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Chapter Eighteen
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2026-08-23 02:04:58
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Vivian woke before the alarm.For several seconds, she remained perfectly still beneath the covers, staring at the ceiling.The mansion was unusually quiet.There was no sound of Evelyn moving around downstairs. No footsteps from the housekeepers. No distant voice from Lucas's office.Just silence.She placed one hand over her stomach.The small bump was becoming more noticeable now.It still amazed her sometimes.There was actually a life growing inside her.A life that had changed everything.Her relationship.Her career.Her plans.And somehow, even Lucas.Vivian sighed and slowly pushed herself out of bed.She had been feeling better over the last few days, although the doctor had repeatedly warned her not to overwork herself.Unfortunately, resting was easier said than done.Especially when she had a dream she had spent years trying to bring to life.Fashion.She glanced toward the small table beside her bed.Her sketchbook was there.She had almost forgotten about it after movin
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"In my bedroom?"Vivian could barely get the words out.Evelyn nodded slowly."That's what Lucas said."For a moment, Vivian couldn't breathe.She looked toward the staircase.Her bedroom suddenly didn't feel like her bedroom anymore.Every private moment she had spent there flashed through her mind.Changing clothes.Sleeping.Crying.Talking to herself.Standing in front of the mirror.The thought that someone could have been watching made her stomach twist violently."Who found it?""Security.""Where was it?"Evelyn hesitated."Lucas said they discovered it behind the air-conditioning vent."Vivian's hand instinctively went to her stomach."How long has it been there?""We don't know."Vivian's face went pale."What if they've been watching me since I moved in?"Evelyn immediately reached for her hand."Don't panic.""How can I not panic?"Her voice broke."Someone put a camera in my room."Evelyn stood."Come with me.""Where?""Outside."Vivian didn't move."I don't want to go b
One Night With The Billionaire Chapter Eighteen
"Is that the pregnant woman?"Monique's voice came through the phone, sharp enough to cut through the quiet garden.Lucas went completely still.Vivian's fingers tightened around the sketchbook resting on her lap.For a few seconds, nobody spoke.Monique stared at the screen.Then her eyes narrowed."Lucas?"He cleared his throat."Yes.""Who is she?"Vivian lowered her gaze.She suddenly wished she had never come into the garden.Lucas glanced at her before looking back at the phone."Her name is Vivian.""I know her name."Monique's voice was no longer warm."She's the woman you told me about?"Lucas remained silent.Monique's expression changed."She's the woman carrying your baby?""Yes."The single word seemed to hit her harder than anything else could have.Monique stared at him.Then she laughed.It wasn't a happy laugh.It was short and bitter."You weren't going to tell me?"Lucas frowned."I was.""When?""I don't know.""That's exactly the problem."Monique's voice trembled
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Vivian stood frozen at the top of the staircase.She had not meant to listen.She had only stepped out of her room because she needed a glass of water. But the moment she heard Lucas's voice drifting from the living room, she stopped.There was something different about his voice.Softer.Almost warm.A voice she had never heard him use with her.Then she heard the name."Monique."Her fingers tightened around the railing.She shouldn't have stayed.She knew that.But her feet refused to move."I know," Lucas said into the phone. "It's been a long time."A pause.Vivian swallowed.She could only hear his side of the conversation, but somehow, every word seemed to tell a story she didn't want to hear."No, I haven't forgotten."Another pause."Of course I remember."Something twisted painfully inside Vivian's chest.She lowered her eyes to her stomach.She had no right to feel this way.Lucas wasn't hers.He had never claimed her.They were only connected because of one terrible mistak
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Vivian remained behind the balcony door long after Lucas ended the call.She didn't know why she was still standing there.She should have gone inside.She should have pretended she hadn't heard anything.Instead, she stood frozen, staring at the reflection of herself in the glass."I might be coming home much sooner than expected."Monique.The name alone seemed to change the atmosphere around her.Vivian slowly opened the door and stepped back into her room.She closed it quietly.For several seconds, she simply stood there.Then she released a breath she hadn't realized she was holding."What is wrong with me?"She walked toward the mirror.Her face looked tired.Maybe that was all it was.She was pregnant. Her hormones were all over the place. She had been through a breakup, an accidental pregnancy, losing her independence, moving into her boss's mansion, and now living under the same roof as the father of her unborn child.Of course she was emotional.There was no other explanati
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The mansion was unusually quiet the following morning.Vivian had barely slept. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw the black velvet ring box."Because it reminds me that I almost chose a different life."And then those final words."It's getting harder to pretend it was."She had replayed that sentence over and over until dawn, trying to understand what Lucas had meant.Was he regretting that night? Or was he regretting something else?She shook her head. "Stop overthinking, Vivian. He's engaged to another woman. You are only here because you're carrying his child. Nothing more. Nothing less."Lucas wasn't having an easier morning either.He stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of his office at Alpha Zee, a mug of untouched coffee growing cold beside him.His laptop had been open for almost twenty minutes. He hadn't read a single document.Instead, his mind wandered back to the cruise.The darkness. The soft laughter.The way she'd whispered "I do" after he had asked a
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