All Chapters of Billionaire Passions & Scandals: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Hailey looked around the corridor and when she saw no one, she locked her room door and pulled out her notebook. She began to scribble more things on it, stopping every now and then to think.Thirty minutes later, she was done. She sighed and looked at her masterpiece. She just needed more information and it would be the perfect one. She decided to edit for any mistakes and when she was done, she dropped it back in her suitcase and locked the suitcase.She picked her phone to call Ciara when she saw a call coming in from an unknown number. She looked at the number for a while before deciding to pick before the call ended. Maybe it was even someone important.She answered the call and put the phone to her ear. She was quiet, waiting for the person to talk first. And when the caller didn't speak for five minutes, she got irritated.“Hello? Who is this?” She said annoyingly and a chuckle came.“Feisty as ever, just like you have always been.” Her blood ran cold before it began to boil in

He picked his staff and adjusted his hat. He walked with gait and stamina that was not supposed to be practiced by an eighty year old man. He took the steps, one at a time with a cat-like grace.The maids around who were cleaning the house from his earlier guests all halted their work and stood with bowed heads.“Good evening sir.” They said in unison and he gave them all a single nod.He walked outside the house and waited for a few seconds before Emmanuel, his chief driver, came around with the car. The thirty year old man—Emmanuel—hurried outside and opened the door to the owner's corner for Franklin.He entered the car and the driver drove him to his usual place. The driver knew he would only go there at this time of the night. He had been his driver for over ten years, and he had sworn his allegiance to him. So everything he was doing was nothing new to him.They reached a remote area that was dark. There was no lighting at all, just perfect for what they wanted to do. They drove

Hailey woke up on the wrong side of the bed as she went downstairs, frowning at nothing in particular.“Good morning,” Leo chirped at her.She barely acknowledged his greetings as she hurried to the kitchen.She felt she couldn't function without a cup of coffee especially after crying herself to sleep last night.Her eyes were red-rimmed and swollen but she decided to blame it on sleep and not on her nursing her broken heart.Just as she had poured herself a cup of coffee and taken a sip, the door opened and Natalie stepped inside with Chase, smiling brightly at her.“Good morning,” Natalie beamed at her.She frowned. Why was everyone in a good mood except her?“Hi,” she managed a small smile at her.Chase didn't look at her, he just left the house. Maybe he was feeling guilty for marrying Natalie, she mused. A girl’s gotta dream.When she was alone with Leo in the sitting room, she relaxed on the couch and closed her eyes, meditating a little to help her stay focused.It always see

Hailey turned around when she heard footsteps behind her. She knew she was alone in the upper room and she could've heard Kol coming up the spiral flight of stairs. Kol didn't have the quiet kind of footsteps. His steps were loud, like he was stomping.She turned around and the blue set of eyes she saw so close to her face made her shriek. Two strong muscular arms wrapped themselves around her waist and she involuntarily placed her hands on his shoulders.“Hailey.” Kol said, his voice thick with emotions Hailey hadn't heard for a while.She looked at his eyes, his pupils were dilated and he was taking in sharp breaths.“Why is it so hard for me to control myself around you Hailey?”Hailey furrowed her brows.“What do you mean?” She managed to let out in a voice barely above a whisper.He pushed his head into the crook of her neck and inhaled her scent; magnolia, sandalwood, vanilla and a hint of Victoria's secret. He closed his eyes and sank his nose deeper into her neck.Hailey in t

Chase sighed as he took another swig of his champagne. He would've loved to take alcohol or something that'd numb the pain of hearing Hailey say those words. But he didn't want to get drunk because he could be needed at work anytime. If not for the business that would drown at any wrong move from him, he'd have canceled out the alliance with Natalie's family. He didn't even like Natalie, not to talk about love. Only one thing bounded him to her. Like father says, there are just some things you have to do for your business. He pulled at his hair and dropped the champagne flute. He lowered his head into his hands and sighed. The earlier he accepted the truth that he and Hailey could never be together, the better it would be for him. He'd just hurt his mental health for no reason. His mental health was barely surviving anyways. And it already seemed like Hailey had moved on from him. She probably never liked me anyways. He took the champagne flute and refilled it. Well, whatever th