All Chapters of Billionaire Boss? Nah, Just A Possessive Husband!: Chapter 301 - Chapter 310

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Chapter 301 Smooth Operator

‘I overheard one of them in the toilet earlier,’ Kai said. ‘On the phone. Couldn’t help catching some of it. He was talking about an investment. Half a billion, from the sound of it.’‘Wow.’‘Yeah. And that’s just one of them. If he’s talking about putting that kind of cash into Velos, no wonder the boss is handling this personally.’‘I see.’‘Jaclyn brought them in this morning. Arranged the whole thing, from what I gather.’‘Is she at lunch with them?’‘Yes.’I nodded.‘You okay?’ Kai asked.‘Yes. Why wouldn’t I be?’Kai just looked at me.‘I’m fine,’ I said again. ‘It’s just business. She brought in big potential investors. That’s good for the company. Good for all of us.’Kai nodded slowly. ‘If you need anything…’‘I know. Thanks, Kai.’I retreated to my office and spent the next two hours doing absolutely nothing productive.At half past three, a knock on my doorframe made me look up.Lochlan stood there, one hand resting on the frame. ‘Got a minute?’‘For you? Always.’ I waved hi

Chapter 302 No Hard Feelings

‘Why would it bother me?’‘Well.’ She spread her hands. ‘I’ll be working quite closely with Lochlan on the investment side. I’ll be seeing him daily. Some women might find that… uncomfortable.’‘Lochlan sees dozens of people every day. Hundreds, sometimes. I don’t keep a roster.’Jaclyn laughed airily. ‘No, of course not. I just wanted to make sure there was no misunderstanding between us. No hard feelings.’‘No hard feelings at all.’‘Good. I’m so glad we had this little chat. Now I really must dash. I need to pick up a dress from Seraphina Volant, then get my hair done for tonight. And then I have to run and collect Lochlan’s suit.’‘Lochlan has a suit,’ I said. ‘He has closets full of them.’‘Oh, yes, but tonight’s benefit attendees are more of an artistic crowd. They’d expect something less business-y and more… whimsical.’ She smiled. ‘I found the most wonderful velvet jacket for him. Deep aubergine, very slim cut. He’ll look absolutely devastating.’‘I’m sure he will.’‘Well, must

Chapter 303 Half Confessions

‘Fine.’ I hadn’t realised getting drunk turned Lochlan chatty.‘There are things you should know about me. Things that might change how you think about me. I’m not the perfect man you seem to think I am.’I almost laughed. ‘But you are.’He was.He was so impossibly, infuriatingly perfect that standing next to him sometimes felt like standing at the edge of a very deep cliff.The class, the money, the suavity, the effortless command of every room he entered.He had all of it, and I had… well, my sparkling personality. My carefully maintained independence. My stubborn refusal to admit that I was already in over my head.He shook his head slowly. ‘I told you about my tendency to fixate. Food first, then the gym, then work. But I never told you where I got it from.’‘Okay.’‘I got it from my mother.’I thought of Mrs Hastings.I’d never met her, but I’d spent a little time with his father, Holden Hastings, who was a boisterous bundle of sunshine.‘What’s her fixation?’‘Not is.’ His voice

Chapter 304 Unleashed

His breath caught.I felt his throat move against my mouth as he swallowed.‘Is that a yes or no?’ I asked.He found my mouth with his. His hands slid into my hair, angling my head back, and he kissed me like he was trying to devour me.It was desperate and demanding and so utterly unlike his usual careful restraint that I nearly forgot to kiss him back.He broke the kiss just long enough to scoop me into his arms, rising from the sofa with a steadiness that belied his earlier stumble.I wrapped my arms around his neck and let him carry me to the bedroom, to the bathroom, to the vast glass shower cubicle that I usually reserved for solo, utilitarian purposes.The water came on, hot and abundant, cascading from the enormous rainfall showerhead.Steam billowed up around us, fogging the glass, filling the space with warm, scented vapour.His jacket was the first casualty, discarded on the bathroom floor.His shirt followed, then my clothes, then everything else, until we were pressed toge

Chapter 305 Audition for the Role of Lochlan’s Wife

Jaclyn had good taste. Not just in men, apparently, but also in food.She’d already ordered when I arrived, a selection of dishes that managed miraculously to satisfy both her evident need for Instagram-worthy presentation and my simple, peasant desire for actual flavour.Jaclyn herself ate approximately four leaves of her already minuscule organic salad.‘I like your perfume,’ she said, dabbing her lips with a napkin. ‘What is it? Chanel No 5? No, wait, it’s lighter than that. Jo Malone’s Peony and Blush Suede? Or perhaps Byredo’s La Tulipe?’I took a satisfied bite of pasta. ‘Superdrug’s own brand. Wild Rose. Three ninety-nine.’Jaclyn’s eyebrows lifted a fraction of an inch. ‘Oh. Where do you get that?’‘Superdrug. There’s one on Oxford Street, but the one on Kensington High Street is less crowded.’‘I didn’t know Superdrug sold perfume. I’ve never been to one.’‘They sell everything. Shampoo, toothpaste, paracetamol, fake tan. It’s a magical place.’Jaclyn laughed, a small, uncerta

Chapter 306 Cheap Trick

The woman pulled her close, and Janine buried her face against her shoulder, sobbing in great, heaving gasps.I said quietly, ‘I think Miss Lockwood is in shock. She may need a doctor.’The woman’s head snapped up. Her eyes met mine, and the look in them made me want to slowly back away. Or reach for a heavy club.Then, without a word, she turned and guided Janine away, her arm wrapped protectively around the girl’s shaking shoulders.Jaclyn exhaled shakily beside me. ‘That,’ she said, ‘was Gloria Lockwood.’I turned to her. ‘You know her?’‘She used to be friends with Jennifer. Lochlan’s mother.’ Jaclyn was still pale, her hand pressed to her chest as if checking her own heartbeat. ‘I saw her at parties when I was a child. But she and Aunt Jennifer seem to have drifted apart over the years. I don’t see her at Hastings events anymore.’‘I see.’Jaclyn’s eyes were still fixed on the spot where Gloria had vanished. ‘She’s not someone I’d want to be on the wrong side of.’‘Why not?’‘Ther

Chapter 307 Lochlan’s POV: Monumentally Stupid

The drive to Hastings Hall took just over two hours, which gave me plenty of time to think about what I was going to say.Not that it required much thought.I pulled into the gravel drive and killed the engine.I was just getting out of the car when another car pulled in behind me. A familiar silver Mercedes.Jaclyn parked, climbed out, and hurried towards me.‘Lochlan.’ Her hand closed around my arm. ‘Lochlan, please. I know I messed up today. I’m sorry. Please don’t shut me out.’I removed her hand from my arm, walked towards the house without looking back.The front door was unlocked, because my father believed that locks were ‘an admission of defeat in the face of hypothetical criminals’.I stepped into the entrance hall and heard the television from the drawing room.My father’s voice, booming over whatever programme he was pretending to watch, rose to greet me.‘Loch my boy! What brings you home on a weekday? Don’t tell me you’ve finally decided to delegate and discovered the joy

Chapter 308 Jailbreak

Portia’s place was a mess.Coffee table buried under takeaway containers. Clothes strewn haphazardly on sofa and chairs. Rose bushes dying of thirst.I rolled up my sleeves and got to work.By the time Portia walked through the door, I’d made dinner, resurrected the roses, and restored the living room to something approaching human habitation.She took one look at the scene and clutched her chest. ‘I could totally marry you. Forget men. This is true love.’I pointed her towards the bathroom. ‘Wash up. Dinner’s ready.’She emerged five minutes later and fell upon the pasta.‘All right,’ she said finally, pointing her fork in my direction. ‘Spill. What’s going on? Did you and Lochlan have a fight?’‘No. Must I have a fight before I can come here?’‘No. But your face says something’s up.’‘We don’t fight.’ I pushed a piece of chicken around my plate. ‘He’s not really the fighting type.’‘So what’s the problem then?’‘The problem is that there isn’t one.’ I set my fork down. ‘He’s perfect,

Chapter 309 Intrusion

I blinked, dragged back to the present. ‘What?’‘Leaving. Resigning. However you want to phrase it.’ A pause. ‘My mother convinced her it was time to move on.’I didn’t know what to say.Jaclyn had been a pleasant-looking, pleasant-smelling thorn in my side for weeks, nettling gently, persistently.Because of the joint venture, I was resigned to having to see her perfect face around Velos Capital for a long time to come, and here Lochlan was, telling me she was gone. Just like that.I should have felt triumphant. Vindicated.Instead, I just felt… nothing.I leaned into Lochlan, pressing my face against his chest.His arms came around me, holding me close. Then one hand cupped my chin, tilting my face up. His lips found mine.I let myself sink into the kiss, into him, into the simple animal comfort of being held.We stayed like that for a long moment, wrapped together in the dark car.Later, much later, I lay in bed and watched the shadows shift across the ceiling.Lochlan was in the st

Chapter 310 Masked Ball

I started. ‘What?! Are you okay? Did you call the police?’‘I’m fine. Didn’t call the police.’‘Why not?’‘Well, turns out it wasn’t really an intruder.’‘What?’‘It was the delivery guy.’I eyed Portia.She shrugged sheepishly. ‘I was jumpy, okay? I had Josh install a security camera over the front door last night before I dared sleep. Soraya Warren really gives me the creeps. I remember how she looked standing in that orchard, looking into that pit… we should’ve had Nicky Forrester stab her then!’‘Don’t be silly,’ I said. ‘If she came back to kill, you wouldn’t be her first target.’Portia frowned. ‘Just because it won’t be me but my friend and her boyfriend, does that mean I shouldn’t worry? I’m more worried now, thanks very much!’Declan, who was driving, spoke from the front. ‘You needn’t be. Mr Hastings has roughly locked down Soraya’s likely direction of flight. It’s only a matter of time before the police pick her up.’‘I sure hope so,’ Portia muttered.The car drove for nearl

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