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The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Encounter
Chapter 67The next morning turned into a flurry of activity as James prepared for the emergency board assembly. He was up before sunrise, poring over the contemporary reports from the forensic accountants as he downed cup after cup of black espresso.Lily did her best to provide silent support, keeping Ava occupied and making sure James remembered to eat something. She could see the tension coiled in each line of his body, the fierce willpower burning in his eyes.Just before he left, James pulled her into a long, tight embrace. "I will get to the bottom of this," he vowed again. "I won't let our family stay vulnerable a second longer than necessary."Lily held him tightly, breathing in his familiar scent - clean soap and sandalwood from his aftershave. "I know you will," she murmured against his neck. "You're James freaking Watson. You've conquered bigger obstacles than this."That pulled a small chuckle from him as he drew back to look at her. "Damn right I have. And I've got one h
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Her Husband
Chapter 68Lily's knuckles had been white on the steerage wheel as she pulled into Rowland Park, scanning the scattered clusters of human beings milling about. She noticed Vincent almost immediately, lounging on a bench near the duck pond looking a way too casual for the sort of clandestine meeting.Swallowing hard, she pulled into a space and took a moment to gather herself before stepping out. The whole drive over, she'd second-guessed this decision a thousand times. Meeting a potential threat alone, without even telling James...it went against every ounce of logic and self-preservation.But beneath the fear pulsing through her veins, steely resolve hardened her spine and propelled her forward. She had to see this through, had to seize any chance to help James and protect their family, no matter the risk to herself.Approaching the bench on legs that wanted to wobble, Lily stopped a few feet away and crossed her arms. "Alright Vincent, I'm here," she said tightly. "Now tell me what
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Speechless
Chapter 69Lily wasn't sure how long she sat in the car, staring unseeingly at the damning documents until the words blurred before her disbelieving eyes. It could have been minutes or hours as shock and a bone-deep sense of betrayal coalesced like lead in her veins.James...her James...a liar. A fraud. A man capable of the kind of corrupt double-dealing she despised at her core. The proof was indisputable, laid out in transaction after transaction, year after year.How could she reconcile this soulless corporate raider with the loving, honorable husband and father she adored? It was like a cruel funhouse mirror, reflecting back a warped perversion of the life and man she thought she knew.A shrill ringing startled Lily out of her stupor and with numb fingers, she fumbled her cell phone out to see James' face smiling up at her from the screen - a photo she'd snapped just last week as he'd laughingly rough-housed with Ava.The easy joy and love captured there, frozen in a moment before
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride I Have To Go
Chapter 70"Lily, thank God!" James rushed forward as she numbly exited the car, his hands reaching for her. "Where have you been? I've been calling for hours, I was about to send out a damn search party!"But Lily flinched back from his touch as if burned, the folder thrust between them like a shield. Or a glaring accusation. James froze, his eyes widening as they flicked from her devastated face to the damning papers."Lily..." he started hoarsely, a thousand emotions swirling in that one broken word. But she cut him off with a sharp, brittle laugh completely devoid of humor."Don't," she bit out, despising how her voice wavered. "Don't you dare try to explain this away, to spin some story about how it's not what it looks like."She shoved the folder into his chest, the harsh gesture belying the way her hand shook. I have everything, James. All the bad stuff: the cheating, stealing, and illegal things you did. It's all written down for everyone to see what a liar you are."James tur
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Those Papers Are Fake
Chapter 71James stood there, frozen—felt as though someone had punched all the air out of his lungs—as he stared down the street after Lily's disappearing car. This couldn't be happening to him. One minute it was all so fine; the next, his world came crashing down around him.His eyes fell on the folder lying on the floor, full of evidence against him pertaining to crimes he never committed. This was a setup, a twisted attempt to sabotage his life and destroy his marriage. But by who? And why? His mind raced as he tried to figure out whose sick game this was.One thing was certain - he had to fix this, and fast. He couldn't let Lily slip through his fingers over some psycho's deranged lies. Snatching up the folder, James rushed inside and dumped the contents on his desk. He started examining every document with an eagle eye, looking for any clues or inconsistencies that could unravel this plot.Hours ticked by as the sun set outside, but James barely noticed. He was a man possessed,
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Sad
Chapter 72Two days later, Lily stared listlessly out the window of her dad's beach house, hugging her arms tightly around her middle. The picturesque seaside vista spread out before her normally filled her with serene tranquility. But not today. Today, the crashing waves and windswept dunes only seemed to mirror the turmoil raging inside her heart.She felt hollowed out, numb. Like someone had carved out her very soul, leaving a gaping emptiness in its wake. No matter how tightly she tried to hold herself together, invisible fissures kept splintering wider with each passing hour apart from James.God, just thinking his name made her want to shatter into a million pieces.How could the man she loved more than life itself have done this to her? Maintained such a profound, insidious deception for so long? Lily kept revisiting that awful folder filled with evidence of his betrayal, searching in vain for some hint she'd missed, some explanation that could make it all make sense.But ther
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride What Changed
Chapter 73A few days later, Lily sat facing the waves of the ocean on the patio, nursing her mug of chamomile tea. She hoped this soothing ritual might help to quell her shaken nerves, but her mind was still running on agonizing spinning wheels.She couldn't fathom how James—her James—could have perpetrated such comprehensive deception year after year. Yet the evidence in that damning folder made it impossible to go on deluding herself much longer. Lily didn't know which was worse - the sickening realization that her marriage had been a mirage, or the nagging voice that wondered if she was just being naive again, desperate to cling to the man she loved no matter his sins.A soft sound made her look up to see James approaching hesitantly. Her breath caught in her throat as her gaze drank in his haggard appearance - the rumpled suit, the dark circles under his eyes, the entire aura of a man pushed to the brink. ""Hi," he said, stuffing his hands into his pockets. It was a very un
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Calum Strickland
Chapter 74They clung together like shipwrecked souls amidst the roiling tempest of their crumbling world, seeking shelter in the one Safe harbor they had left - their profound, battered love.When the intensity finally ebbed and they drew apart, foreheads resting together, Lily felt a modicum of the ice encasing her heart begin to thaw. She had no guarantee this wouldn't all end in further devastation, no assurance that the trust could ever be rebuilt once the whole truth finally saw daylight.But she did have this moment at least - a chance to grab the lifeline James was offering and make one last, valiant effort to navigate them through the storm. To save them both from going under amidst the swirling wreckage."Okay," she murmured shakily, cradling his face between her palms. "Show me, James. Demolish every lie and innuendo until there's no doubt left in my mind about who you really are."He turned his head and brushed a tender kiss across her inner wrist, the warmth of it searing
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The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Full Circle
Chapter 142: The Watson mansion was fully alive. Streamers hung cascading off of everything they could, balloons bounced merrily around various corners, and the air swam thick with the tantalizing smell of BBQ on the back porch. Today was, after all, Ave's party – but it was more than that; today was the day Lily and James had chosen to once again pledge themselves to one another.Lily stood before the full-length mirror, straightening out her simple white sundress. At seven months, she was radiant—a perfect arc the curve of her belly was, below the flowing fabric.From the doorway, the sound of a voice declared, "You look beautiful." Lily turned to see her cousin Maggie smile at her."Thanks." Lily smoothed the dress. "I feel like a beached whale, but James insists I'm glowing."Maggie burst out laughing. "He's right, you know. You look like you're about to light up his world or something." She walked over and hugged Lily. "I can't believe how far we've come since that one crazy nig
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Unexpected News
Chapter 141: Lily woke up off. She couldn't explain it, but something just seemed… off. And when she rolled over to check the time, a wave of nausea hit her. She groaned and buried her face in her pillow."Alright?" James mumbled, still half asleep."Yeah, I just feel a little queasy," Lily replied. "Probably just something I ate."James sat up concerned. "You want me to get you something?"Lily shook her head. "No, I'll be fine. We should get up anyway; Ave has that school play today, remember?"They climbed out of bed and busied themselves getting ready for the day. James went into the bedroom to awaken Ave while Lily projectile-vomited into the toilet.James had, by this time, somehow managed to dress Ave in her costume: a huge, puffy frog outfit in bright green made for the school dress rehearsal of "The Frog Prince.""Mommy!" Ave squealed as she clumped down the stairs. "Do I look like a real frog?"Lily laughed, pushing aside her queasiness. "Why, yes, my child, the fairest fr
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Family Ties
Chapter 140: Giggles consumed the room, and James stirred awake. He opened an eye to find a little face at the end of the bed staring in at him."Daddy! Wake up!" little Ave chirped in at him.Stepping over the landmines that were on the bed, James ran his hand through the small amount of her running down her back and picked her up, digging fingers into her tummy."Morning, princess," he said by way of splaying a kiss on her forehead.Ave giggled and squirmed. "Mommy said breakfast was ready!""Oh, yeah?" said James, sitting up but not letting go of the squirming Ave. "Am I to take it that's why Mommy sent you in here to wake me up?"Ave nodded, her bouncing brown curls saying more than she could. "Yep! She said tell you there's coffee."James laughed, and if Lily knew him at all well, it was all for her benefit. "Well then, I guess we'd better not have Mommy waiting, huh?"He climbed out of bed, Ave still in his arms, and rolled out of the room. The smell of bacon and coffee wafted
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride New Horizons
Chapter 139James lay on his back on the pristine white sand beach and took a pounding from the burning Maldivian sun. His hand reached up behind him for the coconut cocktail, tasting sweetness in his mouth as the gentle lapping of waves broke almost ten meters away from shore. It was the first time he had really been allowed to relax, barring a three-month period, since they had released the secrets of the Shadow Council onto the world."Penny for your thoughts?" The sound of Lily's voice broke through his reverie. She settled herself down on the lounger beside him. Her skin was golden against the sun.He smiled, squeezing her hand, saying, "Just thinking how surreal this all is. A year ago, I was knee-deep in conspiracies and shadow organizations. Now I'm sipping cocktails on a private island."Lily chortled; that sound always hit James in exactly the right place in his heart."Life's funny that way, isn't it?" she said, turning her head to look at him with her chin resting on her a
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride The Turning Tide
Chapter 138: James was pacing his living room relentlessly. Elena was with Rachel. It was all over. Well yah, anyway that was supposed to mean.Lilly squinted at him from the couch. "James, honey, you're going to wear a hole in the carpet. Come sit down."He sucked in a deep breath and sat down beside her. "I'm sorry; I just… I just can't help but feel this is too easy. After everything we've been through, this is just too easy."Lily squeezed his hand reassuringly. "James, I hardly think that anything about this has been easy. But maybe, this is the way it ends. Not really with a bang, but with a whimper."There was a pounding on the door. The teenager was on his feet before James could even open his mouth. His heart pounded in his chest. This was it.The door was thrown open. To find Rachel standing there—grimy, dirty, and obviously completely exhausted but still with the fires of determination burning behind her eyes. And past her."Hello, James," came the soft-spoken voice of Ele
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride The Lighthouse
Chapter 137: Rachel's hands trembled on the wheel. She drove the car towards the lighthouse. It was a full moon drooping low into a mess, ever drooping across the sky to the west, throwing a queer, sickly light over the whole demesne. She could not believe the fact that she was actually doing this, meeting secretly with her mother, Elena.She couldn't bat the feeling away that this time—this time—things were different. There was no hand in the place that could have been straightened just then, and scarcely a hand for him to take.Beside the lighthouse was her mother's car. Ray closed her eyes, drew a deep breath, and felt her hand shake again, then brought it quickly up to her chest and gripped hard. "You can do this," she whispered to herself.She scrambled out of the car and up the serpentine path to the lighthouse, where waves dashed to the rocks and her feet crunched over gravel.One figure stood at the top by the railing, looking out at the water: Elena. His mother.Rachel's hea
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Unfinished Business
Chapter 136The world had barely had enough time to absorb the shock that came with the downfall of Shadow Council. News channels were all agog with relentless updates, while governments scurried to try and react to the development; people all around tried to understand what all this really meant and what the implications of the bombshell were that shook the very fundamentals of society.But there was so much more to it than that which James Watson could see coming.He found himself standing outside the hospital room after just a moment's hesitation on the other side of the door handle. He could see from the small window that Louis was lying in a bed, hooked up to a lot of machines, Rachel sat at his side.He steeled himself, took a deep breath, and walked in.Rachel lifted her head. Her eyes were red, red, but glittering. "James," she said very quietly. "I didn't expect you to be here.""How is he?" asked James, who had moved now and stood at the foot of Louis's bed.Rachel sighed. "
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride The Final Gambit
# Chapter 135: James took a deep breath and brought his head counterclockwise to his team, tired yet charged. It was time to engage their plan."Okay, let's go over this again. Hawk, are you set up with that kill switch or what?"Hawk just nodded. Her fingers danced across the laptop keyboard. "Okay, I am ready as I will ever be, but remember, this is one shot deal.""Right," James confirmed, turning towards Kelvin. "You got your contacts on standby?"Kelvin lifted his phone reassuringly. "They're all set, just waiting for our signal now."Glancing toward Angie and Agent Johnson, he asked, "You two sure about this? This is going to be dangerous."Angie made a show of rolling up her eyes. "Please. After all else we've done? It's just another Tuesday."It was Johnson's turn to chuckle. "What she said. We've got your back, James."James bobbed his head, his fear mixing in with his excitement. This was it: the last big push to finally bring down the Shadow Council."Alright then," he sai
The Billionaire's Drunken Bride Aftermath
Chapter 134: Days passed after the warehouse before a blur of debriefings, media frenzy, and shock waves that echoed across the globe. Standing smack in the middle of this hurricane, shaking the very roots of governments and institutions around the globe, was James and his team.They now sat in a safe house, courtesy of Agent Johnson—now an unlikely ally in all of this, ever since the exposure of the Shadow Council. There, in that very suburban home, the living room had now become something of a command center: there were laptops and papers all over, the place cluttered with empty coffee cups.James rubbed his tired eyes at the news playing on mute on the television. Of course, the headline scrolled by in the news: "Global Markets in Turmoil as Shadow Council Revelations Continue.""You should get some rest," Angie said before putting a hand on his shoulder. At least she looked a little better now, with the bruises from her captivity fading, but there was a new hardness in her eyes.
