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
Chase's POV It is time that Belinda and I started investigating the circumstances in which her mother's death occurred. Now that she has kicked them all out of her properties, we can continue investigating what happened to her mother. I know that the case investigator must have been corrupted or paid off. We cannot go to him. We will have to go to another investigator and ask him to reopen the case and look into her mother's death. Perhaps I had something on him. I do not know if he's even in the police force anymore. I know a few investigators and have a few friends in the police. I will have to talk to Belinda about it after we spend the first night together in our room. She allowed me to stay in her room. We now cannot return to separate rooms because of Conner. The sex is excellent, and I know Belinda enjoys it as much as I do. However, she never utters a word of love. I know I love her, and I will never let her go. However, I do not know how she feels about me. We will have to