All Chapters of One Night Stand with the Secret Billionaire: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

The party was a masterpiece of gold and glass... but for Ophelia, the air had suddenly turned to ice. She stood at the edge of the lawn... her heart hammering against her ribs as she stared at the raw... blood-red crystal in her hand. Across the garden... the elite of California were laughing... their champagne flutes catching the golden glow of the chandeliers.At the center of it all were Lucas and Selene. They looked like the perfect couple... a king and his queen finally back on their throne. Lucas looked powerful... his hand resting possessively on Selene’s waist... while Selene looked beautiful in a dress that shimmered like liquid sun. To the world... they were the ultimate success story.But as Lucas’s eyes met Ophelia’s from across the grass... his smile vanished. He didn't look at her face... he looked at her closed fist. In that single sharp moment... the mask of the perfect protector slipped. He knew she had seen the woman in red.Ophelia didn't wait for an explanation. Sh

The drive back to the estate was fast. She needed to be back in the light. When she stepped back into the exhibition pavilion, the music was playing a soft... romantic violin piece. Ophelia stood at the edge of the crowd, her breath hitching as she spotted him.Lucas and Selene were standing by the display. They weren’t talking to anyone else. Lucas was looking at Selene with a gaze so soft... so incredibly tender... it felt like a sin to watch. He had one hand resting lightly on the small of her back, while the other reached up to tuck a stray lock of hair behind her ear. He murmured something, and Selene threw her head back and laughed... a bright, beautiful sound that lit up the room.Ophelia stayed in the shadows, unable to move. She watched as Lucas leaned in, his forehead resting against Selene’s for a brief, intimate second. The way he looked at his wife... with that fierce, protective devotion... made Ophelia’s heart ache in a way she didn’t expect.He really is charming, she

The drive home was quiet... but the air inside the SUV was charged with a heavy, thick energy that had not been there in months. Now that the pressure of the partnership was behind them... Lucas seemed unable to keep his hands off his wife. As soon as the elevator doors to their penthouse hissed shut... he didn’t even wait for the lights to come on. He pulled Selene into his arms, his movements urgent and filled with a raw, masculine hunger.His touch was different tonight... hungrier... deeper. His large hands moved over her body with a possessive heat... sliding under her silk blouse to find the soft, warm weight of her breasts. He cupped her with a firm... desperate pressure... his thumbs grazing her skin in a way that made Selene’s breath hitch in a sharp, jagged gasp. Selene gasped... her head falling back as she felt the familiar... powerful rhythm of his heart beating against her own.“Lucas...” she whispered... her voice a broken thread of sound.“I’ve missed you,” he murmured

The blue light of the security screens filled the small room... but the coldness of the machines was quickly drowned out by the heat rising between Lucas and Selene. The proof was right there in front of them... the truth was out... and the wall that had almost ruined them had crumbled into dust.Lucas didn’t wait for her to say another word. He stepped forward... his large hands holding her face with a strong... desperate grip. He leaned down and kissed her in a way that was worlds away from the one Ophelia had tried to steal. This was a kiss that said she belonged to him... a kiss of pure relief and a deep... hungry need.He kissed her so wetly... so deeply... that Selene felt her knees go weak. The slick... hot feeling of his tongue against hers sent a shock through her entire body. A sudden... heavy wetness pooled between her thighs... a physical reaction to how much she wanted him. She felt herself let go completely... her body becoming soft against the hard muscles of his chest.

The morning air was thick and heavy... a storm of words still hanging over the penthouse after Ophelia had slammed the door. Selene stood in the center of the room... her hands trembling as the echoes of Ophelia’s threats played over and over in her mind. She felt a deep... cold fear that she couldn’t shake... a fear that her home was no longer the safe place it used to be.When Lucas stepped into the room... his face was like stone. He had heard the door slam... he had felt the shift in the air. He walked over to Selene... his large hands reaching out to steady her... but for the first time... she felt a small... sharp distance between them. It wasn’t that he didn’t love her... it was that his mind was already moving toward the war he had to fight at work.“She’s gone... Lucas...” Selene whispered... her eyes red from the tears she had shed. “She admitted it. She stood right there and told me she wanted you. She said she was coming for you. How can someone we trusted be so heartless