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