Third person's POV The following morning, Connor decides that he is going to meet the new neighbor. He is curious about the new neighbor, who only knows the older couple. And the older aunt used to give him cookies and sweets. He hopes his new neighbor is also as friendly. He sneaks out while his mom is still sleeping. He knows she does not sleep much during the week as she always works late, so he leaves her to sleep late on Sundays. Conner knocks on the door and remembers his mother telling him not to talk to strangers. Perhaps he should turn around. What if the neighbor is a serial killer? He did not think about it. Chase is still half asleep, drinking coffee, when he hears the knock on the door. Without thinking, he gets up and opens the door. He does not know who gets a bigger fright or the little boy standing before the door. They look at each other in disbelief. Connor's mouth hangs open. What is his father doing here? Did he move in here because he and his mommy stay next do
Belinda's POV Connor and I are getting ready to go out. I see my new neighbor drives away in his very luxurious car. However, I could not see his face. I am waiting for Connor to finish up. I do not want to be late for our lunch appointment with his grandparents. I still need to find the house, but I know the neighborhood where their home is situated. I can also put the address in my GPS if I cannot find the place. It is the same neighborhood where my father and his family stay. I do not want to drive past their house, as I do not want to be reminded of my past. The Greens and Jones may think that I am done with them. Or that I am afraid of them, but there's a big surprise coming their way. I wonder what happened to my mother's jewelry because that was mine. She left it to me, and I know my father has no right to sell it. It is in my name. They cannot sell it without my permission. If they try, they will end up in jail. And I know my father knows the law better than to mess with my s
Chase's POV I know I am in trouble when I see my mother's face. I should have answered my phone, I guess. I arrive at her house and do not know why she is so angry at me. I look at my father for help, but he pulls up his shoulders. I know that not even my father wants trouble with my mother. I wonder what I have done wrong this time except for not answering my phone. I know she always calls to ensure I will be here for lunch every Sunday. "Why didn't you answer your phone?" My mother asks. "Mom always calls to invite me to lunch every Sunday and remind me to come. I did not think it was necessary to answer. I know how mom is. Mom just wanted to remind me to come," I say. "I did not want you to come. That is why I called you. I am having other guests over. But since you are here, you might as well stay," My mother snarls. "Wow, who is more important than me? I thought I was your only son," I say. "I invited my grandson and his mother to come and eat here today. I did not want yo
Third Person's POV Sarah is standing outside Stone's family's house. How could this be? She doesn't understand when and where Chase got married. She is sure social media would have known about the marriage if there was one. She is convinced that they are lying to her. Chase Stone is not married. There's only one way to find out. She needs to find Nick Bradley. She will ask Nick. He will know because he has been friends with Chase since they were young. She will go to the Bradley restaurant and see if he is there. He usually hangs around a restaurant. She is sure she can find him there. Besides, he loves beautiful women and will come to her if she goes and sits at a table. Nick will show up at her table if he is in the restaurant. Meanwhile, Belinda is still thinking about everything that happened today. She does not know why Chase, his father, and her son put on the show for Sarah Harper. Sarah will find out soon enough that they are not married. Nothing makes sense, but she is enjo
Belinda's POV We get out of the car and walk to the front door. I knock because I do not feel welcome in this house anymore. Christine Jones opens the door. She does not look pleased to see me, but she opens the door with a smile when she sees Chase with me. I see she's wearing a whole set of my mother's jewelry. "My daughter, I have missed you. Why didn't you come earlier? We were looking forward to seeing you again. I hear you have your half a son. I hope you know who the father is. Where is he? I'm looking forward to meeting my grandchild," Christine says. "Stop the bullshit, Christine. You know why I'm here. Take off my mother's jewelry right now. You know very well that that jewelry belongs to me. Why the hell are you wearing it? Who gave you the right? I will go through this house and get every piece of my mother's jewelry back. I also want the ring that you gave Amanda back. You and her know very well that you are not supposed to touch my things. I will go to the police if
Belinda's POV The front door bursts open, and Amanda storms in. I can see that she is upset. Jake is following her. He also seems very upset. They do not want to get the jewelry back, but they have no choice. I am sure that my stepmother has explained everything to them. Amanda and Jake do not see Chase standing behind them. Amanda glares at me. "You selfish bitch! You don't even need this jewelry. Why do you want it? Why can't I keep my engagement ring? You have so much money you can't even spend for the rest of your life. We know that your mother has left you her life insurance. Why do you need this jewelry? It is not like you need the money. I hate you!" Amanda screams. She lifts her hand to slap me. Chase grabs her hand from behind. "Don't you dare touch Belinda! She is asking for her stuff. Who gave you the right to demand that she gives you anything? If there is somebody that is a selfish, childish brat of a bitch it is you. The jewelry belongs to the Morris family, and you ar
Belinda's POVWe leave my parent's house and get straight into his car. I have to go and fetch my car at his parent's house. It's my mother's house and not my parents' house. I want the place back in the Morris family name. I do not want my father to have it anymore. I want him to have nothing of my mother. He does not deserve anything that belonged to her, not even this house. I will make sure that he gets nothing. He thinks he can hide stuff from me but is making a mistake. He and his new wife think they are very clever, but I will find out the truth. "What have we done? We might as well have told the whole world that we are married. I know Amanda. She will tell the entire social media that we are married. How are we going to explain it to the world? How will we say to the world that we are not married? We have to do something. What will I tell the teachers at Connor's School? How will I explain that his surname is Morris and not Stone? We did a stupid thing. We didn't think about
Chase's POVI know this is very sudden, but I think it is best that Belinda and I get married. I know Connor will be in seventh heaven. Of course, he will have to be at the wedding. I can arrange everything very fast before Belinda changes her mind. I do not want her to change her mind. I want her to become my wife. It will be the best chance to convince her to give her my heart. I know Jake has hurt her in the past, but I am not Jake. I will not hurt her. I know she has to learn how to trust men again. I know it will be challenging, especially after her father's actions. I know she was shocked to find out that Amanda is her father's real child and that he had in a fair while he was married to her mother. I believe he and his wife have something to do with Belinda's mother's death. I will find out as I have friends in the police. I will find out who the detective who has investigated the case. I am sure that he has been bought. I know that Belinda is not somebody that will give up. Th
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