Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Billionaire’s Pretend Wife : Kabanata 41 - Kabanata 50

Arielle Tiffany froze. Her mind clearly wasn’t settled. “Who’s calling you?” I asked after watching her expression for a moment. My mind immediately went to Blake, but I truly hoped it wasn’t him. “I just told you it’s sera–““What if it’s not?” I cut in. My face turned serious. She exhaled slowly, pulling the phone out of her pocket, almost like she was being held at gunpoint. Then she looked at me with disappointment in her eyes. “See,” she said, turning the phone toward me. “It’s Sera.”Indeed, it was. She must have been relieved that it wasn’t Blake.“Satisfied?” She asked. “Now, if you’ll excuse me," Tiffany answered the phone and walked straight into her room. The way she looked at me before leaving felt strange. She had never looked at me like that before.I was only trying to make sure she wasn’t falling back to that piece-of-shit of a guy. I grabbed my phone from her bag and headed to my own room. On my way there, I paused outside Tiffany’s door. I tried to listen i

Arielle That couldn’t be true. Emris knew nothing about my past. He only knew me from college. We met one scorching morning when he walked up to me and asked for my help with his test. That was all. So how could he possibly be talking about that little girl? It had to be someone else. It had to. But the little girl really fit my description years back. “Arielle,” Emris called. I snapped out of my thoughts, only then realizing I was still in his car. I quickly grabbed my bag and opened the door. “Thanks for the ride,” I said, stepping out. I began walking slowly, my mind spinning. Could he actually be telling the truth? Then suddenly…I stopped. I turned around and walked back to his car. “Did this girl…use to wear a pink bow on–““Her hair. Yes,” he completed immediately. “She wore it every day to school. And she used to share her lunch with her only male friend–““Emris Maxwell.” We both said it at the same time, slowly. My eyes widened. Then I realized But what the fu

Arielle Summer let out a sharp laugh. “I can’t believe you’re still covering for him. Tell me, is his dick that big?”Tiffany didn’t respond. Her silence said everything. She had these strong and undeniable feelings for Blake. She was never going to leave him. I stepped closer, lowering my voice so only she could hear. “I hope you know…I also know where he is.”Her eyes widened. “Arielle, please don’t do this.”“What are you two whispering about?” Summer snapped. Before I could answer, Emris spoke, his voice tight with frustration. “Why him every time, Tiffany? He doesn’t deserve you. We’ve all heard things about him…and trust me, that dude doesn't love a piece of you.”That broke her. Tears slipped down her face. “I don’t think she knows where he is,” I said quietly. Summer shot up from her seat, furious. “This is not the time to protect her!” she snapped. “There was another voice here. Even if Tessa and I didn’t see anything, we sure as hell heard something. So cut the bullshit

Arielle There was no way to tell if Tiffany had actually locked me out. The real problem, I didn’t have the key with me. “Fuck!” I muttered, gripping the handle again. I shook it harder this time. Nothing. “Tiffany?” I called, knocking. “Open the door.”No response. I knocked again. Louder this time. Still nothing. I pushed the handle down repeatedly, but it didn’t budge. And it was really late. The neighbors were probably asleep already. And here I was, making noise like a crazy person. I looked through the windows. No sign of her.Eventually, I gave up. I sank to the floor, my back against the door, feeling completely stupid. Sweat rolled down my face. The night air was cold against my skin. I felt really frustrated. Did Tiffany seriously lock me out…just because I told her the truth? I let out a dry laugh. I didn’t even get to see the gift Emris brought for me. Then it hit me. I hadn’t even started my project. I let out another dry laugh. Nothing in my life felt comple

Arielle The manager gave us a place to sit while we waited. Jake and Joel were outside. We were already done picking outfits. Well…Tessa was. The last dress was what kept us there. I didn’t like the color, so the manager went to get other options for me. Suddenly, I coughed. It caught me off guard. I hadn’t coughed like that in a while. I coughed again. It felt wrong. The atmosphere was perfect, calm, even comfortable. Nothing should have triggered it. Whenever I started coughing like that, it usually meant one thing. I was about to fall sick. First, it would be a headache. Now this. “Are you okay?” Tessa asked, holding my arm. I nodded quickly. “I’m fine.”“Are you sure?”“Yeah.” I smiled. We leaned back in our seats, waiting. A few minutes later, my phone buzzed. From Emris. -/(Did you get my gift?)/-I stared at the message, unsure of what to reply.I hadn’t even checked what was inside. Everything about the gala had taken over my head. I locked my phone and dropped it