All Chapters of A Substitute Bride for the Billionaire: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Iris watched from the top of the stairs as Luca stormed out of the house with a resolve. She waited for his car to drive out of the compound before going down the stairs and out the front door. She looked around to make sure that no one was around watching her before creeping out of the house, grateful that Loren or Ace were nowhere in sight.The guards around the house paid her no mind most of the time so no one questioned or stopped her as she began the long trek to the gate with sweaty palms. She had not been outside the house since she arrived in London and didn’t even know where she was going.All she knew was that she needed to leave the house so she could clear her head and think clearly about how she was going to live her life from now on. Everything in the house reminded her of Luca which was the last thing she needed after the way he had talked to her this morning.“Where are you going?” Iris screamed as Ace’s smooth voice filled her ear and she felt his breath down the side

The sun came through the dark curtains, illuminating the room a little and Luca threw the duvet to the side before padding to the bathroom. His eyes were hurting, his head was aching and it was all because he couldn’t get any sleep last night.He had tried to sleep but couldn’t find the peace to close his eyes because whenever he did, all he saw was the pain in her eyes as she poured out her soul to him. He could still feel the raw emotions in her voice as she spoke.The words she said to him, the anger, the pain, they wouldn’t let him sleep until they dragged him to the night they had spent intimately. He could suddenly feel the way her body fit perfectly in his, how she withered with his every touch and how she came alive when he touched her in some places.He thought about her all night, recalling every inch of her skin he had touched and it surprised him how he could remember every single detail he saw just like the dimples on her lower back and how they deepened when she clenched

Iris groaned and turned to her side for what felt like the hundredth time in less than an hour. She let out a heavy sigh as she caught sight of the time on the alarm clock resting on the bedside table. It was 4 am in the morning and she had to get up by 6 so she could get ready for her first day at work and yet she hadn’t been able to close her eyes to get a few minutes of sleep.“Go to sleep, Iris” She ordered herself softly “How will you do well if you look like a zombie on your first day” She whined softly in annoyance, screwing her eyes shut and willing herself to sleep.Her eyes felt heavy and she could barely look at her phone screen without wincing at the light which was already at the dimmest it could go. That was how much her eyes were craving some sleep but her body had no way of giving in to the demands of her watery eyes.She opened her eyes shortly to glare at the ceiling. Of course, it hadn’t worked. Her body was so intent on punishing her and ensuring she made a fool of

A knock on the door dragged Iris’s attention from the file she had been working on to the door. It’s been a week since she started working here and she loved every minute of it. She wasn’t an editor but she still got copies of manuscripts to go through and the employees always wanted to hear her feedback on things.Hailey poked her head through the door first before pushing her body through the gap when she saw Iris already looking at her with a smile “Come in, Hailey” Iris called out with a bemused expression even though Hailey was already standing in front of her.“It’s lunchtime. Do you want to eat with me?”“Already?” Iris asked surprised. She could swear she had only just sat down and picked up that manuscript so how come it was already lunch time? “You can go alone, I’m not hungry”“Nope. That’s not going to work today. I haven’t seen you have lunch since you started working here and I won’t allow it any longer. It’s not healthy to be so buried in your work that you have to miss

When Luca finally closed the file he had been buried in, Iris felt like she was going to die from hunger. Sure, she hadn’t been hungry when she had been forced here by Hailey but as entertaining it was to watch him work, it also made her hungry.“I didn’t expect it to take that long. Shall we?” Luca apologized before standing up from his chair. He didn’t bother with his suit jacket again which was much better if you asked Iris.“It’s okay. I was the one who came here without notice” She told him, standing up to take the hand that he offered when he came to stand beside her.His hand curled around hers, fitting perfectly. Luca changed attitude like he was changing clothes, easy. He didn’t have the scowl he had earlier anymore. Infact, Iris wanted to dare herself and the universe and say he looked eager to have lunch with her.“We will have lunch at the company’s cafeteria. Don’t worry, they serve meals that could rival most high end restaurant” Luca announced as they left the office.“