All Chapters of SUBSTITUTE BRIDE: My Cold Billionaire Husband.: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Aria’s P.o.vI stumbled as Vaughn pushed me off when I tried to hug him. I knew I should have been mindful of trying to hug him because the expression on his face said, “Don’t come near me.” I thought it must have been the stress from his meeting. I didn’t expect him to react the way he did.I got a hold of myself and walked into the mansion after him and his guards. Vaughn had gone up the stairs immediately. I wasn’t expecting him to remain downstairs anyway but I was concerned. I walked up to one of his guards who gave me more audience than the rest, Burlan, and asked him if he knew why Vaughn was offended.I stood beside him, leaned in, and asked, “Is he always this angry whenever he goes to the meeting or something happened today?” He did not look at me in the face, neither did he smile. He wore his stern look and whispered, “I think it’s best you let him be for now, ma.” His response was brief and it was clear that it wasn’t a time to be acting all funny.I walked back to my ro

Aria’s P.o.vMaybe I took a little more time than expected to dress because I was happy that Vaughn was willing to go out with me. It was going to be our first time going out as a couple. I was anxious about if he would like the place o if he wouldn’t but I believed he should.I got back downstairs and ran out with so much enthusiasm. I should have noticed that there were very few guards in the living room as I ran down the stairs but I didn’t think much about it because I felt they must have gone out when they saw that Vaughn was dressed like he was leaving for somewhere.I walked out of the living room and it was clear that no one was outside. I could not find Vaughn’s vehicle, and neither did I see his guards. I felt so cold from within.In disbelief that Vaughn had left home, I returned to his room to check for him. “Vaughn, Vaughn…” I yelled just before I got there but there was no response. His room was cleared and cleaned as though I had not spoken to him in that same room minu

Aria's P.o.v“Don't get ahead of yourself. This is just a movie.” Rose stood up and was ready to leave.“It's me, Aria. Aria Slade.” I held her arm as she stood up so she didn't walk out on me before I got the chance to properly introduce myself to her. She looked down at me, perplexed, then slowly sat back on her seat.“Aria, what on earth are you doing all by yourself, seeing a movie by this time of the night? Is Vaughn aware of this?” She seemed worried for me as if I was in the wrong place.“Why? Is there a problem with me being here? Vaughn left home yesterday, I do not know where he went or why he wasn't home but I'm not here alone. I don't think I'm allowed to be alone.” I looked at her in the face and responded.She hugged me and said, “You need to leave right now. It's not safe for you to be here or anywhere outside the vicinity of your house, especially when Vaughn is not around to protect you.” Roseline’s words began to frighten me as I felt my life must be in some sort of

Aria's P.o.vI sat still and tried to retrace all I had said or an action I must have taken that was making Vaughn act that cold to me.I knew I couldn't complain because truly I had decided to stay here. I was ready to see it through as well but I wasn't sure if I could really handle things the way I thought I would.I walked up to the room and sat at Vaughn's drawing table, with my phone in hand. I searched on Google, “Why did my husband suddenly change his behavior towards me and how can I correct it?” it brought out several reasons and ideas I could use to correct them but I didn't think they were going to work on Vaughn. Something else must have been the matter with him.I put down the phone and jumped into the bed. “I wish I could see my sister. I miss my mum, I miss my old life, aside…” I scoffed when I remembered Liam. I wondered how he must have been doing so I picked up my phone and began to check his profile on Instagram, I saw that nothing about him had changed and he had

Aria’s P.o.vI couldn’t say the specific reason why but whatever good Vaughn was trying to do for me got me nauseated as days went by. Maybe it was because he never did them to me directly. He always sent his guards or Sandra to me to treat me nicely but was distant from me. He didn’t sleep in the house often and neither did he act like I was ever present with him.I woke up one bright Sunday morning and decided I wasn’t going to allow Vaughn to continue treating me the way he did so I decided to go against his will and I moved out of his room. He hadn’t been home two days prior so I didn’t think it mattered much to him what room I slept in.“Mrs Slade, I do not think this is a good idea. You know Mr Slade will be upset when he finds out that you did something against his will. I know these past days haven’t been the best for you but please I wish you could consider waiting for him and discussing it with him before you make this decision by yourself ma.” Sandra pleaded with me as she