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THE BAIT
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2026-08-12 23:15:03
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The Billionaire That Couldn’t Let Her Go THE BAIT
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: THE BAITUNKNOWN POVThe room was quiet and expensive.Soft light came from a single lamp in the corner. The windows were covered with heavy curtains so no one outside could see in. A bottle of dark wine from my vineyard already stood open on the low table between two chairs. The air smelled faintly of leather and the sharp, clean scent of money that never needed to announce itself.I leaned back and let out a low laugh.“They’ve taken the bait.”The sound of my own laughter felt satisfying. Everything had moved exactly as it was supposed to. The messages. The pressure. The careful timing. People always thought they were in control until the ground started shifting under their feet. Caspian Laurent was no different. He had built his world with high walls and strict order, and still the first real crack had appeared exactly where we wanted it.I reached for the tablet on the table and turned it toward me. The screen glowed with financial charts and red numbers. Laure
The Billionaire That Couldn’t Let Her Go FROM THE BEGINNING
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: FROM THE BEGINNINGSERENA'S POVI sat down in the chair across from his desk.Caspian looked at me with a tired, serious face. The softness I had seen in him on some nights was gone. Only the cold, focused man remained. The same desk where he had once held me now felt like a barrier between us.“I’ve been receiving messages from the very beginning,” I said. “At first it was almost friendly. Small comments. Questions about how I was settling in. Things that felt strange but not dangerous. Then I told the person to leave me alone. After that, the tone changed. The messages became hostile. Warnings. Accusations. References to that night at the gala. After the crash last night, they sent a message that only said, I told you so.”Caspian’s eyes narrowed.“How long have you been receiving those messages?” he asked.I took a deep breath. My hands feeling cold in my lap.“It started not long after I moved into this house.’Caspian’s eyes narrowed. “What?”“From the beginnin
The Billionaire That Couldn’t Let Her Go THE STUDY
CHAPTER FORTY: THE STUDYCASPIAN'S POVI left the room when the sun was already high.The tray of food she had left outside my door was still on the floor, untouched and cold. I stepped over it without stopping. The hallway was empty. Her bedroom door was closed. I did not knock. I did not call her name. I simply walked downstairs, took my keys, and left the house.The drive to the office felt longer than usual.My mind kept turning the same thoughts over and over. The product leak. Damian’s launch. The missing files from the night I first met Serena. The lookalike on the camera footage. Every piece sat next to the memory of her voice on the other side of my door that morning, quiet and careful, asking if we could talk. The soft way she had said my name.I pushed the memory away.At the company, the atmosphere was still tense. People spoke in lower voices when I walked past. Screens still showed red numbers, even if the fall had slowed. A few department heads nodded at me in the hallw
The Billionaire That Couldn’t Let Her Go TGE CLOSED DOOR
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: THE CLOSED DOORSERENA'S POVI was awoken by a sound from outside. It sounded like pots clanking Mrs Ellis was probably here already.I opened my eyes and stared at the ceiling for a long time. The house was too quiet. I listened for any sound from the hallway or from his room. There was nothing, there was no footsteps, no low voice on the phone. There was no movement at all.Caspian had not come out. Or he left very early.I sat up in bed and rubbed my face. My body still felt heavy from the long night of waiting and worrying. The message from A sat in my mind like a stone. . Those words kept coming back every time I tried to think about something else. Did they go for Caspian because I said no? Was A affiliated with Damian Cross?I got out of bed, washed my face with cold water, and put on simple clothes. Then I walked into the hallway and stopped in front of his door.I stood there for almost a full minute before I raised my hand and knocked.No answer.I kno
The Billionaire That Couldn’t Let Her Go THE DOOR
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: THE DOORCASPIAN'S POVI shut the door in her face.The solid click of the lock felt final. For a moment I stood there with my forehead nearly touching the wood, breathing hard through my nose. On the other side of the door Serena was probably still standing in the hallway after running up the stairs and calling my name. The soft concern in her voice when she had asked me to hold up only made the anger in my chest burn hotter. I could still hear the quiet way she had said my name. It made everything worse. I hated it. I hated that she made me feel this way.I turned away from the door and walked deeper into my room.Anger was easier than everything else.The board meeting had dragged on for almost five hours. Five hours of red numbers, sharp and pushing questions, legal hedging, and the same ugly truth repeating itself. Damian Cross had beaten us to market with our own product. Investors were furious and conflicted. The board was split between those who wante
The Billionaire That Couldn’t Let Her Go WHEN HE CAME BACK
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: WHEN HE CAME BACKSERENA'S POVI was still awake when the front door finally opened.The sky outside the windows had turned totally dark. The television was still on mute, the red stock chart frozen on the screen from hours earlier. My phone sat on the cushion beside me. The house had been silent for so long that the sound of the door felt louder than it should have.I checked the time and it was one in the morning.Then I heard footsteps crossing the foyer.I stood up slowly. My legs felt stiff from sitting too long. I had not slept. I had only waited.Caspian walked into the living room looking like he had been through a war. His shirt was wrinkled. His tie was gone. There was a roughness around his eyes that I had only seen a few times before, usually when something serious threatened the company. The usual sharp control was still there, but underneath it I could see the exhaustion. He stopped when he saw me standing there in the dark with the television sti
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