Semua Bab Beneath the billionaire shadows : Bab 1 - Bab 7

Chapter One Lena I only needed ten more minutes. Ten minutes before the manager would notice I was hiding behind the marble column in the lobby, pretending I worked here. It was the third hotel this month. I wasn’t stealing just borrowing the cool warmth, the Wi-Fi, and the chance to exist somewhere that didn’t smell like wet cardboard and diesel. Then he walked in. Tall. Dark suit. Sharp jaw. Every step like the floor adjusted for him. I ducked my head, pretending to type on the cracked screen of my phone, but my eyes flicked up again. I knew him. Kai Ashford. Billionaire. Tech genius. Tabloid nightmare. Also the man whose face was plastered all over the building I was squatting in last night. And now he was heading straight toward me. I suddenly start moving to and fro searching for God knows best “Excuse me,” he said, voice smooth but clipped. I looked up, trying not to choke on air. “Yes?” He raised a brow. “You work here?” Lie. Lie fast. “Yes. Front… desk trainin

Lena Pov “There’s a matching set of pajamas on the bed,” he said, already walking away. “Put them on.” “For what?He paused. Looked back. Smiled slow, devastating.“To match mine.” Then walked out of the room What the hell just happened?What's is going onAm I in a relationship or this is just a flingI love it I love the attention I love everything that's happening Before I realized I dressed up in the the silk pajamas it's fit like a second skinsoft, luxurious, and clearly expensive. I barely had time to take in the elegance of the room before he stepped in again, now dressed down in the matching black silk bottoms and a fitted tee that did absolutely nothing to hide how muscular he was. Kai Ashford wasn’t just handsome he was devastating. He looked at me for a beat too long before walking over. No words. Just a soft kiss pressed to my forehead I smiled for some reason it's feels refreshing before I could say anything he went to his side and climb the bed “Sleep well,”

The penthouse was quiet, the kind of silence that pressed against my ears, loud and suffocating in its stillness. Every tick of the clock echoed like a hammer in my chest. I stayed there all night, perched on the edge of the velvet couch, waiting for him to come back. The city lights spilled through the tall windows, casting long shadows across the marble floor, but the door never opened.I waited and waited.Night bled into morning, and still nothing. My bags remained packed, untouched in the corner, like silent witnesses to my uncertainty. They felt like an accusation, mocking me for clinging to hope. I hadn’t expected much, but I held onto it anyway, gripping the fragile thread as though it could anchor me to him.I wanted to call, to hear his voice just once, but the words caught in my throat every time I picked up the phone. What if he ignored me again? That's will hurt me more buts what's wrong with him,I am worried about him I told myself I didn’t want to be an inconvenience, t

Kai never knocked. He always walked straight in, like the penthouse was his second skin. I hesitated at the door, then opened it slowly.And there she was.An elegant elderly woman stood outside. Regal in posture, dressed in muted designer tones that whispered wealth, not screamed it. Her silver-streaked bun was so neat it could’ve been sculpted. She looked me over with a sharp, unreadable gaze. For a second, her expression flickered. As if seeing me standing in that penthouse doorway was wrong, offensive even.“Good afternoon ” I started, but she brushed past me without a word, her heels clicking softly on the marble floor.The scent of expensive perfume lingered behind the woman like a signature.She give the living room a 360 look before turning halfway, scanning me with a gaze that sliced through politeness. “Who are you?” Her voice was calm, but edged in sharp authority, The question wasn’t casual it was loaded.“I’m… Lena. I—uh—I stay here with Kai,”my answer was clumsy She did