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
Jake's POVWe have waited a few days until all the arrangements have been made for me to leave America before we announce my divorce from Amanda. Today, me and my father will talk about the divorce. Although my father is not one of the wealthiest people in New York, he has a reputation in town. We must explain to the world why we will not proceed with this marriage. I'm ready to move to Europe. I cannot see Belinda. Knowing I am in dangerous territory, I always want her, and nobody messes with Chase Stone. I cannot wait to get away from that family. The Jones is not good for me, and I know getting away from their problems with Belinda and her husband is the best thing I can do. I will also announce my departure from the law firm. I know everything is going to work out. I have to find a new life in Europe. I also have one thing I need to do before I leave. I need to go and apologize to Belinda and Chase. I know my father wants me to do that because he does not want to lose his business
Amanda's POV I am curious where I stand and hear Jake's accusations against me. How dare he tell the world that I am not expecting his child? I know that I have been sleeping with other people. However, that does not allow him to humiliate me like this in public. Please don't assume that it is my fault that he is not a good lover or husband. I know he has been craving for Belinda ever since he left her. How do you live with her husband, who longs for another woman? He has always told me he made his biggest life mistake by taking me and leaving Belinda. I cannot believe his cruelty to me—throwing all our dirty laundry like this in front of the public. I thought he loved me, but I am sure he has never loved me. He always loved Belinda. I wouldn't say I like anything about this situation I am in. "How dare you? Amanda is my daughter, and you are slandering her in front of everybody. You cannot talk, Jake Green. Everybody knows that you have always been in love with Amanda's sister, Bel