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Chapter 140 You Must Fight It
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Billionaire Boss? Nah, Just A Possessive Husband! Chapter 296 Let Him in
I swung my legs out of bed, stomped out of the bedroom, snatched my car keys, tramped towards the foyer.And I stopped dead.Leaning against the wall just outside the lift, still in his dinner trousers and shirt, the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, was Lochlan.A small overnight bag sat at his feet.He looked up as I burst out, my hair wild, my eyes probably blazing, dressed in my PJs.We stared at each other in the dim hallway light.‘You,’ I finally managed. ‘What are you doing here?’He pushed himself off the wall. ‘You said I should do what I thought was best,’ he said quietly. ‘I thought it was best to be here.’He’d been waiting. For hours. Not forcing his way in, not demanding, just… waiting.‘Going somewhere?’ He looked down at the car keys in my hand.‘I… couldn’t sleep. Thought I’d go for a drive. Clear my head.’Lochlan’s lips quirked.Flustered, I took an awkward step closer. ‘How long have you been out here? Why didn’t you just… knock? Or come in?’‘Because I was waiting
Billionaire Boss? Nah, Just A Possessive Husband! Chapter 295 Moving in Together?
‘I used to,’ he said, meeting my eyes. ‘I don’t anymore.’Jaclyn wasn’t done mining the nostalgic seam. ‘Do you remember that summer at Sandringham, Loch? When you and Daddy got so terribly lost after the shoot and came back covered in mud? Mummy was furious, but you charmed her with that story about the pheasant. You’ve always had a way with our parents.’She then turned to me with a smile so sweet it could induce diabetic coma. ‘Our families are so terribly intertwined. It’s like a Jane Austen novel, isn’t it? All these connections one simply can’t escape.’I eyed the gravy boat and fantasised about upending its contents over her expertly highlighted head.The fantasy was interrupted by a plaintive meow.I looked down. Custard was winding himself between the chair legs and butting his head softly against my shin. He looked up with huge, hopeful eyes.I bent down to pat his head, my movements making the damned earrings sway. ‘Easy, boy. You’ve already had dinner.’‘What a cute kitten,
Billionaire Boss? Nah, Just A Possessive Husband! Chapter 294 Damned Polite to a Fault
I met her eyes with a bright, vacant smile. ‘Of course. That sounds lovely.’‘Splendid! Oh, and I brought you a little something.’ She gestured towards the living room.‘How thoughtful, you really shouldn’t have.’ I set Custard down, his little needle-claws catching on my tights, and followed her.Back on the sofa, she produced a small robin’s-egg blue box from her bag. Inside was a pair of exquisite, delicate drop earrings.Diamonds and platinum, no doubt.They were tasteful, expensive, and utterly not my style.‘I adore them,’ I said. ‘Thank you.’‘Here, let me help you put them on,’ she offered, shifting closer.Her perfume invaded my airspace.I let her do it, half on the lookout for if she tried to strangle me with the chain.‘Dinner’s served!’ Mrs Ainsley announced from the dining room doorway. She looked slightly ill at ease. ‘Sorry, sir, I didn’t know you’d be entertaining tonight. Shall I set an extra place setting?’I looked up. Lochlan was standing in the hallway doorway, ho
Billionaire Boss? Nah, Just A Possessive Husband! Chapter 293 Achilles’ Heel
Perched on the edge of a cream linen sofa like she’d been styled for a magazine shoot, a vision of understated wealth and cool composure, was Jaclyn Lemon.A flash-freeze went through me. It was as if all the warmth from the car, from his kiss, had been instantly sucked out into the vacuum of space.Jaclyn’s eyes were locked, with laser intensity, on our joined hands. I saw the effort it took for her to keep her smile in place.She rose gracefully. ‘Lochlan, hello. And Hyacinth, so nice to see you. It’s been a while.’Her voice was smooth, pleasant. Reformed.‘Hello.’ I tried to pull my hand free.Lochlan’s grip only tightened, his fingers lacing more firmly through mine. ‘How did you get up here?’‘Your housekeeper was kind enough to let me wait in here.’At that moment, said housekeeper bustled in from the kitchen with a tea tray. ‘Oh, Mr Hastings, sir. Ms Lemon said she had an urgent delivery for you. I hope it’s all right I let her in.’Jaclyn pulled a thick, cream envelope from he
Billionaire Boss? Nah, Just A Possessive Husband! Chapter 292 The Boss’s Future Wife
‘Her father sits on the Humphrey board,’ Spencer continued, watching my face like a fat hawk. ‘She has considerable… influence. Maintaining a positive working relationship with her will be crucial for Velos. I trust that won’t be a problem?’The gauntlet was thrown. I could refuse, look scared, and confirm every ‘not-up-to-it’ assumption he had. Or…‘Well, when you put it like that, how can I refuse? It does sound important.’ I took a step closer to his desk. ‘Of course, acting as primary liaison for a venture of this potential scale will require dedicated resources.’He opened his mouth, but I didn’t give him the chance to speak. ‘I’ll need an expanded discretionary budget for client relations. And I’ll be pulling two analysts from your pool to support the data side full-time. I assume you can fast-track those approvals, since you’re so keen for me to start?’His smile faltered for a nanosecond. ‘Well, I… the budget is rather tight this quarter, and the analysts…’‘Spencer,’ I said, l
Billionaire Boss? Nah, Just A Possessive Husband! Chapter 291 Passive-Aggressive Shit
A flicker of surprise crossed his face. ‘I… did not know that.’‘Well, now you do. So you’ll understand why I’m not rushing to make announcements.’Besides, I wasn’t sure this thing between us would last long enough to warrant an announcement, I added silently.‘Did you call me in here just to gossip?’ I deflected.‘No.’ He picked up a thick folder from his desk. ‘Could you take this down to Spencer Fields in Operations?’I stepped forward. My fingers had just closed on the cardboard edge when he gave it a gentle tug.I stumbled half a step, brought within inches of him. We were standing so close I could see the tiny mole under the outer corner of his left eye and the faint shadow of stubble along his jaw.For some reason, unshaven Lochlan always jolted my libido more than Lochlan the clean-cut version. Kissing his stubbled chin was one of my secret fetishes I’d never tell him.I looked away with difficulty. ‘It’s the middle of the workday. We’ve talked about this. There’re rules.’He
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