All Chapters of THE BILLIONAIRE'S UNCONVENTIONAL BRIDES: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

ARIAI had intentionally avoided going to work because of the injury I had when I rolled off the stairs - when Jace pushed me. I don't know what has gotten over me to make me approach Jace. It annoyed the hell out of me just thinking about it. It was crazy that he had never been nice to me since we got married - at least with Caila, he had been nice and they had even had sex but he didn't even let me go close to him.I was lucky the injury did not make me end up in the hospital. I had just gotten out of the bath room and was walking towards my room to get dressed when the door opened. Jace stepped into the room. “You could knock?”As his gaze drifted from my face, I felt a shiver run down my spine. His eyes roamed my body, lingering on the curves of my breasts, my nipples hardening under his scrutiny. They trailed down my torso.His gaze seemed to burn my skin, leaving a trail of heat in its wake. I felt my breath catch in my throat as he took in the sight of my naked body. Goose

ARIA'S POVThe scene I had seen was leaving rent free in my mind and there was literally nothing I could do to remove it.I had decided to take the day off, hoping to escape the chaos that had been brewing inside me. But even that couldn't calm the storm that raged within. The thought of Lucas's manipulation, how he had used me to get information about Jace, made my blood boil and my temples throb intensely. How could he do that to me? Didn't he care about my feelings? Of course he didn't. It was crazy how obvious it had been. The Lucas I knew never did anything that would inconvenience him but this one had kept coming back and I should have known that it was for an ulterior motive. And Jace... Jace hadn't helped either. He had held my face, his eyes burning with this intensity… an intensity that had left me breathless, and then left without a word. It was as if he had unlocked a door in my mind, and then walked away, leaving me to deal with the chaos that had spilled out.As evenin

JACE's POVI could see the look on her face when she stared at herself in the mirror after she wore the dress I had gotten for her. As I had suspected, the dress had fitted nicely. It wasn't a tight or short dress but she still managed to pull off the hot look in it. Caila was beautiful and she needed to hear that more but today wasn't for that. I had been postponing the meeting with Darius for several days all because I wanted him to be emotional and under an environment I had control over. So when I had finally given him a location and a time, he had been more than eager to be there. That was the effect Caila had on him. Immediately Caila said his name I could see the look on his face. He was impressed that she remembered him. Even Caila did not know the degree of hold she had over him.Caila turned to look at me with an accusatory stare but I pulled her close. “Be a good girl,” I whispered and kiss her cheek. Darius led us back to where he was sitting. “This place is empty,” C

JACE's POVI had been so focused on Darius and his AI driven quantum computing project that I had almost forgotten about the unresolved issue of Lucas' and Maya's threat. I was on my way to getting the code through Caila and on my way to making Sharpe Tech the number one company in the tech industry. But first I had to deal with Maya. I was in her office waiting for her. It was on the third floor of a brilliant building. Her father had spent several years building the company, till it was one of the most popular fashion brand in Italy - El Vistoria and when he had died, he had given her everything as she was the only child he had. She was a smart woman and had built on the works of her father and had led to expanding the brand to other parts of Europe and the UK. I knew all investors who had invested in the company or were planning to invest in the company. I knew how she had been evading heavy taxes. That was one thing I prided in. When I found an enemy, I made sure I knew every

ARIA'S POVThe house was quiet when I arrived which was perfect for me. All I needed now was to get into my room, have a bath and sleep for several hours. Caila was probably in her studio or she had gone out with Jace again. The talk I had with my father had affected me in several ways, making me doubt myself and my actions. He had gotten a better side of the deal and I just had to live with the bad side. I hadn't seen Jace for a while and I was grateful for that because he wasn't around to speak down on me to feel worse. After I had gotten out of the bathroom, I heard a knock on my door. I had not heard any car arrive and when I passed through Caila's room, the light was turned off. Had someone gone come into the house?The knock continued and my heart raced. “Who's there?” I shouted and waited to get a reply but I got nothing. I rushed to check my bag to call 911 but then I remembered I had left my phone in the kitchen when I went to take water. What was I going to do? I had st