All Chapters of The Billionaire's Marriage Investement : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Rita assessed Victoria like she was an interesting display of art. But the look was filled with condescension, rather than admiration. Victoria could quickly tell the type of person Rita was. Arrogant, selfish and an entitled manipulator. Thankfully, she had health greatly with her kind. Within a second, she smoothed out her face into aloofness.“And, you are?” She said, knowing that pretending like she didn’t know who Rita was, would bruise her ego.As expected, the woman’s mouth turned down into a frown. She tried to mask her displeasure by chuckling. “I forgot my brother rushed into your marriage like both of you had something to hide. But I’m Rita, Ryder’s sister.”Perhaps she expected Victoria to stare at her in shock. Maybe even flip her behaviour and begin to chatter. Anything asides from Victoria shaking her head at her in disapproval.“Oh? I’d say it’s a pleasure to meet you but I’d be lying.” Victoria said as she folded her arms. There was no need to play nice wi

The next day, Victoria was at an event centre owned by Tecna, and holding a breakfast meeting. She was using the guise of a simple introduction to the Lake family. Last night, she had sent out sudden invites to the Lake family, close relatives and associates. Ryder had helped her with that part. But the rest of her grand plan she wanted to execute? Ryder was in the dark.This, Ryder didn’t like at all. Being out of the loop felt unpleasant. “You’re still not going to tell me what you're going to do here?” He asked Victoria for the umpteenth time. “Nope.” She responded, keeping the brilliant smile she used to usher guests in. She was adamant on him watching the show without knowing beforehand.White tablecloths were spread. Fresh flowers all around. Breakfast was served across three long tables. Staff moved between them with coffee pots and juice pitchers.Victoria stood at the entrance and surveyed it all. She smoothed the front of her dress, came close to Ryder and whispe

“You left me alone with our son!”The moment the woman screamed this, Rita sprung out of her seat. The chair scraped against the floor, resounding in the silent hall. “What did you say?” She bellowed.The woman was unmoved by the menace in her voice, and continued to ignore her, eyes on Arthur.“You told me you divorced your wife! That she was unbearable!”“Shut up!” Arthur’s body locked up with both rage and fear. “You’re a liar! I’ve never met either of you!”“Really?” The redhead woman seared forward. “Oh, but I have proof! I have several of our sex tapes!”Arthur’s face blanched, as he staggered, clutching the tablecloth for balance.“Ack!”Rather than steadying himself, he yanked the cloth with all his weight.Plates, glasses and half-finished cups of coffee crashed onto the marble floor. The floral centrepiece toppled over, scattering roses across the floor.With a startled cry, Arthur crashed flat onto his back. All the food came toppling on him, staining him from h

Victoria broke into a cold sweat. She had simply charged in, staged all of this, to get revenge on Rita. She hadn’t told him the plan, but expected him to be delighted in the end.Had she made a mistake somewhere.“No. I don’t know what I’ve done...” She answered honestly.Ryder took several steps forward, and she instinctively took several backwards until her back hit the balcony's railings. He stopped a hair's breadth away, eyes focused on hers suddenly softened. “You’ve basically helped me win the election later.”Victoria let out a sigh of relief. Still she felt a tad bit uncomfortable by the way he stared intensely at her.“Yeah, that was nothing.” She said with an awkward laugh.Ryder shook his head and began to pace around the balcony. “It isn’t nothing. For years, Rita has been prancing around with her holier than thou act, while playing dirty to bring me down. What you did today has knocked her down from my path. I...” He suddenly stopped walking, then turned to h

Victoria was in the hospital, for her grandma's evening visits."Seven more days." The doctor had said.Miranda had received this news horribly and wallowed as she did her crossword. "Seven days. Seven. Whole. Days.""Grandma, I heard you the first time.” Victoria said.“Shush, I'm lamenting." The old woman sighed dramatically. "Do you know how long seven days is?"Victoria settled into the chair beside the bed and responded. "Yes. It’s about a week."Miranda frowned at her. "Don't be so insensitive to my pain!""It's genetic. I can't help it.""Seven days in this place." Miranda gestured around the hospital room like she was describing a war zone. "The food is still an attack. The nurses are always in my busy. The woman in the next room snores like a freight train every single night!”"You should be happy." Victoria said, ignoring all her exaggerated complaints. "You're leaving. A month ago we didn't know when that would happen.""A month ago I was unconscious. The bar was