All Chapters of Arranged Marriage to the Playboy Heir: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

WRITER’S POVBy the time Lawrence got back home with Bianca, Veronica was gone.Scared, he searched the whole house and called out to her but she was nowhere to be seen. He dashed to the wardrobe and found her clothes and bags still intact. Nothing that belonged to her was out. Just in case, he searched for his stuff too and also found none of it missing. He tried her line a number of times and it all said not reachable.Bianca hissed loudly and scoffed. She was sitting in the sitting room with legs crossed. She just couldn’t understand why Lawrence was making such a fuss over a minor thing.“She is an adult for hell sake!” She wanted to scream into Lawrence’s ears.So many thoughts ran through Lawrence head as to where Veronica had gone off to. His heart was racing as the fear of Veronica leaving the house crept into him.He dashed outside of the house to the servants’ quarters. Who knows she might be there. He hoped she was there but the servants around confirmed she never came to

VERONICA’S POVLawrence’s face edged closer towards me.I felt my shoulder stiffen and my breath held.Different contrasting thoughts bombarded my head in a matter of seconds.My heart wanted him but my head wouldn’t stop reminding me of the things I knew.To push him away, or to let him...I was still going too and forth with the thoughts in my head when I felt his lips claimed mine.For a brief moment, he just pressed it against my frozen one; probably waiting for me to give him the go ahead, waiting for my response.When I didn’t move, he started to straighten up. “I’m so...”I gripped his shirt and pulled him in again, claiming his lips myself and shutting off the words that were about to come out.At first, I kissed him but stopped after a moment. I had come to my senses and was just about to utter a quick apology and hurry out. Away from him and this... silly feelings inside me. But he took the lead, with his arms circling around my waist, he kissed me silly.After some moments,

VERONICA’S POV“Us?” I muttered, feeling my brows knit together in confusion.“Happy new year.”Happy new year? My eyes twitched and then went almost wide the next second.“Urh, I didn’t realize it was the new year already...” I mumbled.Lawrence almost laughed but stifled it back.I had always known today was supposed to be new year, I had heard the workers repeat it severally at work, even heard them plan parties ahead, heard mother remind me of it a couple of times but when the day finally reached, it totally skipped my mind. Maybe that was why mother had called.“So, in effect to that, my parents are holding a family get party...more like a family get together and we are invited, of course,” Lawrence said. “It’s like a normal thing for my parents...so...” He explained further seeing my hesitation.I looked at him before I inhaled deeply. it wasn’t as though I had a choice. I had to keep playing the good wife.“Fine, when is it? when are we supposed to be there?” I asked him.“Urh

WRITER’S POVAfter they walked out of the coffee shop and away from it, Veronica stopped walking abruptly and snatched her hand from Lawrence’s grip.“Oh, I’m sorry...” Lawrence apologized.She faced him squarely. “Why did you come here? To see how miserable my life is? Huh? Ah, I guess to see for yourself what great man I had come to see...”“Vero...” he called, almost in whispers. The flesh of his face folded into lines, lines of both worry and disbelief.“Why? Are you disappointed? Yes, that’s my ex... he is just like any other man...after all you men are all the same. Why did you have to follow me?! why! Why!” She yelled, feeling her body vibrate and her voice shake.Veronica couldn’t bring herself to agree with the fact that Lawrence had not only witnessed everything that happened but also saved her.Why did it have to be him? Why did he have to do something that will make her keep thinking of him when she shouldn’t?She turned away from him, sniffing back the tears that almost d

WRITER'S POVLaurie sauntered back into the house and then Veronica’s eyes fell on Lawrence.Once their eyes met, she looked away quickly. For a split moment, she wondered for how long he had been standing there and how much he heard.Lawrence walked over to her.“Which trip was she speaking of?”“Just a work trip. You should have been briefed by your secretary about it,” Veronica said without glancing at him.“Oh.” Of course, his father had told him and they even had a meeting about it with some of the important figures of the Group. For a fact, his secretary had equally mentioned it to him as well. The site where Williams Group wanted to open another Williams Fashion company. He was happy about it, happy for himself and his father and for the entire Williams Group.But hearing it again suddenly made it news to him. Or was it because he just heard Veronica was going on the trip.“Do you really have to go... It can stretch into a month or more,” he said quietly.Veronica turned to f