All Chapters of The Billionaire’s Contract Bride: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Naeris’ POVSomething was wrong.That was the very first feeling Naeris had when she watched Vera step into the office earlier in the morning, and the more time passed, the more Naeris was inclined to believe that she was not wrong.At first glance, there was absolutely nothing about Vera that had changed. She still flashed a smile to everyone she spoke to, she still nodded whenever she was speaking to Naeris, and Vera still allowed her into her office without a blink of an eye.But there was something beneath the surface of her smile that was beginning to unsettle Naeris. At first, she thought it was all in her mind, then, she began to catch small glimpses of it. It was subtle and barely noticeable, but eventually, she was able to admit that maybe there was something to the feeling after all.Because, even though she did not want to admit it, Naeris was on edge. Of course, she hid her emotions well, it would be bad form for a spy to expose themselves just because they were paranoid.

Vera’s POVTrying to hide the fact that I hated Naeris more than anything else was probably the hardest thing I had done in a long time. Every smile she gave me felt poisoned now, and every kind word that left her lips now sounded heavily rehearsed to me. The only saving grace was that she had no idea that I knew about her true thoughts.Which meant I had to keep pretending, and one of the things I hated most in life was pretending. Especially with someone who had enough strength of mind to look me right in the eye while she lied right through her lips.After lunch, I walked back to my desk and tried to keep myself occupied while Naeris walked around and organized some of my files. I kept my expressions calm, but all I was doing was watching everything about her. I noted every glance she made, every text she sent and every object she touched in my office.At some point, she started to adjust some of the flowers near the windows and I immediately knew she was doing a bug check.Even th

Vera’s POV:“Relax,” he murmured quietly near my ear. “If I wanted to hurt you, sweetheart, we wouldn’t be here. We are going to talk.”I began to shake again when I heard those words leave his lips. I tried not to make it visible. I knew just how dangerous Cassian was, and it would not take long for him to kill everyone in the restaurant if he actually felt threatened.So, I tried my very best to look as impassive as I could outside, but within me, I was a complete mess.Every instinct I had was screaming at me to run away, to push Cassian into the cashier and run out of the restaurant while screaming at the top of my lungs for anyone to help me.But it only took a couple more seconds of thinking for me to realize that no matter how quick I was, I would not be able to escape his men. So, I did the only thing I possibly could; I get silent and let him walk beside me with a smile on his face, as though this was a normal dinner.I didn’t know how, but the staff knew he was rich, so they

Sylas’ POVRage burned through me as I squeezed the trigger.The sound of the gunshot echoed through the warehouse and slowly but surely, Dominic’s body dropped lifelessly onto the floor. The moment I heard that Vera had been taken, I knew I no longer needed him.It was pretty clear to me now that Dominic was a distraction. Somehow, my brother had known we were on to him and had used my attack on Dominic as an opportunity to kidnap my mate… again.Blood began to slowly spread on the floor, but I didn’t care. Right now, I wasn’t even sure I would care if I were shot. Vera was gone.She was gone.Even though I had promised to keep her safe, I had failed. The fact that I had been so blinded in a bid to finally catch my brother that I had reassigned, most of her guards began to eat up at me.I had caught and executed a spy, all of this was supposed to be celebrated as a victory. Yet, every second I stayed inside that warehouse felt like failure.“Boss—” One of my lieutenants turned to fac

Ella’s POV:Ella Gold was kind, Ella Gold was generous, Ella Gold was always smiling.All of those statements were lies, and most people knew that. Yet, they all still underestimated her.It amused her sometimes, but other times, she considered it an insult just how much people think she didn’t know about. Her brothers, especially, had spent years believing she was soft, sheltered and blind to what their family was.Cassian, for example, thought that she was naive, Sylas thought that she should be kept blind to the truth of their family and be protected.Yet, neither of them had ever asked her what she wanted. The truth was that Ella had always known about her family, ever since she was a child, she had figured out that their business was not exactly legal.Her first vivid memory as a child was when she heard gunshots through the walls at the estate at ten years old. She could still remember seeing and smelling blood on her father’s cufflinks when he came back later that day. That was