Belinda's POVI am ready for the court case of the Gray divorce. I have seen everything the servants said and know I can prove them wrong. I know Mr. Gray is the one who is forcing them to say stuff that is not true. Also, know that Mrs. Gray has invested much money into the marriage. He does not want to give her anything, and he wants the children. Luckily, Mrs. Gray was very clever. She kept all the receipts that she invested in their company. He is pretending to be the family's sole provider, but he is not. We also know he is having an affair, and we can prove it. Previously, Mrs. Gray did not have outstanding attorneys. She came to me and gave me her whole files. Amanda thinks she is very clever and she's not doing her homework. I know that. I know she's lazy. I can counter them on everything. They pretend that Mrs. Gray is not a good mother, but she's the one who is always at the school functions. At the same time, Mr. Gray is never there. He hardly spent time with his children,
Chase's POVIt was easy for me to find out what the Morris family's art collection consisted of—besides, Belinda also got a list from her mother's attorney friend of all the art. We have made a list and blacklisted it so nobody will buy the art, not even on the black market, as nobody wants to cross Chase Maverick. Henry Jones will not be happy when he discovers we know about the art. Henry signed a prenup before he married Belinda's mother. He cannot touch any other stuff and nothing that belongs to the Morris family. He knows I do not understand why he is trying to steal things that do not belong to him. Did he think Belinda would never find out? It is ridiculous. I do not know how he feels or how his brain works. I know their firm is in deep trouble. I know he's a desperate man, but he cannot take what does not belong to him.I wish I were a fly on the wall to hear what he says when he finds out, he cannot sell the art. I do not know if the man is even thinking about his daughter.
Henry's POV As I walk out of Chase Stone's office, I know we have made a big mistake. I think we underestimated the whole situation. We felt that he and Belinda were not married, but I saw the photo of her and the boy on his table. The boy looks just like Chase. There is no denying that it is Chase's son. I should have tried another approach. I should not have bad-mouthed my daughter. It seems like he loves my daughter a lot. If only Amanda were as cunning as Belinda. We all thought that Jake was a good catch. We wanted Belinda to suffer like our mother. I thought Belinda was in love with Jake. It seems it never was the case. Belinda was more cunning than we thought. She had a bigger fish on the hook. She caught Chase Stone. I didn't know she had it in her, as I didn't think she was as beautiful as Amanda. It looks like I have underestimated my oldest daughter. If only Amanda had half the brains Belinda had. We have lost a great case, which significantly hurt our company. We should no
Third person's POV Henry Jones gets one of his friends to evaluate the paintings for him. He knows the paintings must be worth a lot of money because the Morris family always had the best things in life. Old man Morris always had an eye for a good artist and bought paintings from up-and-coming artists he knew would make it big one day. His friend, a professor in art, comes to his house. He looked through the paintings. He knows that this artwork is worth a lot of money. The collection is worth billions, but you also know that the collection has been blacklisted and is not available for sale by the valid owner. He has been warned about it. "I can tell you one thing. The collection is worth billions of dollars but worth nothing to you. You cannot sell it even if you want to. It's not my place to talk about it, but let me warn you: the Morris family will not allow you to sell the paintings. I will also not mess with them because they are involved with influential people. There is a lis
Third Person's POVHenry Jones and his family know I must keep up the appearances. They cannot let their families and friends discover they are bankrupt. I cannot let their clients find out they have nowhere to go, and they are just telling everybody that they are moving their offices to be closer to the court. But in the meantime, they are moving to a cheaper building where they can afford the rent. They know if they lose the few clients they still have left, they will lose everything, and if the company is bankrupted, they will have no income. They know they are in trouble but do not know how to escape it. "There's nothing else that we can do. We have to get our hands on that brat. I hope he is not Stone's child, although he looks like him," Henry says, thinking about the photo in Chase's office. "We have to find out where the school is. I am sure they will put him in some elite school. Those places have all kinds of security. It will be tough to get our hands on him if he is in o
Third person's POV"What am I going to wear tonight? Look at this torn dress, and I had to play so much for it because they wouldn't let us go. We don't have enough money for another dress, and I cannot be seen twice in the same dress. Mom knows that I am a fashion icon. This is not fair. This was supposed to be the night I could show Chase who I am and how beautiful I am. Now I can't even afford a new dress. I cannot let Belinda have Chase. He should be mine, but now I'm stuck with Jake. And he seems to be in love with Belinda. What does Belinda have that I don't have? And I can't believe that she is smaller than me. This dress fitted her perfectly, but they changed it to a smaller number. There's no way that Belinda is smaller than me. It is ruined, and I do not have enough money to buy another dress. I am so sad. I do not know what I will do," Amanda cries."Belinda planned it, so you cannot get a new dress. Do not worry, my dear. I have a plan. Let's go to Susan. She's one of the
Amanda's POVI am furious as I storm out of the ballroom. It was supposed to be my night tonight. I was supposed to get Chase to notice me. All that happened tonight is that I made a fool of myself, all thanks to that brat. My beautiful dress is ruined, but I can return it to Susan. She said that I had to be careful. How was I supposed to know the little brat would step on my dress? And I think he did it on purpose. He pretends it was an accident, but he is just as cunning as his mother. I will not be surprised if his mother puts him up to it. I hate Belinda. I want to get home and forget what happened tonight, but I guess it will be all over the Internet. I jump into our car. Then I realized one thing. I walked out with my naked butt because Jake was not behind me. He was supposed to protect me from people laughing at me. Where did he go? My mother and father came running after me."You stormed away while Jake's parents were calling him. Why didn't you wait for me? I was trying to ca
Jake's POVI get out of the car and walk into the house. As expected, the three people I despise are still waiting for me. I am not afraid of them. I know they can be evil, but I am not scared of them. Amanda looks furious when she is sitting in a high-school sweatpants and top. Typical, she still lives in high school and will never grow up. Why didn't I see this before? Why didn't I see her selfishness before? Why didn't I know that she would never grow up? I could have been with a woman like Belinda. Now, I am stuck with this woman and about to tell her I want a divorce. I know they are already furious with me, but they will throw tantrums like always. They only use me because they think I will inherit all my parent's money one day. My parents have threatened to disinherit me if I do not divorce Amanda. "Where did you run off to? Why didn't you protect me? I am your wife. You let the whole world see my nakedness at the ball! I am the laughing stock on the Internet. That picture is
Belinda's POVToday is the day of my children's wedding. I cannot believe my son and daughter are getting married on the same day. I am very proud of them, as they chose perfect partners that fit them. I could not be more proud of my children. My life has gone a full circle. I got my sweet revenge on the people that killed my mother. I gained his sister and a lovely husband. I have two wonderful children and could not ask for anything more. Well, maybe a grandchild or two. Chase will be walking in both brides since Norma does not want anything to do with her family. I cannot blame her. Besides, Norma has become like a second daughter to my husband and me. I cannot believe that time has gone by so fast. It felt like yesterday when Chase was discovered to Connor and me. I am glad that he did, though. I am pleased that he is my husband. He makes me very happy.Although we are older now, he is still a handsome man. Many younger women still look at him. He makes me proud. Our love for each
Baron's POVI am going to ask Bella to marry me. I wait until she is at her classes, then see her family. I am waiting until all of them are together. I want all of them to know that I like to marry Bella. And I'm going to ask all of them for their permission. I also like to tell Connor to be my best man. I know Bella would want Norma to be her maid of honor. I requested a meeting with all of them. Everybody is there when I get to Chase's office, even Norma. I have asked her also to be there. I do not want anybody to feel left out.I'm glad I did it because I can see that Norma also appreciates me taking her to a family meeting. But I was very nervous when I walked in. I know this is their only daughter, and I will have to promise him that I will never cheat on her and that I will look after her like she is my only princess. And I know she is. She's the woman I want to love for the rest of my life. I can never think about my life without her. I cannot believe I am the same man who tho
Baron's POVAfter we left the boardroom, I instructed my guards to remove my family. I don't want to see them again. I don't have any feelings towards them. We went to my office, and Bella took out the picnic basket. I do not know how she knew that I would need this today. However, I don't care about my family anymore. It was so hard for me. She's an angel in disguise. As the officer close behind me, I walk over to her, and I kiss her like I've never kissed her before. All the passion I feel for her is in my kiss. I thought you would push me away, but she kissed me back instead. Does it mean she feels the same way about me as I feel about her? I hope so because I have created all these feelings about her. I know that I love her. I can't believe that I fell in love with Bella Stone. I never believed in love, but now I do, all because of this little woman in my arms. "I love you, Bella. I mean it this time. I'm not saying it to impress anybody, but I'm telling you the truth. I do love
Baron's POVI knew I would hear from my family again. It did not take my sister-in-law long to find my office. I thought my brother, mother, or father would be the first to show up. But no, the first one to walk into my office is Sharon. She never had a good taste in clothes. I always thought that she was a little bit cheap. I don't know what she is doing in my office, but I do not want her here. I know Sharon is up to no good."Hello, stranger. It has been a long time since we have seen you. I do not know why you were hiding from us. Were you afraid that you still had feelings for me? I should have never married that useless brother of yours. He has heard me so often that I cannot even talk about it. My heart is broken. Your brother does not care about me. He only cares about the whore he sleeps with every night while I am all alone at home. My heart can't stand it anymore. I am heartbroken. Baron, I should have never left you. I know that you would never have been like him. Besides,
Rita Peterson's POVI look at my husband, Mike. I did not think that our child would get anywhere without us. He also seems like he cannot believe what he just heard. We have to keep up our appearances in front of our friends. So Norma made it big, and she did not even tell us. She would not have come anywhere if it weren't for me and her father. If I didn't push her to go to beauty contests and become a beauty queen, she would not have gone into fashion. She owes us, she owes us big time. I never thought that she was the owner of Myst. I felt she was only a waitress, so I never wanted to see her again. She threw away the career I was planning for her to become a waitress. I will go and see her tomorrow at her office. I know where the boutique is. I never went there because I could not afford their dresses. The least we can do is dress her mother.We pretended to be friendly all night and saw her and Connor Stone leaving before our party. After the party was over, my husband and I wen
Norma's POVI love Connor. I cannot believe I am so happy to have found him when I needed him the most. Good night. We are going to go out to a fancy restaurant. I have got my confidence back. I do not even care if we run into my parents. If that's something to say, I don't care. I am in love, and I am successful. It is more I can say about them. My mother is still the socialite, and my father has to work his ass off to stay with her expensive lifestyle. Since I am their only child, they don't have an heir. I don't care what is happening to them. I don't want the money. I want nothing of them. Connor is not happy about the fact that his sister is seeing Baron Maxwell. I told him to leave her alone because it was her choice. Perhaps his family should meet him. I have decided to wear a beautiful white dress tonight. I know that Connor loves me more in white. He loves it when I wear a white dress. And tonight we are going to go to the Hilton. It is a plain reason it doesn't look like a
Baron's POVWalking into the restaurant, I saw my family sitting at the table. I did not expect them to be there because I did not expect them to be at the expensive restaurant while they were in so much financial trouble. They have not seen me yet. We walked in and were taken to the table I had reserved. "Her parents and brother are here with his wife. Are you sure you want to eat here tonight, or should we go elsewhere? I know how you feel about your mother and, father and brother. I wouldn't say I like it to be an uncomfortable night for you. I understand how they treated you, and I do not believe they deserve to see you anymore. Besides, I feel they will come and look for trouble with you. I wait a second. I have a plan. I'm always wearing my great-grandmother's ring on my finger. I will put it on my engagement finger, so if they come and look for trouble with you, we will pretend that we are engaged. I know it is not ideal, but at least it will give them something else to think
Bella's POVSo Baron wants a fancy date. I can wear fancy dresses if I have to. I have a few in my closet. I do not know why I like to impress him so much. I am not even supposed to worry about what he thinks. I cannot allow myself to fall in love with a man who does not believe in love. In a way, I get into a beautiful blue dress. It fits my body perfectly. It also has a long slit on the one leg. I wonder where he is going to take me. Why couldn't he wait until our regular Friday night dates? Is he missing me as much as I miss him? What do I do? I know I look beautiful in a plain dress. I only put on silver accessories because I love silver more than gold. I am dressed to impress but not too much. I like to keep it plain and simple. I am not the one for shiny dresses. I am not like other girls. My dress is classy and slightly revealing, but not too much. I am not here to impress a man. I am here to show myself that I can withstand a man who thinks all women want him for his money. I
Baron's POVAm I in love? To be honest, I do not know. I only know that I miss Bella when I'm not with her. Her family doesn't like me very much because we are always competitive. A father and her brother are not in the same business as me, but they still want to buy prime properties. I do not think that I am welcome in their house. I guess I will be more popular now, building around the diner. It took my architecture and engineers a while to figure out how. I've come up with a solution, and I won't even ask what they are doing, as that is not my problem. I am a trained architect and engineer with plenty of time to study with my parents. Just keep me away from America as long as they can. So, I continued studying while running my new business in Europe. However, I am not into that part of the business anymore. In the beginning, I loved it. But now I want more time for myself. I like the business side of it, and I like to see how my family and their business are crumbling. I know I ca