All Chapters of The Billionaire’s accidental muse: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

ElliottThe place was quiet. Not the eerie kind of silence, but the sort that makes you pause, glance behind you, and wonder what secrets hide in stillness.I stood by the window, watching the trees outside sway like dancers moving to music only they could hear. It had been three days since I agreed to Damien’s proposal. Though one major reason I accepted was to invest in the rumor people had gathered against him. Maybe he was never what he was assumed to be.So it was three days of polished floors, soft-footed maids, and silent men in tailored suits who barely acknowledged me. Three days of learning that, no matter how many people worked here, Damien himself remained a puzzle I couldn’t stop studying. He wasn’t cold, not exactly. Polite, always. Controlled. Like everything he said had been pre-approved. Like nothing about him was unintentional. But that was totally different from how he treats others. He was known so well for his ruthless face. No smile. Just eye contact. He har

Elliott’s POVI didn’t sleep that night. After Damien’s offer—no, his proposal…I tossed in bed with the weight of it crushing me from all sides. I couldn’t get it out of my head. The way he said it, like it was a simple business deal, like it wasn’t going to change everything for me. But it would. My body kept replaying that moment in the studio. The way his fingers had brushed my skin, the intensity in his eyes like I was something more than just a name on his payroll. We almost kissed. In a way that was too close.Too Intimate. Too terrifying.And then, like a slap to reality, his phone rang. Celeste. His ex-fiancée. The name alone was a wake-up call. He wasn’t asking me to be his friend. Or his lover. He was asking me to fill a role—a fake boyfriend. One that would distract the press, shield his reputation, and calm the boardroom storms that brewed around rumors. Because those rumors weren’t just whispers anymore. They were headlines. Damien Whitlock, the billionaire bachelor wh