.My palms were tweistching in excitement. I was finally getting out of this bad press funk. And when the time was right, I would make sure that I use the Conrad influence to squeeze out Noiah from the project.Their words had flown over my head until I heard the term supervisor.“What!”It felt like my ears were ringing, what did he just say?Anastasia grabbed my hand, trying to give me some comfort. I yanked my hand out of her grip, my eyes hardening as I rose to my feet.“What did you just say?” I growled.He looked unbothered, tather he smiled like hje was enjoying the moment, “Showing support is all about making th

ROLAND’S POVMy phone blared like a fire alarm on a dead summer night. It buzzed with alerts and calls, like the world was suddenly on fire.I groaned, my hand reaching towards the bedside table to grab it.Maybe it was.150 messages.“What is going on?” Anastasia groaned beside me, placing her hand on my chest as she stifled a yawn.All from Maya, reporters, my assistant and even Petal.“What the hell?” I mumbled, my stomach clenching as I stared at the messages.I clicked on the first link. It was a video of Sasha on her knees, begging as I towered over her with rage on my face.She looked broken. I remembered that day, she had tried to make me choose between her and Anastasia.I had shown her the truth. She was always dispensable.“Woah, this is bigger than I thought,” Anastasia mumbled, a proud smirk on her face.The caption caught my attention, Sasha Beck, was she a victim or villain of her story?“This is good,” Anastasia whispered in a pleased tone.It wasn’t good. Because if i

SASHA’S POVThey say, when you see an oarfish washed up at the nearest shore, it means that Mother Nature is trying to warn the world of the doom that was threatening to happen.My oarfish was Petal Conrad.I could barely hold back the surprise when I walked into the living room, my eyes wide as I stared at Petal Conrad, sitting in the living room like she owned the place.“Sasha Hawkins, the scorned wife now turned Sasha Beck,” she said, smiling softly as she noticed my presence.“What do you want?” I said in a calm tone.I may be married to Noah, but I knew better than to cross her. Petal Conrad was anything but her name, rather than the soft woman the world had had.She was a vicious tiger who had no fear in cutting through the minds of her enemies in just one swipe.She smiled, not from recognition, but a calculated look that would send many running into the mountain. I wished I had told Nina to stay, but I hadn’t expected to see Petal Conrad sitting in my house in the middle of t