All Chapters of One Night With The Billionaire: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

BEEP!The security alarm echoed once more through the mansion.Lucas's relaxed posture vanished instantly.His eyes sharpened."Stay here," he ordered.Without waiting for Vivian's response, he strode toward the security control room.Vivian's heart pounded.The staff members who had been cleaning the hallway moments ago suddenly became restless. Guards hurried past her with earpieces, speaking into walkie-talkies."What happened?" one maid whispered."I don't know," another answered nervously.Vivian wrapped her arms around herself. She had only arrived a few hours ago. How could trouble have followed her here already?Inside the security room, several monitors displayed every corner of the mansion. The chief of security looked uneasy."Sir...""What triggered the alarm?" Lucas demanded.The guard rewound the footage. Everyone stared at the screen.A shadowy figure appeared briefly near the western fence before disappearing behind thick hedges.Lucas narrowed his eyes. "Zoom in."The

Breakfast felt like a punishment designed by fate.Vivian sat at the far end of the long dining table in the mansion, her fingers wrapped tightly around a cup of tea she hadn’t touched. The air felt heavier than usual - not because of the size of the house, but because of what had happened less than an hour ago.Lucas had walked in on her changing. And for exactly three seconds, neither of them had spoken.Now he sat across from her, dressed in a crisp black shirt, sleeves rolled up like he hadn’t just seen something he wasn’t supposed to see. Like her panic hadn’t briefly frozen the entire room.Evelyn, Lucas’s mother, hummed softly as she poured juice into a glass, pretending she didn’t notice the tension thick enough to choke on. Jane stood quietly near the counter, tablet in hand, doing her best to look invisible.But Vivian could feel it.Every time Lucas lifted his eyes, they landed on her for half a second too long before shifting away again. Like his mind kept replaying the mo

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

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

"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