All Chapters of The Wife Who Walked Away Richer: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Elsie’s POVI stared at the bracelet and threw a glance Damien’s way. He waited patiently for me to say something but I didn’t know exactly what to say.A bracelet wasn't going to change my mind and besides, I don’t even remember giving it to him.“This means nothing,” I said, as I pushed the bracelet back to him.“Really?” He asked. "It might mean nothing to you, but it means the world to me. I kept it for you for more than twenty years. Surely, it should mean something to you.”“Well, it doesn’t,” I said. If his aim was trying to use an old bracelet, then he was wasting his time.“I understand. But it matters a lot to me, that’s why I am not letting you go,” he said. His tone was filled with seriousness as he leaned closer to me, his dark eyes boring into mine. “I am nothing like that asshole.”“You don’t understand, do you?” I asked. “This has nothing to do with you. I am just not ready to get into a marriage after just a couple of months of escaping an abusive one. This isn’t abou

Elsie’s POVIt’s been a month since my meeting with Damien and all I can say is, he’s a really good guy.After that day, he never brought up the issue of marriage again but instead, we worked on our friendship. Since he is the owner of several businesses, he was barely available, but whenever I wanted to speak with him, he was always active.I told him all about business and he gave me some really good advice that has been working extremely well for me. We could practically talk for hours and we wouldn’t even get tired or run out of things to talk about.Even my parents were amazed at how we were handling things. He would bring me food at work because he could already guess I would be too busy to eat. He would call to check up on me to see if things were going smoothly or if I needed help with anything. When I had bad days, he would talk me into a better mood and only leave when I felt better.He also took me out on dates, but we never really agreed to call them dates. We called them

Elsie’s POV It’s been five weeks since I bagged a collaboration with Phantom and I can say it has been one of the best decisions I ever made. Working with them gave me more visibility and also more profit. The CEO, whose name is Phantom, was really an amazing guy. We sent detailed emails to each other and sometimes texts, but we never saw each other. But it didn’t matter because he ticked all my boxes. He was a really funny guy, easy to work with, and he was friendly. Since I was in love with F1 racing, I was drawn to him immediately. To me, it didn’t matter if we saw each other or not. I just fell in love with his personality and love for F1 racing. I felt he was the only one that truly understood my desire for sport. As our communication got stronger, I stylishly asked him about our meeting, but he said he was really busy so our meeting was put on hold. We continued talking, however. And then there was Damien, who was an absolute gentleman. He made sure I was fine at all times

Elsie’s POVAs the crowd of reporters went crazy with the news, I felt a gut-wrenching pain in my heart.I felt used, lied to, and discarded. How could he play me so well? He was both of them but I never suspected. And to think I felt guilty for talking to both of them at the same time.I was supposed to feel relieved for having the scandal die down immediately with his move. I was supposed to thank him profusely for coming to my rescue. He probably expected me to pull him into a tight hug in front of everyone to swap off the rumors for good, but I felt none of those. All I felt was a burning rage.He gazed down at me with a smile as if he expected me to fall down at his very feet to worship him. He expected me to be happy because he saved me, but what I felt was the complete opposite.Without another word, I disconnected our joined hands and put on a blank expression so no one would see how deeply hurt I was. Without another word, I left Damien and walked back to my office. He was st

Damien’s POVI should have known things were going to get this bad. I should have known better than to hope my cover did not get blown.Everything was fine until I signed a deal with Elsie’s company. Initially, I wanted it to be a little surprise but somehow, as I watched how excited she was and how she talked so highly of Phantom, I didn’t want to be known anymore.I had planned on revealing myself the very night she told me about the business deal but then, as I watched how she glowed up when she told me all about it, I wanted to see her more like that. I wanted to hear her say good things about Phantom, without knowing it was me.But I didn’t plan for it to come this far. I didn’t plan for things to get out of control so fast. Anytime I planned on telling her the truth, I would get scared and wonder if she would still like me the same if she knew we were the same person. I kept talking to her and continued trying to win her heart but as she reciprocated, she also gave attention to