Semua Bab The Billionaire's Secret: A Nasty Web of Lies: Bab 101 - Bab 110

Lena sat with her arms wrapped around herself, staring down at the table and avoiding everyone's eyes.Everyone was now seated around the table with the only person standing Tessa who seemed to have made Helena call Adrian and was now waiting for him to arrive.They'd just witnessed Cecil bundled into the police van to be locked up for the rest of her life. And they were all kind of shaken.'That could have been you,' a voice whispered, making Lena shudder a bit."Hey, are you okay?" Thane, who was sitting beside her, asked, his voice filled with concern. Lena just tucked her hair behind her ear and avoided his gaze. "I'm fine." She whispered back, as if scared to break the silence in the room."Are you sure it's here-" Mira started, but froze when everyone's heads turned toward her and Adrian, who had just walked in."What the hell?" Adrian said, his eyes locked on Tessa. "Is that a ghost? Am I seeing ghosts now, Adrian?" Mira asked, panic creeping into her voice.They both refused

"Here's another one." Sandy announced with a smile as she walked into the living room bearing two more bouquets of flowers which were tagged, and a card.Lena didn't even flinch. She just kept her eyes on the magazine she was absentmindedly reading and flipped to another page."Did you have them checked?" Her voice was dry and uninterested. Sandy dropped them on the large table in the middle of the living room. Along with the rest of the bouquet and baskets of teas and chocolates, with almost all reading "Get well soon" and the rest having long messages which Lena knew she wasn't going to read."Yes. Daniel had them checked." Sandy replied, referring to the security guard. "Do you want me to take them somewhere else? They seem to be everywhere, and more is yet to come." She asked after a while.Lena finally put down the magazine and stared at the pile of gifts from her workers and some other people she might not know.It'd been days since the entire incident with Tessa, and Lena hadn

Lena tilted her head. "Seriously? You wanted to talk to me so you climbed in through my windows and ran around my halls like some rodent all while breaking stuff?""I knew you wouldn't let me in if I came during the day. So I snuck in, climbed in through your window and was searching for your room. When I..." his voice trailed off and he looked away.Lena stepped closer, her arms still folded. "When you what?" Thane bit his inner cheek. "When you what, Thane?""I wanted to take a leak, but I didn't find the bathroom in time."Lena let out a snort first, then burst into a fit of laughter before she could stop herself. She held her stomach as doubled over, her mind playing an imagined scene.Thane smiled in embarrassment, his gaze dropping to her crouched figure on the floor. "And when I eventually found it, I had a lamp smashed on my head." That only made Lena laugh even more. "I was there for that part." She managed to say, in between laughs. Thane watched her laugh, trying to rem

"I ordered four. How on earth is there just one?" Lena yelled into the phone, which she held between her shoulder and ear as both her hands were occupied.She held open her bag with one hand while the other picked up things from her table and stuffed them inside.Suddenly she paused from putting in a large diary and frowned. "Oh my god, Renee. Call the company immediately I drop this call alright? For goodnes's sake, this event is in less than a week and I have nothing ready." She said, her voice laced with frustration.A low rumble stirred in her stomach as she zipped up the bag and shifted the phone to her other ear."You know what? I'll be right there. Just do what I've told you and wait for me, alright?" She ended the call with a sharp tap, tossed the phone on the bed, and slapped her palm against her forehead, a frustrated groan escaping her lips.This preparation had been ongoing for a week now and in just two days, it was like they were starting the entire decoration process o

For a moment, Lena had forgotten her anxiety as she spoke with Alex. But now hearing the announcer's voice echo from the speakers, a shiver ran down her spine, robbing her face of her smile."Are you okay?" Alex asked, concern laced in her voice.Lena took a breath, trying to steady herself. Then she forced a smile. "I'm fine. I'm just..." she swallowed. "Just a little freaked out, that's all."Renee stepped forward almost immediately. "Ma'am, we have to go." There was a frown on Alex's face as she cupped Lena's shoulders. "You'll do great, okay?" She pulled her into a hug, and Lena returned it, blowing off a bit of the pressure.They broke the hug, and Lena waved before following Renee towards the backstage door.As soon as she walked in, Darius walked out onto the stage. "Already?" Lena said with a frown, her palms becoming clammy. "Easy there, Lena."Lena turned just in time to see Marie walk in through the door. Lena's cheeks warmed instantly, and she took a step toward Marie.