Trading My Cheating Husband for a Billionaire Tycoon의 모든 챕터: 챕터 31 - 챕터 40

Nick’s heart nearly stopped.He… he knew?Henry actually knew that he had lured Jennie Lawson to the botanical garden.In an instant, whatever courage Nick had scraped together with dreams of shares vanished without a trace.Of course. Trying to outsmart Henry was nothing short of suicide. It was like showing off tricks in front of a god.Cold sweat soaked straight through the back of his shirt. Nick hurriedly confessed, panic spilling out of him.“Uncle, I was wrong! I shouldn’t have acted on my own. I—I…”Henry’s bottomless dark eyes fixed on him, carrying a suffocating pressure.“Did she go?”Nick jolted, swallowed hard, and nodded frantically like a pecking chick.“She—she did! If we go by the timing, she should be arriving any minute now!”Henry’s gaze dropped back to the documents in front of him.“Understood. You can leave.”…That was it?Nick was stunned.Then relief crashed over him like a wave. He didn’t dare waste a second. Scrambling to his feet, he backed away,

After walking a short distance with Director Leedon, Jennie ran into two men approaching from the main entrance.Henry wore a perfectly tailored black suit. His stride was steady, controlled, carrying a pressure that felt innate rather than imposed.The air itself seemed to still the moment he appeared.Jennie instinctively clenched her fingers.She had already braced herself, but the man merely glanced at her—cool, indifferent.“Oh! Miss Lawson? What a coincidence!”Nick Jonas looked genuinely, almost innocently surprised, as if he had only just noticed her.“What are you doing here too?”Only then did Jennie notice Nick walking slightly behind and to the side of Henry.Before she could respond, Nick smoothly added, “We came to check on a new cultivation project in the reserve. Didn’t expect to run into you here.”Jennie lifted her eyes to Henry, searching his face for even the faintest hint of emotion.That strikingly handsome face remained calm and distant, revealing noth

Splash—The instant the switches were flipped, dozens of concealed sprinklers embedded in the greenhouse dome roared to life.Without warning, dense streams of water poured down, weaving into a massive curtain of rain.Jennie had been focused on the vein patterns of a mutant orchid leaf, her thoughts still deep in analysis, when the sudden cold shock made her gasp instinctively.She looked up.Fine droplets clung to her lashes, blurring her vision almost instantly.The water was freezing.A chill ran through her body. She hugged her arms around herself, shoulders instinctively drawing inward. Her brows knit slightly as she squinted, long lashes trembling under the weight of glittering droplets, each one threatening to fall.She looked like a butterfly caught in a sudden storm.And cruelly enough, the sunlight was blazing.Light pierced through the icy rain, scattering into countless shards of brilliance. Each falling droplet caught the glow, turning into something that sparkl

Henry’s voice was low and steady. “It’s clean. Dry your hair properly, or you’ll catch a cold.”Jennie almost had no choice but to keep her head lowered. If she lifted her gaze even a fraction, she would meet his eyes.So she looked down.And immediately regretted it.His toned abdomen was right there in front of her, completely unobstructed. Clean lines. Solid muscle. And those faint, intersecting marks—intimate and unmistakable—stood out all the more starkly against his skin.Her heart felt like it was about to leap out of her chest.Henry caught every subtle reaction.His gaze drifted downward.A bead of water slipped from her chin, traced the curve of her neck, and disappeared beneath the jacket draped around her shoulders.Unbidden, the image from the greenhouse flashed through his mind.He had seen it clearly.His Adam’s apple bobbed once.Without letting anything show, he suppressed the heat rising in his chest, straightened, and stepped back half a pace—casual, cont

His accusation left her completely speechless.Jennie lowered her eyes, unable to look at the injury wrapped around her grandmother’s head.“I… I went to the botanical garden.”“The botanical garden?” William let out a short, incredulous laugh, anger flashing in his eyes. “Jennie, have you lost your mind? Are those stupid plants really more important than your grandmother’s life?”He stepped closer, his gaze burning into her without restraint. “Did you think about the consequences at all? You’re an adult, Jennie. Do you seriously not know what should come first?”This time, she had no excuse.No matter the reason, leaving her unwell grandmother alone in the hotel was an undeniable mistake.Her lips parted, but in the end, all she could manage was a weak, hollow apology.“…I’m sorry.”“William, don’t scold Jennie,” Rosie said weakly from the hospital bed, struggling to sit up. “It was my own carelessness. This has nothing to do with her. She went out for work…”Her grandmother’s