All Chapters of One Night Stand: The Secret Billionaire Bride: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

AURORA POVAfter Maverick disappeared, I felt sad, but why couldn't he understand me? I wanted to call out to him and ask why he was busy on our engagement day before I could speak, but he had already disappeared.Lately, Maverick has been acting strange. There's this number that calls him frequently and I'm sure that was the number that called him now.I love Maverick with all my heart, but lately, he has been acting indifferent, making the relationship look one-sidedHe's not possibly out of love right? He's just busy and my mind is just overreacting.The guests were waiting, and I didn't want to keep them waiting; I had to go back inside to greet them, putting on a smile to mask my sadness.The party continued, but my heart stung every time my mind flashed back to Maverick's disappointed face, and I kept sighing. I greeted the guests politely, even though I felt like crying inside. I moved through the crowd, nodding and smiling as if nothing was wrong, even though every smile felt

ARLO’S POVThe screaming of a woman’s voice caused me to jump up in shock.“Oh my goodness, oh my goodness,” she said frantically as tears gathered in her eyes.She was obviously in shock at what happened the night before, which made me confused.Why was she acting weird and strange? I thought this was what she wanted? Women would always act in a certain way that amused me, which is why I never take them seriously. Worse, after what happened to my mum and the betrayal she got from my dad, I swore never to give into any woman.Love wasn’t worth it.It was a freaking façade.There was never anyone who had given themselves deeply into love that had ever ended happily ever after, so what was the damn point? I vowed never to fall in love, and for years now, I had maintained that without falling for any woman, but that didn’t mean that I didn’t allow myself to enjoy the bliss of being with a woman.Sex was magical, but love is a farce.Since I couldn’t love any woman, I have mastered the a

ARLO’S POV“Did you call the paparazzi?” She asked frantically.Her question took me off guard and made me feel a certain kind of way.“Of course not,” I said.The banging continued, and it made me really upset.She was scared to her bones, but then she didn’t realize that I was feeling bad about how the situation seemed to be turning out.She didn’t realize that I also had a reputation to keep.Granted, she was a virgin, which could be her most prized possession, but I had my whole world to lose if this becomes a freaking scandal at the end of the day. There was a reason I always stayed out of scandals; stories and incidents that would taint my reputation and ruin what I have built, and this was it.Nothing could ruin a man faster than sexual assault allegations, especially on a woman who was a virgin.Other men with power and influence would easily get away from it from only a little loss and ego bruises, but not me. I would be reminded of who I was, and that alone, would want to ma

ARLO’S POV“Why the heck did you agree to something as wild as that?” I asked myself right after I agreed to being Aurora’s fiancé.It was a crazy idea.“You vowed never to get married or let a woman get you trapped in anything, so why are you doing this?” I continued to ask myself.I opened my mouth to change my mind, but then she turned and looked at me, and I found myself lost completely in her teary eyes.She was so fragile and innocent, and for the life of me, I wondered why anyone would want to hurt her. It upset me deeply that right after her fucking fiancé spoke to her with so much disrespect, her own sister was no less.Judging by everything that happened and from Aurora’s dazed reaction, it was obvious that she didn’t know what happened. It looked to me like there was more to the situation that needed to be investigated, which is exactly what is taking me back to my anger with Hawk.I could rarely wait to confront him about this.With the look in her eyes, I couldn’t change

AURORA’S POVIt was a crazy decision, I knew this, but I didn’t have a choice now. Against my wish, I had been plunged into this situation that I couldn’t get myself out of, and so I just wanted to make do with it as best as I could.This was just for pretense, and I knew that with time, maybe a couple of months, something more scandalous would happen in the city and they would forget all about me and the lie I told.And we would all be able to return to our normal lives.“So, please, let me have the address to your apartment,” I swallowed hard and said.My family would go wild with frenzy when they discovered that I settled for Arlo, an abandoned son with nothing to his name rather than Maverick who had wealth and stability to offer me, but I couldn’t sacrifice my dignity for them.Besides, since this started, no one stood by me, not even Maverick.He didn’t want to hear me out, so he left me with no choice.“Okay, I will,” Arlo responded.“I would have asked you to drive instead, bu