Mummy, We Found Our Billionaire Daddy!
le
ly against the cold, sterile floor, my breath
probably just a fever.
she carefully pulls an envelope fro
, Mrs. Hemsworth, you'r
ches at her words. F
atch the report from her, quickly scannin
years of trying...
ugh rest. You actually do need it."
k you so mu
tuck the report into my bag
h my beloved husband, Maximus. So, I pull into a g
out gifts I know he'll love. I mean, these are
ts on my stomach and a sm
one. But my smile falters as I see nothing but a blank screen. No ca
nvince myself he's just caught u
d straight to his office, my
will wrap me in a tight embrace wh
down the hall, but as I approach his office, I'm
't want to receive any guests today, ma'a
Not a guest. So, if you'll excuse me..." I try t
, not even flinching. "But he says yo
, refusing to believe it.
, who's glaring at me with
d me. She's never for o
, but before a single word slips
room shifts as Maxi
head into a hasty bow. "I'm so sorry, sir. I
her off and then pins his
nd I shoot her a glare before wal
spite what had just happened. I just can't help it. I
oice bubbling with so much exciteme
warm reaction I expect, M
face hardening again, and that col
ffs mockingly. "That can wai
ce sends a shiver down my
s a stack of papers from his d
lands in a messy pile at my feet.
her the papers. Flipping through them quickly,
e?" I stammer as I glance back
inue to desperately search his
eal. His eyes flicker with a brief moment of
never would've gotten married,you know
an't breathe. Jess? How could he even think about s
voice breaking as tears well up in my e
work through. Just sign
how Jess, my stepsister, had been
heir wedding, she disa
disappearance, my family pushed
to save face for our families. Maximus, too, needed to marry
him. I thought he had started to feel something too-those moments when his eyes softe
time, he's been waiting for Jess to
art twists
ope-that I had time, time to make
me, cold and detached, while hi
niversary, Maximus! W
that?" He cuts me off with a growl. "S
rozen, unable to process what's happening. I can'
ng at me. "I'm starting to believe the rumors that
blood drain totally my face. "How could you
or Jess's disappearance? Wh
ld as he crosses his arms an
the more it makes sense. You had everything to gain-money, status. M
ng back tears. "I only wanted to help my fam
ough to make me flinch. "Just sign the papers, Selene. Let's not make
h the papers, my eyes blurring as I search
hisper. A flicker of shock crosses Maximus's face, but it
my bag from the couch and stand up,
, just as I reach the doorframe. I hesitat
at. "What was the good n
e anything," I whisper before a
anything With a heavy heart, I
nkly ahead. That's when my phone suddenly chimes with a text.
ood runs cold when I se