Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 56: Alia Bancroft .As Archibald strolls to get the door. Isabella pinches her fingers in distress. What if the woman doesn’t like her? What if she doesn’t accept her? What would she do? She would have to leave Archibald.Only once Archibald’s mother enters the living room does Isabella snap out of it. “Hi,” she says, showing a reserved smile as she comes closer and stretches out her hand. “I’m Alia Bancroft.”She had the image of Archibald’s mother in mind and this was not who she expected her to be. She looked so young for someone supposedly in her fifties. And so beautiful too. Archibald really had her face. “H-Hi,” Isabella stutters, despite desperately trying not to. Her hand is sweaty and shaky when she takes her hand. “I-I’m Isabella. Isabella Norman. Um... N-Nice to meet you.”“Archie’s girlfriend.” She comments tilting her head as she stares her up and down. “You are really pretty and young too.” The way her eyes are moving
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire .Chapter 57: Morning wishes .Chantelle stirred from her sleep, her phone buzzing insistently on the nightstand. With a groggy sigh, she reached for it, squinting at the bright screen. It was far too early for this.Who was the elf trying to disturb her beauty sleep? She groaned as the call ended and then a text came in seconds after. Lea was the one calling her? It must be very important! "Chantelle, check outside your window," her friend's text read urgently.Confused, Chantelle rubbed her eyes and walked over to the window. What she saw made her heart sink. A swarm of paparazzi, cameras flashing and reporters shouting questions. She blinked, trying to make sense of the chaos unfolding outside her normally quiet home.What was happening? Chantelle reached for her phone again and decided to go online. Maybe she could find out what was going on. Damn it! Why didn’t she answer lea’s calls! Her friend could have explained everything to he
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 58: Sleepover .Since he was still trying to keep up a facade, Alan swallows down his anger when he sees his uncle handing Isabella money. Assuming Isabella was too miserly to pay for a cab, he claimed he had plans for tonight so Isabella would be compelled to take the subway and – hopefully – get harassed by paparazzi or other weirdos on her way back to Dara’s house. But of course she let her sugar daddy pay for it.Once he’s back in his room, Alan anonymously sends Dara’s address to some websites. Even though it’s a little severe, Alan feels like he has no other choice. The meeting with his grand mother went way too well, it seemed like she liked Isabella but if Isabella can’t even step a foot outside anymore without getting harrassed, then maybe she’ll finally break down and give up on Uncle Archibald. And then his uncle might drop out of the CEO race due to either heartbreak or he disqualified because he didn’t have a bride.Then
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 59: Bonding .Alan isn’t sure he heard right. “He what?”“Isabella is staying the night with us. Until we figure everything out.” Archibald repeats before addressing his driver. “Thanks for helping out. Sorry for bothering you on a Saturday evening.”“Anytime. If you need anything else, just give me a call. Take care, Bella.” When the driver smiles at her encouragingly, Isabella thanks him with a tearful voice. Her eyes are puffy, probably from crying. “Can someone please explain what happened?” Alan demands as soon as the driver has left.“Some asshole ordered three-hundred-dollars worth of meals to Dara’s address,” Archibald says, pulling a sniffling Isabella into his arms. “And it caused a ruckus because they wanted payment and called the paparazzis to bombard the place as well.” “So? I-I mean...” Alan gulps when Archibald stares at him, “They don’t have to pay anything if they didn’t order it.”With a sigh, Archibald asked Isabella
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 60: Understood? .The first thing that comes to Archibald’s mind is that he does think Isabella is smarter than Alan, but he doesn’t say it. He would never. “In that case, I owe him an apology.” Sighing, he takes a bite of his burger. Lately, everything he says or does seems to be wrong… He just wants everyone to get along...After they’ve finished eating, Archibald visits Alan in his room. He’s is standing in front of the mirror, lifting dumb bells. “Hey… I wanted to apologize. It wasn’t my intention to show you up in front of Isabella or imply that you need his help. I just thought it would help you bond with her since you’ve been trying to make amends about the whole situation.”“Whatever,” Alan mumbles, not looking at Archibald.“I’m serious. I didn’t mean to hurt you.”“You know… maybe you should just worry about yourself and your bond with Isabella than about me and my projects I’m working on.”“What’s that supposed to mean?” Ar
Ditch the Ex, Date the Billionaire .Chapter 61: Aim.Jake watched Aileen type on her phone as he sat across from her at the small dining table.They hadn’t talked about their common denominator since they figured out that Isabella was a common factor to them. He wanted to bring it up but was afraid it would set up something between him and Aileen and he didn’t want to lose her just yet. “So what are you doing?.” He asked softly. She looked up from her phone before shrugging as she set it down. “I just followed my uncle and his girlfriend on IG.”“Isabella?.” Jake arched his eyebrows surprised.“Yeah.” She nodded taking a waffle to munch on it. “Why do you look surprised?.”“Because I thought you’ll be against her. I mean, I’ve been at home when Isabella would be telling my sister about you guys reaction to her dating Archibald. I thought your family wasn’t happy with his decision.”“Alan and my mother aren’t happy with the decision. Not me!.” She corrected. **“She’s there now
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 62: Ups and Downs.After all the emotional Ups and Downs in the last eleven days, Isabella braces herself to face one last challenge on Monday: going back to work. In order to avoid running into anyone with Archibald by her side, Isabella takes a ride to work a few minutes after Archibald, allowing the Bancroft’s driver to drop her off. Ignoring all the coworkers staring at her in the garage, the elevator, and in the hallways, Isabella heads straight for Hector’s office to report back on duty. Although Hector smiles kindly, he sounds a little stiff when he wishes her a good morning. “Glad to have you back, Isabella. How are you?”“Good.” When Hector raises his brows, Isabella can feel her cheeks turning pink. “I-I mean, the last two weeks were really… eventful, but I’m glad to be at work again. I just hope that things won’t be awkward between us."“Why would they be awkward?” Hector asks, leaning forward in anticipation. “Um… Becaus
Ditch the Ex. Date the Billionaire .Chapter 63: Conversations ."Hector wants to be your friend?" Archibald steals one of Isabella’s fries and dips it into the ketchup. Isabella got home from work at 6:00 p.m., but Archibald had to stay for another hour because of a board meeting. Since he had something to eat there, he quickly stopped at a fast food restaurant to bring her burgers and fries for dinner."Yeah,” She answers brusquely, taking a bite of her cheeseburger.Frowning about her one-word answer, he steals another fry. "You don't sound excited about it." "I am.”“... But? ” Archibald asks when she doesn’t continue.Shrugging her shoulders, she fixes her eyes on the counter she’s sitting at. “Isn't it a little... inappropriate? He's my supervisor." "And I am like your main boss," Archibald chuckled. "Hector is a family friend. He’s… almost like a second son or would I say, one of my dad’s mentees, so I don’t think you should worry about it." "Yes, but that's different. I