The Billionaire's Mistake

Chapter 159

MISTAKE 159

Chapter 159: Richard's desire.

By the time Emma was done in the kitchen, Richard had already put him to sleep. She scrolled through her phone while she waited for him to dry himself off. Now on the net, she could read the comments made about her..

She noticed that at first people cursed at her. Then their tune changed quickly. Many bad comments seemed to have been deleted too.

"Emma, you have suffered," one comment said.

"It really is bad luck to marry a scumbag," another said.

"What scumbag? Her luck was horrible; she married a family of scumbags."

"That witch even laid her hands on that child. And that is her own grandson."

"I sell shoes. One dollar a pair. DM me for details"

"Why do I feel there is more to this? Why hate your own grandson this way; is he not her grandson?"

"In the comment above, people like you are a problem. Even if what you are saying is true, does that mean she can harm the child?"

"Why had no one told me there was such good drama here? I was busy watching movies and

missed this."

she recalled, she had only hired him. to be her divorce lawyer. But from the way he talked, it seemed like she had asked him to make a statement on her behalf. She looked up from her phone to meet his gaze. He had come back from drying off

the sight of him in the shadows. She shook off the feeling and got up

him.

asleep?" she asked,

you did; thank

staring at Richard with a mix of confusion and gratitude. She couldn't comprehend why he had taken such a drastic step without

voice filled with uncertainty. "Why did you make that statement without telling me? I never asked you to do

so?" he asked, removing his weight from

her head, still unable to grasp the full extent of Richard's actions. "But why? Why go to such lengths for me? Sometimes I cannot tell if you are being professional or if you are... Like right now, standing in my house at night, bathing my son, putting him to sleep, I don't understand. What do you want?" she pressed, her voice filled

to feel his breath, his

at his words. She had always seen Richard as her lawyer,

standing in her living room, she realized that there was more to their relationship than she had ever imagined. She knew what

finally asleep after fussing for what felt like an

wrong.

whisper, her throat tight. Richard had suggested, in no uncertain terms, that he wanted her in a romantic sense. The idea was utterly absurd. He had always kept a cold face when with her. He had never hinted once that this

he pulled her body flush against his own. Emma's heart raced with a mix of fear and an unmistakable frisson of something else she didn't want to name. "Richard, this isn't appropriate," she protested weakly. "Henry is in the other

you were two years older than me, but there is no reason to now." The blatant sexuality in his

"If I say no?"

us," he replied without an ounce of shame. "I know you felt that spark between us

did I

find out about us, so you acted as though you did not know me. You even broke it off without care, just because you were

that she was not ready to be in a relationship so soon. She wanted to concentrate on her son. But when she looked into his heated

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