Alle Kapitel von Betrothed To The Billionaire Player: Kapitel 51 – Kapitel 60

JadeBefore I could look to see who it was, the woman stepped into view, a tall voluptuous beauty, with red lips and siren eyes.She was arm in arm with an older man who looked to be in his late forties. From the way they stood together, it was obvious they were partners.The loose grip around my hand abruptly tightened and drew my gaze to a suddenly alert and slightly grim-looking Julian.“It’s been a while, hasn’t it?” The woman trilled, looking ecstatic for some reason. “I certainly wasn’t expecting to see you here.”Julian cleared his throat, the rough sound reluctant. “Likewise. How have you been, Vivienne?”My back immediately straightened at the familiarity of his greeting, and I found myself sitting more rigidly in my chair, a strange knot of discomfort slowly beginning to form in the pit of my stomach.“Oh, you know. Simply keeping busy.” The woman, apparently named Vivienne, smiled, then turned to the man by her side. “I’m not sure I ever introduced you to my husband. Darlin

JadeI woke up after a night of crying, tossing and turning to a text from Bells.Bells: So? How did it go? Pretty please tell me he’s as hung as he looks and knows how to use it too.Rolling over with a groaning sigh, I texted out a response,Jade: It was horrible. The date not the fucking ’cause that didn’t happen. Still in a bad mood. Will call you later.Then I flung the phone away from me and face-planted into my pillows, trying not to think about the fact that I had my first major fight with Julian last night.After some minutes I finally got up, needing to do anything else that wasn’t feeling sorry and embarrassed for myself.On impulse, I grabbed my phone from where it had landed and texted Sierra asking if I could come over.She was basically the only friend I had around here and I wanted to be with someone who didn’t remind me of my current hopeless situation.When she sent back an enthusiastic ‘yes’, I got out of bed with a smile and walked into my en-suite.I took a shower

JadeTheo rushed into the kitchen before she could respond, stretching out the tiny fingers of his right hand for his share of muffins.Sierra bent to hand him a bowl with a single muffin. “Help mommy out here and try not to mess up the floor and your clothes with crumbs, okay?”“Okay,” he promised, already lifting the muffin to his mouth as he dashed back out of the kitchen on surprisingly speedy legs.Sierra straightened and brushed strands of her curly hair out of her face. “Well, that’s in the past but I still appreciate the sentiment,” she said with a smile in my direction, addressing my previous words. “And speaking about the past, I still feel bad about mistaking your friend for your fiancé the other day. I hope I didn’t make things awkward between you guys?”“No, you didn’t.” I waved a hand in front of me to reassure her. “We’re good.”“Can I see a picture of him if that’s okay? Your fiancé, I mean. To avoid similar mistakes in the future,” she said laughingly.I opened my mou

JadeI shook my head with an amused expression and followed when she began walking.When we reached the narrow pavement leading to the garage entrance where the noise of the main road gradually faded behind us, I checked my phone for an update.“He says he’s here already.” I announced. “Just around the corner.”Hazel glanced back with a nod, but then her gaze shifted to something behind me and she suddenly stumbled in her steps, almost falling over.“Jesus, Hazel.” I hurried forward to steady her. “I told you to let me help with those bags. Hand a few over.”She didn’t move to do what I said so I looked up at her in question, wondering why she was just frozen in place.“Hazel, what…?” Her eyes were wide with panic, and it was then I heard the heavy footfalls behind us, approaching steadily.I turned around, and my gaze landed on two men a short distance away, roughly of similar massive builds and wearing expressions that immediately made me uncomfortable.One of them crooked a decepti

JadeAt the hospital, the doctor examined my shoulder first and confirmed it was just a minor strain, recommending ice and pain relief. Then he moved to my palms where he thoroughly cleaned away the embedded dirt and tiny pieces of gravel I hadn’t even noticed had gotten into the wound.Vince walked in just as the doctor was applying medicated dressings, holding a box of what I suspected were mini cheesecakes in all my favorite flavors.It was a little tradition of ours where he bought them for me every time he returned from his latest deployment.I narrowed my gaze and huffed. “I’m not accepting that. You’ve been back for weeks and I had no idea because you never even reached out. If today didn’t happen, I’d probably not have seen or heard from you for another few weeks, would I?”He waited for the doctor to finish up and leave the room then set the box aside before pulling up one of the chairs to sit by my bedside. “Princess, forgive me. I was busy with wrapping up my remaining mili