All Chapters of Secret Billionaire Heiress: Ex-wife Returns : Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

"J-jared." Mia's tone was low, her eyes revealing emotions I was certain she was feeling inside. I eye rolled inwardly. Could she not just pick a brother and stick with him? Or in the light of recent event, just stick with Jerome since she ruined her marriage because of him."Hello, Martha." Jared greeted his mother-in-law with politeness.She approached him and gave him a hug. "I'm sorry." Her lips trembled.But Jared smiled back. "You have nothing to be sorry for. Moreover, it's all in the past now. I have Hailey."Martha's gaze slid over to where I stood watching as a spectator. "Hello, Hailey." Her eyes were sad as they roved over me. "Hello, Mrs. Pillax." I greeted coolly."Hailey." Martha greeted, she was also staring at me. "Martha." I greeted back but my tone was less friendly with her. I'd heard what she said. Jared and I had just as we were entering. It was unsurprising to say I was disappointed in her statement. How could she say that, not considering her other son?He

CHRISTIAN "Why haven't you been picking my calls, man?" Jerome's annoyed voice came on the other side of the line. "Today was the interview, remember?" His reason for being annoyed was rousing annoyance from me as well.Emotions inside of me warred as I had watched Hailey walked out on me. I'd always known Astra-Z Corporation was a big company and currently ranked best in the country.Stepping inside had put me in a daze plus the salary. Fuck! It was quadruple of what I'd expected. If they could pay me that much as a new employee, what about the experienced ones and old staff?I wanted from it. I wanted to own it. I wanted to run it and the only way was to court Hailey. Yes, I wanted her too back into my life but damn! I was too ambitious to pass up the opportunity to run the company with her. "Alright, where are you now?" He questioned."On my way to my place, why?" "You have a place now?" 

"Are you ready to make the call?" I eyed Denise who was trying way too hard to control her anger. Her eyes filled with resentment glared. "Do I have a choice?" Her tone was coldly spiteful.But I could care less. I stepped further into the room. "Yes, you do. I mean, assuming you want to spend the rest of your life in prison with your would-have-been stepmother.""I don't even know the hell who that woman is but I'm sure she's a better bitch than you are." I knew she was trying to rile me up. To get me to be as angry as she was. And I knew better than to give in. A smirk crooked a corner of my lips. "I'm sure Catherine will agree..." I drew a chair close to her bed and sat. "...and I agree too. You know, six years ago, I was a bitch to you and everyone else albeit a pathetic, sad, weak one. When I left the picture, I decided if I was going to be called a bitch by everyone, I'd rather be a badass bitch than a pitiable one. So here we are. Now, talk time is over. You making the call

"oh God no! No. No." With trembling hands, I picked up my phone and dialed the line again. It made a disconnected beeping sound. I tried again, same thing. "This is all your fucking fault!" I yelled at her. I heard footsteps. There was uncle Pete. "Hey, what's going on?""She..." Words failed me as I thought of dad on his deathbed asking me to take care for the company and turn it into a great legacy. Dad had told me the story how he started that company. And I'd given it away to the wrong person for love. A stupid, blind, one-sided love! "Derek was already there, at the company. He was already siphoning the cash when we called." Denise provided, although she was talking in a voice that didn't sound like hers. "Damn!" Uncle Pete sighed. "Come here, Hailey." He pulled me up from the floor I'd subconsciously reached on my knees. "So long as you still have the company, we can make it grow. Your father's legacy will continue.""How?" I cried. "The bastard wants to blow up the place

"This will solve nothing, you know that." She complained bitterly as the policeman cuffed both her wrists. "It'll put you in jail for killing my father." I spat at her.We had just returned from the President's place, I'd called the police to come arrest Denise and take her away. "And then what, Hailey?" She reached the base of the stairs where I was, standing in my face. Her hair and eyes wild. "Then what?!"The policeman was pulling her away from me but she stood her ground, unmoving, still in my face. I took a step closer and our noses were almost touching. "And then I'll find your step father and make him pay for what he's done.""You don't know him like I do, Hailey. Derek Kellers is smarter than you think. You need me to find him. I can help you find him." The policeman was pulling her back, struggling to have her head towards the door. "Let's join hands and defeat him, Hailey. I can find him. I know him.""I don't need your help." Her stubbornness and insistence roused more