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Inconvenient Love (A Billionaire Romance) The Proposal
Chapter 81: The ProposalClaire's hands trembled as she fought to shut the door. Her voice was low and angry, almost a hiss, "Leave, Alex. Leave. I don’t want you here." But no matter how hard she pushed, Alex's grip on the door was stronger. He wasn't letting go this time.She glared at him, her heart pounding in her chest, but the truth was, his sudden presence after all these months had unraveled her. She was pregnant, alone, and already emotionally exhausted. Seeing Alex, of all people, standing in front of her only intensified everything she had bottled up inside. Her emotions clashed violently. The man she loved — the man who had hurt her — was standing just inches away.“I’m not leaving,” Alex said firmly, his voice filled with a quiet desperation. “Claire, please… just let me talk to you.”Tears pricked at the corners of Claire’s eyes as she struggled with her emotions. She wanted to hate him, to push him away and protect herself from any more pain. But as she stood there, fac
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Chapter 4-Due Interest“That’s enough.” Alexander Vermont spoke and took the folder from my father who has yet to let my wrist go.Sure I wanted to leave the house, to leave my family because living with them had become unbearable for me. It was taking a toll. However, I never wanted to be given as a payment for a debt, to be owned by anyone. He will own my life, my freedom, like a slave sold to a new master. I have dreams of my own, I have plans, and being a maid, or a servant was not one of them. At home, I have choices, I had a choice to leave or stay, to have a life once I leave. But in this, I have nothing. Alexander Vermont held his fountain pen and I spoke to him, “Please, not like this. I could work, I could pay some of the debt. I could overtime, I could – AH!” my bottom landed on the floor when Dad threw my hand away forcefully to stop my protest.“You are not in the position to negotiate on this. Your things are already handled by his assistants. I asked Paula to pack ever
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Chapter 6: If I Have A Choice, It Wouldn’t Be you“What the h*ll?”“Pick it up, and sign it. You have no other choice.” He uttered and turned his back on me walking towards the kitchen wherein when he reached the fridge, he took out a can of beer, pulled the tab open, and took a huge gulp of the deep amber liquid.Fuming, and annoyed, bottling my feelings that wanted to explode and engulf the room, I bent down and took the papers back in my hand. I stared at it for a while, reading the letters that seemed to be jumping and floating around before my eyes, my hands trembled and I ripped it, tearing the pieces of paper in bits, not just once, twice, or thrice. I tore them into an unreadable mess, an unfixable document.“No. I am not getting married. To h*ll NO!” I screamed internally, going berserk in my head, for I was never a very vocal person, especially when I am mad, I keep it all inside me, and the raging part of me remains enclosed in my mind. “I know you would do that.” his voic
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