All Chapters of The Billionaire Proposed : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Back at the hotel, Penelope was in a daze as she stumbled into her suite. She was relieved when she saw that Grace and the girls weren't in, which meant they were probably at the playground already.How did this happen? She asked herself. How did that stranger from seven years ago end up to be Carlton Banks? What kind of cruel coincidence was this? What was she supposed to do now about her official assignment?She couldn't stay here. She couldn't keep living in this hotel, especially considering the fact that he owned the place. What if he ran into her with the girls?What if he took one look at Daphne and realized she was his daughter? No way. She couldn't let that happen, Penelope thought, beginning to panic as she picked up her phone and dialed Grace's line."Return to the suite with the girls at once." she said, sounding harsher than she meant. As she paced around her suite, she thought about giving her boss, Susan, a call to inform her that she would not be able to handle the ass

Early the next morning, Sarah headed to The Banks Palace Hotel, resolved to mend what had been broken.The moment she arrived at the reception, she informed them she was there to see her daughter, and the receptionist put a call acrossto Penelope to get her permission.As Sarah rode the elevator up to Penelope’s suite, thoughts of Penelope and how much she’d missed her flooded her mind.Once she reached Pen’s door, she knocked, and after a moment, the door opened to reveal Penelope standing there, looking a bit surprised but quite happy to see her.“Penelope! It's really you," Sarah said in surprise, pulling Penelope into an embrace. "I couldn't believe it when the receptionist said my mom was here to see me," Penelope said,feeling relaxed in Sarah's embrace.Although Hillary had betrayed her and she harbored resentment towards Hillary, Sarah had always been a good mother to her since her biological mother passed away, and Penelope loved her.After they pulled apart, Sarah looked Pe

Penelope leaned back against the cool leather seat of the cab, her mind buzzing with the events of the morning.First was the visit with her soon-to-be stepmother, followed by Susan's call, and then her visit to Carlton's office. She couldn't shake the feeling that everything was moving too fast.The cityscape blurred past her window as she lost herself in thoughts, her fingers absentmindedly tracing the edges of her phone. Now that she had agreed to work with Carlton and had secured the interview with him, she needed to find an apartment—a safe place where she and the girls could stay away from Carlton's reach.The thought of Carlton, Geoffrey's cousin, finding out he was the girls' father, and everyone else getting to know about it too, sent a shiver down her spine.She couldn't let him know about her babies. She couldn't let anyone know that she had been with Geoffrey's cousin and had two babies for him. Not even her family could know about it. It was then that a sudden realizatio

Penelope stared at Carlton, her heart pounding in her chest. Recovering quickly from the initial shock, her hands moved to the front of her bathrobe and she held it tightly together."What are you doing here? What do you want?"Carlton's grin widened. "May I come in?""Certainly not," she snapped.His eyes glinted mischievously. "You can either let me in, or we can stand here with you dressed in your bathrobe for everyone to see and speculate about our relationship."Her eyes darted to the corridor. The last thing she needed was gossip. Reluctantly, she stepped aside. "Fine, come in."Carlton stepped into the room, his presence filling the space. Penelope closed the door behind him, her mind racing. Carlton shouldn't be here. What if her girls returned now? She needed to think fast."Excuse me for a moment," she said, walking into the bedroom. She quickly grabbed her phone and sent a text to Grace, asking her to keep the girls out for a while longer.Hearing movement behind her, she t

Penelope arrived at Banks Corp early the next morning, her resolve firm but her nerves frayed as she was still very anxious about working so closely with Carlton.She had spent the night tossing, turning, and dreading the month ahead, knowing that everything could go wrong with just one wrong move. She was not only scared about him finding out about the girls, but she was also scared about falling for him.She wasn't too arrogant to believe it was impossible, He was, after all, the man who had given her the best sex of her life, and all these years, whenever she pleasured herself, she fantasized about his touch, even though she couldn't clearly remember his face.Today marked the beginning of her project with him, and she wasdetermined to maintain her professionalism, despite their complicated past.As she approached his office, she took a deep breath and knocked on the door since Carlton had given his secretary strict instructions to always let her in whenever she arrived as long as