All Chapters of Loathe by the Billionaire : Chapter 51 - Chapter 53

Author's pov After Kayla's fitting, they all went to see a movie and ate some pizza afterwards. Chelsea got had gotten out of her Uber. Her eyes scanned the dimly street that led to her campus housing. It was quiet as always. As she approached her front door, a car's headlight flickered out, casting a shadowy figure in the darkness. Her heart racing, she quickened her pace. Chelsea's hand instinctively reached into her bag for the pepper spray and tazer that she kept for occasions like this. While going the, she was also searching for the keys to her apartment. All of these things seemed out of reach today. She was panicking and her heart was beating loudly. Just as Chelsea was about to give up, a deep voice rumbled through the darkness, "If this was a horror movie, you'd already be dead."Chelsea's breath caught in her throat as she exhaled deeply, her eyes narrowing at the figure emerging from the shadows. "What the fuck, mehn. What the fuck, you almost gave me a heart attack,

KaylaThe dressing room smells like lilies and hairspray, thick enough to cling to my throat. I try to breathe through it, but every time I close my eyes, I’m back there in that room. Mum’s hands brush over my arms as she adjusts my dress. “Something old,” she murmurs softly.She opens a small velvet box and pulls out a silver brooch, dulled with age, tarnished deep in the tiny grooves. I recognize it immediately. It’s been sitting in storage for years, wrapped in tissue paper and memory. She pins it inside my bodice, right over my heart.“This was my mother’s,” she says. “She gave it to me the day I married your father.”Her eyes meet mine, and for just a moment. “Even if my marriage was shit, Kayla,” she says quietly, “I pray yours is a whole lot better.”My throat tightens as I swallow.A whole lot better.I don’t even know if that’s possible anymore.A knock sounds at the door and someone slips in a sleek, black box. Inside is something new. A necklace. I'm guess this represent