Married To My Billionaire Stepbrother novel Chapter 69

Chapter 69: Albert Meeting Julia

Justin returned to his suite, fuming internally. ’She still loves that bastard Ivan? Her brain works fine in every other situation, but when it comes to him, it’s like she’s an idiot. What does she even see in that loser?’

Noah, standing by as always, noticed the shift in Justin’s demeanour. Ever since Natalie had entered Justin’s life, Noah had seen changes in his boss that he’d never witnessed before. ’Having a sister really seems to be affecting him.’

Justin sat at his desk, looking every bit the polished CEO in his expensive suit, but his mind was still elsewhere.

Just then, Julia arrived. "Where were you this morning?" she asked, her expressions disappointment. "I wanted to have breakfast with you, but you weren’t here."

he replied coldly, as he thought, ’Hurrying to take care of your cherished granddaughter, is certainly an important matter, Julia, when that granddaughter of yours is an idiot who fell for another idiot.’

Julia pouted dramatically. "I see. You don’t care about me anymore, huh? Didn’t even bother having breakfast with this old woman. Never mind, if you don’t care, there are others who do. I’m leaving."

Justin, realizing he had been too curt with her, softened slightly. "Where are you going, Julia?"

"To my brother," she huffed, turning on her heel. "You and your bratty father are just the same. I don’t need either of you."

"Julia—"

"Don’t call me. I won’t listen. I miss my brother anyway," she said before walking out.

Sighing in frustration, Justin turned to Noah. "Make sure someone is with Julia and that she’s taken care of."

Noah nodded, as always, and left to carry out the order.

Just as Noah exited, Justin’s phone rang. Seeing it was his father, James, he picked up quickly. "Yes, Father?"

"Your grandmother left the house and isn’t answering my calls," James’s deep, dignified voice came through, though Justin could hear the underlying worry masked beneath his usual calm.

"She’s with me, don’t worry."

Justin heard James letting out a sigh of relief. Though James was not the kind to show his affection openly, Justin knew how important Julia was to him.

"Take care of her and keep an eye on her," James instructed firmly. "You know how wilful she can be, even at her age."

Justin nodded. "I will."

"How’s the work going on?" James asked.

"All the important projects are in the line, as we have planned."

"Soon I will come to Imperial city and we will announce you as the global CEO of Harper group. I think it’s time for you to reveal yourself to the world."

"Yes, father."

The call was hung up after a brief conversation.

Justin then leaned back in his chair. Till date he was fine with going according James’ wishes as he always felt indebted to him for adopting him and giving him such a good life.

But now, Jame’s daughter was there who was his true heir, he felt conflicted over whether it would be a good idea to be revealed to the world and accept the position that should belong to Natalie.

’I shall think it over and maybe bring Natalie home soon, so she can take what rightfully belongs to her. I wonder how she would react to knowing it and if we would be the same as we are now?’

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Julia arrived to meet her brother Andrew, who had offered to bring her to Natalie’s home. With Justin away, Andrew didn’t see any harm in introducing her to Albert. If Natalie happened to be home, Julia would be pleased to see her as well—Natalie was a good-hearted child, and even Andrew was fond of her.

"Finally, you’re here. I’ve been waiting for a while now," Albert greeted warmly as he opened the door.

Andrew and Julia stepped inside, smiling at the welcome.

"This is my sister, Julia," Andrew introduced her.

"A pleasure to meet you, Julia. I will consider you as my sister as well," Albert said with a broad smile.

"Of course," Julia offered him a warm smile. "Then I have another brother I can trouble till he asks me off."

"Haha, I won’t." Albert guided them to the sofa in the drawing room. "In fact I expect someone to trouble me, as long as that person is not my wife. Because the kind of troubles my wife creates are simply unbearable for me."

Julia chuckled playfully. "She must be one hell of a strong woman if her husband is that wary of her."

"Oh, you bet," Albert replied with a knowing grin.

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"Natalie?" Albert’s face lit up in surprise at her sudden appearance. But it wasn’t just him—Julia, sitting nearby, felt her heart skip a beat. "Natalie?" she mumbled under her breath, her mind racing. What is she doing here? Is she Albert’s granddaughter? Albert Ford? How did I miss this?