All Chapters of Revenge with My Ex's Billionaire Rival: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

JADE Julian didn't call me that night. I spent the evening in bed, still wearing the clothes I'd planned to wear to my sister's wedding dinner. Olivia called twice, but I couldn't bring myself to answer. I knew she'd hear something wrong in my voice, and I wasn't ready to explain what had happened. I didn't sleep much. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Julian in bed with Vanessa. By morning, I had managed to convince myself that I needed to hear his side of the story before making any decisions. Seven years couldn't end like that. After so much time, effort and sacrifices. He finally called around ten. I watched his name flash across my screen before answering. "Jade?" "What do you want?" I asked angrily "I want to see you." I almost laughed. "You can see Vanessa. You seemed very comfortable with her yesterday." He was quiet for a moment. "Please. Let me explain." I should have refused, but instead, I told him to come over. He arrived half an hour later with breakfas

JADE I waited outside the hotel for nearly three hours. People came and went, and a few guests looked at me as they passed. Some seemed to recognize me. Others simply stared at my tear-stained face before looking away. I didn't care anymore. I kept calling Julian, but my calls weren't going through. Sometimes the phone rang once before going silent. Other times, it went straight to voicemail. I sent him message after message and still got no response. Eventually, a hotel employee approached me and asked whether I was waiting for someone. "Yes," I said. "My boyfriend is inside." The man looked uncomfortable. "Miss, I'm afraid you'll have to leave. Some guests have complained." I stared at him. "Complained about what?" "You've been here for hours, and we can't have you waiting around the entrance." I wanted to explain that I'd been with Julian for seven years, that he had invited me to the event, and that I wasn't some stranger trying to get his attention. But I was too tire

JADE Dominic Cross's office was on the top floor of a tall building in the business district. I arrived fifteen minutes early and spent most of that time wondering whether I should have stayed home. The receptionist took my name, asked me to wait, and returned to her computer. I sat on a chair near the window, holding my handbag on my lap. I'd chosen a black dress and a jacket. I wanted to look like someone who had come to discuss business, not a woman who had spent the last two nights crying over her ex. Still, I kept checking my reflection in my phone. When the receptionist finally called me, I stood and followed her down a hallway. She opened a door and let me into Dominic's office. He was standing beside the window, speaking on his phone. He exuded energy and a really dark vibe, the kind that something in you told him to run very far from him. But I wasn't going to run. At this point, he was the only one who could help me tear down what I and Julian had spent years

JADE“Are you sure this is what you want?”I sighed and leaned back against the sofa, staring at my older sister.Olivia had been asking me variations of the same question for almost twenty minutes. She had come over after seeing everything that happened with Julian online, and although I appreciated that she was worried about me, I was beginning to lose my patience.“Yes, Olivia. I’m sure.”She shook her head, pushing her red hair away from her face.“Jade, I know you’re hurt. I know what Julian did was terrible, and believe me, I’m just as angry as you are. But marrying Dominic Cross?”“What exactly is wrong with it?”She gave me a disbelieving look. “You’re seriously asking me that?”“Yes, I am.”Olivia shifted in her seat. She had always been a little fuller-figured than me, with a curvy frame and a face that rarely hid what she was thinking.Although we were half sisters, we were only three months apart in age. People often assumed we were twins when we were younger, especially b