All Chapters of Surrogate Mother To A Contract Wife: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

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Chapter 41

Scarlett’s POVEven if I could find some way to pay back, Aiden would take me to court and he was the kind of person capable of spending twice the amount he lost to torment a person. He was that prideful, a walking hulk of disdainful emotions. Knowing Aiden, the judge would impose a fine that my family could never afford to pay. Not even in ten years if I worked my ass off for the money. We could be asked to pay ten times the original amount, and with Hudson’s bills to pay, I couldn’t afford a fine. Nor could I let my father go to jail. Aiden would be out for blood, a vengeful spirit who wanted his pound of flesh no matter the cost. He’d want to make me suffer, and he would throw all the money he owned just to do that. Yes, Aiden Vilarez could hold a grudge. Plus, there was the rumor of me leaving him. His bride-to-be, leaving even before the marriage. The tabloids would eat that news up. It would be like spilling blood in a shark-infested sea.
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Chapter 42

Scarlett’s POVAiden’s mother’s elegance was out of this world with her shiny complexion, straightened blond hair and a kind of wealth that made people put their guard up around her. She had a youthful exuberance that must have come about only by cosmetic surgeries, and her skin felt like it was pulled too tight over her face. She stared at me like I was under a magnifying glass. Before her, I felt so out of place. As if I did not belong. In reality, I didn’t. Aiden forced me here, and I wanted nothing to do with this world. This constant show of wealth was suffocating, and I really wished to go back to work. But here I was on the couch in the living room, trying not to look stupid. “It’s really all about the place,” she said, fiddling with a pearl necklace on her collarbone. She had on a floral dress that looked expensive and cheap at the same time, like those only people from old money could afford. And she was old money from the looks of it,
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Chapter 43

Scarlett’s POVShe laughed, a controlled sound spilling from her lips. It sounded reined in, as if her throat might shatter if she laughed too hard. Sephy was dainty, like glass. It made me afraid of speaking, like anything I say might break her into a million little pieces. “If they’re the same, then we should keep looking. I’m sure we’ll find one you’ll like.” We kept going through the book and I kept my hands under the table, too scared to touch my glass of champagne. The last time I took too much alcohol, I did the unthinkable. As the memory reared its ugly head, I shoved it back to where it came from. This wasn’t the time to be angry. I had to be as neutral as possible. Sephy caught my attention with a color palette. She pointed out the different colors: Chestnut, moss, pine, sunflower, cordovan and tuscan red. I blinked at the influx of information, staring at the earthy and pastel tones. They seemed to all go well together, forming a coh
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Chapter 44

Aiden’s POVBy the time I came out of the house and headed for work, Scarlett wasn’t in her sitting place. Usually, she would sit in a lotus position in the dining area, sipping tea from one of the mugs she brought from her parents’ house. It was chipped at the edge, the blue glaze already peeling off the ceramic. I wondered at times why she didn’t dispose of the mug, why she kept it in her hand every morning and sipped tea from it. There were other mugs in the house, better ones, but she stuck to that one, never letting go of it. She loved it, I guess, more than any of the things in the house. When I came into the living room, she wasn’t in the dining area. On normal mornings, I’d look at her for a minute, her frame shrouded in sunlight, her red hair aglow like flames scattering in the breeze. Scarlett would close her eyes, music playing in her ears. I wanted to know what kind of music she played that soothed her so much that it unshackled her from real
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Chapter 45

Aiden’s POVAnother sigh. I picked up my newly delivered phone and called the landline at home. There was no answer. I called three more times, no answer. I decided to stop being a coward, and I dialed her number. ‘The number you’re trying to call is not available,’ the operator’s feminine voice said, and I ended the call. I tried a number of times, but the same thing happened again and again. In the end, I resorted to a text message. Then, I sent several, but there was no reply. Scarlett was probably still angry with me. “Sir, are you there?” Matthew’s voice fractured my thoughts.“I’ve been standing here for a while,” he said when I whipped my head around to face him. “Is everything okay?” I closed my face off with my hands and took a deep breath, switching into business mode. My staff didn’t need to know my business. It was one thing I never did and would never do. Mixing business with sentiment. “Yes, everything
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Chapter 46

Scarlett’s POVSitting together with Sephy inside the private jet with its plush leather cushions and soft interior was unsettling and it had me on edge. We eventually decided to go to Sweden despite the weather, and Sephy couldn’t stop talking about it. She spoke about her last visit to Sweden, the last fashion show she went to, how she had a friend who knew all the good fashion houses they could go shopping. It was all too much for me to digest at once, so I asked her to slow down for a little bit. I was even getting bored, but I was still surprised at the fact that the family had a private jet, and Sephy had almost never flown commercial. Even if she did, which would be once in a while - a way to feel less rich because she wanted to - I was sure it would be nothing less than first class. “Even been outside the country?” Sephy asked, leaning back into the camel-colored leather. I shook my head. It was useless lying to Persephone. Sh
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Chapter 47

Scarlett’s POV“It’s perfectly normal to have jitters before your big day,” she surmised. “I was jittery too.” I laughed. “Now, that’s a lie. You look like you rolled out of bed perfect. Nothing could ever go wrong with you, Sephy.” “Thanks for the compliment, but I wasn’t always like this. More than forty years ago, I was just like you. Attracted to one of the most powerful men in the world. We’re the same, you and I. We’re attracted to power.” I suppressed the laughter bubbling in my throat. Attracted to Aiden? Not in this lifetime. If anything, I was disgusted by him, his behavior, his ruthless persona. I hated every inch of him. But my body remembered how I moved against him, his tongue sliding into my mouth and driving me crazy, his fingers slipping inside me, the softness of his intimacy. A part of me loved the way he pinned my body against the car with his, his hardness riding against my stomach. Heat filled my cheeks
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Chapter 48

Aiden’s POV “Shit!” I cursed for what felt like the thousandth time that evening, as I yanked my hand from the burning skillet. I groaned, swearing in my heart that I was going to kill Matthew the next time I saw him for this piece of advice he’d given me. Cooking wasn't a strong suit for me. In fact, it wasn’t a suit at all. I had burned myself so many times, that the amount of food almost didn’t matter. My eyes were still burning from when I tried to cut an onion, and my eyes watered. I struggled to know why I was crying and sniffling as if I were a child, but the tears kept coming. Even now, my face and eyes still burned. It was an onslaught I never wanted to experience again in my life. The smell of burning food permeated my nostrils as I dumped the sixth slab of steak into the bin. The scent of charred meat hung in the air, and smoke filled the kitchen. I’d turned off the smoke detector after the incessant pinging started when the second steak slab started burning. There
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Chapter 49

Aiden’s POV I returned to the blog, scrolling through my phone. From six tries, I’d come to the conclusion that I was bad at making steak. My father made it at the end of every month on his trusted grill in the backyard when I was little, but I never gave him the chance to teach me. Cooking seemed messy, after seeing my father’s hands coated with spices, the wild laugh on his face, the choking smoke wafting from the grill and clinging to his clothes. I didn’t want anything like that, so I avoided it like it was something that could kill me. In hindsight, I wished I’d taken the time to learn how to properly cook a steak and spice it without burning the house. Besides, part of it was my mother’s fault for hiring expensive chefs from all over the world. She never touched a pot throughout the entire time I knew her. If she did, maybe I wouldn’t be this confused. “Do you need a hand, sir?” Maria’s voice came from behind me. “I’ve been watching you for quite some time.” “No,
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Chapter 50

Scarlett’s POVI was so tired from spending all day with Sephy. After the trip to Sweden for cloth shopping, we traveled to Milan to a Stephen Ling jewelry store, one of the jewelry franchises that Sephy said belonged to one of the board members at Aiden’s company. He treated us to some pineapple tarts, and Sephy talked to him all afternoon about the latest jewelry pieces. Stephen lamented almost throughout the time we were there, saying all the best pieces were going to Aiden’s new gallery openings. He also said Aiden shut them out of the decision making process at Vilarez Enterprises, claiming all the profits from this new franchise should go to some hospital in Africa. Stephen Ling was outraged, and Sephy tried to calm him down by taking his mind off it. According to Stephen, she was his best customer. I was a tad happy because Aiden kept his word about building hospitals for the underprivileged. Sephy obviously had no idea about the whole t
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