All Chapters of The CEO and his paid mistress.: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

The sun rays flashed through the glass and illuminated the room.Bella opened her slowly, she was all by herself on the bed, she closed her eyes once again and the events of the previous night came rushing into her head.While she was munching on the snacks, Arthur had dozed off. She had helped him lie comfortably on the sofa and covered him with a duvet. They had slept in the guest room.Just then, she perceived a familiar cologne. She instinctively knew she was not alone in the room. She sat up and saw him sitting on the sofa with a cup of coffee in his hand. He was casually and dashingly dressed. She studied his face, taking in his brown eyes, his chiselled face structure and strong jaw. He looked relaxed than he was the night before. Their eyes met."Good morning Bella." he greeted dropping his cup of coffee."Good morning." She muttered uneasily, "So unusual of you to be home by this time of the day.""I took the day off." He said flashing his beautiful dentition.Taking a close

Confident and poised, Patricia looked stunning in her well tailored designer gown. The air conditioner was doing a great job as it made her office cool. She has an empire at her fingertip.Life is good, she could afford anything she wants but the one person she has eyes for was not in any way interested in her. It felt like a kick to the gut, to the heart. The more she watched him from afar, the more she wanted him and the more he slipped off her hands.Patricia read the headlines with mixed feelings from her tab. "I knew this was going to happen, indecisive bitch. Saying one thing and doing another." She cussed as she glared at the engagement ring on Bella's finger.Her face flushed with frustration, "What an irony, she loves him but thinks marriage is too much of a show. He doesn't love her but would do anything to get married to her. Two losers." She yelled as her eyes narrowed and her brows furrowed."That should be me, you lowlife." She continued glaring as she continue watching

Lawrence tossed out of bed, taking one more glance at her. She was deeply asleep. Now that he had relieved himself sexually, he found him restless and thinking.No matter how much he thinks of it, it makes no sense she had to lie about her phone running down.It was glaring the fully charged phone didn't shut down itself, she must have powered it off. But for what reason? Except she was hiding something, there was no reason to lie.There was but only one way to find out, he took her phone from the bag and walked down to the living room where he put it on. He put in her password, luckily, it was still the same. They had both agreed to use their anniversary date as password to grant each other access for transparency.A notification came in almost immediately the phone came on, it was from an unsaved number. it reads, "I hope you got home safe?"His hands began to tremble, "is she cheating on me?" Beads of sweat starts to form on his fore head. "It's could be from a lady." He thought.

Patricia used her burner phone to call James."Hello James, I got your message."He recognized her voice, he would never have missed it in a crowd of people. "I've been waiting forever to have you reach out to me.""Sorry I kept you waiting, are you sure about this? You would be putting yourself on your line by doing this.""Thanks for your concern but I can manage " James assured. "I have no business seating on the fence when you're going all out for me. If I have to take a risk to ruin that sham of a marriage and save Bella, I would stop at nothing until it is done.""That's the spirit. Once you grant the interview, Arthur is bound to come after you but like I promised, I'll find you a safe place where you would continue treatment.""Thanks for your kind words, I'll put my trust in you.""Since you've agreed to follow up with my arrangement, it's no longer safe for me to contact you with my phone. Delete all of our conversations and our most recent calls.""Right now?""Right now." P

Lawrence couldn't bring himself to sleep. He watched Patricia sleep but this time it was different. The usual excitement of watching her sleep was gone and he was only filled with resentment towards her, a deep one at that.He had thought she enjoyed being with him as much as he had enjoyed being with her but at the end of the day, it was just his wishful thinking.He hated himself for allowing himself to be led on and not looking out for the signs."How can she change so much and I didn't realize it?" He couldn't help but blame himself. "Am I not good enough? That must be it. Does he kiss her better than I do? Does he..." He closed his eyes tightly to shut the thought out of his head.He kept on tossing on the bed, now that effect of the liquor had wore out. He found himself restless once again. He checked his phone for the umpteenth time but there was nothing to prove his point.He tip toed to the dressing table where she had placed her bag. He had expected to read their exchange