All Chapters of BILLIONAIRE'S FAKE FIANCÉE : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

DanteBy the time I pulled into St. Mary's Hospital, the knot in my chest had grown so tight I could barely breathe, the only thing replaying in my head was Paige's voice."I'm scared and I need you." Those four words echoed louder than the engine as I killed it. The moment I stepped out of the car, flashes exploded around me."Dante!""Mr. De Luca!""Is it true your daughter is in the hospital?""Who was the brunette you were seen with last night?""Are you and your wife separating?""Mr. De Luca, one comment!"The questions came from every direction as cameras clicked relentlessly. Microphones were shoved toward my face.Normally, I knew exactly how to deal with the press, smile at them, ignore and keep walking. Today, I didn't even register them, all I could think about was whether Kyla was okay.A security guard hurried outside "This way, Mr. De Luca."He held the doors open while another guard blocked the reporters.The shouting faded behind me as the hospital doors slid shut,

DanteThere was so much silence everywhere, I had spent years chasing it.Building a life where nobody asked questions, nobody expected explanations, and nobody needed anything from me.l but today the silence felt suffocating.The penthouse was unusually still without Kyla's occasional cries or Paige humming absentmindedly as she moved from one room to another. Even the nursery, which I had wandered into twice since returning from the hospital, felt hollow.I walked into my office and opened my laptop, I had so much work waiting for me but I needed to focus on something else right now which was not work. Normally, this was where my mind found order, I had always loved working, it's the only thing I cared about and was a thousand percent good at. Today, the words blurred together.I read the same sentence three times before closing the laptop with a frustrated sigh, this was definitely not helping, my phone buzzed and I immediately picked it up, maybe it was Paige but to much of dis

DanteHospitals had a way of making time disappear, I wasn't sure how long we had been there but I knew it had been way too long. Long enough for Mother to charm every nurse she crossed paths with.Long enough for her to hold Kyla until the little girl fell asleep against her shoulder.Long enough for me to realize just how naturally Paige fit into motherhood.She barely left Kyla's side, every time a monitor beeped, her head lifted.Every time Kyla stirred, Paige's hand instinctively found hers.She looked exhausted and had dark circles beneath her eyes hadn't faded.Her smile was polite whenever Mother spoke to her, but it never quite reached her eyes.When she looked at me however, there was nothing, no anger or disappointment , they were just empty. Oddly enough, I would have preferred if she had yelled at me.At least then I would know she still expected something from me.Instead, she had become careful even with the way she spoke to me and I hated that, it made me feel more g

RosaThe sound of Dante's bedroom door slamming echoed through the house long after he had disappeared upstairs.I remained standing in the middle of the living room for a few seconds just glued to the same spot. The silence that followed felt painfully familiar.It wasn't the kind of silence that came from an empty house.It was the silence that came after words had done exactly what they were meant to do, they had wounded and I had forced him to talk about his feelings well he had. I closed my eyes as the words echoed in my mind. "You left me."Four simple words that felt like being stabbed over and over again. I had spent over twenty years imagining what my son would say the next time he looked at me or saw me, I had prepared myself and yet somehow those four words still hurt more than anything I had prepared myself for.I drew in a slow breath before picking up my handbag.My legs suddenly felt heavier than they had that morning.The guest room was at the far end of the hallwa

PaigeI had just finished laying Kyla in her crib when I heard footsteps behind me. I didn't have to turn around to know it was him.I gently pulled the blanket higher over Kyla's tiny body before closing the crib gate."Dadada" I whispered softly, brushing a finger over her cheek. "Sleep, my little bug."The footsteps stopped just outside the nursery door and a second later, they started again. This time toward our bedroom.I followed, closing the nursery door halfway behind me.Dante was standing in the middle of the room with both hands tucked into the pockets of his trousers.His jaw was tight and his expression unreadable.He looked like the billionaire CEO everyone feared. Not the man who had stood helplessly beside Kyla's hospital bed. I walked past him toward my suitcase."I'm going to take a shower.""Paige." I kept walking."This is my house Paige incase you have forgotten." I stopped at that and I slowly turned to look at him and his eyes held mine."You can't just walk awa