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The Arrogant Billionaire’s Contract Wife CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
HAYLEY’S POVI still couldn’t wrap my head around all the allegations this so-called Jennifer made about him, but then he knew her. So what if she was right? I don’t know Christian enough to know his past, he could also be a cocky asshole but then I don’t think he did any of that.Even though he pisses me off I was still trying my best to know him, maybe his attitude was all a defense mechanism so people don’t mistreat him.In his massive office building, Christian faced a few reporters, their cameras were on standby ready to click away. He glanced at me and I gave him a supportive smile, he stood on the podium, tapping the mic to be sure it was working.The reporters went silent at his commanding presence, he cleared his throat, his eyes confidently meeting the eager stares of the press. The room fell silent, anticipation hung in the air.“Good day, and thank you for gathering here today. I am well aware of the allegations going in circulation about me, indirectly claiming that I wa
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CHRISTIAN’S POVMy day was already fucked, from Alexander threatening me, to the issue with Jennifer, I still haven’t found who tried to kill my dad and I don’t even know what I want from Hayley.I find myself being more drawn to her every time I push her away; she thinks that I hate her. I only hate the fact that she reminds me of my mom, but I love the pure innocence in her. She was nothing like Cassidy, Hayley is just too good for me and I’m scared that I’ll taint her. Loving Hayley was never part of the contract, in fact, I never planned to love again after my ex, Caroline left me.I walked into the club, checking the time on my Rolex. I wouldn’t want to miss my mom’s dinner, or else she’d add that to the list of bad things I had done. But I wanted to meet with my friend and business partner, Audrey.He suggested the idea of meeting here, so the atmosphere would be more casual than business, and since I get to drink then it’s fair to me. My eyes scoured the place for Audrey and
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HAYLEY’S POVMy mom had been calling my phone since I got to work, she said that my dad wanted to see me and we could talk some things out over breakfast at her house tomorrow. But I don’t think I’m ready to see my dad, I had nothing to say to him.It might look like I was insensitive, but he was the one who fucked up. He walked out on us when I was just very young and I needed a father figure. He didn’t think about that, so what’s there to talk about?I left work early, my boss was nice enough to let me go. I explained to him that I wouldn’t be working till late at night because I had a family function. Christian wasn’t home when I got in, but he came in later. He just freshened up and said to leave, he made Terry go home.He said he was going to drive us to his parent’s house, adopted or whatever. I still can’t say what the truth was. He didn’t clarify it to me, but if it was coming from Alexander it was true.“Are there any rules we should go over before we walk in?” I asked as th
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CHRISTIAN’S POVSince my press conference, Jennifer hasn’t come out to the media to say anything. The blogs had stepped down from the story a bit, thanks to the connections my mom has with some bloggers and media companies.If Jennifer is still trying to cook up more lies about me then I should use the period to try and stop my brother. Alexander is the one controlling her, but I never done anything to Jennifer ever since she was my secretary. She was even the one who dropped her resignation letter on my table; I wasn’t the one who sent her away.I volunteered to drop Hayley at work today, it was the least I could do to make it up to her after last night. At dinner, I silently watched how she was so engrossed in the story my mom told about my childhood. How she smiled, the way her face radiates when she’s happy.We arrived at New York Publishing, I opened her side of the car for her.“Thanks.” She muttered as she got down and I followed her behind.“Aren’t you supposed to be heading
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My heart pounded as I paced back and forth in the hospital waiting room, I just couldn’t shake the image of my sister Stephanie, covered with bruises on her face and blood dripping from her legs as she was going unconscious on her front porch. I kept checking my wristwatch anxiously as minutes started to feel like hours, the doctor neither has the nurse come to give me some feedback on her condition. I hadn’t been home in like four years and neither have I spoken to my dad in that same time frame, but this was my sister’s life at stake so I had to call him. Finally, a weary-looking doctor approached me. “Mr. Anderson?” I nodded, my throat was tight with worry. “Your sister is stable, so far she has been responding to treatments. We’ll keep monitoring her from time to time.” “Thank you so much, doctor. I hope the cuts weren’t much.” “She suffered a concussion and some cuts and bruises, I was going to ask how this happened. Because clearly she’s being physically abused, and due to s
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My eyes narrowed, I couldn’t help but show some of my anger.“Pregnant? Are you even sure of what you are saying? Have you lost your mind, because you think this is some game to you? I’m not a puppet, don’t come at me with cheap lies.”Her laughter sounded like a melody in the café, she was mocking me. This only deepened my irritation. “Oh, Christian, don’t look so surprised. It’s your baby.”I was struggling to maintain my composure as Caroline continued to utter gibberish and filthy nonsense from her mouth. Did she think lying about a baby would make me come back to her? I wasn’t so careless as to let anyone get pregnant for me.Even when we were still together, it was our habit to have sex daily but I gave her pills. I put her on birth control, the contraceptive pills were just for extra safety.“you were on contraceptives Caroline, so don’t bullshit me. I watched you take them every morning because I gave them to you.” I slammed my fists on the table, she quickly looked around in
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CHRISTIAN’S POVI didn’t quite get enough sleep, and kept tossing and turning overnight. The anxiety that I still had work in the morning made my tummy turn because I needed to be rested. I hadn’t even started fighting my brother back, and I was already getting tired.The issue with Jennifer still hadn’t died down, I refused to believe them because she hadn’t gone to the media to spread another lie about me then it was all over. My brother is probably keeping her on a leash till he wants to use her against me.There were two plates of pancakes on the counter with bacon and eggs by the side and syrup dripping onto the plate from the pancake, I flipped the last pancake in the frying pan and turned to add whipped cream on the plates.I was hoping this would appease Hayley a bit, I had been nothing but a dick to her recently. It wasn’t in my nature to cook for people, I only cooked for myself. But I was hoping to show this little friendly part of myself wouldn’t make her stay too far away
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“Liam, at this rate I have figured I could never avoid you.” She teased jokingly. “Well, we didn’t quite finish our introduction. Maybe this is fate’s way of saying we have to.” He shrugged and she smiled softly. I could almost roll my eyes to the back of my head, watching him flirt with Hayley in my presence. “You are keeping to time now, that’s new.” I broke the little fun reunion they were having. “And you aren’t, shouldn’t you be dressed for work? You’re here being the husband of the year.” He teased and Hayley chuckled. “Ha-ha very funny, you just reminded me why I always pretend not to know you.” “Your loss, that aside. What do you want me to do about your vengeful brother? I don’t like getting involved in family feuds.” He walked behind me as I approached the living room. “I think I should get going, I’m already late for work” Hayley got up from the seat, she didn’t finish her meal but she ate enough to make me happy. “Let me drop you off at work.” I offered. “No thank
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HAYLEY’S POVIt’s been three days since Cassidy and Rebecca held me captive. I haven’t had food or water and am hungry and tired. My vision is starting to blur as I am slowly losing strength.I slowly closed my eyes. Maybe if I could get a little rest, it would take my mind off the hunger. But then Cassidy splashed me with another round of cold water. I opened my eyes and raised my head, gasping for breath.I shook my head to get the water out of my eye, and the sound of a stainless steel bucket falling on the floor drew my attention to Cassidy, who was standing right in front of me.“I told Christian, he has to meet me here by 1 p.m. Well, would you look at the time? And still no Christian.” She exhaled, almost disappointed.Christian was coming here? I almost felt a sense of relief, but then coming here was a trap. Cassidy was just going to kill us anyway.“Can you see that we can’t trust men and that they are all the same, but don’t worry, I’ll get revenge for us?” she teased, my
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The Arrogant Billionaire’s Contract Wife CHAPTER NINETY NINE
HAYLEY’S POVI became conscious of the splash of cold water all over my face and tried to jerk up. But my eyes darted down to the rope tied around my legs to the chair, and my hands were tied to the chair behind my back.I struggled to see if I could loosen the rope on my hands, but all my efforts were useless. I exhaled heavily and raised my head to hear someone’s heels hurting the floor.I was sure that it was the person who abducted me. A petite lady with brown hair and blue eyes walked towards me with a bowl, and she smirked.“Re-Rebecca?” I mouthed as my eyes widened in disbelief. She used to be Christian’s secretary. Of course, she would want my head; Christian wasn’t paying her attention anymore. They weren’t having any of that good sex, and then he fired her.I could tell the minute I saw how he looked at her that day when I went to his office. They had something going on, but then I thought it would be Cassidy, but the turns of events were rather shocking.“I’m happy you rem
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CHRISTIAN’S POV“Come on, Hayley. Pick up the phone."I mouthed as I paced around in the living room. I reacted stupidly yesterday; I shouldn’t have talked to her like that. I shouldn’t have told her to abort the baby; what stupid suggestion was that?And now that she had left home, I had no idea where she was. I couldn’t reach her; she was picking up my calls, and she still hadn’t come back home.Maybe she was right, and having a baby would change me. It would make my life in a different light. She wanted me to listen to her so badly. It wasn’t like she was forcing the baby on me; she understood even my own plight.She just wanted to talk, to figure out a solution, and I completely shut her down. It was like I was now making my own life more miserable than it already is.“She won’t pick up your calls, Christian." I turned to the sound of Riele’s voice; she was coming from the kitchen holding a glass of booze.“Thanks a lot for the help,” I replied sarcastically.She rolled her eyes.
The Arrogant Billionaire’s Contract Wife CHAPTER NINETY SEVEN
His eyes widened, and then a storm of emotions brewed on his face. My hands started shaking nervously, and I could tell that he was pissed—like pissed as fuck.“Pregnant? Are you kidding me, Hayley? Is this some sick joke?”I shook my head. Tears threatened to spill from my eyes. I thought having a baby was a good thing. Whether planned or unplanned, we had the resources to take care of it. But then I understood that Christian wasn’t ready because of what he was going through at the moment.“No, Christian. It’s true. I know we didn’t plan it, and I swear I was scared to tell you." He cut me off“How long have you known?” He dropped the whisky bottle on the bedside drawer and faced me, his back resting comfortably on the bed's headboard.The scenario looked like a teenage girl opening up to her father about her unwanted pregnancy."Yesterday, the doctor said I’m three weeks pregnant. And that I was going through too much stress.”He scoffed, “Too much stress? I guess he’s a stupid doc
The Arrogant Billionaire’s Contract Wife CHAPTER NINETY SIX
HAYLEY’S POVMy heart had been pounding in my chest like crazy since last night; I had blacked out suddenly. When I woke up, I was being treated by a doctor, and Riele was by my side.She had told me that Christian went to trash the wedding; to be honest, I wasn’t exactly expecting him to be calm about things. Ever since my dad almost overdosed and died, he just left again and never came back. So if I heard he was starting a new life after all the pain he had put us through, I would crash the wedding too.But that wasn’t my problem out of the many problems on the ground. Hermione had come to see Christian to clear things up, and coincidentally, she came with Liam.“It’s safe to say that we are both victims, Christian.” Hermione started, and the air in the living room was thick with tension as she and Liam faced Christian.I wasn’t sure what Hermione wanted—maybe reconciliation? But she was also a victim of Bernard’s lies and secrets. Liam, on the other hand, just wanted to be clear
The Arrogant Billionaire’s Contract Wife CHAPTER NINETY FIVE
CHRISTIAN’S POVIt felt like everything hidden was slowly unraveling itself for me, and each time I found out the truth, I couldn’t help but feel like I had been fooled my whole life. No one cared enough to tell me the truth about anything; I had been living in a lie.Looking for truths that were right under my nose the whole time, the feeling of betrayal suddenly turned into a fresh wound again. I couldn’t possibly trust anyone anymore—Hayley, maybe, or even Riele.My grip on my steering wheel tightened as my car was almost going full throttle. Hayley fainted out of nowhere, so I called the doctor to attend to her at home. I also made sure I called Riele before I left the house.I thought maybe I would be mature enough to deal with the new truth I found out about my mum, but I couldn’t sit back knowing I could see her again after so many years. And she was under a new identity and getting married too. I would lose my mind if I didn’t get closure.I parked like a crazy person in front
