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Chapter 18: There’s a body in my office

Author: Ze Von
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-04-25 18:23:02

Armand’s POV

The thing about working for Lucian wasn’t just the fact that he was a self conceited prick—it was that he was a particularly unpredictable one.

I was midway through negotiating a delivery of blood bags from one of our vetted private clinics when my phone buzzed.

Lucian.

Great.

I answered, walking away from the counter. “Yeah?”

His voice was flat. Too flat.

“There’s a body in my office. Come here. Now.”

I blinked. “A what in your office?”

The call ended.

“Shit.”

I swore under my breath, tossed the clipboard back to the confused supplier, and rushed out.

---

By the time I reached his floor, the hallway was quiet. Too quiet. I knocked once.

Lucian opened the door, and—

“Oh, for fuck’s sake.”

He stood there, pristine blue shirt stained in deep, drying red. His expression was unreadable. Empty. Like someone had cut the strings that made him move.

I walked in quickly, shutting the door behind me.

“What the hell happened?”

Then I saw her.

Amelie.

Slumped in a pathetic heap on th
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