Share

Chapter 486

Author: Kayla Sango
Marcus' POV

I opened the apartment door carrying several grocery bags, carefully balancing everything while using my foot to kick the door shut behind me. I'd gone out to pick up a few things Madeline had mentioned craving— including that very specific brigadeiro she could only find at a pastry shop on the other side of the city.

"Madeline?" I called out, setting the bags down on the kitchen counter.

There was no immediate answer, but I heard the sound of typing coming from the living room
Patuloy na basahin ang aklat na ito nang libre
I-scan ang code upang i-download ang App
Locked Chapter

Pinakabagong kabanata

  • Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire   Chapter 719

    Gwen's POV I moved with ease. Greeted a staff member, slipped along the side of the gallery, and stepped into the coat check area where guests' bags and jackets were stored with numbered tags. I pushed open the door to a smaller room reserved for staff. The air was different. More stifling. More real. "So," I asked before the door even closed. "Did it work?" Matthew and Dante were sitting at a narrow table, like it was an improvised war meeting. Next to them, a shorter man, focused, with an open laptop and cables I didn't want to identify. Paul. I only knew two things about him. That he understood technology very well… and that his skill set didn't stop at what was permitted. Matthew looked up at me, and I saw the same exhaustion that had been following me for weeks. Only in him it always looked more contained. Like he was afraid of wasting energy on anything that wasn't useful. "We got the phone," he replied. "Paul's working on it." Paul didn't even look at me. His f

  • Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire   Chapter 718

    Renee's POV Friday arrived with the taste of a quiet promise. Well-dressed people. Calculated lighting. Glasses that never stayed empty. Conversations that sounded casual but were really résumés in disguise. I had received an invitation to an art exhibition in Florentia. Not one of those small events with half a dozen acquaintances and lukewarm wine. This was one of those crowded nights full of rich people and expensive drinks, held in a curated gallery that knew how to make its own name sound like a password. It was always good to go. My work had been solving my temporary money problem, but beauty and youth have an expiration date. I wasn't in the habit of betting everything on a single solution. I had plans. And yes, a rich husband was still at the top of the list. An excellent option. Because in the end, the world forgives almost anything when you're in the right place beside the right man. I went into the living room, where Bella was watching TV. "Sweetheart, Mommy's

  • Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire   Chapter 717

    Gwen's POV The checkout counter felt smaller than it was, like the bags. Many, organized, with tissue paper and understated ribbons. Were taking up space inside me too. Space I was trying to keep clear. The saleswoman scanned each item with almost elegant efficiency. I stood beside Nick watching, and for one rare moment I could feel the good weight of the scene. The two of us buying baby things like a normal couple. Like the world wasn't constantly trying to walk into our living room and decide how we should exist. "Perfect," the saleswoman said when she finished the last item in the system. "We'll arrange delivery. What address should we use?" The question hung in the air with the simplicity of something obvious. And even so, my body froze for a second. Nick's did too. We looked at each other. It wasn't dramatic. It was clean, direct. Like the question had pulled on a thread we'd been avoiding holding. On any other day, I would have answered automatically, without th

  • Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire   Chapter 716

    Gwen's POV Florentia sunlight had that quality that made everything feel possible for a few hours. Like the city was offering me a truce. A small window where nothing was urgent, nothing was a headline, nothing was a courtroom. I held Nick's hand on the way to the hospital parking lot and felt his palm relax in mine. Not completely. He wasn't a man who ever relaxed completely. But enough for me to know the news had landed like water on dry ground. A girl. I repeated the word in my head the way you test expensive fabric. Carefully. Afraid to tear it. "You're smiling," he said as he opened the car door. "I'm trying not to cry again," I replied, my voice carrying that light honesty that only shows up when you're too tired to perform. He touched the back of my neck for a second. A quick, protective gesture. Then he got into the driver's seat and went quiet, staring ahead. Nick didn't celebrate the way people celebrate. He stored things. Like every joy had to be checked fi

  • Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire   Chapter 715

    Gwen's POV Lunch with Mia was exactly what I promised Nick it would be. A controlled break. A public place. A conversation that looked normal to anyone watching from the outside. Mia talked about the chaos at headquarters. The sideways glances. How certain members of the board had already settled on their version before any investigation had even begun. I listened, responded, sorted priorities in my head the way I always did. But under the table, my leg wouldn't stop bouncing. Every sentence from Mia was a reminder that time had become the enemy. That I was fighting two wars at once. The one making headlines and the one happening inside a house in Montelira, behind a locked door. Matthew's plan was still there, spinning, fitting pieces together on its own, like my brain didn't know how to shut off. He was right about one thing. We could still catch her. Just not today. Not right now. Today I was putting the plan in a mental drawer and locking it. Today I was going to be a w

  • Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire   Chapter 714

    Gwen's POV The next day, I went back to Kensington headquarters. Not because I was pretending things were normal. Normal ended the moment my name made headlines next to the word kidnapping. And because we had agreed. No messages, no calls, no dramatic voice notes. In person. Renee wasn't just vindictive, she was smart. She understood how a small piece could turn into an avalanche if you pushed it down the right slope. And I had no idea how far her reach extended. I only knew that underestimating her was a luxury I couldn't afford. If Renee got her hands on my phone, on a message thread, on any sentence of mine taken out of context, she would turn it into evidence of harassment. I took a breath and decided. No ammunition. Just action. So I walked into the building with my heart in my throat. The elevator took me to the executive floor and, for a second, I felt the physical dissonance. That hallway was still mine, but the chair at the end of it wasn't. My name was on the

  • Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire   Chapter 214

    Saturday mornings in London had a kind of magic. The frantic pace of the week softened into something calmer. People wandered the streets without rushing, couples sipped coffee at sidewalk tables despite the cold, and the whole city felt like it had nowhere urgent to be. I decided it was the perfe

  • Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire   Chapter 218

    "Next," I muttered, swiping to reject yet another profile. "Michael, thirty-four, lawyer. First photo, fine, suit, professional smile. Second photo, he's holding a dead fish the size of a toddler. Why do men think fishing is attractive?" "Maybe because it shows hunting and provider skills?" Gwen o

  • Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire   Chapter 220

    I walked back to the table with steady steps, my irritation boiling. How dare Nate judge me? As if his thing with Alexandra was some shining example of romantic perfection. When I reached the table, Charles was in the middle of some obviously fabricated story about his academic "adventures" for Ma

  • Hired a Gigolo, Got a Billionaire   Chapter 195

    I'd just started to relax again, lulled by Nathaniel's calm voice and the easy rhythm of our conversation, when the plane suddenly jolted harder than before. My stomach dropped as if we'd fallen several hundred meters in an instant. Whatever false sense of security I'd built evaporated immediately.

Higit pang Kabanata
Galugarin at basahin ang magagandang nobela
Libreng basahin ang magagandang nobela sa GoodNovel app. I-download ang mga librong gusto mo at basahin kahit saan at anumang oras.
Libreng basahin ang mga aklat sa app
I-scan ang code para mabasa sa App
DMCA.com Protection Status