Semua Bab Enchanting the Billionaire's Cold Heart : Bab 71 - Bab 80

Axel could not believe his ears. "What did you say, Father?""It's true." The woman, whose name Axel was yet to register in his mind, preened and wiggled her left fingers to show off her ring. "It was only after my wedding that I got my invitation to the council."Axel scoffed. "What kind of a rule is that? This isn't the 90's, for goodness sake." His eyes drifted to his father, but the old man gave him an innocent look. Axel did not buy it even one bit. He knew his father had somehow managed to manipulate things to turn out that way, but he was not in the right frame of mind to be patronizing."Why don't you go on the board, Father?" He retorted. "You're married." Silence descended on the room like a blanket. Axel made a tsk sound and excused himself. He made it to the car without remembering anything tragic that had happened that day, but the emotions came pouring all over again when his eyes met the sad ocean that was now hers.Axel did not know what to say to Claire. He did not

Claire found herself shaken awake by Jenise at the crack of dawn. She pushed her hands away and drew the sheets over her head."Five more minutes," Claire grumbled.Jenise tore the sheets of her. "You had better get up now. The CEO is waiting in the car downstairs."Claire lifted her head and squinted at the onslaught of morning light assaulting her eyes. She glanced at the bedside clock."It's just 6am!" She whined. "I barely got any sleep.""How is that any fault of mine?" Jenise huffed and put her hands on her hips. "You're the one who stayed up doing funny stuff with your boss. The same boss who somehow managed to look well rested and is downstairs, waiting for you to take your lazy ass off this bed and go do your job as an assistant."Claire glared at her. "He sent you, didn't he?"Jenise smiled sweetly. "Up you get, now! The car leaves in ten minutes!"Claire groaned. "You're enjoying this.""Certainly." Jenise said with glee. "It's not everyday you get to meet an assistant to a

Donald squinted at the woman who just entered through the revolving doors. "Isn't that Danielle Richmond?" Axel nodded. "I thought I was the only one who recognized her."Donald grinned. "Claire is so in trouble.""Let's go." Axel entered the car and waited for Donald to turn on the ignition. "We have a lot of things to do today. Have you got any leads on Morris?"Donald reached to the second row and grabbed his laptop. He passed it to Axel."Jubril has been tracking his movements. We hope they don't find the bugs that were placed on his car and in his phone."Axel opened his mouth slightly. "How did he manage to bug his phone?"Donald raised a brow. "It's Jubril we are talking here. Of course he found a way.""Morris knows what he looks like." Axel powered the system and looked through the files. "He must have gotten his men to do it."He moved the cursor from one file to another as the tracking device logged in every location. A certain log caught his eye, and his mouth suddenly ta

The drive back down the cliff saw Axel and Donald trying to figure out how Rose McLennie fitted in the entire scheme of things."There are too many players in this sick game of killing me." Axel observed."That's not as much a problem as their motives." Donald pulled on to the main street in the opposite direction of the Lysander's vehicle. "Everyone seems to have their own plans, but I feel it's just one person using all of them as puppets."Axel rubbed his temple, where an ache was slowly forming. "So, what have we got so far?"Donald spread his palm and began counting. "We know Leo Morris was directly involved. So are Mr. Davinsky and Rose McLennie. The Manager of the branch in China was obviously taking orders from someone."Axel sighed wearily. "When it rains, it pours."Donald glanced at him. "There's something else in your mind, isn't there?""It's my father. He is really putting pressure on me, but this time for a cause I cannot in good conscience refuse." He slumped against h

Claire excused herself to go to the bathroom. She was glad the walls were soundproof, because she could not hold it in any more. She wanted to cry. She kept asking herself if it would all have turned out better if her father had not been a psychopath.This was not how she had imagined getting married. She had thought so much about that day. Claire had dreamed about wearing a gorgeous white dress, and walking down the aisle with Danielle to meet the sweetest and most understanding man in the world, who didn't care about her past or scars. Who just wanted her because he loved her.She could not say the same for Axel. It all happened so fast. She had barely been in New York for a month, but she was already married to it's most eligible bachelor. It was something so many women dreamed of, but she didn't want to get married to Axel. Not now, not this way.Her eyes strayed to the charming diamond ring on her finger. For all his arrogance, he had taken time to pick out a very simple but beaut