Mr. Hayes’ Secret Heir의 모든 챕터: 챕터 61 - 챕터 64

I rushed back to the living room and dropped onto the couch, pretending to be deep in the app, when Mason stormed past and went straight up to his office.My mind kept chewing on what Naomi said about the agreement. What it meant. What it had to do with Mason. I thought about calling Chase, asking what he knew about her, then stopped myself. None of it was my business.Still, it bothered me.The truth was I still had feelings for Mason. Those last few days in Chicago, before we moved, it had felt like something was shifting between us, like he might finally close the distance.I had my fingers crossed that he'd close the gap soon. But now Naomi had shown up, and from the look of things, there was already something there. So I decided to let the hope dim. To take myself out of the equation. Not that I was ever really in it.After Ruben, I swore one thing to myself. I would never be the reason another woman hurt. With all those women he brought home, I used to think, this already cuts,

Dressed and ready, I stood in front of the mirror one last time.The plum dress Mason had chosen for me. Hair pinned, makeup done. I breathed slow and tried to settle the nerves. I was only meeting his parents. It wasn't as though I had to impress anyone. This was about Lior. What I should care about was them taking to him, accepting him.But if I was being honest, somewhere underneath, a part of me wanted them to like me too."You've got this," I muttered, and went to join Mason and Lior in the car."You look beautiful, Mommy," Lior said as I slid in next to him."So do you, my handsome little prince." He really did, in the black suit Mason had put him in."I'm the prince! And Daddy's the king, and you're the queen!"Mason, who'd been watching me since I got in without a word, reached over and rubbed Lior's hair. "That's right."The driver pulled off.When we slowed in front of his parents' house, my nerves tripled. The place was even bigger than Mason's, and Mason's was already huge