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The Billionaire's Replacement Wif

Chapter 4 The House That Lies Built

Word Count: 1781    |    Released on: 26/06/2025

na'

do you think

around, only to see Cassian staring

se he w

on the way to the kitchen. This place is a maze,"

in the fact that he was shirtless. He had on only pyjama trousers. My

so lost gazing at his body and hadn't

house quickly then. Camila knew her ho

uld respond, he

mmediately, my thoughts abou

*

gan the same. Wake up.

bored of the e

was walking on glass in heels that were too tight. The kind of

at all. He sees me, glances, and only nods at me across the dinne

ords on me. Not un

to me, I still felt him. H

sometimes I catch him lingering in

hat I'm not quite sure

he garden that the PR team insisted on. He's wearing a grey suit with a

except yesterday night. Flashes of last night slipped into my thou

ightly, pushing it

ace as I walked beside him. My cheeks were start

amila was al

alked beside me with a stoic look on his face.

moved up," he said abr

nced up at him in shock. "I

ve that luxury. We can't rely on time. So whatever transformation Serena promised me

o bad. I wanted to scream

gripping the sides of

gaze before I even saw it. He turned to fa

call me

h caught

e snapped, voice low and furious. "In public, I'm y

h dangerously close to my ea

ll me C

ked away, leaving me rooted to t

on but remembered I was in public and kep

*

ownstairs trying to get some milk hoping it'd

staff whispering n

instantly and crept in closer, trying to eavesdrop properly

erted. They mumbled all toge

ly at them. "E

ping away, dissolving down se

to hold the echo of conversa

s that locked doo

again. But I heard no sound. It was almost like

ack up to my room. Once I settled down on my

to call my brother. Sometimes I wonder if these

discussed earlier if I didn't call my brot

was still connected to my identity, and as the phone rang out,

y brother's voice rang out. Hearing my

ou okay?" His vo

I've been so busy wit

st sometime. D

replied

ent him money for feeding in over a month.

ow you are worrying. It's fine. The money you sent

the considerate brother. "Thank you, Scott.

he conversation. "I know you miss

d him terribly, but he had to stay away for now. "Just focus

et with someone first, then you ca

replied, my cheeks hurt

ence, it may be 1am where he was. I was

d dreamt of childhood mem

fast alone. My dear sweet hus

One of them was that silence is never silent. It hum

t's humming from be

nd the damn library for the third time, w

th tone, low

akable crispness

glass. "Her posture is too hesitant. Her smiles look forced.

t not passive. "Elena's not a trained actress. She's

ting one of those perfectly arched brows,

billions. Cassian's company is teetering, and one mis

girl. A disposable piece on a chess

ing to talk about me like I wasn't real, I wasn't going t

d I wondered where she had gone. So I went to

king of the boutique and my brother w

augh when I saw her.

a will come tomorrow. She has asked me to tell you this. Third, there is a gala that Mr gre

it, making her look more se

lips curling up in a fake smile. She just

uld have just texted me that, but she cho

said, w

side when something flashed in th

and saw it was a

picking up its speed when I saw wh

pointed at the ground or the yard, b

ath hi

d put the

nd maybe, just maybe... they were

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