All Chapters of Married For Revenge: The Billionaire's Contract Wife: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

29 Chapters

A Pleasant Surprise

Steve’s POVI picked up my phone for the hundredth time this morning, and I glanced out the window, holding my phone tightly as I reminisced on the event of the previous night.Elaine had caught me off guard with how calm and resolved she was at the event.“Stop tapping your fingers on the table, you look nervous,” I said to her.The earlier barrage of questions from the reporters had shaken her up. This event was very important to Greyson Corp, and it was the first time we were making a public appearance as a couple after signing the marriage contract.“I… I can’t help it. I can feel everyone’s gaze on me. I think it was a bad idea having me here.” She said as she took a sip of the wine.Despite her anxiety, she sat straight on the chair, the way she lifted the wine glass, her grip on it precise and cautious.“You are handling yourself just well. This will be over soon.”I said that too early, as less than five minutes later, my family showed up. Lucas, my stepbrother, who had compet

Schemes

Elaine’s POVI had my hands on my head, holding it tight as I paced Steve’s office. “If only everyone would let me be.”“You will do just fine. Your workstation has been arranged.” Steve said.He made no efforts to calm me down; he had opened up his laptop and began working already. “Grant will show you to your work station.” I picked up my bag and left. The whole staff exchanged glances and hushed whispers the minute I walked in. Two girls quietly walked up to, standing arms locked together.“We heard you are the boss’s wife.” The taller one said, hissing afterwards.“Don’t expect any sort of preferential treatment just because you have a relationship with the boss,” the other one added.They both turned sharply, swinging their hair in my face as they walked away.“They love to mark their territory, members pay them no heed.” I turned to see the other staff sitting next to me.“I’m Clara,” she flashed her teeth, pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose.“Call me Elaine.”The da

His Silent Protection

Elaine’s POVI paced the hallway as I waited for the doctor to come out. Elizabeth had been wheeled in a few minutes ago, and the doctors and nurses were all attending to her.Steve had stepped out to attend to a business call, and my mind raced with different thoughts. I had gotten married to Steve to take revenge on them both, but I had gotten carried away with the board members, his family, and Vivienne.“You witch.” I turned back to see Mrs Wayne. Gary was standing next to her, breathing frantically as they hurried their pace.“I didn’t do anything…” Before I could plead my case, Mrs Wayne pulled my hair, yanking my head back. I held her hands, trying to force her to let go.“You want to ruin our family. Wasn’t it enough that you couldn’t give our family an heir?” She tightened her grip, and I yelled, calling out to Gary, who just stood watching.Of course, he had always been a mummy’s boy; what did I expect? I finally pushed her off me, shoving her hard on the chair nearby.Gary

Feelings Awakening

Steve’s POVThe rising noise and chaos around took my attention from the business call I was on. “Let’s reschedule. My Assistant will get back to you.” I hung up the phone and looked out the window.The sun had set, casting a golden yellow streak on the window. I dialed the office, but no one answered.“What is going on here?” A young woman lay sprawled on the floor, staff members surrounding her. I took a few steps forward before I sighted Elaine in the middle of it all.She had already gotten a strike from the board of directors; it wasn’t the time for any more drama and chaos. Elaine instantly turned to me, her eyes sunken in as she blinked.“I didn’t do anything.”I recognized the woman to be Elizabeth. The one who had caused an uproar in the media, she had instigated to the public that Elaine was barren.“I would have thought a man of your status would settle for someone more in your league.” She brought herself up and moved to me, “You need to discard her, she wants to hurt my b

Jealousy

Steve’s POVThe past two days in the house have been quiet and tense. Elaine had barely come out of her room, and whenever she did, she only said hi. The necklace still sat in my drawers, waiting for me to ask her out to dinner.I looked up from my phone, and Elaine was sitting across from me. She had a sketchbook on her lap and a pile of ruffled papers on the table next to her.“How is the design coming along?” I finally asked.“Fine.” She didn’t even look up to look at me, since she submitted the apology report, every little sense of relationship we were building came to a halt.“We have a dinner tonight, you need to be in attendance as the Head of Designs.”She nodded briefly and kept on with what she was doing. I let out a grunt under my breath, stood up, and left.****Guests swarmed in, crowding the Fashion Gala. Elaine had her arm linked with mine, but she still hadn’t said much to me ever since. I looked down at her empty neck and put my hands in my pocket, pulling the box out

Trial

Elaine’s POVSteve stood next to Vivienne’s bedside. The doctor had put a small plaster on her forehead. She had sustained a cut from the fall; no one could tell how she had fallen.“Steve?” She stirred awake, holding Steve’s hand.“Are you okay now?” Steve said as he tried to let go of her hand, but she held on tight.“It all happened so fast, one minute I was walking down the stairs, the next minute I was down the stairs… My head hurts.” She pulled Steve in as she hugged him, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist.I cleared my throat, avoiding eye contact with Steve. One thing I knew for sure was that Vivienne was up to no good. Back at the party, she had walked up to where I was, swaying her hips deliberately.“Steve is nowhere to be found.” She traced my eyes as I searched the crowd for him. I smiled dryly and sipped my wine. She leaned in closer to me, almost as if whispering.“Should I tell you a secret?” She leaned in to me, her lips brushing against my ear, “Steve is alway

Design Battle

Elaine’s POV“This is impossible. You can’t be the winner of this.” I yelled, hitting the bulletin board. Vivienne’s brows furrowed, her nostrils flared as her eyes shot up.“How dare you question my design?”Whack!A slap landed on my cheek. I looked up in shock, unable to react quickly before her minions came at me.“You are the thief. How are you claiming you submitted the same design as Vivienne? You obviously must have stolen it.”“I have proof to show that I had been working on the design for years. It shouldn’t be a problem with you proving it’s your design. Right?” I said to Vivienne.I turned to leave for Reece’s office to challenge the results of the submission. I felt a pull on my hair and looked back to see Vivienne pulling my hair. “How dare you act all high and mighty? Are you trying to prove a point against mine?”“Let me go.” I struggled hard.“What do you think you want to do? Do you think you are competent enough to win?” Vivienne asked, still pulling my hair.“Then

Sabotage

Elaine’s POV“Wait!” I looked back to see Lucas walking towards us. He held a file up in the air. “This is proof that Elaine here is telling you all the truth.”“There must have been a misunderstanding somewhere. How are there two identical designs?” One of the board directors snatched the file from him as he opened it.“Was she really telling the truth?” Everyone gasped as they began whispering.Steve finally walked up to me, and I blinked rapidly, swallowing emotion. “I promise, I didn’t steal her design,” I whispered to him.“I believe you.”“Since there seems to be a mix-up here, the result of the design battle is canceled. There will be a new round between Elaine and Vivienne, submission is in three days…” Steve turned around, facing everyone. He took down the result on the bulletin board, tearing the result of the design battle into shreds. “Make a practical design.”“To make this even better,” Lucas added, “there will be a ten-minute submission deadline. Whoever doesn’t meet up

Feelings Awakening

Elaine’s POV“Did you lock her in the storage room?” Steve frowned, his brows tightening.“No… I… didn’t.” Vivienne retreated her steps, as she shook her head.“Then how did you know she was in the storage room?”“I… took a guess. Is anything wrong with that?”“You locked me in the storage room,” I moved forward to her, fists clenched“This is a fair process. Trying to get me not to submit my design is childish. I begged you to let me out.”She crossed her arms, acting bossy. “What proof do you have to back that? You can’t just go about accusing anyone.”“I will let this go because she was able to meet up with her submission,” Steve responded to her.“The results of the submission will be out in an hour.” The moderator said.Vivienne grit her teeth, jaw tight as she clenched her fist. She hissed and walked away, stomping her feet on the ground.“Are you hurt anywhere?” Steve turned to me, holding my shoulders as he turned me to my side, while checking my body. His forehead creased wit

Miscarriage Revealed

Steve’s POV“Why did you toss the gift away? You couldn’t even bring yourself to ask her to dinner.” Alex sighed.“It was a wrong idea getting it. What was I even thinking?” I downed the rest of my drink and signaled for the bartender to pour me another.“Hey, hey, man. You need to slow down on that alcohol.”Alex grabbed the glass from me and pushed it across the table.“Look here, man, you should learn to put aside your doubts and worries. You are married to her, I understand it is a marriage contract, but since things have come to this,” He paused as he stopped the barman from refilling his empty glass. “Just pop the question.”“What if this is all still business to her. What if…”“Enough of the what-ifs. How is the great Steve Greyson scared of asking his wife to dinner? Come on, man!” Alex patted me on the back as he smiled brightly.“I should be focusing solely on the Fashion Court Project,” I rubbed my forehead, as I breathed out.“You need to take it easy on yourself, man, this

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