Semua Bab Two Billionaire Brothers! and A Surrogate: Bab 101 - Bab 110

Cassie sat straight on the sofa, staring straight at the designer as he rambled on about some dress he was working on but she wasn't really seeing him.Her mind had her locked up in that room with the detective as he grilled her and her sister for a full hour with hundreds of questions about their father, the payment Cassie made to Frank Jobs and the recent threats.As they stood to shake hands at the end of the session, his smile did nothing to calm the rumbling in her stomach or the pounding in her chest.“We will keep in touch, Miss. Barns. I will have some of my men patrol your house and work with your security detail at public events.”The usual police protocol. She of all people knew it was just something they said when they didn't know what else to do.He met her eyes and held her gaze.“I will advise that you keep a bodyguard around you at all times.”The hidden meaning rang out loud and clear. She was right back to where she started. And a man like Frank Jobs will not let he

Before, Maya's words could make it out of her mouth, Cameron cleared his throat in the background.“I was just checking on the both of you. Now that you're here, I should just go”Why the hurry? She was hoping to hear if he had any updates. At this point, anything would help.She reached for his hand, blocking his move towards the door.“Don’t you want to stay for dinner?” she asked.Their eyes met for a brief moment and he turned away. She missed whatever emotion that flashed through his eyes.“He was talking about a meeting….. don't you have a meeting to catch tonight?” Maya suddenly asked.Cassie turned to her in surprise. Did she suddenly regain her power of speech? The energy in the room suddenly felt awkward for no apparent reason and her phone was buzzing again in her purse.“Aren’t you going to answer that?” Maya asked, eyeing her purse.Sighing, she reached for her phone and headed for her room. She knew who was calling and she wasn't ready to speak to him yet.A quick glanc

Zander stared at her figure as she stood by the window, backing everyone else.He couldn't help the feeling of guilt threatening to tear him apart from within.I should have come to her house like Jeffrey suggested.But what difference would it have made? It didn't stop these monsters from publicizing the private parts of their lives.He sighed and stood from his seat, brushing past Maya to get to her.He had nothing to offer her in her moment of despair.Placing a hand on her shoulders, he heaved an inward sigh of relief when she didn't flinch or move away from his touch.“I am really sorry about all of this. I promise it will be over soon…”She shuddered a bit but didn't turn around or say a word in response. So, he stood there, listening to every deep breath she took in every few seconds.He had a lot of questions to ask her.While this fiasco was obviously a nightmare for her, he got the feeling that she wasn't exactly surprised by the recent events.He couldn't push away the look

He met Jeffrey pacing in front of his office when he returned to work the next day.“Please don't tell me we lost the deal, Jeffrey” he said.Considering the look of despair on Jeffrey's face, he might as well assume they already lost the deal they've been pushing so hard to get over the past few months.“The deal is fine Sir. We have a different problem" Jeffrey halted in his steps and waited for him to go through the door into his office before following closely behind.As he strolled in, his eyes fell on the men in black suits waiting on the sofa.He turned back to Jeffrey.“Who are they and what do they want?” he whispered.Jeffrey jerked his head towards the side of the room where he hadn't bothered to look before.He didn't need to look before figuring out who was standing right there.“It appears that my day is off to an annoying start” he said, ignoring the intruders as he covered the short distance to his desk.He deliberately took longer time to drop his suitcase and slid o

Cassie's eyes scanned the two huge men in black suits standing before her.She shot a confused glance at Jim who had just ushered them in but he simply shrugged.“And how may I help you?” She asked, completely ignoring the fact they they had just told her they were sent by Zander.“We will be part of your security from now on, ma'am and we are under strict instructions to stay by your side at all times” the tallest of the two replied.She rolled her eyes at his reply. “I never asked Zander for bodyguards. He didn't need to do all of this”Jim coughed. A gesture that was meant to tell her that he found her attitude a little funny.When she turned to glare at him, he raised his brows at her.“I don't understand why you're rejecting a perfectly kind gesture. Mr. Zander insists that this comes with the package when you work for him”Cassie rolled her eyes. Yeah, everyone just wanted to remind her that she finally accepted Zander's offer to work for his hair accessory brand after several