Semua Bab THE BILLIONAIRE'S UNCONVENTIONAL BRIDES: Bab 71 - Bab 80

ARIA'S POVMy birthday was a whirlwind of emotions, and I have to admit that I had fallen hook, line, and sinker for everything Jace had done for me. The clothes he had gotten for my day, the way he smiled and complimented me, the way he made me feel like I was the only person in the world. It was all so intoxicating, and I had let myself get swept up in the moment that I didn't pause for a second to think about the whole thing. But then, like cold water had been splashed on my face, Jace mentioned that everything he had been doing was just a distraction. He had tried to make the whole thing seem shallow and not really deep but I had seen through it. I was surprised when I knew that I shouldn't have been surprise because it was Jace after all - he didn't do anything that didn't bring back benefits to him. If as we had gone back home, I couldn't shake off the feeling of unease that settled in my chest - the whole day a distraction for him. I entered Caila's room, expecting to see her

ARIA'S POVI had seen his reaction immediately I entered his office. I had seen the way his eyes had darkened when they rolled along my body, I had felt the fire that caught where they passed, I had heard his warning too, but I had been too stubborn. Now I was locked in the room with him, with the beast that seemed to have replaced him and I was beginning to have doubts about if I should have listened when he gave me a choice to leave. “I gave you a chance to run but you're still here,” he whispered a low voice that sent another round of shivers down my spine. I wanted to speak but my brain was jumbled. He came closer till we were literally breathing the same air and instantly he claimed my lips. I still wanted him to know even though it looked like he was in control, I had some degree of control so I bit his lips and pushed him backwards again and his lips coiled up into a smirk when he tasted the blood. “I'm going to bend you over and fuck that attitude out of you till you star

ARIA'S POVAs I prepared to go to Jace office, I couldn't shake off the feeling of that had building up since I heard the name and now, the unease had flooded my system. I was hoping against hope that Kai was wrong about it. No, he had to be, because Victor? No way, I had tried to imagine why but I couldn't come up with anything. How had Jace of all people managed to get on Victor Hayes' radar? He was the last person in the world that anyone wanted to cross paths with, especially as an enemy. And yet Kai had discovered, after weeks of checking that Victor had hacked into Jace's company. My phone rang and I picked it up, thinking it was Jace but it was Rita. “You good?” she asked immediately I picked. “Yes,” I replied, adding energy into my voice to make sure she didn't hear that I was lying.But she did not reply almost as if she was waiting for me to talk. “Come on! Spill! You told me you were going out with Jace last night and you had an intuition that something was going to ha

CAILA'S POVI sat in front of my work space and one of The Weekend's songs was playing in the background. I don't know how it happened but I had found a degree of concentration and had now gotten back to my art. Jace speaking to me was like a wake up call. A call to remind me that I was wasting away and I was no longer taking care of the things that really mattered to me. It's been less than five hours and I had already finished my first drawing and that was after I had been able to do two drawings yesterday. But the drawings were all filled with themes of sadness, frustration and confusion… especially frustration. Frustration at how I had been treated in the last few weeks. I needed to go out and clear my head. I opened my email to check for the few invites that were usually sent to me. I rarely attended events because I was too introverted to talk to anyone. Ever since my best friend had died some years back, it had been hard to reconnect with anyone deeply.As my email loaded,

CAILA'S POVAgainst my earlier wishes, I was going for another art exhibition because of Liam. As I stepped out of the previous exhibition after declining his offer for a ride, because I didn't want to inconvenience him. My phone had buzzed with a texted from him even before my ride arrived.I was surprised to see that it was an invitation to a private art exhibition, complete with details on the location, time, and dress code. When he had told me about the event, he had not told me that it was going to be an exclusive, invite only event and it just made me wonder how he had gotten it. But another thing that had caught my attention was the text that had followed after the invitation. It was a simple, yet thoughtful message "Be safe." It wasn't a lot but it had made me smile a little more than I should have. I had barely gotten into my house when my phone rang. I saw that it had been Liam again and he had asked if I had arrived safely.I was very overwhelmed by the care and decided