All Chapters of Mistress to my Ex's Billionaire Uncle : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

I book a cab back to Elena’s apartment. For the first time in months, the silence inside my head doesn’t feel heavy. Watching my dad wave goodbye from the driveway, looking happier had done something to me. The truth about my birth mother, Alice, is devastating. The fact that she died bringing me into the world, leaving my father to endure decades of a forced, cold marriage with Diana just to keep me, is a heartbreak I will carry for the rest of my life. But beneath the grief, my heart feels lighter. At least, I am not the daughter of a woman who looks at me like a nuisance. I was born out of real, undeniable love. I have a name given to me by a woman who loved me before she even held me. When I walk through Elena’s front door, She looks up, her face lighting up with excitement. "There she is!" Elena cheers "Tell me everything! Did Becker say your dad is officially off the hook? Is the evidence solid?" "It's more than solid," I say, smiling as I slip off my shoes. "Becker said it’s

"I don’t have any issues getting married to Victoria as long as you keep to your end of the bargain, Margaret," Damien says, his voice is emotionless, and really cold. "Leave the marriage announcement to me. I will announce it at my own time, but you can tell Victoria that our wedding preparations will commence soon."Margaret’s face lights up with a victorious smile. "Beautiful choice, Damien. I will keep to my end of the bargain, as long as you don't try to play smart with me."She turns on her designer heels to head toward the elevator, but her eyes found me. She freezes, her eyebrows raising in mock surprise."Oh," Margaret’s voice drips with disgust. "The little tramp works here now?. A cheap boyfriend snatcher." She steps closer to me, scoffing right in my face until I can smell her perfume. "Don't even try to move funny around Damien, or else you'll regret it, loser."I open my mouth to respond but Roberto steps forward, placing his body between Margaret and me."Do not talk

Hot tears run down my cheeks as I stare down at Damien.Blood is everywhere. It soaks through his torn white shirt, drips down the side of his bruised face into his messy black hair. He looks so broken and completely stripped of the cold aura he always carries around him.My knees shake so much I can barely stand. Did Damien just do that? Did he really risk his own life to save mine? Did he intentionally throw his very expensive car right in front of mine, knowing he could die from the impact, just to keep me from crashing into those trucks?A hundred terrifying questions race through my mind. Why? Why would he do this? If he tossed me aside, if he is marrying Victoria, if I am just a temporary distraction to him like Ethan said, why would he risk his own life for mine? Does this mean something? Does he have genuine feelings for me? Or is this just a debt he felt he owed me? I stand there crying like a crazy girl that just lost her husband as the paramedics lift his stretcher off the

ARIA’S POVI can’t scream. I can’t even move, not because I’m afraid of the man standing by Damien’s bedside, but because I’m afraid any movement will only make this situation far worse than it already is.He’s got the syringe poised above Damien’s IV.Think, Aria. Think.Should I run out there and tackle the guy myself? Of course not — that’s the easiest way for someone to end up dead. But who is he, and how dangerous could he possibly be?Fumbling for my cell phone, my fingers shake, as do the rest of my nerves, but at least my hands are moving, trying to work as fast as possible.[Central Hospital. VIP floor, ICU Room 402. Call the police immediately. There is an intruder in Damien’s room.]I send it to Elena. My heart feels like it’s going to beat out of my chest. One deep breath. Two.He moves to inject whatever is in the syringe into him.No time. Now!“Who are you? What are you doing?”He jerks around. For one full second we just stare at each other, his eyes wide, mine wider,

ARIA’S POV For the next few hours, my mind gets lost in the sounds of yelling, running feet, and machine beepers that never stop. I am sitting with Elena’s hand held firmly in mine on the other side of the ICU doors, trying to interpret every noise coming from inside the hospital room. After a while, Damien is declared stable. That’s all the doctor reveals. “He’s out of the immediate danger zone.” Fortunately, it’s enough to keep me breathing. Gideon stays until the worst of it passes, then steps into the doctor's office for a chat. I’m still sitting there when George arrives. Ethan is with him. The moment I see Ethan’s face, something cold settles in my stomach. He looks at me like I’m the last person he wanted to find here. George nods once, polite but distant. “Aria.”“Mr Hartwell.”Ethan doesn’t bother with greetings. His eyes skim over me, then past me toward the ICU doors. “Still hovering, I see.”I don’t answer.George gives him a cautionary look before walking over to th