All Chapters of You Buried Your Wife, Mr. Hayes. Now Beg.: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Seraphine POVI tried to speak and explain what had happened, but Diego had already turned around and started walking away before I could get the words out."Diego, wait!" I called after him.I hurried after him, struggling to keep up in my heels while the champagne that had felt warm and pleasant only minutes ago now sat heavily in my stomach. My head was still spinning, but the fear of losing him was enough to keep me moving."Diego, please, stop!"He kept walking, and I called his name again, louder this time, until he finally stopped.He stood there for a few seconds before slowly turning around, and the moment I saw his face, my chest tightened. I'd never seen him look like that before, not even in the parking lot months ago, not even on the night he kissed me and told me he loved me. There was so much hurt in his eyes that I almost wished he'd just be angry instead."How could I be so blind?" he asked, his voice shaking as he looked at me.I swallowed hard. "Diego, what are you

Diego POV "You need to calm down and take it easy with the drinks," Marcus said, but I barely heard him. All I could think about was Seraphine kissing Adrian.That sick bastard didn't deserve her. He never had. But I didn't have the energy to fight him over something that wasn't mine and clearly never would be."Are you even listening to me?" Marcus asked again, raising his voice this time.He reached across the counter and took the whiskey glass from my hand before I could drink from it again."I'm listening, okay?" I said, dragging a hand down my face. "I just can't get it out of my head."Marcus placed the glass on the counter."Diego, you've had four of these in the last hour. This isn't helping you.""It's helping enough.""It's not helping at all," he argued. "You're just numbing yourself for twenty minutes, and the moment you sober up, everything will come back. Trust me. I've been exactly where you're sitting.""Then let me numb it for the twenty minutes I have," I replied.I

Seraphine POV"You need to eat something," Alice said, trying to convince me to eat for what felt like the hundredth time that week.After I told her everything that had happened, she decided to stay with me for the week. She also made it her mission to get me to talk to her brother.Unfortunately, Diego wasn't making that easy. He had stopped talking to her too because he knew she was staying with me. Apparently, he had decided that if he wasn't going to speak to me, then nobody close to me was getting a free pass either."I'm not hungry. I'll eat when I get hungry," I said, pushing the food around my plate."When will that be?" Alice asked, raising her voice. "You've barely eaten anything all week. You keep going to work on an empty stomach, and you're still expecting your body to function normally."I sighed, and she gave me the kind of look a mother would give a child who had just done something stupid."I know he's my brother, but if he wants to be stubborn and hardheaded and ref

Seraphine POV“Wait!” I said, making him stop.He slowly turned around, the glass still in his hand. The tired look in his eyes made my chest ache again.“You know this is all because I want revenge for everything Adrian has put me through,” I said. “And I still have to find out which one of them tried to kill me.”He kept staring at me without saying anything, so I continued.“If it wasn’t for that, Adrian wouldn’t have this much access to me. I promise you, whatever was between me and him died five years ago with the name Aysha. There’s nothing left between us now.”I took a breath.“All I want from him is to ruin him the same way he ruined me. Once I’m done, he’ll be completely out of our lives.”I stepped closer to him. From this distance, I could see how tired he really looked. It wasn’t just because of the last few days. He looked like he had been carrying this weight for a long time.“Please be patient with me,” I said quietly. “Just give me a little more time and keep helping

Seraphine POV“Excuse me, Ma’am?” Bella said as she walked into my office.I looked up from the documents I was signing. “What is it, Bels?”“Uhm, you have a meeting tomorrow by noon, ma’am.”There was something strange about the way she said it. She sounded nervous, and that immediately made me look at her properly.“Okay,” I said, returning my attention to the documents. But Bella didn’t leave, so I looked up again. “What’s the problem?”“Well, ma’am, the meeting isn’t in the state.”I frowned. “What?”“The meeting was supposed to be held here, but Mr. Adrian said he wouldn’t be available because he’ll be in Italy. He convinced the clients that since they’re based in Italy, there was no reason for them to travel all the way here. So they agreed to have the meeting there instead.”I stared at her for a few seconds, and then the anger hit me.“WHAT?” I shouted, pushing myself back in my chair. Bella flinched.“Who gave him the right to decide where my meetings should be held?” I deman