Library
Search
Home / Romance / It's Just Business / Constructing the perfect Lie

Share

Constructing the perfect Lie

Author: Zira_tony
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-28 22:33:13
Lexi's POV

The morning sun filtered through the curtains, casting soft lines across the oversized bed. I rolled onto my back and stared at the ceiling. Sleep had come briefly after I left the balcony last night, around 3 AM. My body felt too alert, and my mind was still wrapped around last night’s rooftop conversation with Brandon.

There had been something in the way he spoke so…raw, unfiltered, almost human. A flicker of emotion I hadn’t expected. And then, just as quickly as it came, it was gone. He had stood and left silently, without even a “goodnight.” He vanished into the penthouse like smoke curling through the air.

Now, that same silence was back, pressing in from all corners.

I sat up slowly, letting the quiet settle over me, before finally swinging my legs over the side of the bed. I checked the clock and saw it was 7:09 AM. Aria wasn't beside me as she had been when I came back earlier this morning. I guessed she woke up and went to her room to freshen up, or knowing he
Zira_tony

who's excited about their first appearance?? xoxo 💋

| 1
Continue to read this book for free
Scan code to download App
Locked Chapter
Previous Chapter Next Chapter

Latest chapter

  • It's Just Business    Uninvited Thoughts

    Brandon's POV Work is something you can throw yourself into until it bruises you in all the right places. That’s what I told myself as I paced my office at past two in the morning, the city a dark blur through the glass. Papers, projections, legal memos, name it, I devoured them the way a man eats his own thoughts when he’s trying not to think about something else. Lunch shouldn’t have unsettled me but I guess that's what you get when you go out of the plan. But it was tactical, public, and I had it under control. I planned things so things would not plan me. But I guess I've learnt a lesson now. I finally left the office and went home past three. Way too late to be sane. I’d buried myself in work, and I wrung the rest of the day dry on purpose. If I kept moving, kept signing, kept making calls, maybe I wouldn’t think about the way lunch had slipped into totally something else. But the second I shut the penthouse door behind me, the silence hit way too loud. I poured a drink just to

  • It's Just Business    Heat in the Silence

    Lexi's POV I pressed the elevator button literally on autopilot, my mind still replaying the car ride. Brandon had opened the door for me, the way he stopped me as if it was an abomination but still cool and courteous. The second that picture was taken it was as if a switch flipped. He wasn’t the man who’d looked at me across the table with something dangerously close to warmth. He was back to being the CEO, who was precise, controlled, and unreadable.I wanted to ask about dinner when he said it, to demand clarification, I had a lot to say and ask but the words tangled in my throat. Maybe because I didn’t trust my voice not to shake. Maybe because I was still in shock at how fast everything had shifted. So instead, I just stared out the window until the car stopped and we parted ways in the garage, like nothing had happened.Except something had.The elevator doors slid open and I stepped inside, my finger hovering over the button for our...Aria's apartment. But at the last second,

  • It's Just Business    The line I can't cross

    Lexi's POV “Consider it the real test of our performance.”I saw the shock on her eyes, although she hid almost immediately. She nodded and faced the window, silence enveloping us immediately.The drive back should have been routine. Straight lines, traffic lights, the hum of the engine, everything that usually calmed me. But right now the car felt too small, too alive with something I couldn’t name.The clock on the dash read 4:02 p.m.Impossible.We’d left just after noon. Lunch wasn’t supposed to stretch into hours. Lunch wasn’t supposed to feel like… that.I tightened my grip on the steering wheel, my jaw locked. How the hell had I let myself waste an entire afternoon? Worse, how the hell had I enjoyed it? I let a whole afternoon that I could have used to do so many other things talking...to her.Her laughter replayed in my head, it was uninvited. Loud, bright, unrestrained, the kind of laugh that turned heads. For a moment, I’d wanted to hear it again. In that moment, I hadn’

  • It's Just Business    The Bubble

    Lexi's POV The car was too quiet. I kept my hands folded in my lap, fingers digging into each other, like if I let go they might tremble. Outside, the city blurred past in streaks of yellow cabs and people walking. Inside, it was just him. Brandon. I was caught off guard when he mentioned the word lunch and us in the same statement, but he kept surprising me with everything that came out of his mouth today. I could feel the weight of his presence even when I wasn’t looking at him. He sat so still, hands on the stirring wheel and focused on the road, so composed, like silence belonged to him. Then his voice broke it. “Like I said I don’t want to fight today, Alexis. Let’s have lunch and talk.” The way he said it, calm, but clipped, it almost made me laugh. And I did, a small one that slipped out before I could catch it. His head snapped toward me, eyes sharp. "What?" "Oh, nothing...emm take the next turn on your left please. "Are you finally going to tell me where we are

  • It's Just Business    Not a date

    Brandon's POV The door clicked shut behind Stacy, leaving the office in silence. It was about two minutes, but it seemed more than an hour. I usually craved silence, except now it only amplified the sound of her hesitant breathing on the other side of that heavy wood. The only thing between us right now. She stood there for a second too long before finally pushing the door open. And when she did...Christ. Alexis stepped in, casual but with elegance in a way I hadn’t expected. Nothing showy, after all she's not really the type. Just a soft blouse top tucked neatly into fitted jeans that hugged her curves, her hair was in a bun at the top of her head but a few were out fanning her face and neck, her makeup understated but still precise, it was soft. She looked… better. Better than she had in weeks. Not tired or worn like she had in that hospital room. There was more color in her cheeks again. For a second, I forgot to breathe and was frozen. Then I remembered who I was, who she

  • It's Just Business    Unsteady ground

    Lexi's POV I've been looking at the phone on the table and pacing for the past ten minutes if I'm not mistaken. My pulse hasn't slowed since I read the message, it kept on ringing in my mind, louder than the quiet around me. What the heck did he want, 'well you’ll know what when you get there' a small voice kept answering my questions, but we'll that small voice is me, ugh I'm running mad literally. I picked up my phone again to re-read the message. In case maybe I missed something because I'm starting to lose it. I felt a little sweat forming on my forehead and the freaking air conditioner is on, what the Heck. Meeting. My office. This afternoon. Liam will bring you. "Tan grosero y exasperante" (he's so rude and infuriating) I said out to no one in particular. "What?" At that I nearly jumped out of my skin and turned to see Ada looking at me confused. "Emm... Ada I didn't see you there, I'm sorry, I was just...emm... thinking about something. I said, smiling weirdly. "Ok

More Chapters

You may also like

Explore and read good novels for free
Free access to a vast number of good novels on GoodNovel app. Download the books you like and read anywhere & anytime.
Read books for free on the app
SCAN CODE TO READ ON APP
DMCA.com Protection Status