MARRIED TO THE HIDDEN BILLIONAIRE

EVENING; MASON’S ROOM★

He came in to see Skyler arranging her clothes and body products inside a small bag.

“Are you planning to run away?” He raised one of his brows and she stood akimbo before turning to face him.

“How can you even ask me that? What is today?” She looked at him.

Mason’s eyes went to the room calendar. It was Thursday and he would be taking Skyler to spend time alone with him tomorrow evening.

“Shît” a low curse escaped his lips.

“Instead of cursing, you can freshen up and come join me in packing your things” She rolled her eyes.

“Okay, let me talk to Ivy first,” he muttered.

“Already did, I think she’s fine but if you still want to see her then no problem, just remember to pack your clothes for tomorrow,” she said before facing her bag again.

Mason nodded and walked away from the room.

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Ivy was lying on her bed and going through her phone. The backlash she was receiving hasn’t slowed down yet, people kept leaving hateful words on her latest Instagram post and also making various posts, news, and videos about how bad she was.

A knock sounded on the door and she immediately put her phone away then took her script for acting and began acting like she was reading it.

“Come in,” she said.

The door opened and Mason entered.

“Bro” she sat on the bed and looked at him with a smile.

Mason didn’t move closer, he just stood by the door with his hands in his pocket.

“How are you feeling now?” He asked and she nodded immediately.

“I’m fine, Skyler already kept me company earlier” she replied.

“I see… Anyway, I’ll make sure to shoot those rumors by tomorrow so you don’t have to worry okay?” His voice didn’t sound soft or gentle but it was enough to coax her.

“Okay,” she smiled at him.

“Alright, make sure you come down for dinner” he added before leaving the room and closing the door behind.

Ivy just sighed and buried her face in her script.

•••••

Dinner already started, everyone was eating and some would always have something to say as usual.

This time, Ivy came down to join them for dinner.

“You want to gain weight tonight?” Carson asked but she ignored him and sat down.

“Hey, Ivy I heard what happened. How are you feeling?” Edna asked and Ivy glared at her.

“You don’t care so leave me alone!” Ivy scoffed and began putting some food on her plate.

“Yes you’re right I don’t care but I heard Regina did that to you, I hate Regina so of course I’ll take your side,” Edna said and Ivy rolled her eyes.

“I don’t need you to take my side, Skyler already did so I’m fine, keep your fuel with Regina to yourself” Ivy scoffed again before putting a small piece of food in her mouth.

“It’s my fault for asking, I hope you’re doing worse” Edna rolled her eyes and also put some food in her mouth.

Skyler was wondering why no one was saying anything with the way they are fighting on the table but she remembered what Alvin told her.

They fight all the time.

Mason dropped his cutlery before facing everyone.

“I won’t be around during the weekends” he announced.

“Huh? Where are you going?” Maya asked immediately.

“I’m leaving this mansion tomorrow evening to spend some alone time with my wife for the weekend” he replied and Grandpa Mario smiled from where he was sitting.

Maya was fuming while Rosa was happy, seeing Maya’s look. If Mason and Skyler spending more time together annoys Maya all the time then she should make sure of that.

“That’s great, I wanted to bring it up one day. Hey, I hope the both of you get the space you want to give your grandpa a great-grandchild” Rosa said with a smile.

“Rosa you bîtch! I’ve told you countless times that you shouldn’t meddle in my family affairs!” Maya couldn’t control her anger anymore so she shouted.

“Maya, watch your words! Dad forbade us from using those types of curse words in his Manson” Emily reminded her.

Maya slowly looked at the old man and he wasn’t smiling at her.

“Dad…

“You’ve validated the orders countless times Maya and this time I’m taking action. I’m freezing your account and I’m also banning you from using any of the family assets for a week” he said.

“Dad!” Maya gasped and stood up with widened eyes. She looked at Rose and Rosa couldn’t hide how happy she looked then she looked at Skyler who immediately looked away.

“Mason, Ivy, I got all these by trying to defend you, won’t you say something to your grandpa” she faced Mason and Ivy.

Ivy blocked her face with her arms while Mason kept trying to cut a piece of meat from his plate.

Maya then pointed her fingers at Skyler.

“You’re such a jinxed person, ever since you came here! Bad things have been happening to me!” Maya yelled at the top of her voice, her eyes were already red.

“Maya go upstairs” Dylan finally said something.

“All of you are ganging up against me to take her side! Dad just stopped me from using the family assets, he also froze my account for a week. It’s like he’s planning to kill me” Maya complained.

Rosa was grinning ear to ear, she happily poured herself some juice and sipped from it.

“Mom just go upstairs, stop embarrassing yourself” Ivy sighed, even Mason was squeezing his face even more as he chewed on his food.

A teardrop fell from Maya’s eyes but she wiped it off and stormed out of the dining.

“So, what will you do about the company?” Antonio asked.

“I will work online,” Mason simply replied.

“And who will look after the company to see how things are going? You can’t also do that online” Hudson asked.

“Alvin and Sunny are there to watch over it” Mason gave another reply.

“Alvin and Sunny? They aren’t even part of the family!” Antonio frowned.

“Take it or leave it!” After saying that, Mason wiped his mouth with a tissue and stood up.

Skyler also stood up and they both went upstairs.

“Dad” Antonio gave the old man a look.

“He said take it or leave it” Dylan repeated what Mason said earlier and Antonio frowned.

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NEXT MORNING; D•S STYLES★

“So I want you to book a schedule for me from now till 4:30 pm, I will be leaving the office by five and I won’t be available during the weekends” As Mason was talking, he was walking fast with his chin up as usual.

Alvin was also walking fast, trying to meet up with him.

“And I want both you and Sunny to watch over the company, always keep me posted if anything happens, and if anything goes wrong, the both of you will hear it directly from me” he added and stood in front of the elevator, pressing some buttons

“Understood boss,” Alvin nodded.

The ding sound indicated that the elevator just opened, Mason stepped in and Alvin hurriedly went in with him and the door closed.

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DELGADOS’ MANSION★

Maya descended the stairs, dressed in her expensive gown, heels, and Gucci bag. She arranged her hair behind her ears as she got to the living room.

“Matilda, I need coffee!!” She said but no one replied to her.

“Matilda! I said I need coffee in case you didn’t hear me!” She added but still nothing.

“Matilda!!” She called again, looking angry this time.

Footsteps were heard coming behind her and she turned back to see Rosa, looking graceful in the Louis Vuitton jumpsuit she was putting on.

She stared at Maya and smirked then strolled past her.

“Matilda get me coffee please,” she said and Matilda surprisingly came with a cup of coffee in her hand.

“Thank you” Rosa smiled and collected it then sipped from it.

“Matilda! Were you deaf when I was calling you?” Maya looked at her with angry eyes.

“No sweetie, she wasn’t, dad forbade you from using any of his assets, Matilda is one of them so if you want coffee, go make yours yourself,” Rosa said with a satisfying smile as she returned the cup to Matilda.

“You’re unbelievable, urgh!” Maya rolled her eyes and stormed out of the living room.

She got to the parking lot and stood akimbo.

“Carlos!” She shouted her driver’s name.

“Sorry Carlos is with me now” Rosa smirked as she walked past Maya with Carlos.

“Carlos, what are you doing?” Maya shouted.

“You have a low IQ, don’t you? I just said Dad forbade you from using his assets so you can either buy your car, use public transport, or trek to work, but wait, you don’t have money” Rosa laughed.

Maya was squeezing her face so hard that she was starting to look ugly.

“What do you want from me?” She asked with an angry face.

“Apologize to me for calling me a bitch and your son’s wife for calling her jinxed then dad might reconsider” Rosa smirked.

“I’d rather crawl on the floor” Maya scoffed and looked elsewhere.

“Okay, suit yourself, Carlos let’s go” Rosa smiled and Carlos helped her to open the back door.

She stepped in and there was a smile on her face as the black window went up then the car accelerated.

“Arghhhhhhhhh!!! I hate everyone!!” Maya yelled like a mad woman.