All Chapters of A SECOND CHANCE AT LOVE WITH THE BILLIONAIRE CEO: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

The car started moving after Adam got into the driver’s seat, and they were on their way. It looked like Adam Rashidi didn’t like any distractions while he drove as he didn’t put on the radio. Lacey only realized later that he’d done that so as not to disturb the sleeping Ruby at the back.  “Are you–? “Is she–?” After the prolonged silence, what were the odds that they would start speaking at the same time? Lacey and Adam’s combined low laughter filled the car.  “You can speak first.” “Ruby’s going to be fine, right?” Judging by Selma’s reaction when La

“Have you lost your mind, Thomas? Let go of me!” In an attempt to free herself from her ex-husband’s strong grip, Lacey shook herself around wildly. When that didn’t work, she dug her heels into the ground to stop her movement, but Thomas was much stronger than her, and easily pulled her along. “Stop, Thomas. Stop, I’ll go with you. You don’t have to drag me.”There was a reason she said that. It wasn’t as if they were alone, but all the people they passed by all watched silently without making a move to help Lacey, and that was so embarrassing. Exasperated, she accepted her fate and didn’t dare protest anymore. What was the use?Thomas didn’t speak, but he did turn a glare at her before slightly shoving her away. The arm he held onto was already sore. Lacey winced, rubbing it gently. “Follow me.” Thomas growled, pointing a threatening finger at her. As a last plea for help, Lacey tried to make eye-contact with some of the people in the hallway, but they all turned their faces when

“Take the day off. You don’t want to set Thomas off again, do you?” It wasn’t easy to push the memory of Riley’s evident hate as she accused her, but Lacey couldn’t dwell on it then. Not as she walked back into the practice room, disrupting them for a second time that day. Under the watchful and judgy eyes of her fellow actors-in-training, she picked up her bag before leaving the room. The feeling was exactly what Lacey imagined a walk of shame would feel like. Except the shame came not due to her own actions, but someone else’s. Arriving at the basement, Lacey played the whole scene in her mind. Funny how the whole thing took just about a few minutes, but somehow ended up dismantling all the things she’d worked for over the past month and half. “I don’t have to tell you not to tell Jonathan, right?”Definitely not. And risk embarrassing herself and souring the relationship between Jonathan and Riley? Lacey didn’t know what exactly the relationship between Riley and Jonathan was,

If Maddy had any doubts about it before, they were all gone now. The truth of the matter was that Liam didn’t know how teenage girls operated. Sorry, but a teenager was going to be overjoyed by suddenly finding out they were getting a sibling—well, in this case, sibling-figure—that was a toddler. That was one thing Maddy was sure of. Carefully, she studied Liam Tirro’s expression. He seemed really sincere about it, but Lea was her daughter and she had the final right to agree or refuse. His plan to introduce her daughter to her niece to make her come out of her shell wasn’t as brilliant as he probably thought. “Have you told Maria about you having a daughter?” Cautiously, she asked. Immediately shaking his head, Liam Tirro said softly, “I didn’t want to until I got confirmation that you were going to let me meet Lea. I’ll tell her when I get home at night.” Then, after a slight hesitation, he asked, “Speaking of which, did you take the day off?”Maddy ignored his question and fixed

It was a good thing Jonathan composed himself enough to ask Jamie if Lacey had been hurt. So when she told him it wasn’t Lacey who was rushed to the hospital, he didn’t hold back his breath of relief. Not that he was relieved about Lacey’s mother being hospitalized or anything. “Thank you, Jamie. I’ll be there as soon as I can.” As Jonathan hung up and put his phone away, his eyes fell on Riley who was still staring at him with that irritated expression, except now, her sneer was more pronounced. Jamie said she was leaving the hospital meaning Lacey would be by herself. For that reason, Jonathan wanted to get there as soon as he could. There was no time to find out what brought about Riley’s irritation with him. “Something came up, Riley. I have to leave now. I’ll talk to you later.”Jonathan was worried. “Will she want to see me? Am I overstepping by going there when she didn’t ask for me?” Those were the type of questions that filled his mind as he drove to the hospital. When La