All Chapters of BILLIONAIRE'S ARRANGED WIFE: ALWAYS THE SECOND CHOICE: Chapter 51 - Chapter 57

"Stop being dramatic." Nicola kicked George in his shin but the idiot refused to pull away. "George, you clingy ass, get off of her!" Blair rolled her eyes as she got the last of the paperwork for the day signed by the Boss while the graphic designer kept his arms around her like he had been for who knows how long. "You are so strong." He mumbled, rubbing her back. "It must have been tough sharing all that past sadness with someone as undeserving as your sister." Nicola sighed. "At the end of the day, she is my sister, George. I love her." "Just not as much as you love me." He nodded to himself as he hugged her tighter, making Blair and Nicola roll their eyes at each other before the PA decided it was time she came to her Boss' rescue and pulled him away by the ear. "George Campbell, you are probably the most dramatic person we have met in our lives!" Blair said. "Please, that crown goes to Boss." George scoffed, smacking away her hand and fixing his shirt. "How about din

____..."I liked you. A decade ago, I liked you. A lot. You could say that I loved you."Nicola stared at him for a moment and took three steps back, her eyes wide. "Excuse me?"Dominic rubbed his palm over his face and turned to the waves, taking deep breaths."I know what you are thinking-""You are a pedo?"Dominic flinched and turned back to her, looking as if he had swallowed nails. "No, I am not. I had no... I did not have that kind of feelings. I had a crush on you, the platonic kind. You made my day. I loved spending time with you. I don't know how to explain it. I wished you were older. I wished you were the older sister. But I did not think of you... in that way. I did not think of, you know what I mean.""That is still inappropriate." Nicola took another step back.He made no move to close the distance this time."You think I don't know that? I wanted to get as far away from you as possible, because I felt like a freaking predator especially when I realized that you did

_____...The only certainty in life is death. It is kind of ironic, but it must also be the one truth that is undisputed. It is also true that a person is valued most after their demise.But not Maverick Grant. He was a good man. And he was valued all his life, by everyone who took the trouble to get to know him.Maybe that was the cause for all the more heartbreak when he left the world.Benjamin Grant, the only son to the man, stood in front of the morgue with his hands clenched into fists at his sides, his face devoid of any emotion but the cords in his neck taut with his effort to stay strong. "Melanie, Benjamin." Nicola approached, her hand firmly fastened around her husband's bicep as she dragged his dead weight towards his family. Melanie had told Benjamin to not inform their son of the truth until he got there but he had gone and done it anyway. Dominic had held onto his emotions long enough to get the car safely parked and then he had just slumped in his seat. Nicola