บททั้งหมดของ The CEO’s Replacement Bride: บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 53

Aria’s POV I found Nathan at the dining table, halfway through his plate, tie loosened, looking like he’d had a long day. He looked exhausted and not in the mood for any funny business. Too bad I came with funny business. I dropped into the seat next to him instead of across, close enough that he glanced over, brow already raised in that way that meant he knew I wanted something. “What.” “Nothing.” I licked sauce off his plate with my finger. “I just missed you.” His eyes shifted from the plate to my finger, I noticed his Adam’s apple bob. Gotcha. I have him right where I want him. “You saw me this morning.” “That was ages ago.” He shook his head, but there was a small smile tugging at his mouth, the kind he tried and failed to hide whenever I was being ridiculous on purpose. “Okay,” he said, setting his fork down. “What do you actually want?” “Fine.” I dropped the act, leaning my chin on my hand. “I want to plan a night out. Club, drinks, shaking my ass of

Aria’s POVI woke up to an empty bed and way too much sunlight for my liking.Nathan’s side was cold, which meant he’d been up for hours already, probably in his office pretending emails were more interesting than sleep. Workaholic. A menace. My menace, technically, but still.I stretched, groaning at the ceiling as if it had personally wronged me, and reached for my phone on the nightstand.One text.From Liam.I almost didn’t open it right away, savoring the anticipation, because I already knew — I just knew, this was going to be good.Liam: Okay, so. Weird question. Is it normal to already miss someone you met yesterdayI sat straight up in bed so fast I nearly gave myself whiplash.Excuse me?EXCUSE ME??Me: ??? explain yourself immediatelyLiam: hailey. i think i actually like her. like actually like her. not my usual “this is fun for two weeks” thingLiam: it’s freaking me out a little nglI stared at the screen, a slow, ridiculous grin spreading across my face, the kind that