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ESTELLE “We should do this often, Mom,” I suggested before we went to our cars waiting for us. “I’d love that, honey, but I know what you’re doing.” “I just wanna have dinner with you like we used to.” I’d been avoiding any questions or topics about Linden. I was grateful Mom understood that while we were having dinner. “Fine, but because I wanted you to enjoy the meal earlier. Call your husband. You can shout at him, hit him, curse him, or let him sleep in the other room, but you can’t avoid him all the time. Soon, you need him.” “He lied to me and hurt me. If he’s really sorry, where is he, Mom? He missed my birthday, and I’m not sure he knows my birth date.” “You pushed him away. I’m sure he’s just waiting for you to tell him to come back, and one of you should swallow your pride and talk about the problem.” “I should go. I will arrange a small gender party reveal maybe next week.” “Go home. We’ll talk about it over the phone, or maybe I will hire a party planner.” “I can
The Beautiful Billionaire 91
LINDEN I watched the three-minute apology video of Tatiana Golds on TikTok. She posted it on all her social media accounts. “To avoid paying the damages because there’s no way she would win. This is what she did?” Sax wasn’t happy. Neither was I, but not because of what she did. Gustav fled the moment he knew he was in trouble. Someone must have tipped him off. “That’s good for me, but the real culprit is still out there. Her reputation is over. No one would watch her video and take her review seriously, and that’s because of a few bucks.” Sax looked at me. “You mean your father-in-law. That son of a bitch is sneaky.” “Estelle must have spooked him with filing a case against his speech.” “Precisely. So what exactly did he had on you that day?” I looked at the screen. The video blurred, and the sound muted. “I was scared for Jasper. I know someone like Ilya wouldn’t just execute him. It would be a mercy to shoot him in the head. Instead, Jasper would be tortured, skin alive unt
The Beautiful Billionaire 92
ESTELLE “Sorry for the unexpected visit.” “Are you kidding me?” Jaymes hugged me. “I always love having my children around on weekends, but since they’re older and have busy lives, I’m lucky if they visit me once a month. They went to the restaurant, though, or talked over the phone.” When he noticed just a car parked outside his house without my driver, he didn’t have to say a word. “I drove here.” “Alone? All by yourself?” His eyes widened. I saw the shock and panic cross his eyes. I nodded. “Yeah.” “Does Gabe know? I heard he’s back.” I shook my head. “Look, I don’t wanna get you in trouble. Um, I can go back.” I pointed my thumb over my shoulder toward the car. “No, honey. Get inside before my neighbors see you.” “Are you sure?” “I would love nothing but your company. I’m cooking dinner. Do you eat roasted lamb?” “Yeah. I’m sure it’s delicious.” I dropped my bag on the couch and followed him into the kitchen. “Why didn’t you get married again or date another woman?” “
The Beautiful Billionaire 93
ESTELLE I slept soundly and woke up in peace. One thing I learned and realized was nothing that a good talk could not solve a conflict. I had breakfast with Jaymes, and damn, this man prepared breakfast for ten heads for American breakfast to Greek and Middle Eastern. After freshening up, I found him packing baked goods into a box, which smelled divine, sugary, buttery, and vanilla. “You don’t have to do that. I was already overwhelmed with the breakfast tray you prepared. Did you even sleep?” “I always wake up at five and go to a farmers market. And the breakfast wasn’t even a lot.” “Thanks so much, Pops.” I looked at Willa’s pajamas. “Can I take this home? I will return once it’s washed.” “I’m even surprised you’re still wearing that. You can keep it.” “It’s comfy. Thanks.” “I will take this to your car.” He took the box wrapped in plastic with him. “Are you sure you don’t wanna call Qamar and drive you home?” “No. I’m going home anyway. They didn’t call you?” I followed h
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LINDEN Fuck! This was what I was scared of, but I couldn’t tell her it was her fault. She wouldn’t have left the house if it wasn’t for me. I pushed her hard, and now he and our baby were in danger. When I called my father last night, and he told me not to come, I had to honor his wish. She wanted space. She was safe there, but I should have gone there in the morning the moment I woke up. I was thinking of not ruining her mood. But everything happening around her was my fault. “I made everything worse.” I fixed my comm and rolled my shirt sleeves above my elbows. “Don’t go there, brother.” Sax gripped my shoulder. “I’m going to break every face whoever is in that car. I swear to God.” “We’re three minutes out,” Lynx interrupted to update us as he glanced down at the iPad, monitoring our vehicle to Estelle’s location. “It’s my fault. It’s all my fault. I should have watched her. I failed in my job again. I’m quitting once Mrs. L is safe.” Qamar had been blaming himself since y
The Beautiful Billionaire 95
LINDEN I wouldn’t give them a chance to flee. The moment they chased my wife, they knew they couldn’t get away with it. And I would use all available resources to find them. I didn’t give a fuck. I wanted them found and locked up. “Copy that,” Lynx affirmed. “Brother.” Sax gestured. The ambulance just arrived. “We let you get checked.” “I’m fine.” She still managed to refuse, but not today. “No, baby. You just got into an accident. I will be with you.” Even if she protested, I was already taking her to the coming stretcher. “Put her down, sir,” the redhead woman said. I put her on the stretcher. The EMT secured her up and put an oxygen mask on her. “Can you do it in the ambulance? I’m coming with her. I don’t want anyone taking pictures of her.” “Of course.” She nodded, pushing the trolley back to the ambulance. “What’s her name?” “Estelle Bladwyn - Linden.” “Your relationship, sir?” “Husband. She’s pregnant. 16 weeks.” They checked her for bruises and wounds. “Your name,
The Beautiful Billionaire 96
ESTELLEI jolted awake when I felt like I was falling while in my sleep. When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was Linden sleeping on the chair.He stirred and rubbed his eyes. He might have felt that I was looking at him. “Hey.”“When I told you to stay, I didn’t mean you stay on the chair. You can go out of this room or sleep in bed.”He smiled even if he looked tired. “How are you feeling?”“Better than you, I guess. You will get a stiff neck if you keep doing that. I’m fine. Get some rest.”“I actually went to the bathroom to piss and checked Lynx for the update.”“And then you sat back on the chair and fell asleep.” I got up and saw what I was wearing. I must have been so tired after that accident. I didn’t know I had fallen asleep quickly.“Where are you going?”“Don’t tell me you wanna watch me in the bathroom, too.”“Go ahead. Call me if you need anything.” He stretched out.“I’ll be fine.” I entered the bathroom. I suddenly felt like soaking in the tub, but at the same
The Beautiful Billionaire 97
LINDEN What was I thinking? Probably, I wasn’t in the right mind. I was just overwhelmed by the fact that I was making progress in getting my wife back. I was still stirred by what was happening around us lately. Estelle almost died. I mean, our lives were definitely not normal like everyone else. But if she said yes, I would marry her in an instant. But she neither said yes or no. We arrived home, and she pretended I didn’t exist and walked inside the house. And here I thought I was making progress. I take that back. “You okay?” Pissed off, I looked at Sax. “Yeah. Why won’t I be?” “Then what just happened?” “I wish I knew.” I left him and climbed upstairs. Maybe I should take it back or pretend it never happened. Thankfully, our bedroom door wasn’t locked, so she wasn’t completely shutting me out. “Estelle?” “I’m here,” she answered from the nursery. The room wasn’t closed to be done. I found her sitting on the chair with an iPad in her hand. “I’m probably like a broken
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