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Fake Marriage With The Mysterious Billionaire chapter 41
When Mia finally retreated upstairs after lunch and other appointments for the day, the house returned to its usual rhythm. Melissa watched her disappear up the staircase before turning back toward the sitting room. The folders Clara had left behind were neatly stacked now, the chairs pushed back into place, the room looking as though the meeting had never happened. Melissa picked up her tablet, glancing briefly at the notes she had made. Then she closed it. There was something else she needed to do. Something she had been instructed to do from the very beginning. She left the sitting room and walked down the main hallway with steady, practiced steps. Her shoes made almost no sound against the polished floors as she moved deeper into the house, toward a wing that most of the staff rarely entered. Max’s study was at the far end. The door was partially open. Melissa paused only long enough to knock softly before pushing it open. Max was seated behind his desk. The room was d
Fake Marriage With The Mysterious Billionaire chapter 40
By the time Mia and Melissa returned to the sitting room, Mia had already forced her expression back into something calm. But inside, her thoughts were still circling the hallway like restless birds. The door. The way Melissa’s eyes had flicked toward it. The subtle pause in her voice afterward. Mia’s stomach tightened. She might have made a mistake. It wasn’t just curiosity that worried her, it was the possibility that Melissa had noticed it. And if Melissa noticed, there was a very real chance Max would know about it too. Melissa was the housekeeper. She ran the household like a quiet machine, every detail flowing through her hands before reaching anyone else. Mia had already learned that nothing in this house escaped her notice for long. Which meant she had to be smarter and more careful. And above all… less suspicious. You need to give her something else to focus on, Mia told herself. Something ordinary. Something that made wandering down a random hallw
Fake Marriage With The Mysterious Billionaire chapter 39
The next morning arrived quietly. Mia noticed it the moment she opened her eyes, that strange stillness that clung to the house since she arrived. Sunlight filtered through the heavy curtains, pale and cautious, as though even the day itself was unsure how much it was allowed to reveal. She lay still for a moment, staring at the ceiling. And then her mind went exactly where she had tried to keep it from going. The hallway. The sour look on Max’s face. The way his shoulders had been tense, his stride like a man walking away from something he didn’t trust himself to face for too long. Mia groaned softly and turned onto her side, pressing her face into the pillow. "Get a grip", she told herself. "You’re overthinking." But even as she said it, she knew it wasn’t true. She hadn’t imagined that moment. It had been real. And it had shaken something loose inside her, an awareness she hadn’t planned for. The knock on her door came just as she was forcing herself to sit
Fake Marriage With The Mysterious Billionaire chapter 38
Mia remained seated at the dining table for a while after Max had left. The chair across from her was still warm, or maybe that was just her imagination. The massive table suddenly felt too large and empty, the untouched plates making her stomach twist. The soft clinking of cutlery from the kitchen drifted faintly in the distance, but no one came to check on her. She counted her breaths. One, two, three. When she was sure enough time had passed, when the tension in her chest loosened just a little, she finally pushed her chair back and stood. She hadn’t taken more than two steps out of the dining room when she froze. When she heard footsteps. Her heart jumped into her throat. Mia instinctively stepped back, pressing herself against the wall just before the hallway opened into view. She held her breath, peeking just enough to see without being seen. Max was walking toward her direction. And he looked nothing like the man she had eaten dinner with moments ago. Hi
Fake Marriage With The Mysterious Billionaire chapter 37
The moment Max stepped out of the dining room, the calm expression he had worn like a perfectly tailored suit shattered. His jaw clenched hard enough to ache, his shoulders stiffening as if the walls themselves had suddenly grown heavier. The corridor stretched before him, long and dimly lit, the soft glow of wall lamps doing little to ease the tension coiled tight in his chest. He exhaled slowly through his nose. Dinner had been a mistake. Not because of Mia, never because of her, but because of what her presence did to him. The way she looked at him with that careful distance. The way she spoke like every word was weighed, measured, guarded. The way her eyes flickered with fear when he pressed just a little too close to the truth. He had seen it. And it bothered him far more than he wanted to admit. Max walked briskly down the hallway, his footsteps echoing faintly against the marble floor. The house was too quiet at this hour. It always was. A place this large shouldn’t fee
Fake Marriage With The Mysterious Billionaire chapter 36
Mia hadn’t expected to see him when she walked into the dinning room that evening. Dinner had become a quiet, predictable routine over the past weeks. She walked into the dining room that evening with her shoulders already relaxed, prepared for another silent meal taken alone at the long table, the echo of cutlery and the soft footsteps of maids her only company. She took one step inside and froze. Max Hult was seated at the head of the table. For a second, Mia thought she might be imagining him. It had been so long since she’d seen him in this room that her mind refused to accept the sight immediately. He sat with his back straight, his jacket already removed and his sleeves rolled just enough to expose his forearms. A glass of water sat untouched beside his plate, and his attention was fixed on the tablet in front of him. Her heart lurched violently against her ribs. He lifted his gaze slowly, as if he’d known the exact moment she would walk in. “You’re late,” he said mildl
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