Semua Bab I PAID A BILLIONAIRE FOR A NIGHT : Bab 21 - Bab 30

Chapter 21.Blake's pov I pushed into Danielle’s office without slowing, the door swung open hard enough to make the conversation inside die instantly. A couple of people froze where they stood. Some stopped mid-sentence or mid-step, like they’d been caught doing something they already knew was wrong. I didn’t look at them for long because my eyes went straight to her.“Out!" I said, “All of you get you!”Someone tried to say my name like it might calm me down. It didn’t of course but I didn’t raise my voice or repeat myself. Danielle finally waved them off like they were an inconvenience. One by one, they left, the door closing behind them. I took a few steps forward and stopped, keeping distance on purpose. “You’ve lost your mind," I said. “And you know exactly why I’m here!"She leaned back against her desk with her arms folded and her chin lifting to meet my gaze, “I hate you, Blake," she said immediately, like she’d been holding it in all day and finally didn’t have to. “I ha

Chapter 23Blake’s POVThe past week has been very chaotic for me. I did not tell my family about what happened at the workshop, but somehow they found out about it, and I knew who was responsible for that – Danielle. Trying to convince my parents that I had everything under control while attending numerous board meetings and also managing the team was enough to drive even the best of men insane, but somehow I was able to pull it off and now we had just two days left until the Grand Prix, and every second mattered.Still, for the first time since I bought this damned team, I wasn’t anxious, I was curious. I've been too busy to visit the workshop so I had no idea what Arya and her team were working on, but for some reason I had enough faith in her ability to pull it off and I was curious to see what she had accomplished in this little time.Arya… she was a fascinating woman, and if I didn't have so much on my plate…. The knock on my door brought me out of my thoughts which was a good

Chapter 25Arya’s POVI sat on the edge of the bed with the tray balanced on my lap, steam rising slowly from the bowl after Blake’s footsteps had faded down the hallway minutes ago, the door clicking shut behind him, leaving the room quiet again.I slowly sipped on the broth, still surprised at how good it was. I guess I underestimated Blake's ability to cook, even if he said it was just ramen he could make, this was really good.At first, everything was fine, but as I took another bite, my throat tightened and a sudden wave of nausea climbed up my chest.Ugh…why now? It was probably exhaustion from stress and lack of sleep, but this was my first proper meal in a week and I wanted to savor it.I forced another bite into my mouth and regretted it immediately. The taste barely registered before my stomach rebelled completely. I slapped the tray down and shot off the bed and barely made it to the bathroom before retching violently into the toilet as my entire body shook.“No,” I muttere

Chapter 27Blake’s POVThe garage smelled like fuel and melted rubber, but it was a smell I had grown accustomed to over the past few weeks. The race venue buzzed with restrained chaos as teams unloaded their equipment, engineers barked instructions, drivers paced up and down like caged animals, and mechanics tightening bolts and double checking everything to make sure that there were no lose screws. After all, one missed thing could lead to failure, an accident, or worse.I stood just outside our designated garage bay with my hands in my pockets and my eyes trained on the entrance where the team bus was supposed to arrive, but they were nowhere to be found.“What the fuck is taking them so long?” I muttered to myself, trying to control my anger as I checked my watch for the third time in under a minute, irritation coiling in my chest. The Grand Prix wasn’t some casual event you strolled into whenever you felt like it, timing and presence mattered especially with people looking at us

Chapter 29Arya’s POVDerek exhaled shakily, lifted a hand to his face, and when he looked up again, his eyes were red, glassy, wet with tears that I know are not real, but it seemed like everyone else was falling for it.“I didn’t want it to come to this, God knows I tried to handle this privately, to protect the family name, to protect my wife, even when I found out the truth.”My heart was pounding violently as I stared at him, my mind screaming that this can’t be happening, that no one could possibly believe such an obvious lie, but when I glanced around the room, I saw that they were believing him.“A while ago, I discovered that Arya, as a shareholder through the shares she received after marrying into this family, had begun an embezzling scheme. She created multiple slush fund accounts abroad and was slowly draining company resources.”“That’s a lie…I’ve never…Derek, stop this, please.”“I confronted her about it,” he went on instead, ignoring me. “I begged her to come clean, t