All Chapters of Tempted by my Godlike boss: Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

FLORIAN'S POVI was already pulling on a jacket before Roseline could say anything, adrenaline sharp and immediate coursing through me."Florian, wait," she said quickly, grabbing my arm. "You can't just go down there alone.""I'm calling Gabriel first," I said, already dialing, my hands steadier than I felt. "But Roseline, someone is standing outside our restaurant right now. I need eyes on this immediately."Gabriel answered on the second ring, his voice sharp with sleep still clinging to it. "Florian?""Someone sent a photo," I said quickly. "Of the restaurant. There's a person standing outside it right now, watching.""Don't go there yourself," Gabriel said immediately, urgency clear now in his voice. "I'm calling the security team stationed nearby. Stay put, Florian. I mean it."I hesitated, torn between the desperate need to protect what we'd worked so hard to rebuild and the fear of leaving Roseline alone, vulnerable, in this moment."I'll stay," I said finally, though frustrat

FLORIAN'S POVI read the message three times before the words fully registered, each pass through them sending something colder and sharper through my chest than the last.We know about the baby too.The fear that had been sitting in my stomach since the first text now curdled into something else entirely, something hot and immediate. My hands stopped shaking. My jaw tightened instead."Florian?" Roseline's voice cut through the haze, tight with alarm. "What is it? What did they say?"I turned the phone toward her slowly, watching her face as she read it, watching the color drain from her cheeks before something fierce replaced it almost immediately after."They know," she whispered; her hand moving instinctively to rest over her stomach, as if she could shield the baby from a threat delivered through a phone screen. "Florian, they know about her.""I know," I said, my voice flat now, stripped of the fear that had colored it only minutes earlier. "And that's where this ends."I was al

FLORIAN'S POVI drove to Priya's apartment alone, Roseline staying behind at Gabriel's insistence, though she'd made me promise to call the moment I left. The security detail Gabriel had posted remained stationed quietly outside the building, nodding briefly as I approached the entrance.Priya opened the door after I knocked, her expression guarded though it softened slightly once she recognized me. "Florian," she said, stepping back to let me inside. "Is everything okay?""I need to talk to you about something," I said carefully, following her into the small living room. "About the relaunch."She gestured toward the couch, settling into the chair across from it herself, her hands folded tightly in her lap. "Okay," she said slowly, clear apprehension evident now in her voice.I explained everything as plainly as I could manage, the Bureau's involvement, Reyes's proposal, the plan to use the relaunch as a way to potentially draw Webb out into the open. Priya listened quietly throughout

FLORIAN'S POVThe restaurant looked beautiful that evening, warm light spilling golden across freshly painted walls, the new flooring gleaming softly beneath the careful arrangement of tables and candles. Guests filled the space steadily, their voices blending into a comfortable hum of conversation and laughter, exactly the atmosphere we'd worked so hard to create."This turned out even better than I imagined," Roseline said softly beside me, her hand resting gently against my arm as we watched the room fill steadily with warmth and life."It really did," I agreed, though beneath the quiet pride swelling in my chest, tension remained coiled tightly, impossible to fully release despite the beautiful evening unfolding around us.Priya moved confidently between tables, accepting compliments graciously as guests praised dish after dish, her careful, thoughtful menu clearly resonating exactly as she'd hoped. A journalist from a local paper snapped a few photos near the kitchen entrance, ca

FLORIAN'S POVRoseline stood frozen, the small note still trembling between her fingers, the words seeming to hang heavy in the air between us even after she'd finished reading them aloud."He knows about the nursery," she whispered, disbelief and fear both thick in her voice now. "Florian, he knows we're having a girl. He knows about the room we've been preparing."I pulled her carefully against me, my own heart pounding violently now, fury and fear tangling together sharply within my chest. "We're going to figure this out," I said, though my voice carried none of the calm reassurance I wanted it to.Reyes approached quickly, her expression tight as she took in Roseline's shaken state, the note still clutched tightly in her hand. "Can I see that?" she asked gently, though urgency remained clear beneath her careful tone.Roseline handed it over wordlessly, and Reyes studied it carefully for a long moment, her jaw tightening visibly as she read the words."We need to review the footage