บททั้งหมดของ The Billionaire’s Devious Wife: บทที่ 71 - บทที่ 80

“You know I don’t want to merge, Max,” I said. Max asked me to come over to the office to discuss a deal that Declan’s company had offered him. Apparently, they wanted to merge our companies. In other words, they wanted to buy us out, which wasn’t up for negotiation for me. I wasn’t going to sell my company, even if their offer was very generous.“As you like. I’m going to send them our refusal for the idea,” Max said, but I shook my head.“Tell them we’d like to collaborate for a fixed amount of time instead. For six months, we can have an icon of our store in their apps and websites, and if somebody clicks on it, they will be taken directly to our platforms. This way, we will be advertising our brand on their platform. In return, they can have thirty percent of the profit from every sale made through that click,” I explained my idea.“Do you think they will agree to thirty percent?” Max asked me.“They will most probably ask for fifty, but we can settle the deal at forty,” I replied

I had been staying with Declan for the past week. I learned that many houses in my neighborhood were damaged, and I didn’t know if mine was one of them. The fires had only gotten worse, and I didn’t know when I was going to leave.If I was being honest, I didn’t want to leave. Living with Declan wasn’t bad at all. I had been doing my best to keep my distance because the last thing I wanted was to give him mixed signals; however, it wasn’t exactly easy to do so when we were both staying under the same roof.I was sitting in the room Declan had given me when I heard a knock on my door. “Come in,” I said, thinking it was Declan since there was nobody in the house but us and Pepper.To my surprise, Lana walked inside. “Hi,” she said with a smile.“Hi.” I smiled back at her. Saying I missed her would be one hell of an understatement.“Ares and Declan are downstairs, and we’re about to play some card games. Do you want to join us?” she asked me. The hesitation in her voice didn’t escape my

As much as I loved staying at Declan’s place, I needed to leave. There was no point in staying here any longer. My neighborhood was declared safe yesterday, which meant that I could leave.Last night, I packed my things, but I didn’t tell Declan I was leaving. I wasn’t planning on leaving without telling him, but since he was going to work today, I planned on telling him beforehand. I took a deep breath and walked out of the room I considered mine for the past twenty-five days, preparing myself for that conversation. Declan had probably been awake for a while and was having breakfast in the kitchen.I went downstairs and, to my surprise, I didn’t find him there. Had he left early? I looked out of the kitchen window and found his car in the driveway, which meant that he was still in the house.Where was he then?I walked back upstairs and headed to his room to check if he was there. Declan didn’t sleep in, but maybe he had been tired and turned his alarm off.I knocked on his door to

I was nervous. I planned on talking to her tonight about the possibility of her giving me another chance, but I couldn’t expect her reaction. I was hopeful, though. I had been paying attention to how we both had been acting around each other, and not once had I felt that she couldn’t stand me.I thought about arranging a candlelit dinner, but I was scared that she might be freaked out from such a move, so I thought we could talk while we were watching a movie or an episode of one of the TV shows she liked to watch. I didn’t want things to be awkward between us.It was already a miracle that things had developed between us like that. I didn’t know how I got that lucky, but I was grateful. It was like life was giving me another chance, and I didn’t plan to waste it.I ordered us Thai food, knowing she liked it a lot. We had already agreed to have dinner together before she left, but I didn’t know why she was taking so long. I texted her thirty minutes ago, asking when she was coming bac

It had been such a long day at the studio. I couldn’t wait to take off my clothes and throw myself on the bed. However, when I made it back home, I frowned when I saw someone sitting on my front porch. Who was that?I parked my car and got out of the car. If he was a serial killer, he wouldn’t be sitting in plain sight like that, right? His head was hanging low, but when he noticed me, he raised his head, causing me to sigh out in relief because it was Declan.“Hi,” I said, walking toward him. “How are you?”“I’m all good,” he said with a small smile, but he seemed exhausted. He didn’t just seem exhausted as there was a bruise on the right side of his chin, and his upper lip was slightly busted.“Have you been in a fight?” I frowned, slowly reaching for his chin, careful not to touch the bruised part. I turned his face right and left, and I found another faint bruise on his left temple.“I’m all right,” he assured me, but I shook my head. He didn’t look all right at all.“Bullshit,” I