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Chapter Thirty-Nine

作者: Whitney Drake
last update 公開日: 2026-06-16 17:00:07

The private subway doors slid shut behind me with a soft hiss.

A moment later, the train began moving.

I settled into the empty compartment, smoothing my hands over the crimson fabric of my dress while the city Luca had built beneath the city everyone knew carried me away through the darkness.

The first time I had stepped onto one of these trains, I had been terrified.

Now, I found myself smiling.

Which probably said something deeply concerning about my life

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  • The Billionaire's Showgirl   Chapter Forty-Nine

    The host's voice echoed through the speakers."And next up..."My stomach tightened."...Sienna Hart."The room applauded politely.I considered pretending I hadn't heard my name.Unfortunately, several hundred people had heard it.Including Luca.Especially Luca.I turned toward him one final time, hoping for mercy.The man merely lifted his glass and gestured toward the stage.The traitor.I rose from the booth on unsteady legs and made my way through the crowd while every terrible possibility imaginable marched through my head. The casino lights suddenly seemed brighter than they had a few moments ago, the stage larger, the microphone more threatening.By the time I reached center stage, I was already planning my funeral.The host handed me the microphone.The opening notes of the song began.Then realization hit.My eyes narrowed.Of course.Of course he had chosen this song.The lyrics belonged to a classic country hit about a woman carrying on a secret relationship behind her hu

  • The Billionaire's Showgirl   Chapter Forty-Eight

    Sienna had never been particularly good at waiting.Unfortunately, waiting was all she had been doing since Luca dropped her off at the villa.Waiting for a phone call.Waiting for news from Beth.Waiting to hear whether Hannah had somehow managed to destroy the entire production in a single weekend.Most of all, waiting to discover what exactly Luca Moretti considered an appropriate punishment.That last thought had occupied far more of her attention than she cared to admit.The villa felt unusually quiet that afternoon. Sunlight spilled through the tall windows overlooking the private courtyard, illuminating untouched cups of coffee and a book she had attempted to read three separate times without making it past the same page.Every time she tried to focus, her thoughts returned to Luca.His anger.His disappointment.The quiet way he had said, You used me.A knot tightened in her stomach.The worst part was that he hadn't entirely been wrong.She had used him.Not maliciously.Not

  • The Billionaire's Showgirl   Chapter Forty-Seven

    The hurt in Luca's eyes frightened me far more than his anger ever had.Because anger I understood.Anger shouted.Anger slammed doors.Anger made threats.But disappointment?Disappointment simply stood there in expensive Italian shoes and looked at you as though you had broken something precious.And somehow that felt infinitely worse."Luca," I said quietly, taking a cautious step toward him. "I wasn't trying to use you."His expression didn't change."Then explain it to me."The words were spoken softly.Too softly."Explain why every person in this city knew what was happening except me.""I was trying to protect you."His laugh was bitter."Protect me?""Yes."I folded my arms around myself and fought to keep my voice steady. "Hannah's father is essential to Zenith Springs. Their hotels are important. Their money is important. Their support is important

  • The Billionaire's Showgirl   Chapter Forty-Six

    I could tell that the curtain rose. The murmur of the audience and the shuffle of the actors stopped.And suddenly, backstage became quiet.Not completely silent, because nothing inside The Cashmere Crown Theater was ever truly silent, but the chaotic energy that had consumed the building for hours seemed to disappear all at once. The shouting stage managers, the nervous dancers pacing the hallways, the makeup artists making last-minute adjustments, and even Hannah's endless voice all faded into the distance as the opening notes of Angels and Demons echoed through the speakers.The show had begun.And for the first time all evening, I had absolutely nothing to do.I sat alone inside my dressing room.The costume rack stood untouched in the corner. My makeup lights illuminated the mirror in front of me. A vase of fresh lilies—today's gift from Luca—rested beside a half-finished latte and a box of macarons he had sent that mo

  • The Billionaire's Showgirl   Chapter Forty-Five

    The rest of the week passed with a strange sort of peace, and I wasn't entirely sure what to do with it.For the first time since arriving at The Cashmere Crown, my life wasn't consumed by rehearsals, emergencies, gunfire, marriage contracts, or impossible decisions. Jake honored our arrangement and kept my absence quiet, while I spent the next several days inside my villa enjoying something I had almost forgotten existed.Rest.It felt surprisingly luxurious.Most mornings began with flowers.Not one arrangement.A different arrangement.Every single day.On Monday, pale pink lilies arrived with no card because none was necessary. On Tuesday, someone delivered white peonies and coffee from my favorite café before I had even climbed out of bed. Wednesday brought chocolate chip cookies still warm enough to melt in my hands. Thursday came with a bouquet of sunflowers and an assortment of pastries that probably cost more th

  • The Billionaire's Showgirl   Chapter Forty-Four

    The sight of Jake Prescott falling to his knees in the middle of my dressing room was so unexpected that for several long seconds, my brain simply refused to process what I was seeing.The man looked utterly devastated.Not embarrassed.Not awkward.Devastated.His eyes were red, his hair looked as though he had been dragging his fingers through it for hours, and the expression on his face carried the kind of anguish that didn't come from losing sleep. It came from losing pieces of yourself.Beside me, Beth blinked twice.Then she whispered, completely horrified, "Should I leave, or is this some weird director thing?"Jake looked up."Miss Donovan, I assure you, I have never done this before.""Good," Beth answered immediately. "Because I don't think my insurance covers emotional trauma."Under different circumstances, I might have laughed.Instead, I found myself staring."Jake."His h

  • The Billionaire's Showgirl   Chapter Forty-Three

    Morning arrived far too quickly.One moment I was asleep beneath a blanket beside a dying fire, wrapped around the most dangerous man in Las Vegas, and the next I was waking slowly to the gentle rhythm of his breathing beneath my cheek and the golden rays of sunrise spilling across the sui

  • The Billionaire's Showgirl   Chapter Forty-Two

    The elevator ride upward was conducted in complete silence.Not awkward silence.Not uncomfortable silence.Just quiet.The kind of quiet that settled between two people after laughter and dancing and too much wine, when words no longer seemed entirely necessary.

  • The Billionaire's Showgirl   Chapter Two

    "Why is this girl on the ground?"Luca's voice lowered into something dark and lethal. He didn't raise his voice, and somehow that made it worse."Just like you, she's a buzz kill." The blonde-haired man was drunk. Even from the ground, I could smell the alcohol oozing off his skin. "So you did

  • The Billionaire's Showgirl   Chapter One

    I adjusted the rhinestones in my costume and reminded myself that rich people were human too.They laugh. They cry. They spend a thousand dollars an hour hiring a nobody Vegas showgirl like me for private performancesNo, not that kind of show.This was a scripted set our director reserved for hi

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