Divorced The Ruthless Billionaire のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 41 - チャプター 50

Laura was dressed for the evening. Was she prepared? Not even close. But with her mother's assurance and Leroy's protection, she figured she would handle whatever is thrown her way. "You look like a princess," Lia said. She could not hide the admiration in her eyes. Laura had put on a flared dress, curvy from the waist up. It exposed a little cleavage, but overall pronounced her a confident queen even. Her hair was wrapped into a neat bun, face beautified with natural makeup, curtesy of Tamara. "Thanks, honey." She smiled, then her gaze met with Tamara. She was ready to go. The hard look on her face was like Tamara was giving her a pep talk. "You've got this, girl." This silent thought in her head made Laura smiled. "This is so nice! All of us are princesses." Lia laughed proudly. "After tonight is over, let's all go and have your favorite cake. Me, you, grandma, Leroy can come too. And his old man friend." Just at that moment, Tania came to announce Leroy was waiting outside.

"You're my friend. I can't wait to invite you into our circle," she said. Her fake acting nice made Laura pause. Maya was always this wealthy spoilt brat. Her family were rich. Her besties were richer. But on a more closer look now, when Maya had tried to hold her hand for some reason, her palm was hard. The princess's palm is hard? More like princess turned into a maid. But she couldn't place her facts on mere guesses. Also, something deep resided in Maya's eyes—she looked tired like she was up all night. Which couldn't be possible. Maya had stylist that dressed her up for events months before it even happens. She never turned up for parties at late minute because if took her a long time to get prepared. But now, the Sanchez evening, one of the most biggest party in history, and Maya looked tired like she hadn't had any sleep in days. Which could suggest late night working, but again. Mere guesses, right? "Your circle?" Laura said. She already knew she was talking about the Wills

She smiled and tilted her head slightly, as if trying to get a better look at Laura. "I'm sorry," he said casually. Leroy held no emotion, he barely did. Always looking calm and reserved, except, now it was a bit too much. She felt like he was showing it on purpose he wanted to be cold to her. But why? She shrugged off that feeling. Maybe she was over thinking it. The woman who looked familiar was none other than the lunatic that had bumped into her car days before when she dropped Lia at school. Her striking eyes was highlighted in her makeup, making her appear beautiful. She was wearing a short dress that was slit again, exposing sexy long legs. No wonder Leroy was heads over heels for her. She guessed he caught both ladies staring at each other with specific interests, so he interceded. "This is Tessa Sanchez." Laura nearly dropped her tongue. The Sanchez?? "Hello love," Tessa said. Laura tried for a simple greeting but found out she was stung with jealousy. She wasn't

Leroy walked over to her after the call was over. "Are you okay? What did he say?" She didn't answer when Thomas made his way over to her. Leroy stood beside her, although he knew she didn't need protection, a little support from him couldn't hurt. "No more dumb speech?" Laura scoffed. "What? Were you so invested in what my announcement was? Guess what, as an investor, you and I are going to be partners now working on the project." Laura rolled her eyes. "Oh, is that so?" "See," eyes so dark and calm at the same time, bore into her. "You're not getting this. I'm the sponsorer of tonight's event. I'm the CEO of the project now, and as investors, you've signed to whatever terms I make. You can withdraw immediately of course. But why would you admit you being scared of me so quickly?" "I'm not scared of you." She did not make effort to lean back as he came forward. Though, her heart was pounding. Leroy simply stepped in between both of them, his palm on Thomas's chest pushing him

He snatched the phone from him. "How dare you read my messages? Since when did you..." He turned to see Laura watching him suspiciously. He hoped Lia hadn't seen him slap someone just like that. Then heaved in felt breath to try and calm himself. "Go away," he said to the young man. Laura noticed how tense he was. He received a message, how could he be so afraid of her finding out about a message? And what estate...? The only person that could give him their family estate was...it couldn't be. Why would Tamara give up the estate when she'd been fighting Thomas with her...maybe it wasn't her family's estate and something else."Well, sorry it has to come to this." He handed her a paper Laura hadn't even realized he was holding. "Sign the paper, the Grayson and Sanchez have concluded we want to buy Greenwood Estate for the foundation of our project. You'll be the higher shareholder, you'll be among the big dons in town. You need us.""You would go through this length, kidnapping my ba