Todos os capítulos de Alluring Mr. Billionaire : Capítulo 31 - Capítulo 40

Alex:The driver didn’t lose her. He was watching her like a hawk ready for its prey.The problem was that she chose to lose me, and she was the one who was choosing to push me away.“She declined your call, sir,” Thomas informed me quietly. “And then powered the device off. Do you want me to send for her? Her phone might have lost connection or her battery ran out.”“You will leave it as it is.” I said, choosing to ignore the rage that I felt building in me. The rage that was eating me from the inside as I knew what she was trying to do. Because Meghan’s phone was always charged, if not, she had her power bank with her.She deliberately turned her phone off.“You can leave,” I said, looking away from Thomas who I knew was waiting for my next order.“Yes, sir.” He said, understanding that I was in no mood to argue right now. She had crossed a line and now she was playing with a fire that was bigger than she is ever going to be.The clock ticked louder than usual. Every passing minute

Alex:The hotel garden was quieter than the lobby. There was less polished marble. More gravel paths and trimmed hedges. The faint scent of watered grass and morning sun warming stone.I let her walk beside me without speaking at first. She was careful. Every time my cane tapped forward, I could feel her attention shift slightly, her hand hovering half an inch closer than necessary, her steps adjusting instinctively to mine, and though I couldn’t see her, I could tell that she was doing her best to keep me safe.She knew I could navigate on my own, she had watched me do it a hundred times, and yet she still adjusted for me, she still protected me without realizing it.Even after last night.”“You don’t have to walk like that,” I said quietly. “You know that I can manage perfectly well.”“Like what?”“Like I might fall.”She hesitated. “I’m not.”“You are.” I said, looking down at her. For a second, I found myself imagining how she looked like, how she would be looking at me right now

Alex:I should have anticipated the shift the moment she stepped off the elevator behind me.The office had always reacted to my presence. Conversations softened. Chairs adjusted. Spines straightened. I had built that response over years, not through shouting, but through consistency. Through power. Through never allowing anyone to see uncertainty.Today, there was something else in the air.Curiosity.It moved like a current across the floor the second Meghan’s heels touched marble.I didn’t turn toward her. But I could hear the slight change in her breathing, the way she held herself steady, the quiet confidence she was forcing into her posture, and I could tell that she was ready for whatever outcome was going to come tonight.But I knew that she wasn’t nervous.She was bracing herself for what was to come.“Welcome back, boss. We are glad to see that you are here.” One of my older attendants, an HR agent, said, looking at me. I nodded at her, noticing that her eyes were fixed on M

Alex:I knew the moment she stepped back into the house.I had left a while earlier, leaving her to work fulltime until she enrolled fully in college to have her part time. She was going to need to be trained, and I knew that it was not going to happen with her working half day.I was already seated at the dining table when she entered the room. The maids moved quietly around us, placing dishes down with careful precision. The house no longer echoed like the cabin had. It carried structure now. Presence. Witnesses.She took her seat across from me, not saying a word.“How was your first day?” I asked calmly. “I heard about the few issues you had starting.”She hesitated just a fraction too long.“Fine.” She said calmly. “I managed the issues eventually. I just needed to understand the concept.”I rested my hands on the table.“Fine,” I repeated.“Yes.”The word came firmer this time.I let the silence stretch.She hated silence when she felt cornered.“I heard you rearranged three mee

Meghan:I had just finished brushing my hair when I heard the knock.Not loud.Not hesitant either.Just two quiet taps against the door.I already knew who it was.“Come in,” I said. And the fact that he knocked the door only told me that he was trying not to startle me.The door opened slowly, and Alex stepped inside. The hallway light framed him for a second before the door closed behind him. His cane tapped lightly against the floor as he moved further into the room, the sound familiar now in a way it hadn’t been months ago.I watched him carefully.There was something different about him tonight.I just couldn’t put my finger on it.“You’re still awake,” he said. “I didn’t expect you to be, given the long day that you had.”“I was about to sleep.” I said, raising an eyebrow. “But even so, you still knocked on the door. You clearly were hoping that I would be awake.”He nodded slightly, then moved forward until the edge of the bed brushed the back of his legs. His hand found the m