All Chapters of His Reluctant Bride: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

They say one doesn’t know about the matter of hearts until his heart experiences love. Vincent wasn’t a teenager, he’d had his fair share of relationships. But, the more he looked, the more difficult it was for him to understand his friend’s situation. As he sat in his office watching Carter through the glass as he stole glances at Meghan, he wondered why the hell his friend was so hesitant. She was there before him, so why wasn’t he reaching out for her? If the person he wanted was before him like that. He would grab them and make sure that no one would ever take them away from him. Looking at Meghan he thought about Aira again. It had been a week since she’d locked herself up in her apartment. Maybe finding her cheating fiance like that was a bit too much… But when he’d asked Carter, the man had laughed saying that he shouldn’t worry about that. It’s true that the scumbag was using her to get to her grandmother’s trust. But, maybe Aira loved him… The thought didn’t sit well

Aira downed down the remainder of her cup motioning to the middle-aged barman for a refill as her eyes -Heavy lidded, scanned the colorful content of the glass bottles lined up before her. There was a slow hum around her that she hadn’t noticed before and the atmosphere around the hotel bar seemed to be nice enough. If only she hadn’t come there to drown her sorrows at the bottom of a bottle, she would have probably enjoyed the atmosphere. Aira’s memory went back to her father’s face when he had admitted that he had lost most of the family’s fortune. And she downed the next glass back in one go hoping that the kick of the alcohol would help her forget the unsettling memory. It did not… She’d never seen her father so defeated, so helpless and miserable. Aira looked down at the ring on her finger and sighed. This was her father’s last gift. Probably the last bit of his fortune, and he decided to give it to them as a sign of his undying love and support. She felt a glimmer of

Aira opened her eyes. Then she closed them Again. Did she leave the curtains open yesterday?She tried sitting up her head pounding, then she heard it.“Sweet dreams, Aira, I will see you tomorrow,” Those words, that voice….No, there was no way that she…She looked around her room. Everything seemed as she left it. No sign of another person.But there definitely was another person here yesterday. A person she was trying hard not to remember right then.Getting out of bed, she made her way toward the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge.Don’t think, Don’t think…“Seriously, just how trashed you must be to be saying this,”“Are you going to do it or not?”Water sprayed out of her mouth as she choked on the remaining drops.No! NO NO NO NO!That didn’t happen! She couldn’t have been with Vincent yesterday! She wasn't supposed to meet him!“Jeez, just when I think you can’t get any cuter. My only regret is that you may or may not remember this when you wake up tomorro

Aira signed the last spot on the contract and her lawyer smiled at her. “Great! Now all we need to do is take send it over to them and get a copy,” Her lawyer said with an enthusiastic smile and Aira smiled back at him.After a few small talks, she made her way of his office. She was going to marry Vincent.Oh god! She was going to marry Vincent.Taking a deep breath, she tried to calm herself down as she made her way toward her car. She needed to get home and get some work done before it was time for her to have dinner with Vincent tonight.As soon as she started the car, her phone started ringing and she pilled her AirPods out to answer it.“Hi, mom. How are you holding up,” Aira asked“Good, honey. You don’t need to worry about us,” Her mother said, “Your dad and your brother are already in a business meeting with a potential investor. Hopefully, everything will be okay soon.” “I hope so, mom,” Aira responded knowing that it wasn’t going to work out with any investors. That fami

“Okay. Something is going on with you tonight,” Vincent said “What?’ Aira asked “You seemed down since I picked you up earlier. Is everything okay?” He asked,Aira looked down from his steady gaze. Was he concerned about her? She wondered if she was being this obvious all the time. To the point that he could see that she was concerned about something.“I didn’t realize it was that obvious,” Aira responded “It isn’t. I just noticed that you’re a bit preoccupied this evening.” he answered, “Is it something that you can’t tell me?”“No. Not at all. It’s not something worth mentioning that’s all,” Aira respondedVincent reached out across the table and took her hand in his squeezing a little bit.“If it’s enough to make you worry then it is worth mentioning,” He said with a soft tone that made her heart melt, “Aira, we’re going to be partners for the next three years. If we can’t stand by each other in times like this, it’s going to be much harder to deal with everything that we’re go