All Chapters of Billionaire's Charming Wife: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

"Cheers!"The clinking of glass soon followed and everyone took a sip off their drink. The project was successfully over and the team was having a little celebration.Evelyn wasn't left out as Alex had dragged her along. He couldn’t possibly let everyone else celebrate when she did most of the work."I'd like to propose a toast," Alex raised his glass and smiled at Evelyn who was sitting next to him in the booth. "To Evelyn. Her hard work got us this far and I must say, I am very pleased to have her on our team!""To Evelyn!" the other three chorused with glee.They all drank heavily that night whereas Evelyn was careful not to drink too much. She still ended up a bit tipsy either way. She was a light drinker so after one bottle of beer, she lost all functions of her body and could only smile, grin and laugh at everything anyone said."I'll go get more drinks for everyone," one of them offered but Alex was already rising to his feet, holding a tipsy Evelyn by the shoulder."I'll drop

Evelyn paused at his cold tone, wondering why he was angry. She shouldn't have asked if he was going to turn against her but she couldn't just ignore him seeing how he sulked on the couch with the lights out.The only source of light right now was from the kitchen but that still didn't brighten up everywhere. The shadows over Lucas made her nervous and she looked around for the light switch.Why was he angry? Did something happen?Just then, she thought about Alex. Didn't he say Lucas took her home?Maybe that was what Lucas wanted to hear. After all, it was rude of her to burden him in her drunken state."Thank you," she summoned the courage. "I heard you brought me back home last night. I didn't know all morning, I would've talked about it so… thank you and I hope it wasn't a struggle."Lucas waited but when nothing came, he couldn't believe it; that was it? That was all she was going to say?She wasn't going to explain herself like she needed to do? Even after he caught her with an

Lucas spent the night at home. They slept in their respective rooms, completely aware of each other all through the night. It was a strange feeling but it oddly put a smile on Lucas face.The next morning, he was in an even better mood for some unknown reason. Well, he did know why but he didn't want to admit it to anyone else.He dressed simply in his unbranded suit and tie before Evelyn woke up and he made it to his office without breaking a sweat. He headed straight to his desk after collecting his cup of coffee from Mr. Parker who followed closely behind.The man was itching with his silence as he had something to say. "Sir, if I may?""Hmm?" Lucas gave him his attention with his brows arched in question."Why do you keep pretending to be poor?" he threw it out there before he lost his courage. "I mean, last night, those jewellery cost a fortune. Even my salary doesn't come close-"Lucas stare shut him up. The pointed look he threw his way was enough to tell him that this was none

Evelyn squeezed her fist, fuming with so much anger. Why did she have to bump into her of all times and of all places?Was she following her? That was the only reasonable explanation now."What do you mean? Do we even live in the same house anymore?" Evelyn glared. She was sick and tired of Olivia trying to ruin her name everywhere.It was getting old and burdensome. Why couldn't she just grow up and stop trying to get under her skin?"But you came over the other day, didn't you?" Olivia continued to accuse her with an unwavering face. "How would you get the necklace if you didn't steal it from me?"The gazes of some of the women were on Evelyn and it wasn't for anything good. They sized her up with contempt, thinking she was out of place. Stolen necklace or fake jewelries, they were disgusted with both!"I knew you were petty but how can you be so shameless as to lie against me in such a place," Evelyn said before touching her necklace. "My husband gifted this to me but if you're sti

Once he shut the door behind him, Evelyn heaved a sigh. That was close! She wasn't expecting him to come into her room like that.She opened her laptop again and her eyes turned sad as she reread the email over and over, losing track of time as she sat there.A programmer she had worked with before was asking if she was still available for a job. Programming used to be her favourite thing and once upon a time, it was her source of income.But these days, ever since that incident, she quit.Rereading the email reopened her wounds and she found that she was far from healing.Never again. She had vowed never to do it again. Her hands would not cause any more bloodshed.Yet she couldn’t bring herself to reply with a certain 'No'. She just couldn't do it. Well there was the salary advance she asked for and also Peter's medical expenses.What if something came up again?She needed to be prepared for anything.'I await your reply. Please get back to me as soon as you can.' the email said but