All Chapters of The billionaire's discarded bride: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

The moment Adrian asked me what happened, the entire room went silent.For a second, I genuinely thought I had misheard him.Because in twenty-four years, nobody had ever asked for my version first.Not when Sienna broke Mother's favorite vase and blamed me.Not when Father accused me of losing an important contract.Not even on my wedding day.Everyone always decided I was guilty before I opened my mouth.Yet Adrian was looking at me now.Waiting for MY answer.The realization hit me so unexpectedly that my chest tightened."What happened?"His voice was calm.Controlled.But his eyes never left mine.Around us, the tension became unbearable.I could practically feel Sienna staring at me.Panicking.The way she always did whenever things stopped going according to plan."I didn't push her."My voice sounded strange to my own ears.Quiet but steady."I wasn't even near the staircase."Sienna immediately gasped.As though I'd slapped her."Celia!"Tears filled her eyes instantly.How c

The office remained painfully silent long after Vanessa left.I kept my eyes on the documents scattered across Adrian's desk not daring to look up.And for some reason the whole desk was blurry. All I could think about was the way she had kissed his cheek.The way she had walked into his office without knocking.The way she had looked completely at home beside him.As if she belonged in his world perfectly well. Elegant, confident, absolutely stunning, the kind of beauty that makes one absolutely run mad. Women like Vanessa Hart didn't hesitate.Women like me did. "Celia."His voice broke through my thoughts.I looked up more quickly than I should. "What?""You've been staring at the same page for five minutes.""Oh."Heat crept into my cheeks."I was thinking.""I noticed."There was something strange in his tone.Almost amused.Embarrassingly, that only made me blush harder."I should go."I stood so quickly that my chair scraped loudly against the floor."I haven't finished."