All Chapters of SUBSTITUTE BRIDE: My Cold Billionaire Husband.: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Aria’s P.o.vVaughn walked into the party leaving me alone with the guards to help me up. The media took more pictures of me as the guards helped me up. That was so indecent of them left to me. I didn’t even hear them say anything nice other than, “Make sure you get that shot! This would make a good front page.”I was held up and accompanied by the guards to the party. I wished I did not follow Vaughn to the party at all. All the elegance I felt died as I was picked up from the floor. I was ashamed. Everyone in the room turned and fixed their gaze on me as the guards flung the door open for me to walk in. I bent my head and walked to the side of the room. A young girl held my hand as I stood in a corner. She was pretty and she wore a very beautiful purple ball gown. I forced a smile at her but the tears that filled my eyes did not give room for a long smile. “Do you know where the restroom is?” I asked her and used my other hand to pat the tears quickly as she turned to point them t

Aria’s P.o.vPerspiration ran down my neck as I felt Vaughn’s presence appear closer to me per second. I didn’t realize I wasn’t prepared at all for that moment. I wanted to yell and run away but my legs were stiff and shaky. Vaughn placed his hands on my shoulder and turned me to face him. His hands felt heavy as they rested on my shoulder. I took a deep breath and held myself together from within. I was too close to him and I wasn’t covered. It just felt absurd to me. I made sure I did not look at him in the face because I did not know what the expression on his face could do to me. “Place your hands down.” Vaughn stood tall in my face and I put my hands down to my side immediately he asked me to. It was as though I was a mannequin that only obeys directives and he was a god.Vaughn used his middle finger to press my navel before he started making his way up to my chest in a straight line. I felt shivers in my body as his finger moved up my body. I didn’t know if what I felt were

Aria’s P.o.vI walked to my bed and sat next to him. “I want you to create an account for me and fund it monthly. I also want you to give me a job in one of your businesses. I don’t want to seek your permission before I get access to any money.” I tried to make requests that seemed reasonable and that wasn’t too much for him to do. He paused severally before he responded, “Consider it done.”I held the joy within me and sat quietly. “You should join me at the dining table for meals also. I’m not pleased with the fact that the cook has to bring your food upstairs for you.” His expression was warm and welcoming. I didn’t understand why he just melted down for me but I was pleased.Without hesitation, I asked him the one question I knew I wasn’t supposed to ask but I just couldn’t resist the urge to ask.“What’s the plan for our children?”Vaughn was caught by surprise and I could see that he had not expected that question. Maybe I could have asked in a different way.“You want to have

Aria’s P.o.vI stood at the center of the living room and felt sorry for myself. I thought about what I did and how I had been defensive with Charlotte. That was unlike me and I realized that I had started becoming someone I wouldn’t like to become because of greed and other pain that piled up in my heart.I walked over to one of the chairs in the living room and sat down on it in slow motion. I sighed and used my two hands to cover my face. “I think you found a friend in Roseline.” Sandra walked up to me with my phone in her hand and she handed the phone to me. “She’s on the line.”I nodded and took the phone from Sandra.“Girlllllll… You were supposed to call me. I had been expecting your calls. I had to persuade my husband to get your number from Mr. Slade.” Roseline’s voice came in with excitement.I smiled but I wasn’t able to express the joy in my heart through my voice because I felt weighed down already.No way would“I was going to call you but didn’t want to seem too forwar

Author’s P.o.vVaughn monitored the CCTV in his house on an iPad while in his vehicle. He knew when Aria slept and how Sandra walked in to wake her up. He watched them step out and every other drama displayed by the both of them. When he saw her step into his room like a thief, he thought she must have been looking for the file that joined them together to steal, so he watched closely.He scoffed, “This is why I never trust women.” Sir Rudolf was seated beside him in the car and he showed him what Aria was trying to do.He laughed to ease the air and said to him, “I’m sure she’s just curious. Look at her, she’s so young and innocent. She doesn’t even know the main reason why she was married to you. Anyone in her shoes would be seeking clues as well. I know for a fact that she is not trying to steal from you.” “I hope so because I cannot afford to be living with someone I cannot trust or one who is willing to sell me out at any chance.” Vaughn expressed his concerns and doubts to Sir