All Chapters of A BABY FOR THE BILLIONAIRE : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Leslie's POVI almost laughed. It had been years since she had sounded that excited to speak to me. "Grandma, I don't think that's a good idea," I replied. "Why not?" she asked immediately. "Last week wasn't enough your grandfather wants to spend more time with Mr. Crane, and the rest of the family are looking forward to seeing both of you again." I closed my eyes for a moment. "Grandma, Max and I aren't even..." I stopped before finishing the sentence. She spoke before I could continue. "Don't be shy, dear. We all saw how he stood up for you. He's a good man." I remembered the same family sitting around the dinner table while I was being insulted. Nobody had defended me then, not until Max had walked into the room only minutes later, and suddenly everyone had remembered I existed. "I'll think about it," I said. "Please don't take too long," she replied. "Your grandfather wants to make the arrangements today." After ending the call, I stared at my phone for several seconds befo

LESLIE'S POV"Leslie..." Max called as I walked toward the unsigned contract on the coffee table.I stopped beside it but didn't touch it. My eyes remained fixed on the papers while the reporters continued shouting outside. Their voices sounded distant now, as though they belonged to another world. Rochelle quietly picked up the remote and switched the television back on as none of us spoke. The same news program was still running they replayed my wedding pictures again, followed by clips of Jeffrey smiling during an interview where he called me "the perfect wife." My stomach turned. I remembered that day clearly. We had argued for almost an hour before that interview because he wanted me to cancel dinner with my mother to attend another business event. Nobody watching that clip knew what had happened before the cameras started rolling. To them, we looked like a happy couple. The presenter smiled before introducing another guest, who began talking about my divorce as though he had

Max's POVI looked at the reporters in front of me, then at Leslie beside me. She gave me a small nod, so I continued. "I proposed to Leslie, and she accepted." The room erupted. Questions came from every direction before I could say another word. "When did you propose?" "How long have you been together?" "Where did you meet?" "When was your first date?" I glanced at Evelyn, who looked just as amused as she looked concerned I had expected questions about the engagement. I had not expected to give a detailed history of a relationship that had started with a contract and barely had a normal beginning. I turned toward Leslie. She was staring at me with wide eyes. I could almost hear her asking me to fix this. "We met through a mutual connection," I said. A reporter immediately raised his voice. "Who introduced you?" I paused. "A business connection." Leslie's eyebrows lifted. I knew that answer was terrible, but there was no time to improve it.Another reporter stood up. "Mr. C

Leslie's POV"Why are there so many cars here?" I asked as Max pulled into my grandparents' driveway.He glanced through the windshield. "You said your grandmother invited the family." I stared at the cars parked along the driveway and the street. "I said she invited us for dinner, I didn't say she was inviting half the town." Max smiled. "Maybe your family is excited." I gave him a look. "They are excited about you." He turned off the engine and looked at me. "I'm still marrying you, Leslie." I opened my mouth to respond, but he was already getting out. I followed him toward the house. My grandmother opened the door before we could knock and pulled me into a hug. "There you are!" she said before turning to Max. "Come inside everyone is waiting." Max smiled and greeted her like he had done it before that part did not surprise me. He had already met my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and close cousins when Jeffrey brought me and Daisy over. What surprised me was how many unfamiliar

Leslie's POVThe moment I heard Jeffrey's voice, everything inside me went cold. I turned toward the entrance and saw him standing beside my grandmother, looking completely comfortable in a house where he had no reason to be. My eyes moved past him, almost expecting Carla to appear behind him, but she wasn't there that made his presence worse. Jeffrey's eyes found mine, and there was no apology in his expression, no shame, not even the slightest discomfort over what he had done to me. His eyes moved briefly toward Max before returning to me then he walked straight across the room. "Does he know?" he asked. I stared at him. "Know what?" Jeffrey stopped in front of me. "About your illness." The room suddenly felt too hot, I glanced around, but the conversations continued. Nobody seemed to have heard him. Max was standing several feet away, speaking to my grandfather, completely unaware of what had just happened. "Keep your voice down," I whispered. Jeffrey smirked . "So he does