Semua Bab The CEO’s Replacement Bride: Bab 81 - Bab 90

Nathan’s POV By the time we got home from shopping, I was convinced Aria had personally declared war on my bank account. Not that I actually cared about the money, because I could buy her whatever she wanted without thinking twice, but the woman had somehow managed to turn a simple shopping trip into a full day event. We went into the mall because she wanted a few new clothes and somehow walked out with enough bags to make it look like she had moved to another country. I carried most of them. She carried one. One. And even that one, she kept trying to give to me whenever she got tired. I was walking behind her as we entered the house, watching her struggle with the door while holding her tiny shopping bag, and I shook my head. “You know, you could have helped me with the bags,” I said. She turned around with the most innocent expression I’ve ever seen. “But you have two hands.” I looked at the bags hanging from both of my arms, then looked at her. “That is exac

Aria’s POV I was still thinking about everything that had happened over the last few weeks when my phone started ringing again. I was sitting on the edge of the bed, going through some of the clothes I’d bought with Nathan earlier, while he was standing near the window checking something on his phone. I picked up my phone without looking at the screen, already expecting Hailey to call with something stupid, but the second I saw the unknown number, my whole body went still. No. Not again. My heart started beating faster as I stared at the screen, and for a second I honestly considered letting it ring until it stopped, because I didn’t know if I could handle hearing that voice again but then the thought of Alexa came into my head and my finger moved before I could even think about it. I answered even tho i was hesitant, “Hello?” There was silence for a few seconds, then that same distorted voice came through the phone. “You wanted your sister.” I immediately stood u

Aria’s POV Is just me or is everyone and everything in my life confusing and freaking me out at the same time. I’ve been contemplating telling Nathan fuck it and going to see this person who claims to know where my sister is, but this possessive safety obsessed freak won’t let me go anywhere. Bummer. I know what you’re thinking, Aria how are you so calm right now? Oh baby trust me i’m not! If anything i’m terrified, mainly because of fear of being kidnapped, thanks a bunch to that run way experience. And because I have this feeling that Nathan is going to dump my ass as soon as Alexa gets here. So yeah, I’m terrified! I sat on the edge of the bed, staring down at my phone while my thumb moved mindlessly across the screen, even though I wasn’t actually reading anything. My mind was somewhere else entirely, running through every possible scenario like it had nothing better to do with itself. Alexa comes back, Nathan sees her. They talk, she cries, he hugs her and bam

Aria’s POV I had absolutely no idea where Nathan was taking me, which was already annoying me because this man had developed a very irritating habit of refusing to tell me anything whenever he had some mysterious little plan in his head, and when I asked him where we were going for the third time, he just kept his eyes on the road like I wasn’t sitting beside him practically dying of curiosity. “Where are we going?” “You’ll see.” I turned my head slowly and stared at him, “You know I hate when you say that, right?” “I know.” “And yet you keep saying it.” “Yes.” I scoffed and folded my arms across my chest, “You’re enjoying this.” He glanced at me briefly, and I caught the tiny smile pulling at the corner of his mouth, “Maybe.” “Asshole.” “I’ve been called worse.” “By me?” “Mostly.” I rolled my eyes and looked out the window, trying to figure out where we were going based on the road, but after about five minutes I gave up because apparently Manhattan had decided to becom

Liam’s POV The sun slowly going down over the city and the sky turning that soft orange colour that made everything outside my terrace look fucking amazing. I was sitting back on one of the outdoor chairs with Hailey curled up on top of me, her legs tucked against my side while she wore one of my shirts that was obviously too big for her, the sleeves falling past her hands and the bottom reaching far enough down her thighs to make me question why I even bothered buying her clothes when she seemed perfectly happy stealing mine. I had one arm around her waist, my fingers resting loosely against her side while my other hand held a glass that I hadn’t touched for a while because I was too distracted by her. Hailey was beautiful, and I knew I probably stared at her more than I realized, but I couldn’t really help it, especially when she was this close to me, her black hair falling over her shoulders, her green eyes catching whatever little bit of sunlight was left, her pink pouty li