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CHAPTER TWO

Penulis: Joy Richards
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2024-11-06 15:44:37

Melissa opened her eyes to the sun shining in, she rolled off the side where the sun had set on her bed and groaned.

She was just beginning to enjoy her sleep but unluckily for her, someone just ruined it. She lay on the bed with her eyes open boiling in anger. 

She sat up after some minutes with her hair all over her face, frowned, and used her hand to brush them backward. 

She was glaring at the maid in front of her, who had annoyed her already without knowing. 

“Did you do that on purpose?” Melissa asked. 

The maid opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out.

“What do you mean ma'am?” The maid managed to gather some meaningful words together. 

“You knew opening the curtain would make the sun enter my eyes, and you went ahead to do so.” Melissa asked. 

“I am sorry ma'am, I was only following your orders,” the maid said in fear. 

“My orders” Melissa Mumbled

She stood up from the bed, glaring at the maid. 

The maid knew what was coming for her, so she shifted back a little bit. 

“Don't you dare move” Melissa mumbled. 

She stretched her body and held the hair of the maid. 

The maid yelped in pain, and Melissa tightened her grip on the maid hair. 

“I am sorry, I won't do it again” the maid pleaded. 

Melissa chuckled and let go of the maid's hair. 

She wanted to make more pain for the maid but she changed her mind trying not to ruin the nails she had done the previous day. 

“Yeah, you won't do it again because you are fired” Melissa said and went into the restroom. 

The maid knew better not to wait in the room and try to beg. She rushed out of the room in tears, meeting her mate on the way, they knew what happened already and they shook their head in pity. 

“It's a hot morning, everyone should try to avoid madam Melissa and not annoy her” One of the maids said. 

That seems to be their everyday slogan.

They all went into hiding, knowing Melissa had woken up on the wrong side of the bed, so they had to be careful. 

Melissa finished washing her face, packing her hair into a bun, and walking out of the restroom. 

She went downstairs with her nightie still on her body. 

She was holding her phone, it was always with her, that is her only friend since She had none. 

She was chatting with someone who had been disturbing and pleading to date her. She went into the internet to search who the guy was, and she frowned when she saw what he was worth. 

“Dumb fool, so much gut,” she mumbled as she reached the dining. 

She sat on the chair, still focused on her phone. She put the guy's message on hold and went to her page to post. 

Minutes after posting, she started receiving comments, and when she went through them, she grinned in satisfaction. 

They were begging her to reply their messages and consider their request but she was going to ignore them as usual. She closed her phone and put it aside. 

She looked at the table to see what she was served, and she frowned. 

“Who prepared this?” She asked 

The maids shifted back, looking at each other to see who was bold enough to reply to her. 

“Are you all deaf?” Melissa asked and faced them. 

“No ma'am” they chorused. 

“Then answer the question and stop staring at me like a dummy” Melissa half yelled. 

“I am the one” one of the maids raised her shaky hand. 

“You know I don't like eating this in the morning right” Melissa mumbled. 

“It's what was in the food table for this morning. Besides, you said you want it every saturday morning” the maid said. 

“Even if I said that, are you dumb enough to know I am not interested in eating it this morning?” Melissa asked. 

“I am sorry ma'am,” the maid mumbled under her breath. 

“Saying sorry annoys me more, if you can't do your job right, then leave” Melissa said and groaned. 

She picked her phone and glared at the maids. 

“Get me something better than this rubbish if you all don't want to lose your jobs” she yelled and walked out of the dining. 

She stopped just at the entrance of the dining and looked back. 

“You” she said pointing to the lady who had claimed to prepare the food. 

“You are fired and also whoever served this,” she said and left. 

The two ladies sighed and went in to pack their things knowing they dared not defy the order. 

The maids scattered around to think of what to cook for the unsatisfied daddy's princess. 

The door bell rang, Lauren, one of the maids, rushed to the door. She opened it and saw a strange face. 

“Good morning,” Lauren greeted. 

“Good morning, this is for your boss” the man said and dropped the parcel in Lauren's hand, and then he left. 

Lauren arched her brow while staring at the letter, she checked it all over and shrugged when she saw nothing on the parcel. 

She closed the door and proceeded to their boss's room, she knocked on his door, but there was no answer. She tried again like two times before leaving. 

She went to the back of the house where he always stayed and she met him there, he was sitting and resting his back while on a call with someone. 

Lauren stood in front of him and bowed slightly. 

“Arrange the meeting and tell me the time, then I will try to show up,” the man said and hung up. 

He seemed to be in his late fifties. He was the father of Melissa. He gave her everything she wanted and allowed her to do anything she wanted without questioning her, which made her spoilt and rude. 

“What's that?” The man asked. 

“I was told the parcel is for you,” Lauren said and stretched forth the parcel. 

The man arched his brow while staring at the parcel in Lauren's hand. 

“Open it” the man said, and Lauren looked at him. It was the first time he would ever allow a maid to open any message meant for him. 

She slowly unwrapped the parcel and opened it. It was a letter. 

“It's a letter,” Lauren mumbled. 

Melissa walked in at that moment and went to hug her dad. It was the first time she was smiling that morning. 

“Dad” Melissa mumbled and sat beside her father. 

“You look annoyed, Did something happen?” Her father asked. 

“Those maids won't stop getting on my nerves. It's so annoying dealing with them,” Melissa said, and eye Lauren, who was still standing in front of them. 

“What are you doing standing there?” Melissa asked 

“Read the letter out,” Melissa's father said, and Lauren nodded. 

“What letter, Dad?” Melissa asked 

“It's a marriage proposal letter, ” Lauren said. 

Melissa frowned and rolled her eyes, she had been getting constant marriage proposals from people all around, but she felt like they were not up to her league, and were not worth her. 

She gave Lauren the go-ahead to read, and Lauren read the content of the letter. 

Melissa chuckled, trying to hold back her laughter. 

“People that have always been asking for my hand in marriage never hold themselves back in saying how rich they are and how they will care for me, I am shocked he didn't mention any of that” Melissa said. 

“That's suspicious” she mumbled. 

“I know about this, Lisa, he is very rich and famous, you will know him, trust me, he is the one for you,” her father said. 

“Dad, you know about the proposal?” Melissa asked, frowning.

“Yes, I do,” Her father replied. 

Melissa took her phone and quickly went to search about the man when her father mentioned his name. 

She frowned when she saw how rich he truly was, but something spoiled him. He is crippled. 

“What? Dad, how can you do this to me?” Melissa screamed. 

“You don't expect me to get married to someone like this,” Melissa said. 

“Just look at the bright side, darling, the things you will benefit.” 

“Dad,” Melissa yelled, and her father kept mute for her. 

“I am not getting married to a cripple. The proposal is rejected,” Melissa said and walked out in anger. 

Lauren bit her lips and shook her head. She knew she will never reject such an offer like that. 

“Discard the invite” Melissa's father said, and Lauren gasped. 

The man looked at her with disdain, and she quickly rushed away. 

She went to a corner when no one could see her and she read the letter again and again. She brought out her little phone and searched for the person. 

Truly, he was really rich, she gasped at his beauty.

“He is really rich and handsome” Lauren mumbled to herself. 

She squeezed the letter in her hand with one thing in her mind.

To take advantage of the proposal. 

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  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER THREE

    Lauren, the daughter of Mr McCarthy, he is also Melissa's father.They both have the same father, that's why lauren is being treated like trash and as a maid in the house because they believed she was born out of wedlock and she and her mother were not worthy to be in their family.She knew of all these but didn't bother or try to leave because she knew they were the only ones that could help in paying for her mother's surgery. Her mother had been on the sick bed, and her condition was getting worse every day, with lauren not being able to pay the surgery money. She left the house late in the evening and went to the hospital her mum was admitted. Even though she was treated like a maid there, she was allowed to leave the house whenever she wanted.She was told that the doctor had asked of her, and she went straight to his office. She opened the door and greeted the doctor in charge, who quickly offered her a seat. “I am glad you are here, I was about to tell the nurse in charge of

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  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER FOUR

    Lauren cleaned her tears and checked the time. She saw it was leading to the afternoon, and she knew the family would have gone to take care of their own businesses. So she left the hospital and boarded a cab back home with the intention of meeting Mrs McCarthy. Since she wasn't in the family meeting, she thought she could talk to her to see if she would help her.The cab stopped in front of the house, and Lauren ran inside. She stumbled on the maids.It looked like she was the one they had been waiting for. They stood at the kitchen door waiting and glaring at her. It seemed like they had planned what they would do to her. “Do you think you are some special kid all because you are an illegitimate child of McCarthy?” One of them asked. “What are you talking about? Lauren asked. “You refused to do your appointed work. Instead, you chose to run around skipping work.” Another maid said. “I was busy, and I always do my work, I never ask you to do them for me,” Lauren said and passed

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  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER FIVE

    Alex woke up to the sound of soft knocking on his door. Ariana, his personal maid entered when he replied, his eyes still stuck on the newspaper in his hand.She helped him shower and dress, careful not to step on him throughout the activity. It was the same every day, yet something felt unusual. He had only three days to bring up a wife to the investors.By the time he arrived in the dinning room, a delicious feast of breakfast had been set, but he didn't have the appetite for one. So he asked for a cup of black coffee instead.The name Melissa McCarthy kept ringing in his head like some sort of mantra.“There's still nothing on her, boss.” Alex looked up to see Dan, his right-hand man, standing over him.He remained quiet for some time, just sipping on his drink. But Dan could notice how his hand tightened on the mug.“What is taking them so long? Even a rejection should have gotten here by now. What games are they playing?” Alex muttered.Dan stood stiff, not responding. He didn't

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  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER SIX

    Alex's eyes burned into the young woman as she found her way to the front of the now silent courtroom. The soft yet, deliberate click of her heels was the only sound that could be heard, a complete contrast to the wild storm that brewed inside Alex. His right-hand man, Dan, tensed beside him, his lips held in a deep scowl.“And who might you be?” Alex finally asked as she stood directly in front of him.“Lauren. Melissa's half sister,” she said simply. “The wedding contract was sent to Melissa, so why are you standing here in her place?” Alex asked coldly.“Melissa has no interest whatsoever in you. To her, you're just another man in the queue dying to get a taste of her love,” she said as she looked at him. “But you'll never be able to get pass that queue.” She glanced at the wheelchair he sat on.Alex raised a brow in question. He still didn't comprehend why she was standing there in front of him, offering herself willingly.Lauren was obviously very different from her sister. She d

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  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER SEVEN

    ”Well, well…” Jake started, his lips stretched into a taunting smirk. “You couldn't get the palace princess, so you went for the dirty palace maid instead.”Alex tensed as he watched his evil uncle and nephew walk out of the shadows, his body immediately going rigid, his mask of indifference now in place.So this is your replacement for Melissa…even for you…” Jake eyed Lauren. “…this is too low,” He clicked his tongue. Dan stepped forward in front of them, a deadly glare pointed at the two bullies.“You should take your leave now,” Dan demanded.“What will you do?” Jake smirked.Dan narrowed his eyes at him, before he pulled out a metallic black object, just enough for the man to see it. Something like fear flashed on Jake's face, but he quickly concealed it, smiling. “No need to get all macho on me. I'm only here to congratulate my cousin on his new marriage.”Dan stepped back a bit, but still stood defensively, ready to attack if Jake tried anything threatening.“Did you really thi

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  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER EIGHT

    The mansion was strangely quiet except for the soft buzz from the TV. It felt like a place of secrets for Lauren. Her eyes roamed all the corners of the room but, yet, she couldn't find anything that made the large room homely.Her heart beat wildly against her chest. The weight from the earlier discussion she had with Alex's cousin still haunted her. She should have stood back. Alex's business wasn't hers. She wanted this marriage to go smoothly and be invisible to most of the members of the family. But she had just dug her grave. Now, Jake would make sure she regretted ever coming to this side of the world.The door finally creaked open to reveal Alex, wheeling himself in. His dark eyes immediately landed on her before he glanced away from her.Lauren felt a strange heat, flow through her body. Her heart tugged with a strange desire, but she quickly dismissed it.“You're still here,” Alex spoke up, as he went towards the window that had a nice view of the landscape outside. His back

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  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER NINE

    Lauren couldn’t sleep that night.She kept tossing and turning on the unfamiliar mattress, despite how comfortable it was. Earlier that evening, two maids had suddenly approached her after the heated argument she had with Alex. He had wheeled himself to his study while she sat down on the couch, looking stupendous. They told her Alex had instructed them to take her to her room.She trailed behind the maids, passing different rooms until they stopped at a room with large double doors.The master’s bedroom.The room had a king sized bed and mosaic paintings as dark as the owner. Before Lauren could utter a word, some men came in rolling 2 queen sized beds.She watched as they rolled the king sized bed out and put the two beds at either side of the room. They didn’t say a word, just quietly setting everything up with precise efficiency before slipping out. The whole day, Alex didn’t speak to her.He didn’t offer any explanation about the sleeping arrangements and she didn’t ask either.

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  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER TEN

    Lauren woke up to the sound of rustling.She plopped her hands down on the bed, her sleepy eyes moving towards the source of the noise. She saw Alex, rummaging through his massive wardrobe. Her gaze trailed down his body, his broad shoulders flexed beneath his loose shirt. The two top buttons where opened and Lauren gulped.Despite being in a wheelchair, he looked way more healthier that the average men. His hands moved swiftly and efficiently. And that alone sparked some kind of feelings in her. Their argument from the previous night had long been forgotten.His eyes snapped to hers and she turned away, blushing slightly from being caught ogling him."Where are you going?" Her voice was raspy, sleep clinging to her words.Alex glanced at her for a moment before returning his attention to his tie. ‘’Work.’’Lauren eyes widened. She bolted upright, the sheets slipping off her body as she swung off the bed. ‘’Work?’’ She repeated, stunned. ‘’What about me?’’‘’You?’’ He arched a brow, s

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  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER TWENTY

    Lauren stumbled into the empty hallway, the office door slamming shut behind her, the childhood photo and note gripped between her fingers. “If you leave now, you’re breaking more than a contract—you’re breaking me”—cut deeper than she’d expected, his cold edge laced with something raw, but the note’s accusation drowned it out. Her tears spilled, her breath jagged, as she pressed against the wall, whispering, “What am I supposed to do now? Believe him, or run?” The photo, her eight-year-old self in a pink designer camp t-shirt, stared back, and a memory roared to life, fierce and unrelenting.Flashback****Rain lashed the woods, the summer camp a distant murmur beneath the howl of a flash flood. An eight-year-old girl, scrawny and drenched, slogged through mud, her borrowed t-shirt—Melissa’s, bright pink with the cam’s logo—plastered to her skin. She’d taken it after Melissa sneered at her faded clothes, unaware it would mark her as her evil sister“Hey!” she yelled, her voice swallo

  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER NINETEEN

    “You’re staring,” Alex said, his voice low and sharp, cutting through the morning quiet of the dining room. He sat at the head of the shiny table, his wheelchair positioned like a throne, his dark eyes flicking up from his tablet to meet the blue's of Lauren.She froze, her coffee mug halfway to her lips, heat creeping up her cheeks. A small smile threatened to stretch on her lips. “I’m not staring,” she said, too quickly, setting the mug down with a clink. “I’m just… thinking, you know.”“About?” His tone was cold, but a faint smirk tugged at his lips, the kind that made her heart stutter. It was the same smirk he’d worn last night, when he’d admitted he wanted to try love—for her. She wanted to giggle at the mere thought of it.Lauren shifted in her chair, her fingers twisting the hem of her sweater. “Us,” she admitted, her voice softer. “What we said last night. Making this work. It’s… a lot to take in.”His smirk faded, his gaze sharpening, assessing her like a deal he wasn’t sure

  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

    Lauren suddenly sat up on the couch, her body stiff, her heart raw from last night. Alex’s kiss clung to her like a scratch she couldn’t itch—fierce, desperate, and far too real. She’d unraveled in his arms, seeking anything to lessen the pain that followed her since her mother's death, only to pull back with a shaky, ‘This doesn’t change a thing.’Now, guilt continued to gnaw at her. She’d married him for money, a cold deal to pay for her mother’s surgery. Love wasn’t in the contract, it was never in the contract. So why did her chest tighten so much at the thought of him?The house felt empty. Alex and her were the only people staying there. She hadn't seen or heard from Dan, Alex's right hand man, since her mother's death. Alex didn't even seem affected by his absence.Her phone sat on the coffee table, its silence heavy. The threatening text, “ Stop, or you’ll end up like your useless mother,” burned at the back of her mind. She hadn’t told Alex. He was her husband on paper, not h

  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

    Lauren stood at the passage of Alex’s house, her travel bag slung over her shoulder, the weight of her grief heavier than the load itself. The modern glass-and-steel facade loomed before her, cold and unwelcoming, a stark contrast to the warmth of her mother’s small apartment. Her chest ached so painfully she urged to clutch them in her hand, her eyes still raw from tears that wouldn’t stop. The threatening text from the unknown number burned in her mind—Stop, or you’ll end up like your mother—but it was her mother’s still face that haunted her the most. Who would want to hurt a woman like that? She wanted to believe it was all a dream, but everyday, it hot more realer than the last Coming here, to Alex’s, felt like surrender, but she had no choice.The door opened quietly before she could knock, and Alex was there, his wheelchair framed in the doorway, his face unreadable, as usual. “You made it,” he said, his voice softer than she had expected.“Don’t make a mountain out of it,” s

  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER SIXTEEN

    The hospital waiting room was a blur of blinding whites and hushed voices, the fluorescent lights humming above Lauren’s head. She sat still, her hands clenched in her lap, and eyes sore from her constant crying and sleepless night. Her clothes now rumpled from the two days that she had continuously worn it—clung to her like a second skin and her mother’s still, pale face haunted her every thought. Dr. Patel’s previous words from the other night before echoed relentlessly, haunting her every minute: tampered medication. Someone had stolen her mother's life from her, and the weight of that truth pressed heavily against her chest, sharp and unyielding.She glanced at the wall clock mounted on the wall—8:05 a.m. Dr. Patel had promised to update her on the toxicology test result, and every second shevwaited for him, she felt the overwhelming sense of betrayal from her mother's memory. Her legs continued to bounce, her nails digging painfully into her skin. She needed answers instantly,

  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER FIFTEEN

    Lauren's sob filled the hospital room that was once a tomb of silence. She knelt beside her mother's bed, her hands holding her mother's cold ones. This hands that had once stroked her hair softly, wiped her tears as she sang beautiful melodies in her ears, until Lauren could fall asleep..The white sheets were now pulled back a smidge revealing a still pale face that once glowed with a lively colour. She was too peaceful, too peaceful that Lauren wanted to bawl her eyes out and weep on the cold tiles, till someone opened the door and told her it was all a prank.But no one was jumping into the room and laughing anytime soon, because unlike her shitty life, this one where her mother was no longer moving was the realest and most painful experience.But she didn't want to be in this part. “I'm sorry mum. I'm so sorry,” she sobbed into her mother's hand. “I should have been here sooner. I was a bad child even to your last breath.”“I was not hardworking enough to raise your surgery mone

  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER FOURTEEN

    Her father's word__”she might not make it through the night” kept haunting her. Tears streamed down her face, Alex's hesitation __” I‘d__” burning like acid on her skin. Everything seemed to be going wrong at the same time. It was all so overwhelming.“Lauren! Open the damn door, now!” Alex growled at the other side of the door, banging it crazily.“You can't lock yourself inside there forever, let me in.”Lauren quickly grabbed her phone off the door before she went ahead to open the door. Alex quickly wheeled in, grabbing her hand before she could escape again.“What's wrong? Tell me,” he says softly, his eyes holding a deep concern. Lauren wanted to believe that the look in his eyes was honest and he truly cared about her. But his actions that night had left a deep doubt in her mind. Alex was not the kind of man to care for someone so quickly. His acts was all just a pretense, nothing more.But what was the need? She was already leaving, why does he need to pretend?“My mum…she's

  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER THIRTEEN

    Lauren stumbled into the mansion, her heart still twisting painfully from his earlier words. How did they get here?Why did Melissa have to ruin everything?The words kept flowing in her head.Tears streamed down her face as she walked pass the sitting room, heading towards the room that she had come to love since she got to Alex’s mansion.‘wretched wh*re!’ ‘you’re just a contract.’ Their words made her let out a shaky breath. She grabbed her box and flung the wardrobe open, grabbing the dress that caught her eyes first.“He still loves her. He didn't fight her, so he's still so much in love with her,” she muttered, as she sobbed quietly.Her door creaked opened, as Alex came in, a deep scowl on his face.“Lauren,” he called.But she didn't respond. She continued to grab her clothes from the dresser, throwing them into her small box.“Lauren, look at me,” he said again, but she still didn't look at him. It was like she was totally deaf, and the only things she could hear at that m

  • Cripple Billionaire Husband    CHAPTER TWELVE

    The ballroom hummed with chatter, but it all faded when Melissa glided forward, her black gown slicing through the crowd like a blade. Lauren’s arm trembled in Alex’s, her grip faltering as Melissa’s sly smile locked onto them, venom dripping from her lips.“Well. Well. Well,” Melissa said, her voice loud, cutting. “If it isn’t the golden boy and his favourite little shadow.”Lauren shrank back, her breath catching, eyes darting to the floor. Alex tensed beside her, his hands gripping his chair.Melissa’s gaze raked over Lauren, slow and cruel, lingering on her dress, her ring. “Interesting,” she sneered, louder now, drawing stares. “You just can’t stop picking up my scraps, can you, Lauren? Always the sad little stray begging for what I don’t want.”Lauren flinched, her voice barely a whisper. “Melissa, please, don't do this here.”“Please?” Melissa mocked, stepping closer, her laugh sharp. “Oh, look at you…pathetic! What, did you think dressing up in that cheap silk makes you somebod

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