All Chapters of Mr Billionaire wants a bride: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

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Last time

SERAPHINA“I didn’t exactly lie to him,” I said, into the phone, as I slowly paced across the length of my office. “Not really, at least,”Naomi let out a disbelieving snort on the other end of the line. I could even picture her shaking her head right now like she always did when she was tired of me,“Seraphina, you literally took a huge amount of money and told your freaking husband it was for your sister’s surgery when it wasn’t.”I pinched the bridge of my nose and exhaled slowly.“When you say it like that, it sounds bad.”“Because it is bad.”“It’s not a lie,” I insisted, lowering my voice even though my office door was closed. “I just… didn’t tell him the entire truth.”Naomi went quiet for a moment, and I could feel her judgment radiating through the phone.“That’s the definition of lying by omission,” she finally said.I stopped pacing and stared out window of my office. A part of me knew that she was saying the truth, but it was a hard pill to swallow.“You don’t understand,”

Fuck my life

TRISTANWhere the hell are you going, Seraphina?The words had echoed in my mind since she walked out of the house earlier that morning, even though I had never actually said them aloud.I gripped the steering wheel of my car tighter as I sat parked across the street from the bank, my gaze fixed on the glass doors like a predator waiting for its prey to appear. I asked myself countless times what the fuck am I even doing here right now.Seraphina had been distant for a couple of days now and I could see it in her eyes that she was tired. It was subtle enough that anyone else might have missed it, but I noticed everything, especially when it came to her. The way her smile had started to feel forced and the way she blacked out during conversations.On normal circumstances, I would have chalked it up to her sisters treatments which was coming up, but ever since the whole money thing, I had paid even closer attention to her.A notification had flashed on my phone earlier that afternoon an

What do I have to do?

SERAPHINA“What do you mean by he’s your father?” Tristan asked, as he looked at me.I could feel my chest tighten as Tristan took a step back from him, his narrowing in disbelief. His eyes were darting from me to my father who was still writhing in pain on the floor, searching for answers.“Wait a minute,” Tristan continued. “He is the one that left? The man who abandoned you?”I nodded slightly.“Yes,” I saidFor a moment, Tristan didn’t respond. He just stood there, breathing slowly like he was trying to pull himself back from the edge of something ugly. It was obvious from his curled fingers that he actually was fighting so hard.It occurred to me at that moment what he had said about my father abandoning me. That was something I had not told him at all. I had barely told him anything about my family to start with.Tristans gaze flicked around the café, and only then did I notice what I’d been too panicked to register before. There were people staring openly at us and I could hear

Bloody fucker

“At this point I feel I only see you when you are in some sort of pickle.” Julian said, as his voice cut through the banging noise from Velour downstairs. “This is not how friend should be.”“I am sorry,” Tristan said, as he sat down. “Work has got me rather occupied right now, and I can see that it is the same for you, so no need to act like I am the only one at fault.”“Fair.” Julian said, after a moment of silence.He got up and poured a drink for both him and Tristan,“You sounded like this was very urgent over the phone. What is wrong?” he asked,Tristan exhaled slowly, fingers tightening around the glass Julian had already pushed toward him. “I need to borrow some money.”Julian blinked at this, as the smile that had been permanently etched onto his face faltered, just slightly, like a crack in glass.“Come again?” he asked, unsure of what he had just heard“I need cash,” Tristan said evenly. “Urgently.”Julian leaned back against the bar, studying him now with something sharper

It is done

SERAPHINA“I want to come with you.” I said, for what had to be the umpteenth time that day.Tristan looked up at me from where he was fastening his watch. My face was thin with worry now, as we stood in the living room.“No,” he said calmly, just like he had said all the other times and it made my chest tighten even more. “There’s no need for you to be there.”“I should be there,” I insisted, folding my arms across my chest as if that would anchor me. “It’s my father and I’ve dealt with him my entire life. I know how he is, Tristan. I don’t like the idea of you going alone.”That was the truth of it all. My father had showed me a side of him which I never even dreamed that he had in the first place when he had come to threaten me. It was like I was looking at a different person who was capable of anything. That fear of the unknown kept on ringing in my ear over and over again.Tristan stepped closer, his expression softening but his stance unyielding. “And I don’t like the idea of yo

It’s about time

SERAPHINAEverything is finally falling into place.That was the thought running through my head as I stared at the screen in front of me, the faint curve of a smile refusing to leave my lips. I leaned back in my chair, and let myself breathe for a moment. It dawned on me at that moment that I actually had not exactly felt this way in years. It was a new sensation all together right now.Two weeks had gone by now since the whole saga with my father and it seemed like everything which had been threatening to explode had now taken a turn for the better.Auroras surgery had gone better than the doctors expected and she was making a full recovery. She had even been moved to a better facility, courtesy of Tristan and I could see it in her eyes that she was getting stronger each and every day. The mere thought of it right now brought tears of joy to my eyes. That was exactly what I had been working towards this whole time.She had even met Tristan and I had been terrified, of course of how

Enjoy it while it lasts

Did you see the invite?” Violetta said, without even adding a greeting or anything.From her tone it was obvious that she was quite on edge and Julian could already sense the anger emanating through her. He was standing on the balcony of his penthouse, looking out at the street with one hand in his pocket and the other holding his phone. He looked completely at ease even as Violetta exploded away on the phone.“Are you even there?” she asked after not getting a response from him.“Yes, I am,” he said calmly. “Of course I saw it. In fact, I am looking at it now.On the other end of the line, there was a pause and then it was like something flipped in Violetta.“You saw it?” Violetta snapped. “That’s it? That’s all you’re going to say?”Julian’s mouth curved faintly. He turned slightly, leaning his shoulder against the glass door, watching his reflection blur against the city behind him.“What exactly would you like me to say?”“What I’d like you to say,” she shot back, “is that this is

And so it begins

SERAPHINA“I am just going to do it.”That was what I whispered to myself for the third or maybe fourth time as I still stood outside Tristan’s bedroom door, my fist hovering uselessly in the air. I’d already rehearsed the knock in my head and was still in the process of thinking about what I was going to say, but my nerves were completely failing me as they refused to be at any form of ease. Instead, I’d been standing there for what now felt like an eternity.I would have spoken to him yesterday, but he’d come home really late last night and had went straight to bed, no doubt exhausted from everything that was going on. There was no way I could bring myself to start off a serious conversation at that particular moment. I told myself it was because of this and not like I was disguising my cowardice itself as practicality.Now it was tomorrow and I exhaled slowly, as I pressed my palm against my stomach.“Just knock,” I whispered. “You’re being ridiculous. How hard could it fucking be

The beginning of the end

TRISTAN“You need to see this.” My secretary said to me, as I turned from the edge of the stage lights.The irritation was already coiling in my chest as she approached me, phone clutched so tightly in her hand as she reached me. The room was getting too noisy now and I had no idea what it was that had divided people’s attentions so much.“What is it? I asked in anger,She didn’t answer me, she just held out her phone for me to see. The anger was still very evident on my face, as this was not how I expected the launch to go at all. They were all supposed to be listening to Seraphina talk, but instead there was all of this commotion around us.The second my eyes landed on the screen, something cold settled in my stomach immediately. I understood exactly what was going on now, even without reading everything. All I had to see was the image and it felt like the ground was shifting from underneath my feet.“Fuck,” I muttered, already moving, as I handed the phone back without a word and t

What the hell?

SERAPHINA“I don’t even know where to start.” I said, as I could still hear how shaky my voice sounded right in the moment.I had cried so much right from the moment I got into the room that I felt if I cried anymore, it may be blood that would come out and not tears anymore. The whole house felt like a cage right now and I just wanted out. Out of the entire situation to be specific.Naomi didn’t interrupt me as I vented out all of my frustrations to her on the phone. It was one of the things I liked about her. I could call her at any time of the day and she would be willing to listen to me no matter what.“Everything just… went up in smoke,” I continued, staring at the wall across from me like it might answer back. “One minute I’m on stage about to introduce Requiem to the world, and the next it’s like someone lit a match and walked away smiling.”“God,” Naomi said softly. “Sera…”“They leaked footage of me,” I said, the words still tasting unreal. “From Velour. Pictures and videos a

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