Lahat ng Kabanata ng SUBSTITUTE BRIDE I WANT YOU BACK LILA : Kabanata 101 - Kabanata 110

CHAPTER 102LilaThe wine tasted exquisite. Everything was nothing less that what I would expect at a restaurant like this. Plus, it was an all expense paid dinner. When the restaurant heard who booked it and who was dining, they couldn't help but give such an offer. Still, it made no difference if I had to pay. I was still going to be in front of Victoria Cornelli. She asked the both of us to first have dinner before talking over dessert. I couldn't help but love the idea. She slowly pushed her food, looking up at me. “So… what kind of relationship do you have with Lucien?” She asked, and I couldn't help but smile at the mention of his name. To think that a few weeks ago, I would have cussed him out somehow. But now, all I wanted to sing were his praises. From his support, to his sacrifices, to being a good father to the kids, to this dinner. It was all too much for even me to take in. “He's someone special,” I ended up saying as I took a bite of chicken, allowing the flavor danc

CHAPTER 104Lucien What. The. Fuck?My hands were already balling into fists at my side, but there was no way that I was taking any undue action against a woman. I turned back to look at Lucien. Her face was expressionless. I didn't like that look. I slowly pulled Rachel away from me. She looked even more broken as she sobbed more. “What are you doing here?” I asked, and she looked up at me with hurt in her eyes. Was that supposed to have some kind of effect on me? The only woman that I knew could hurt me or affect me with her emotions was standing right behind me. Rachel wanted to apologize to Lila, but crying to my house was definitely not one of her entry tricks. “Is that the question you're supposed to be asking?” She asked, placing her hands on her chest. Lila that I knew would have rushed to her side and asked her what was wrong. But she didn't even take a step towards her. She probably had a bad feeling about her. And she didn't even care that she was her mentor's daughte

CHAPTER 106LilaMy hands were folded across my chest as well, mirroring the position that Rachel was standing in. “About what?” I asked her, and she sneered, walking towards me. “You will give me that piece of paper that my mom gave to you.”I frowned. The audacity that she had was something else. “What do you mean?” I asked her. “Who do you think you are? And why would I just give you that paper like it's nothing?”She cocked her head to the side. “Because I'm asking you to. Do you think I haven't done a background check yet? About your low life family and your stupid love life. You don't deserve to be among the top fashion designers.”“Don't you dare,” I said, pointing my index finger at her. “You have no right whatsoever to determine who gets to be at the top. Your mother decided to help me, and that's the only thing that matters.”“Oh please,” she said, waving her hands in the air. “You're just taking advantage of Lucien. You think I didn't see what happened at his house? He w

CHAPTER 108LilyMy laughter echoed around the house for what seemed like the hundredth time. I knew that the video was going to trend, but I didn't expect it to happen so quickly. It spread like wildfire. That was evidence of how popular my sister was. I was proud of her. She just made my work a thousand times more easier. I didn't have too much money to waste anyway. “What happened?” My parents asked, poking their heads into my room. I couldn't help but roll my eyes. The both of them never seemed to give me my privacy anymore. They didn't care to know how much I even needed that. I didn't need them sticking their noses in what didn't concern them. But I was happy today. I might as well allow them have a share of my happiness. I got up from my bed, showing my mom one of the clips from the news, showing the snarky comments about the video. She laughed, while my father took a step back. I pretended not to notice. “This isn't right,” he said, and I rolled my eyes. “You can at least

CHAPTER 110Lila“You're going to do just fine,” Lucien whispered as he wrapped his arms around my waist, kissing my neck. I turned into jelly underneath his touch. I was already breathing heavily. “I don't know how I'm going to do there. I don't got this.”Lucien's hands trailed up to my tense shoulders. He leaned down to kiss them. I watched the sight of the both of us in the mirror. My flushed cheeks, and his perfect look. His scent was clouding my senses more than it should. “Do you want me to help you with that?’ he asked, and I bit my lower lip. “How are you going to help?” I asked in an innocent voice. He grabbed my waist even harder, turning me around. I barely got the chance to ask him what he was doing before he leaned down, claiming my lips like he was going to die if he didn't get to kiss me. “Lucien,” I moaned against his lips. He undid my perfect bun, tugging against my hair. The last thing that I cared about at that point was my make-up.Lucien pressed his bulge aga