New beginning: Billionaire love story

Chapter 53

Chapter 53 She can't get away with it

"Alex, der you getting married?" she asked directly, catching Alexoll quant.

alex free for a moment, his mind racing in comprehend how his mother had found out about his upcoming wedding. He had recent proposal to Lisa, and now it seemed they had somehow found out

"Uh, yes, Mum," Alex replied, feeling a bit tongue-tind:

mned his parents about his

(so sudden?" His mot her fired off questions in rapid surcession, leaving Alex

"Why did you tell me? Who is this woman you want in

cant in marry? And why is it so s singgling to keep up

Taking a deep breath, Alex tried to placate his mother's rising anger. "Mum, please calm down. Her name is Lisa, and I proposed to her a two days His mother, far from calm, scoffed in disbelief. "You poopose and expect me to find out like this? What about Claire?u Alex's brow furrowed in contusion. "What about Claire, Mom?"

His mother's voice turned stem. "You just dived her, and now you want to marry someone else? Dan't it toodaut? You should talk to Claire about it." Arnoyance compt into Alex's voice as he defended himself. "Mum, Claire, and I are officially divorced. We've moved on with our lives, Lisa is the one I want

His mother remained uncomineed. "Well, if you're serious about this, you need to bring your girlfriend to meet us. If you don't, this marriage won't be happening."

Alex sighed, knowing his mother's stubbornness all too well. "understand, Mum will arrange for Lisa to meet you and that soon.

Detour the call ended Alex couldn't resist asking, "Mam, where did you get this information from?

His mother's response surprised him. "Someone sent me a photo of you inside a wedding boutique with a woman

"Oh, thanks fortelling me,

leaving Alex with a furrowed brow and a mind full of questions. Who could have taken that photo and sent it to his mother? I couldn't have been

the unexpected turn of events during the drive, he couldn't shake of the feeling that someone was meddling in his personal life, and he was determined to get to the bottom of it As he entered his penthouse, Lisa

has tone carrying a

noticing the seriousness in his voice. "What's on your mind?" she asked, pausing in

though his hair.

confusion "No, I didn't. Why

you That's why it got me

with my dad. They still hold Claire in high regard, and when they found out about our divorce, it didn't

smile faltered, understanding the underlying tension. "I see. But we love each other, and

I want us to meet my parents this week I'll try to smooth things over and make

I believe everything will work

ticket of worry crossed his mind. I just can't shake the feeling that someone is leaking Information to my parents." Lisa's eyes

about

deepened "Why would

nothing serious. But maybe she wanted

her to stay away from you. It's like

downstats and called his private investigator, instructing him to track Claire's

PI called back with disappointing news. "l'insotry, Mr. Hants. We can't tracker. All her communication channels seem

over, evident intus tight grip on the phone.

it's better to let it go. It we locus on claine,

let clane get

the led to

Stir cant

is, right? I'm sure she won't stop

and he sighed. "Fine, but I am

Alex eyes paze

relief that Alex decided to let it go. "Thank you,