The Billionaire's Mistake

MISTAKE 74

Chapter 74: I MUST HAVE HIM

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The sound of approaching footsteps shook Selene from her daze, and she quickly stooped to gather the scattered remnants of the tray that had fallen from her hands in her daze.

As the office doors swung open above her, she hid quickly, or else she would have found herself face-to-face with her father. He would think she was eavesdropping.

Coldly, Selene averted her gaze as she left the scene, making sure she was not seen, her heart pounding in her chest.

She didn't dare linger. She did not want to be caught eavesdropping. Her father would it well. She dashed out of his office building.

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It wasn't until she was safely ensconced in the backseat of her sports car that Selene finally allowed the anger that brewed deep in her chest to burst free.

She screamed into the vacuum of the car a bit before calming down.

Anya again. Why hasn't she died yet? She knew she was the better option to be Daniel's wife and wished Anya would vanish somewhere. She was jittery from what she heard.

By the time the car pulled up to the opulent family estate, Selene had managed to compose herself, dabbing at her eyes with a monogrammed handkerchief.

She couldn't let her mother see her in such a state; it would only raise more questions than she was prepared to answer.

With a deep, steadying breath, she walked into the family's lavish sitting room, trying as much as possible to not seem like she had been crying. But her red eyes slightly betrayed her. Chappi 74 I MUST HAVE HIM

"Mother," she greeted the impeccably dressed woman with a polite nod. "We have to talk right now. It is extremely urgent."

Her mother raised a puzzled brow but gestured for Selene to proceed..

to keep her fury in as she relayed the details of what

explain more for her mother to

knew it. I said there was no way he would like her. It seems he is just

her mother talked, the more

daughter was so close, yet he liked that random girl? What was wrong with her daughter that Daniel would not

Selene's mother's face relaxed.

he want to embarrass us?" She asked, "We have made plans on our side that you will be his wife. Now he is keeping that girl by his side; who knows when she will seduce

an ugly scowl, her lips pursing into

Daniel did not marry her daughter.

I MUST HAVE

teeth. "I had already told you to back off and had taken my mind off it. I thought you would never have the

with our family. Why would he embarrass you? Where did you hear that he is in a contract

is still single! I heard dad say it in his office. It is a contract, but that bitch is parading

Daniel Shaw promise you anything?" A person

the staircase. It was Selene's older cousin, Leo. He was her fans successor and had grown up with

are you sprouting? This was agreed upon by both families!" Selene's mother, Martha,

and your father are not careful, Daniel Shaw will crush both of you in anger. I don't know what gave you the confidence to decide his marriage without asking," Leo scoffed. "I am sure it is nothing. Men do this all the time. Besides, you sister can possibly be liked by him, right?" Martha soothed her daughter after throwing Leo a glare. She said it because she saw her daughter sway as though she would

Daniel Shaw ignores your daughter and she becomes the joke of the country, you can glare at the world," Leo sneered at

his tone, her heart sinking further. Was

Selene," her mother sighed, though her own voice

IMUST HAVE

daughter of an escort, with designs on a man

in her mother's words was clear; her disdain for

deeper than the oceans..

though Selene heard her mother's words, her heart hurt even more with each passing moment.

her and knew even more that her use in the family depended on who she

had waited for him for a long

for him.

was really old master Rhodes or a scammer. She had made up her mind. To face the