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CHAPTER 14 — VALENTINA RETURNS
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The Billionaire's Caregiver CHAPTER 18 — Leo’s Calculation
The afternoon sky over the D’Angelo mansion was gray, the drizzle soft and steady, coating the garden terrace in a faint silver sheen. Maya sat on the stone bench beneath the awning, her phone pressed to her ear as she listened to a voice she hadn’t heard in days — a voice from outside the mansion’s walls and chaos.“Maya, listen to me,” her cousin Clara said on the other end, her tone edged with worry. “You need to leave that house before this whole thing blows up. The news is everywhere. That man’s family — they don’t play fair.”Maya rubbed her temple and exhaled. “Clara, I know what it looks like out there. But you don’t understand what it’s like in here. He’s… trying. He’s different when the cameras aren’t flashing.”“Different or dangerous?” Clara pressed. “You think they’ll protect you if this turns ugly? His fiancée’s family has power. You’re just—”“—his caregiver,” Maya finished quietly but firmly. “And that’s all I am.”Clara sighed heavily. “You say that like it protects y
The Billionaire's Caregiver CHAPTER 17 — Lines of Power
The elevator doors opened with the quiet sigh of old wealth, releasing Valentina into the polished foyer of her parents’ penthouse high above Milan. Alicia Moretti opened the door before Valentina could knock. Her expression was composed, elegant, and cold enough to chill champagne.“You’re late,” she said.“I was followed by paparazzi,” Valentina replied, stepping inside. “It’s chaos out there.”“Well, good,” Alicia murmured. “Chaos is clarifying.”Inside, her father sat near the window, a drink balanced loosely in his hand as he watched the skyline burn beneath the setting sun. Maurice Moretti didn’t look up immediately; when he did, his gaze was sharp and knowing.“So,” he said at last. “You’ve lost control of the story.”Valentina’s jaw tightened. “Leo is letting this get out of hand.”“No,” Maurice corrected, his tone calm and cutting. “You let it. Public relationships survive on narrative, not emotion. You know that.”Alicia took her place on the sofa opposite him. “This caregi
The Billionaire's Caregiver CHAPTER 16 — The Boardroom Lie (cont'd)
The echo of the closing doors lingered long after everyone left. The silence that followed was thick not peaceful, but charged.Maya remained seated, trying to steady her pulse. She didn’t know whether to be relieved or terrified. Leo had just defied his father, destroyed his engagement, and defended her, all in one breath.Leo leaned back in his chair, exhaling slowly. “You should get some rest,” he said, his voice quieter now. “I’ll handle the fallout.”She wanted to argue, to ask what would happen next, but the exhaustion in his eyes stopped her. Instead, she nodded and left the conference room quietly, her thoughts still spinning.Later that afternoon, Maya had barely stepped into the hallway when Antonio approached, looking uneasy.“Miss Sullivan,” he said carefully. “Ms. Valentina asked to see you before she leaves.”Maya froze. “She… what?”“She insisted.”Maya hesitated, then squared her shoulders. “All right. Where?”“The east veranda.”Antonio gave her a sympathetic look. “B
The Billionaire's Caregiver CHAPTER 15 — THE BOARDROOM LIE
The storm had broken sometime before dawn, but the tension it left behind was thicker than the clouds. The mansion was unnaturally quiet, the kind of quiet that meant everyone was waiting for something to explode.Maya hadn’t slept. Every time she closed her eyes, the headlines came back — her face next to Leo’s, the comments, the lies. She could still feel the weight of that camera flash like it had burned through her skin.At 9 a.m., Antonio knocked softly on her door.“Mr. D’Angelo wants you in the conference room.”She hesitated. “You mean Mr. Lorenzo? Is it about the article?”His expression gave the answer before his words did. “Yes and it’s about everything.”Leo was already there, seated at the head of the long table, hands clasped tightly in his lap. His expression was unreadable, but his jaw was set like stone.Valentina sat to his left, perfectly composed, scrolling her phone as though she owned the air in the room. Across from them were two lawyers. And at the far end stoo
The Billionaire's Caregiver CHAPTER 14 — VALENTINA RETURNS
MAYA RETURNS TO THE MANSIONMaya stepped back into the foyer, clutching her bag a little tighter than usual. She tried to act normal — as if she hadn’t just walked through a gauntlet of flashing lenses — but the moment she saw Leo waiting near the staircase, her breath caught.“Maya.”Just her name. Low, calm… too calm.She swallowed. “You… heard.”“I saw,” he corrected.Her stomach dropped. “Leo, I didn’t want it to become a thing. They were just being annoying.”His jaw flexed. “Annoying is a mosquito. Two grown men following you down the street with cameras is not annoying.”She set her bag down. “I handled it.”“That’s not the point.”“Then what is?” she asked quietly.He drew in a slow breath, as if controlling himself took effort. “You walked out of this house alone — and they tried to drag you into my world. You could’ve been shoved, scared, cornered—”“I wasn’t.”“You could have been,” he said, his voice catching slightly on the last word.That was when she understood. This wa
The Billionaire's Caregiver CHAPTER 13 — SHADOWS AT THE GATE
Maya only meant to step out for a few minutes. After finishing Leo’s mid-afternoon therapy session, she’d double-checked his meds, made sure he was comfortable, and told Antonio she’d be right back. It was supposed to be a quick errand, nothing more — a short walk to clear her head and buy a few essentials.Antonio offered a driver, but she refused politely. She didn’t want to lose the small pieces of normal life she still had. So, she left through the side gate quietly, her bag slung over her shoulder, her thoughts still half with Leo and half with the mundane list of things she needed.At first, everything seemed ordinary. The air was calm, the street quiet, a few cars parked along the curb.Then, to her left, a man leaning against a motorbike lowered his phone too quickly. His eyes darted away like a guilty reflex. Maya’s steps slowed for half a second before she forced herself to keep walking.Across the street, another man lifted what looked like a water bottle — until she caught
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