All Chapters of Beautiful Disaster: Chapter 191 - Chapter 200

Marybeth spent a few minutes under the shower with Austin before quickly rinsing off, explaining she'd already taken a bath earlier and didn't want to turn into a prune. "There's no such thing!" Austin laughed as he lathered his hair with shampoo and watched her towel off in front of the mirror. "Yes, there is!" Marybeth insisted, mischief sparkling in her eyes as she stared back at him. "Studies have shown that if you take too many baths in one day, you'll turn into a prune. I'm a teacher, remember?" "If you say so, žena!" Austin smiled, dunking his head under the jet sprays. Marybeth stood there for a minute, maybe two, watching him scrub himself clean, feeling grateful he'd made it home safe and sound. After Elijah, marriage wasn't something she'd thought about often. But now that she was married to Austin, all she wanted was to hold on to him for as long as possible. With his line of work, she didn't know how many years they had to look forward to, so every night with him home

Breakfast was an awkward affair the following morning. Anna had woken up at the crack of dawn to whip up a full-spread breakfast, to Marybeth's dismay and Orlando's surprise. Austin had no reaction whatsoever to Anna taking over his kitchen. If he did, he hid it well. After explaining to his little girl, as gently as possible, that her grandmother would be around for a while to spend time with her, they all settled down at the dining table to eat. But none of them seemed to have an appetite. Orlando was still fixated on the mystery surrounding her missing hairbrush, Marybeth was exhausted, and Austin seemed preoccupied with his schedule for the day. And well, Anna was just Anna, going above and beyond to make up for the silence at the table, talking about everything she could think of, from the lovely weather in Pelican Surf to her amazing sleep. Eventually, she got the hint and kept quiet, drawing patterns on her untouched plate with her fork. The weird atmosphere in the room was

Austin was extremely late for his 8:00 AM meeting with Nadia, and only because he insisted on following Marybeth to Sea Point to ensure she got there safe and sound. In her distraught state, he'd doubted she could get herself to work in one piece."We're almost there," said Benji in the driver's seat when Austin sighed loudly, clearly mistaking his worry for irritation. "The GPS says we're on the quickest route."Austin nodded and paged through Iris' ledger with all the transactions linking some of The Corporation's members to Dreams."What's the status on Boshoff?" he asked, skimming through the transactions containing his father's details. He'd counted five so far, dating as far back as eight years ago, when his mom was still alive and well."He's still in ICU," replied Arno. "No one besides his mom is allowed to see him.""Stay on him," Austin told him. "I want hourly status reports."Before Arno could give his affirmative, Austin's phone rang. It was Noah Boshoff. He'd been calling

Dr Khan's office was surprisingly quiet when Marybeth bounded in just after 3:00 PM.Her father waved her over when he saw her, smiling broadly as he tapped the empty seat beside him.Marybeth was still highly pissed off at Austin and exhausted from fielding endless questions from Scarlett about Elijah, so she barely returned the smile as she plopped down in her seat and flicked her gaze through the room, noticing two other people were waiting to see the doctor."How's it going, Sweet Pea? Have you settled in? Is Hawthorne treating you like a queen?" Marybeth turned, smiling sadly at him, "Daddy, did you see the news this morning?""Honey, I'm so sorry—"Marybeth held up her hands to hush him up. She didn't want to hear it. "I wish you hadn't done that. I wish you never went to Austin. I get why you did it. But God, Daddy, you have no idea how messy and complicated my life has become."A hush fell over the room. The two other sick people in the waiting area looked up from the muted re

Austin still had a few more meetings after his briefing with Sienna, but after checking the time, he figured risking Marybeth's wrath and pissing her off further wasn't worth the trouble. So he called his bankers and accounting firm and rescheduled their appointment for later that evening at his place.Next, he cancelled the rest of his meetings for the afternoon, to Elizabeth's annoyance. Huffing and puffing, she scurried into the living room, where Austin was packing his stuff, getting ready to leave."Mr Hawthorne," she began, pressing her lips together. Thankfully, she wore one of those smudge-free lipsticks; Austin would have hated to see her look like a clown."What is it, Elizabeth?" he asked, playing dumb even though he had a pretty good idea why she was frothing at the mouth."You can't do that! You can't just cancel appointments at the drop of a hat. It took us months to book time with the Germans. If we want exclusivity on this deal, this isn't how we'll get it, sir!""The