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CHAPTER SIXTY THREE
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The Billionaire’s Masked Obsession CHAPTER SIXTY THREE
CORINNE“The crew are headed back to New York. You wanna join them?” he asked, coming to stand beside me.I didn’t even think before replying. “And miss out on watching you bawl your heartbreak out? No way in hell.”The words left my mouth and—Oh my God.Out of everything I could’ve said…I chose that?This is a man who just found out his entire marriage might have been built on lies, but my own internal defense mechanisms decided that now is the perfect time to misfire.And while my situation with Nathan was nowhere near that deep—I at least hadn’t signed a marriage license with the scum—I don’t have enough strength to deal with my own mess, let alone his.“Good to know you’re happy to feed off my misery,” he said, his face a chilling mask of indifference that made my stomach twist with guilt.He turned and headed toward the house, and I trailed behind him like a remorseful virgin ghost.This place is…insane. The house sat right above the water, all wood and glass and stone, like it
The Billionaire’s Masked Obsession CHAPTER SIXTY TWO
LUCIANI don’t know what I’m thinking, but the thought of going back to the Brooklyn right now was physically revolting. There are traces of Elena in my house that I can’t bear to be around and if I decide to go to my parents’, Mom will notice and she’ll hound me for explanations I don’t have the energy nor answers to give.I needed silence and space to let the noise in my head die down, and somehow I don’t mind that Corinne is beside me like a silent witness to my ruin.“Let’s go to Aurelia Isle instead.”“Sir…?” the captain asked with slight uncertainty, like he wasn’t expecting the sudden detour.Me too; I wasn’t expecting the detour.I kept my eyes on the horizon outside the tarmac. “How long will it take?”He checked his tablet, fingers flying over the flight management system. “We’ll need an extra forty-five minutes to reroute and clear airspace, but once the tower clears us, we’ll be good to go.”“Get to it then.”He nodded and retreated to the cockpit. As I climbed the stairs
The Billionaire’s Masked Obsession CHAPTER SIXTY ONE
LUCIANOn the flight here, I had the whole thing mapped out in my head.I’llmeet the source, grill them about Nathan, poke into the hidden accounts and then crush everyone involvedin this scheme.That was the plan or rather, that had been the plan.The first problem I met was Corinne.Finding her heretripped me up. If I’m guessing right, she’s either part of whatever this was and came to cover their tracks, or she somehow got ahead of me and followed the lead on her own.Neither option worked in her favor.So I decided to make her sit through the meeting, hoping that watching me tear the truth out of the
The Billionaire’s Masked Obsession CHAPTER SIXTY
CORINNEThis is it.This is the absolute end of the line.Because the way Lucian is looking at me right now… there’s no version of this where I’ll get to walk away unscathed. Or without my cover blown.I cursed Maya silently. She’d assured me that the email trail was wiped from his servers, so there’ll be no way for him to find out. So much for trusting mere technology when faced with a devil.My grip tightened around the strap of my bag as he started to advance towards me.“I asked you a question,” he repeated, when he was within earshot. “What the hell are you doing here?”“I… I have some business here,” I hate the way my voice betrayed me as I stuttered out.Before I could think of anything better to fix the flimsy excuse, he closed the distance completely, backing me up until my shoulders hit the wall behind me. I quickly looked around, searching for an exit but there wasn’t one.With him caging me, I could feel the thrum of anger coming off him in waves.“The last thing
The Billionaire’s Masked Obsession CHAPTER FIFTY NINE
LUCIAN“Mum,” I groaned out.“I’m just saying,” she replied calmly while arranging desserts onto a tray like she has all the time in the world. “It’s very strange that you’re suddenly this secretive over someone.”Secretive.If she only knew.We are still circling the same topic we’ve been stuck on for the past ten minutes—my so-called date. I wonder how this conversation would shift if I tell her the truth. If I tell her that the mysterious woman she’s so curious about was actually someone I had paid to be my wife for six months.That would go over well.“And like I told you earlier,” I said, leaning back against the kitchen counter, “you’ll have to wait until Matt’s wedding to meet her.”She glanced at me over her shoulder. “Why?”“Because you’ll likely scare her off with all the interrogation and prodding. I’m doing you both a favor.”She clutched a silver spoon to her chest. “I most certainly will not. I am perfectly capable of being a gracious host.”I laughed. “Have you actually
The Billionaire’s Masked Obsession CHAPTER FIFTY EIGHT
CORINNEI frowned as I forced my eyes open, my vision still blurry with sleep. “Lucian?”His hand, which had been hovering suspiciously close to my face, slowly dropped back to his side. He was watching me with a strange expression, something unreadable shifting across his features before it vanished almost immediately.What the hell?Was he about to strangle me in my sleep?I squinted at him, then glanced around the dim living room as awareness seeped in. When I tried to sit up, the weight on my body stopped me and I looked down to find the twins fast asleep on me.Oh…We had eaten early, then migrated to the living room where all three of us passed out mid-cartoon.“What are you doing down here?” he asked, his voice laced with that infuriating hateful feeling.I rolled my eyes slightly and adjusted Eli’s head so he wouldn’t slide off me.“We had an early dinner and they wanted to watch something,” I said quietly, then fixed him with a pointed look. “And can you lower your voice? It
The Billionaire’s Masked Obsession CHAPTER THIRTY TWO
LUCIAN“I still don’t believe this is a strategic move, sir,” Isaac’s voice crackled through the speakers of my laptop. Even through the compressed video feed, his skepticism was palpable.I ignored him and crossed the expanse of my office toward the mahogany mini-bar to pour myself a drink. I need
The Billionaire’s Masked Obsession CHAPTER THIRTY ONE
CORINNEI pushed a hand through my short, disheveled hair and tried pulling my emotions back together but my mind was spinning faster than I could think straight.“Who was that?” Benny’s voice came from behind me, tinged with curiosity and concern.I picked up the package and bouquet from the porch
The Billionaire’s Masked Obsession CHAPTER THIRTY
CORINNECity streets blurred past and cab lights reflected off the windows, but I haven’t been able to stop laughing the entire drive back to my apartment. The paper bag containing his shirt and that ridiculous file was tightly clutched in my hand even when my mind was completely tangled in him—Luc
The Billionaire’s Masked Obsession CHAPTER TWENTY NINE
NOWCORINNE“Well, princess,” his gaze raked over me with a slow-burn look that made my fingers dig deep into the expensive silk of the duvet. “Are you planning to stay buried in my bed all morning, or are you ready to get up?”My brain still feels trapped.Of all the places I could have woken up i
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