The Poor Billionaire Heiress Returns! のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 111 - チャプター 120

•GISELLE•The call came at 2:17 a.m.I was half-asleep on the couch with the twins curled against me under a blanket, when my phone lit up on the coffee table. I answered before the fourth ring.“Elle?” Her voice was small, cracked, and barely recognizable. “It’s me. Ashley." My heart skipped a beat when I heard her voice. I was so worried the entire night when she didn't return home. I even thought she probably went to see her boyfriend but was afraid to tell Connor. But it was unlike her. “Ashley? Oh my God. Where are you? We’ve been looking everywhere—”"Please call the police," I whispered, looking at the door. "Please, I—" I stopped when I heard heavy footsteps behind the door. There was a loud thud before the line went dead. My chest tightened when I realized she was kidnapped. I sat upright and the blanket fell on the floor. The twins turned but didn’t wake up. I stared at the dark screen, my heart racing. I didn't waste time as I called the police and informed them that

•GISELLE•Three days had passed since the restaurant, since Connor’s blood soaked through my dress, and since I said yes.I was sitting on the floor of our bedroom with my back against the side of the bed, still wearing one of his sweaters. It smelled faintly like his cologne. I hadn’t washed it, and I didn’t want to.The ring was in my hand.My stomach burned from hunger, but I couldn't bring myself to eat while Connor’s body was lying lifeless in the morgue. How did someone who was proposing to me turn out dead the next minute? “Mommy?” Aurora called as she entered my room. "Are you okay?" I didn’t look up at her. I didn't want her to see me in this position, but I couldn't help it. "I'm fine, baby," I answered. "Please go find Auntie Ashley and tell her to make you something to eat, okay? I'll be downstairs with you soon." "Alright, Mommy!" She squealed before she turned to the door and walked out. I closed my eyes and let out the tears I had been holding. My heart ached whe

•NOAH•My mind was racing as I made a cup of coffee so I could visit Octavia in jail. She was sentenced to thirty-eight years in prison for two counts of attempted murder. Her parents and brother were sentenced to fifteen years in prison for fraudulent and accomplice in attempted murder. Octavia gave birth to a baby girl a week ago and her custody was fully granted to Bruno. He took the child and left California with her. So, that gave her enough time to plot against Giselle, but instead of her hitman killing Giselle, Connor took the bullet. It made sense. And I felt bad that I had told Giselle to let the police do their investigations. "How was the funeral?" my grandfather asked as he walked inside the kitchen and found me drinking my coffee while leaning against the counter. "Giselle is broken." "Poor girl has been through a lot already," he sighed as he poured himself a cup of coffee. "She deserved a happy ending." She did. "I have to go somewhere, Grandpa. I will see you

•GISELLE•"Where are you, Giselle? Do you know how worried and out of my mind I am? I am losing myself in each passing second, and I can't rest without knowing where you are and how you are. Please free me from this misery and come home." I was sitting on the backyard porch, listening to Connor’s voicemail messages. The twins were playing around the swimming pool while I was losing my mind over the fact that I might never see Connor again or hear his voice. I didn't even know what to do anymore. I felt as if I had lost all sense of reasoning. “Mommy, watch this!” Aurora called out, but somehow, her voice drifted off my mind as quickly as it came. I replayed the voicemail again and again. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop myself from listening to them. We were supposed to start our lives afresh in New York, get married, and live our lives together until we were old and weary. I also couldn't stop thinking about what his parents said to me. Perhaps they were right, and

•NOAH•"Daddy, is Mommy okay?" Aurora asked when I returned with them from kindergarten. They hadn't seen their mother for two days and I understood their confusion, but I didn't want to risk anything anymore. I didn't want to lose the kids as well after losing my mother and brother in a single month. They were both arrested, which made me feel as if I were utterly alone in the world. "Your mother is fine, Aurora," I answered as I strapped them in their car seats. "But she needs time to say goodbye to Uncle Connor." "I miss her," Adrian chimed in, sighing. "Is she mad at me for jumping into the pool? She said I shouldn't." I stopped moving and sighed. I hated that it seemed as if I were keeping them from their mother, when all I wanted was to keep them safe. “No, buddy,” I replied. “Mommy isn’t mad at you. She loves you more than anything in the whole world.”"She should've called then," he pouted."Well, what do you say we bring Mommy lunch?" “Yes!” Aurora squealed. “Can we br